Pirate Pop Plus

Critic reviews

• Pure Nintendo

  Jaime Carrillo · Jun 20, 2018

  7.5

  Pang fans will feel very at home with Pirate Pop which is a charming homage to the Buster Bros. of old. There aren’t many frills here, but in some cases, it’s what makes the game sing. As far as pick-up-and-play action-puzzlers on the Nintendo Switch eShop are concerned, Pirate Pop Plus is a total treasure.

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• NintendoLife

  Jon Mundy · Jun 05, 2018

  7.0

  Pirate Pop Plus does a fine job of emulating the laser-focused Game Boy games of 25 years ago. It owes a massive debt to Pang and a whole host of other single-screen highscore chasers, but with a couple of subtle twists of its own. For some it will be too brutally straight-forward, and it's arguably a little too in thrall to the past for a modern Switch game. For those after a no-nonsense retro challenge, however, it's a budget-priced treat.

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• Nintendo World Report

  Zachary Miller · May 31, 2018

  7.0

  However, the game is addictive in its own charming way and it’s something I’ve popped on once and awhile ever since it originally came out on 3DS. If you have any nostalgia for Cannon Ball/Pang/Buster Bros., Pirate Pop Plus is a welcome addition to your crew.

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• GameSpew

  David Treharne · Nov 12, 2016

  7.0

  Pirate Pop Plus is the kind of game I see myself going back to for a brief five or ten-minute session, and whilst this style of game is quite fittingly more appropriate for a mobile/portable system, I can see it occupying some dead time within my desktop experience as well. You might think it lacks variety or depth, but then I would put forward the argument that this isn’t what the game is trying to do.

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• ZTGD

  Drew Leachman · Nov 07, 2016

  6.0

  Pirate Pop Plus is a neat little game. There’s no going around that. The gameplay is simple but still tight and fun, the progression is there, but runs out of steam within five longer sessions. This is the kind of game that would be a nice time waster every once in a while, but most certainly not for longer sessions. Even then, with the gameplay being so simplistic, players may find themselves bored after two or three sessions. But there are some decently fun times to be had.

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• COGconnected

  Judi Azmand · Oct 26, 2016

  6.0

  Simple arcade-style gameplay that you can easily pick up and play makes it so you don’t need to worry about needing to spend a lot of time on Pirate Pop Plus. However, if a Game Boy-like environment isn’t your type of thing, you’re not going to get anything more out of this game. Nonetheless, for all you retro lovers out there, this may just be the perfect escape for you right on your New 3DS.

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