Mutant Mudds Collection is a masterfully crafted bundle of indie titles that will satisfy your retro itch. The presentation is simple, sleek, and effective, and for only $14.99, Atooi’s latest. Now because the game itself (Mutant Mudds Collection,) is a collection, that’s exactly how we will be reviewing it, but we will take the time to talk about each game this collection has to offer, especially Mudd Blocks, as it is a new creation.So unless you want to learn about two games you’ve most likely played before, you can of course fast forward to the part of the review where I talk.

I must admit that Mutant Mudds has been on my gaming do-list list for quite some time. I have looked at it many times in the eShop and passed it up only to now realize that not having played this series has been a mistake. It’s a good thing I started here, as the Mutant Mudds Collection consists of Mutant Mudds, Mutant Mudds Super Challenge, and the new Mudd Blocks. Better late than never I suppose.Mutant Mudds looks like it fits in somewhere within the 8-bit to 16-bit era. As I began playing, I almost instantly found myself lost in the game. The protagonist Max sets out to protect his planet from Mudds. I loved being able to jump between the foreground and background of the game.

It certainly added a needed change to the normal linear platformers I grew up with. Max is only armed with a water cannon and a jetpack both of which are upgradable. In addition, upgrades can be bought by collecting diamonds that are littered throughout each stage. For those who adore retro style platformers and charming fun, well, then Mutant Mudds shouldn’t feel all too unfamiliar.Mutant Mudds Super Challenge is essentially what it says it is: a super challenge. It really isn’t another Mutant Mudds with a fresh coat of paint but more of a platformer for the highly skilled.

I enjoyed my time with Super Challenge; however, I died a lot (more than usual) and each stage it counted how many times I perished. At first, with my death toll rising, I began to feel frustrated. After completing a level I would feel the need to go back and try not to die as many times which added some nice replay value.Much like the great platformers of the 8-bit and 16-bit era, one of my favorite things about this collection is that Mutant Mudds also has its own action puzzler in the form of Mudd Blocks. Whether or not the developer had this in mind when making the game, it is still an amazing touch and makes for a fun game. I could honestly recommend buying the collection for this game alone.The gameplay in Mudd Blocks is quite simple, as you will have to deal with Mudds rising from the bottom of the screen in multiple colors. Max is on a platform above where he is throwing Mudds of different colors on top of the rising Mudds. If the rising hit the platform that Max is standing on, well, then it’s game over.

Occasionally, Max will throw a water balloon, which will wash away the Mudds that it touches. If players link together Mudds of the same color they will also wash away. There are also power-up red boxes with arrows pointing from left to right or up to down. Dropping a water balloon on the red boxes will cause the line to clear away according to the directions of the arrows on the blocks. Using the power-ups correctly can cause some decent combinations that clear away Mudds. Forza horizon 4. There is also a timed water bomb that will clear away more Mudds than a normal water balloon.

But be careful if you are still holding said item when the timer goes off or else it is game over.Mudd Blocks comes complete with multiple modes such as two-player versus, co-op, rescue mode,three-minute mode, and numbers mode. Two-player versus is where players go head-to-head against each other for the best score. Two-player co-op has you working together to try and raise as high of a score as possible. Rescue mode has Max, who is stuck in a cage among the rising Mudds.

You must rescue him by dropping water balloons on the cage to try to help him escape. In three-minute mode, players have a time limit of (obviously) three minutes to try to get a high score. In numbers mode, players are tasked with trying to clear the special numbers pieces in order.One final interesting thing about Mudd Blocks is that if you are playing in handheld mode you can opt to hold the screen vertical.

Pro pinball: the web. Playing vertically allows you to take up the entire Switch tablet as opposed to having it horizontally which has a smaller playing screen.My time spent playing Mutant Mudds collection has been overwhelmingly positive. The collection offers a great mix of fun platforming at different levels of difficulty. Having all three games in one collection is certainly a great plus.

If you get frustrated playing one game you can always take a break and switch (no pun intended) to the other. Even if you have played one game or the other, it is certainly worth checking out the collection if just for Mudd Blocks.

December 14, 2017 1:23 am Published byDeveloper: AtooiPublisher: AtooiPlatform: Nintendo Switch (eShop)Category: Platformer, Action, Puzzles & AdventureRelease Date: 14 th of December, 2017 (EU & NA)Good things come in threes!Ever hear of a video games developer by the name of Atooi? What about Jools Watsham? Who am I kidding? Who hasn’t heard of Atooi and Jools? Atooi is the company Jools founded after Renegade Kid (also founded by Jools.) Jools was also one of the developers who worked Mutant Mudds and brought it to the Nintendo 3DS in 2012 and since them, things have never been the same again for Jools, as his first foothold on the indie scene was simply the beginning! In the very short years that have followed, Mutant Mudds became a game loved by many, even more so when a Deluxe version was first brought to the Wii U and Microsoft Windows in 2013 with a spin-off entitled Mutant Mudds Super Challenge, released on various platforms in 2016.So because of all the love and high praise, it’s only natural that the Mudds games would be able to join in on the fun and have a Switch release to call their own, except Atooi had other plans and what they did, was the perfectly way of going about things. Instead of just porting the two games separately, the two games are being ported as part of a collection that doesn’t just consist of them, but also consists of the entirely new Mudd Blocks game, which like Super Challenge, is another Mudds focused spin-off and is a whole other kettle of fish.Now because the game itself (Mutant Mudds Collection,) is a collection, that’s exactly how we will be reviewing it, but we will take the time to talk about each game this collection has to offer, especially Mudd Blocks, as it is a new creation.

So unless you want to learn about two games you’ve most likely played before, you can of course fast forward to the part of the review where I talk about Blocks, but if you’re here to read, then consider the following paragraphs about the old games both for you:Mutant Mudds Deluxe:Being the Deluxe version of where it all began, Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a platformer that starts as an as easy 2, but quickly becomes a challenging 10, due to the exceedingly high difficulty bar that players can experience, when they get to the much later levels. But because that is a “later” thing, let’s start with the beginning.

Mutant Mudds Deluxe, is the story of Max. Max is a young lad who one day was playing a video game, when a meteor fell and the invasion of the Mudds had begun.

Equipped with nothing more than a water gun, a jetpack and an attitude to take on the Mutant Mudds, Max sets out on his quest to save his planet and locate the legendary Water Sprites, which when all are collected, will get rid of the Mutant Mudds for good.Gameplay wise, the levels aren’t exceedingly long as most can be accomplished well within 5 minutes if you know what you’re doing, but the levels have a pleasing design, enemies to defeat and two ways to complete it. Sure you can stay the course, collect the 100 Golden Diamonds that can be found on every level, pass the checkpoint and get the Water Sprite at the end of the level, but where’s the fun in that? In addition to the easier level to complete, there is a harder version secreted away and should you find it and enter the likes of G-Land, true horrors can be found.

There’s more enemies, more threats and more death traps, but surviving it will not only demonstrate your prowess as a platformer pro, but they’ll get you another Water Sprite too if you make it to the end.If you don’t make it to the end, as you only get three hearts and dying is something that can happen a lot, the good news is you have infinite lives and if you’ve reached a checkpoint, upon dying, it is at the checkpoint you will respawn and if you haven’t reached one, it’s back to the beginning of the level you go. I was a little put off by Mutant Mudds at first as I kept trying to rush through it, only to get frustrated and die, but when I took the time to plan out what to do, when I should do it and execute it, things went smoother.