When a little witch gets picked up and chucked in the slammer, help is required. It’s here where the tale of the Pocket Witch begins to play out.Â
Available to purchase, download and play right now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch is Pocket Witch from Eastasiasoft and Naoka Games. Priced at a mere £4.19, this cheap little tale focuses on the titular Pocket Witch, as you attempt to help her escape the clutches of an evil sorcerer.
By taking charge of Pocket Witch, you’ll find yourself trying to escape the dungeon you find yourself in; a dungeon full of traps and deadly foes. Thankfully, Pocket Witch comes with a friend in tow, a little bat who has sneaked in through the darkest pathways to help her out. The utilisation of their skills will see this little witch jump and air dash her way to safety.
It’s all delivered in a pixel art style, and that means that precision platforming mechanics also come to the fore. But at times it works, and whilst our full review of Pocket Witch on Xbox Series X|S does mention that levels are repetitive, there are no ideas that haven’t been seen before and that this witch has serious longevity issues, we quite likes the art style and the difficulty.Â
We’d urge you to give our review a read and then take in the key features of Pocket Witch…
- Guide a little witch through precision platforming challenges!
- Run, jump and air dash to avoid traps and enemies.
- Find keys to open gates and unlock new areas!
- Enjoy cool and cute pixel art presentation.
- Overcome the devious schemes of an evil sorcerer!
Pocket Witch can then be downloaded from the Xbox Store for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S (fully optimised). Expect to find this one on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch too.Â
Game Description:
Help the little witch escape a deadly dungeon in pixel art platforming style! A little witch has been locked away in a dungeon filled with traps and deadly roving enemies, and it’s up to you to help her escape! Pocket Witch is a precision platformer presented in retro pixel art style, where the little titular witch must overcome a series of brainteasing single-screen challenges to thwart the evil sorcerer who imprisoned her. Together with her flappy bat friend, the little witch will have to jump and air dash over wooden thorns and pools of acid, dodge flying blades, avoid magic spells and find keys to open gates. This witch may be little, but with your help, she can take on the biggest obstacles and escape to freedom!