Although you can’t alter the appearance of your character, which you are the only human in the game, you can equip a wide selection of new hairstyles, clothing, shoes, outfits, etc. After deciding if you are going to play as a boy or girl, you run through a brief tutorial that covers the basic mechanics you’ll be using while playing. Opening on a horrific scene of being caught out in a storm on the ocean, you awake, covered in seaweed to the talking pig Viktoria, who just so happens to be mayor. Using the relaxing, always sunny tropical islands as the setting, Castaway Paradise comes close to matching the magic from the beloved Animal Crossing franchise, but some critical missing components and gameplay mechanics keep it from reaching that lofty goal. While it was released on PC three years ago, the game just recently was released on console, but seemingly isn’t getting published on the Nintendo Switch. That’s not to say that there hasn’t been games similar already released, but one look is all it takes to realize the clear inspiring the Nintendo franchise had on the development of this title. Not to mention, releasing across Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC and mobile platforms that have been starving for this styling of games. Castaway Paradise takes the classic Animal Crossing approach and brings with it a beautiful tropical paradise, but is not without its own set of issues. Since then the series has evolved through the handheld and mobile market, but I never was satisfied with the visual changes, mostly revolving around the horrendous rolling world styling. Of course, if you lived in Japan, you have already been playing the game since the Nintendo 64 era, which the GameCube received as an enhanced port with updates. When Animal Crossing finally released outside of Japan on the Nintendo GameCube, fans around the globe got their first taste of an addictive, yet simple simulation.
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