Hi Guys,

I bought Tanuki: Pon's Summer today. I loved the look of it.

Played the tutorial and the first day so far. My thoughts? With the first ten minutes I was worried I had wasted my money, as found the controls a bit hard with the tricks in the tutorial stage, but I eventually got to grips with it. I think people who have played more extreme sports games will have less problems than me though! My experience was the Tony Hawk's games on the N64 and Aggressive Inline on Gamecube, which I did love as a roller skater.

Anyway, they are not super hard once you get the hang of it though! Just takes a little time. You can hop off your bike and walk around too though.

I then had to complete 3 basic challenges in town. From moving some boxes and a grinding challenge.

I love the graphics and the music and sfx are nice. Characters speak in babble like in Animal Crossing, which I like. Story is fun and I like the characters. His ancestor, the Tanuki God, guides him and gives him instruction/tells him off. Lots of expression despite Pon not talking himself!

You return home after the end of the day to the shrine and his bedroom, where he plays computer games, sleeps and eats really. It is cute! There are 30 days, like Pikmin, but I don't think they appear timed. More that it ends when you beat the main challenge/objectives, I think.

I will say more when I have played more, but I am getting into it and looking forward to playing more. 🙂