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I don't remember where, or even if, it tells you this in the game, but if you don't already know, you can hold R to make the turning a lot tighter. Feels much better in my opinion, but I've never really disliked swimming in Banjo, so ymmv

I may continue reviewing some of what I play next year, but nowhere near as much, and not so formally. Only really if I have something in particular to say about a game.

As a side note, I get that the Dragon Ball dub is really popular, but it was a lot harder than it should've been to find a YT video of the story mode with JP voices.

Overall, it's just a pretty mediocre game. There's nothing ruinously bad about it, but there's not anything especially great about it either. Not a "must play", not an "avoid at all costs". Someone asked "what would Metroid Prime be like on DS", and this game answered "held back by being on DS".

Part of what I like so much about Metroid(vanias) is the weaving, interconnected world. Between being split across 4 separate planets, and all the obvious loading-zone hallways and teleporters, the areas of this game just end up feeling very DISconnected instead. (2/3)

Although I did play Re-Boot Camp, I only played AW1. I will come back for AW2 at some point, but who knows when, there's a lot of other games I want to play, and also a lot of games coming out soon.