The Nintendo eShop game-rating thread

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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Platformer
5/5
You don't need a blurb from me for this one. Everybody's heard about this game already

Steamworld Dig 2
Mine Simulator
5/5
An improvement on its predecessor in virtually every way. Dorothry is searching for her friend Rusty who went missing after the end of the first game. To find him she needs to dig to the heart of the world, funding her journey with the gems and ores she finds along the way. The game is one part resource collection, one part platformer, and one part Metroidvania. Larger and with more secrets than the first game and has a devilish final challenge if you manage to discover all of them.

Celeste
Platformer
5/5
Celeste in presentation is very simple. The main character essentially a little blob of pixels, but this is one of those games where you cease to see the art very quickly; playing it is just that absorbing. The game starts simply enough, but it soon challenges you to raise your skill and puzzle-solving ability. The controls are tight, satisfying, and perfectly executed, The gameplay is one of the finest platforming experiences I have ever had. That is helped in part by a soundtrack that is at times, soothing, heart-pumping, or even downright eerie. The biggest surprise was the story. Not just that it had one, but that it's really good, and ties perfectly into the mechanics and themes of the game; it stresses that you can always climb higher, that any obstacle can be overcome with patience and practice. The practice part may take a while as I died hundreds of times in my first playthrough of the game, but you learn every time and by the time you reach the summit of the mountain you deserve every bit of satisfaction you feel. This is what difficulty in gaming should be and I cannot recommend this game highly enough.

Blossom Tales
Zelda-like
3.5/5
A top-down Zelda-like that starts out cutely enough as a story being told by an old man to his grandkids. I remember enjoying this game a lot when I played it, but part of it's score is due to being largely forgettable in both dungeon and puzzle design. The pixel art is also not too great as the main character reminds me of a pixelated Eric Cartman from South Park. Still, if you're a fan of classic Zelda I would suggest picking it up.