TurtlePop: Journey to Freedom (2018)

TurtlePop: Journey to Freedom is a platform puzzle game that introduces Bebo, Deephi, Slimmie, Smarts, Willis and Sparky the Turtle. Master new gameplay with multi-character control and turtle-linking, environment manipulation, item deployment and match-3 mechanics that make challenges even more fresh, intense and fun!

Platform Puzzle Adventure Action KidsNintendo Switch

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Nintendo LifeGonçalo LopesMar 20187/10
TurtlePop: Journey To Freedom is an interesting first exclusive Switch offering from Zengami, but it's sadly lacking focus. While its myriad genres aren't pulled off poorly, their amalgamation might just prove to be slightly too overwhelming for the targeted younger audience. The main reptile protagonists Bebo, Deephi, Slimmie, Smarts, Willis and Sparky sum up the game's overall feeling: jacks-of-all-trades yet masters of none. There are several superior individual options of all the genres represented in this game already out in Switch's library, but if do decide to take a plunge into this adventure, make sure you take someone along for the ride.
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GameSpaceEd OrrJun 20187/10
Turtlepop: Journey to Freedom is a fun title that doesn't fail to charm the socks off you. It follows the adventures of Bebo, Deephi, Slimmie, Willis, and Sparky as they attempt to make their way to freedom and throws in a ton of genres along the way.
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Video ChumsA.J. MaciejewskiJul 20187.4/10
TurtlePop: Journey to Freedom is one of those games that grows on you the more you play it.
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Cubed3Brandon HowardJul 20184/10
Despite all its exterior polish, TurtlePop: Journey to Freedom is a bit of a mess. It's trying to pull elements from multiple different genres, but it does it in a chaotic way that leaves the player little time to process what's happening on-screen. It's a constant battle with the controls to switch between the various turtles you need to control, and to also manage the genie, all while various on-screen hazards endanger the player's shot at a perfect score. The co-op mode slightly alleviates some of these issues, but it doesn't do enough to fix the fundamental issues with this quirky puzzle-platformer.
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Geeks Under GraceJohn CampbellJul 20184/10
TurtlePop has some great features going for it, but in the end, it's a glorified mobile game on a console that can do much more than this. I am hoping Zengami moves on to bigger and better things from here.
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About the game

Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Zengami Pte. Ltd.
Publisher: DigiPen Game Studios
Released: March 8, 2018
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perspective: Side view

IGDB rating 6.7/10 from 2 ratings.

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