{"id":886,"date":"2025-06-04T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/?p=886"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:13:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:13:58","slug":"review-pipistrello-and-the-cursed-yoyo-switch-a-masterclass-in-retro-zelda-style-game-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/review-pipistrello-and-the-cursed-yoyo-switch-a-masterclass-in-retro-zelda-style-game-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Pipistrello And The Cursed Yoyo (Switch) &#8211; A Masterclass In Retro, Zelda-Style Game Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Check out this next trick.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though the latest 3D Zelda releases have unmistakably taken the already popular series to all-new heights, there are still some fans who miss the \u2018old\u2019 way Nintendo used to design its popular green-hatted protagonist\u2019s adventures.<\/p>\n<p>Such fans will want to pay attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pipistrello_and_the_cursed_yoyo\">Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo<\/a> from Brazil-based developer Pocket Trap. This clever and quirky new Metroidvania demonstrates consistent mastery of the essential design principles of a top-down action game, smartly combining action, puzzles, and exploration into a thoroughly enjoyable adventure you won\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/pipistrello-and-the-cursed-yoyo\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this next trick. Though the latest 3D Zelda releases have unmistakably taken the already popular series to all-new heights, there are still some fans who miss the \u2018old\u2019 way Nintendo used to design its popular green-hatted protagonist\u2019s adventures. Such fans will want to pay attention to Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo from Brazil-based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":887,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions\/887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}