March 2019 LIVE Magazine
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Stages range from train<br />
stations, to ninja dojos which<br />
obscure your view behind a<br />
screen, to a haunted house<br />
in which you’re hunted by<br />
creepy axe-wielding clowns.<br />
You’re even dropped into<br />
a handful of more actionbased<br />
vehicular stages. This<br />
includes a course where you<br />
control a large mechanical<br />
version of Yoshi who plows<br />
and punches through all<br />
in his wake, and a solarpowered<br />
racing stage where<br />
you’re forced to avoid<br />
shadows. I enjoyed the both<br />
the ingenuity of the concepts<br />
and richness of each stage’s<br />
unique atmosphere, and was<br />
happy to see a refreshing<br />
lack of typical environmental<br />
tropes.<br />
converted into additional flowers following<br />
completion. Flipped Mode also doubles as a<br />
sort of time trial, as gathering all 3 Poochies<br />
and reaching the goal in a certain amount of<br />
An additional “Flipped Mode”<br />
allows you to run through<br />
variants of each stage in<br />
which 3 Poochie dogs are<br />
hiding. These scurrying<br />
pups can be nabbed and<br />
time nets you another flower. You’re also tasked<br />
with the option of revisiting stages and seeking<br />
out specific items to bring to robot-like allies<br />
at various spots on the map. These are neat<br />
inclusions, as they not only add yet another<br />
dimension to Crafted World but drastically
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