Last Year, on Christmas Day, I reviewed Yuletide Legends, a Christmas point and click. This year, I am doing Save Christmas with Santa, a horrid platformer for children that is anything but cheerful. And it is fitting, because 2024 is the year the eShop was finally completely overrun with garbage, washing away any good stuff for me to review, especially in the month of December. To find this game, I just typed “Christmas” into the search bar on Nintendo’s site, and this was the first entry, which naturally was on sale for $1.99, always a telltale sign of crap. And crap it is. So, its the day before Christmas, and Santa isn’t ready, so you… do horrible platforming and stuff.
I created a longer video than usual showcasing Save Christmas With Santa. It shows three parts. First walking along a path, when Santa finds a sign. Then jumping on Icebergs in a lake. Then jumping in clouds in the sky. Note the sections are in order of appearance in the game. Between sections two and three, you’ll get a double jump.
You can see how bad Save Christmas with Santa is. The platform jumping is awful as the jumping is imprecise. For one thing, there’s no shadow, so you cannot tell where you are in the air, critical for 3D platformers like this one. Also, sometimes, you’ll jump far, sometimes you won’t. Who knows? Then notice the lack of a splash in the water, showing no water physics. The entire games takes place in a bland, all white setting that just isn’t interesting to look at. The melody gets grating after awhile.
Save Christmas with Santa isn’t the worst platformer I’ve played on the Switch(Flannel Amethyst), but it is not anywhere near good. If you get your kids this for Christmas, you’ll be on their naughty list for life. This gets a not Recommended with a four back-end score.
Overall: If you get your kids Save Christmas with Santa for Christmas, you’ll be on their naughty list for life. Find something better, please.
Verdict: Not Recommended
| Release Date | 12/20/24 |
| Cost | $9.99 |
| Publisher | Zakym |
| ESRB Rating | E10+ |
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kiwi
Thank you for this blog. I’ve been wasing through the swamp of the Nintendo store for so long wondering about these AI games.
I’m happy to see there’s more of us out there so you sitting down and taking the time to do this is highly appreciated.
mordridakon
Thank you ^-^ I was having a crisis of faith with this blog. But I will return to the grind this week.