

If you are unfamiliar with the original games, both centered around navigating your plank-pushing avatar down increasingly difficult, 2D skateboard-slaloms of death. No crash feels unfair, and regardless of the time put into the session, every time you go out and skate with OlliOlli you are adding to your overall ability to put together the kind of runs that this game is just begging you to perfect. There are very few titles in the Switch's current lineup that can exist as both a quick diversion at the bus stop, or a perennial couch favorite as well as OlliOlli: Switch Stance. The unique and fascinating control scheme makes a perfect centerpiece with which to focus the rest of this beautiful game around. In fact, I believe the sheer amount of content, and wealth of playability packed into this port makes it a contender for being an essential Switch must-have.

Joy cons, mobile gameplay, and everything else that sold us on the Switch. If it wasn't made apparent from the name, this is a Nintendo Switch port, which means all the fun that comes with. Thankfully I held off, as we now have a best in class, fully tweaked bundle of these games on a console that feels custom made for this particular title. Upon 'Olliwoods initial release, my desire to play on the go was so strong I nearly purchased a Playstation Vita. All with an expanded set of tricks and levels, allowing us to take the OlliOlli experience one step further. No, this is OlliOlli: Switch Stance! Yes, in a master stroke of marketing, developer Roll 7 has delivered us a port of both the original OlliOlli as well as their followup title OlliOlli: Welcome to Olliwood. Olliolli THIS however, is not OlliOlli, nor it's massively well received sequel. This is exactly the idea that drew so many to the sport and subsequent games emulating it in the first place.
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Through gameplay, soundtrack, and design this game gives you all the tools Tony Hawk Pro Skater did in the 90's to make you feel like you are really skating a style that is your own. This is what OlliOlli shoots for, and this is what OlliOlli nails. You are somehow magically perched in an equally balanced push-pull of hyper-focus, and blissed out head nodding. When OlliOlli is doing these things together in harmony, the game seems to transcend itself and elevates you into a pure, flow-state of chill. While infectious, lo-fi hip hop thumps, you are blazing downhill and all your tricks are coming together and clicking.
