Game #1265: Snipperclips Plus - Cut it out, together!

 I hate papercuts!

 Right out of Horroctober, it's time for something more wholesome, something like Snipperclips Plus: Cut it out, Together! This is a very creative puzzle game in which you, and up to three other players, play as pieces of paper that can cut each other up, in order to turn each other into different shapes.

 The game offers 3 modes, World Mode, which is meant for 1-2 players, Party Mode, meant for 3-4 and Blitz Mode, for 3-4 players too. World Mode is the game's main mode, made up of 5 worlds with 15 puzzles each, and yes, that's a lot of puzzles. While it's meant to be played by two players, if you are by yourself you can press X to swap to the other character, and you can hold down L or R to keep it spinning while not under your control, what's more, whether you are crouching or stretching your legs, the character will remain in that position after you switch. Party Mode is meant for at least three players, as these puzzles involve 4 paper characters. It has its own set of puzzles, as and beating worlds in World Mode unlocks more puzzles. It's not as lengthy as world mode, but hey, it's got enough. The final mode, Blitz Mode, is made up of six multiplayer minigames. There's also Stamp Mode, which is just there to fool around and paint by stamping colors. 

 There's a lot of variety when it comes to the puzzles. The two most recurring puzzle types involve cutting around a purple paper, or cutting each other to fit inside an outline. Even though they repeat regularly among worlds, the shapes keep changing, so it always feels interesting. Then there's the rest of the levels... sometimes you might have to carry a ball and dunk it into a net, carry a pencil to a sharpener, or turn yourself into a shape that can operate a cog. Or maybe, cut a paper as to carry acid and defeat a virus. There's another one in which players have to turn themselves into stick-like shapes in order to raise a pillar from the ground by using the spikes on its two sides! There are a lot of creative puzzles, and even though there are 75 of them... I was left wanting even more. Finishing the game lets you replay various levels with each player having a different default shape than the standard bullet shape, just to make things harder.

 But I haven't even written about how the game is played! Basically, either 2 or 4 bullet-shaped paper characters are in play at all times, and you can make characters overlap each other, the overlapping is highlighted in green, and if you press A... you'll cut the overlap from the other player. The objective is to cut each other into the shapes that will best help you solve the puzzles. You can regenerate by holding down Y, and characters can rotate their bodies with L and R. It's very simple to understand, and there's so much you can do with so little!

 The worst part about the game is, probably, that some levels can be downright tedious if you are playing by yourself. Some things are just hard to accomplish without another player, and can make some challenges more challenging than they should be.

 I'm pretty sure that Snipperclips was one of the first games released on the Switch, and it holds up marvelously. It's really fun, and managed to do a lot with its premise. So much so, that I wish the game came with even more levels, 'cause there's more juice waiting to be squeezed out of this orange.

 7.5