We loved how everyone in Rhythm Sprout: Sick Beats & Bad Sweets looks like the background character from a Super Mario Odyssey level, but with the richness of character that you would find in a South Park episode. We hate to invoke it again, but Hi-Fi RUSH comes to mind, as the two games spare no expense in making their games abundantly clear, yet uniquely stylish at the same time. There’s a Nintendo-like sheen to the presentation, with every character, menu and interface element buffed to the highest of quality. A later moment had us in tears, as we showed clemency to an enemy, only for an end-of-episode-like coda to play, telling us what that enemy did in the years after we met them. There’s Count Arelle, who nobody likes because he keeps sending lame Youtube videos, and hilariously drops smoke bombs without actually moving out of the smoke afterwards. Rhythm Sprout: Sick Beats & Bad Sweets isn’t afraid to stop the music and have a chat, introducing characters with all of their foibles proudly stapled to the front of their shirts. That stretches to the other characters, too. Want to win a 12 month Xbox Live Gold subscription? Enter now!

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