Belle Boomerang

Enjoyable, well made platformer. I downgraded the difficulty from retro to newcomer, while I was able to play the retro mode without any issue the frequency of checkpoints made me switch, though this had the additional effect of decreasing enemies numbers and health which I wasn't happy about, since I am sure I can handle that combination of enemies, but I don't have the motivation or the time to play with that amount of checkpoints. If you are interested I would suggest starting with the retro mode, and if you change your mind you can change the save file difficulty, but it is one way only. You can downgrade only!

Got this for free from a giveaway on narwhalnut's bluesky. It's a nice lil' 2D platformer, has collectables as an incentive to redo levels, if you're unsure on whether you're feeling it or not I'd give it up to the waterfall level. There's tricky platforming challenges from there onwards but nothing unfair. The pixel art is pretty and you can fullscreen the game on PC. Its also available on Switch I think? If you're wanting some 8bit gameboy nostalgia. Dunno about the Switch2 as I'm unfamiliar with that newer console. Plot is a simple 'stop the bad guy' which works for the genre the game is referencing. (Retro 2D games) If like me you can't initially understand what key does which and mash them going aaaa when opening the game figure out which key is the down button, go to options and change your keybindings to whatever makes sense for you.