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THE BEARD GAME AWARD 2025 GOES TO
DONKEY KONG BANANZA!

This game was so incredibly fun and the character dynamic between smol Pauline and DK was so charming. I'm so glad I was able to get a Switch 2 and play this game, it really was so fun. If you have a Switch 2 (for some reason) and haven't played this game yet (for some reason) then you absolutely need to, I loved it so much.

The full list of the games I reviewed this year will be in an unlisted reply to this post. I'm looking forward to whatever games I'll be playing next year! There are a lot of new ones coming out I'm interested in and some old but gold ones will be on the list too, I'm sure!

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There's not too much to write about this one other than that is an extremely solid rhythm game. It has more or less completely replaced Muse Dash for me (although I use the Muse Dash skin for the game lol) due to its higher complexity. I haven't played nearly as much of it as I would like to just because there are so many other things out there to play and do, but I come back to it pretty often.

The track list is pretty good and the DLC for the game (along with the game itself) goes on some pretty steep discounts fairly often. It seems like a huge amount of money but if you wait for those sales, it's not too bad at all. It's also worth checking key resellers because I have found some REALLY good deals on those places.

However, there is one GLARING issue. There is no Touhou or Miku whatsoever. It might sound a little ridiculous but not having Touhou or Miku in a rhythm game does legitimately lower my perception of it just a little bit. There aren't really any other rhythm game staples here either such as Brain Power. Whenever this gets brought up, I've noticed people tend to dismiss it by saying "just play one of the other dozens of rhythm games that have those songs then" but I really would like to play them in this format in this engine as well.

The game also REQUIRES an internet connection for its strict anti-cheat which is a sore spot for sure, and it makes it so you can't have custom tracks and things like that. It does keep the leaderboards and the online play squeaky clean, but there is certainly something lost there. I would love it if games would just start pushing you into offline-only mode if they detected any mods or whatever so you could still enjoy the game on your own terms how you want it to be.

Otherwise, yeah, great game, really fun, get it and some DLC packs with tracks you like on sale and you'll have a great time!

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