Review: Goodboy Galaxy (Switch) – A Brilliant GBA Throwback That Loves Taking Your Toys Away
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Summary
You can teach an old dog new tricks. Fans of Metroidvanias are used to the genre’s design conventions: obtain new abilities, and tantalisingly inaccessible areas of the map gradually open up. What sets Goodboy Galaxy apart is that, despite giving you upgrades, its design is ultimately far more interested in what happens when it takes things away. Kickstarter-funded in 2021 after starting as a game jam project by homebrew developers with a love for the Game Boy Advance, the long-awaited Switch port oozes charm and looks wonderful on an OLED screen, feeling far more substantial than anything built for a handheld powered by two AA batteries has any right to. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
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