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2013PEGI 12PlayStation

A 2.5D platformer staged like a theatre play: as the headless puppet boy Kutaro you snip your way through whimsical, handcrafted-looking sets with a magical pair of scissors. A witty narrator, inventive level ideas and a fairy-tale story give it its charm.

  • Strong soundtrack
  • Jumping and platforming
  • Lavish presentation
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

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A charming platform adventure set in a world folded entirely from paper, where you creatively use the Vita's touch, camera and motion features to help your messenger hero. Its crafty, hands-on design makes it warm and inviting.

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Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil

  • Systems like Puppeteer

A charming 2.5D platformer where Klonoa grabs enemies with his wind ring and uses them as projectiles or extra jumps. Whimsical levels, inventive boss fights and a touching story make this a standout PlayStation adventure.

DuckTales: Remastered

  • Systems like Puppeteer

A lovingly rebuilt Disney platformer in which Scrooge McDuck pogo-bounces his cane through hand-drawn levels hunting for treasure. Voice acting, humor and music true to the cartoon series deliver plenty of nostalgia.

A Hat in Time

  • Systems like Puppeteer

A charming 3D collectathon platformer in the vein of N64 classics, where a tiny girl uses magical hats to bounce through varied, wonderfully weird worlds. Its chapters, from a mafia-run town to dueling bird film studios, overflow with humor and creativity.

The Artful Escape

  • Systems like Puppeteer

A psychedelic 2D adventure where a young guitar prodigy travels through cosmic realms and shreds his way toward a stage persona of his own. It prioritizes music, dazzling visuals and a witty, laid-back journey over challenge.

Pumpkin Jack

  • Systems like Puppeteer

A humorous Halloween-flavored 3D platformer where you play as the pumpkin-headed Jack serving the forces of evil. Varied levels, light combat and boss fights make for a short, charmingly spooky ride.

Rayman

  • Systems like Puppeteer

A classic 2D platformer starring the limbless Rayman, who hovers with his helicopter hair and throws fists through lush hand-drawn, colorful worlds. Precise jumping and a fairly steep difficulty define the experience.

Rayman Legends

  • Systems like Puppeteer

A wonderfully fluid 2D platformer with a hand-drawn look, where jumps and attacks feel almost choreographed. The music-driven rhythm levels are especially famous, and it is great fun in co-op too.

Rayman Origins

  • Systems like Puppeteer

A gorgeously hand-drawn 2D platformer bursting with zany humor, tight jumping challenges and frantic treasure-chase levels, playable with up to four friends in chaotic local co-op. It gets seriously demanding in its later stages.

LocoRoco

  • Systems like Puppeteer

Instead of controlling the character, you tilt the world to roll, bounce and grow cheerful singing blobs through vivid levels. Charming, relaxed, and full of unmistakable style and music.

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