The Swords Of Ditto

The Swords Of Ditto

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This cheerful, cartoonish dungeon-crawler doesn’t want for ideas – even if most of them aren’t really its own. From its top-down perspective to its flipscreen scrolling, its enjoyably simplistic combat and its dungeons filled with switches, hazards and gear-centric puzzles, it aims an affectionate nod to A Link To The Past. In setting a time limit for the parochial calamity that’s about to befall the titular town, it’s redolent of Majora’s Mask (on the standard difficulty you have an extra 24 hours to put your affairs in order). It pilfers Costume Quest’s toys and stickers for weapons and buffs; with its melee attacks refilling your special meter, it’s in hock to Hyper Light Drifter, too. And since fallen warriors can leave useful items to their descendants, there’s even a hint of R