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Sumo Digital's slithery physics platformer Snake Pass was a unexpected delight when we reviewed it back in March with solid visuals, unconventional gameplay, a memorable soundtrack and a decent amount of replay value.

While Sumo quickly rolled out a patch after launch to improve the rumble effect in the game, the UK developer will settle for nothing less than perfection and a update has been rolled out today which adds time trials and online leaderboards, allowing players to challenge each other to see who is the best snake charmer of them all.

You should find the update ready next time you boot the game on your Switch. There are a few other bits and bobs which have been improved also, as detailed below:

- TIME TRIAL AND LEADERBOARDS: Time Trial mode is now available for Nintendo Switch players. Battle it out against friends to see who can make it to the top of the leader boards with the quickest time

- TAIL GRAB: fixed a bug where Tail Grab was unreliable

- TIME TRIAL: fixed a TT exploit where players could get a time of zero

- TIME TRIAL: fixed an issue in Time Trial where some players could not complete the level

- TIME TRIAL: fixed an issue in Time Trial that prevented the timer from not displaying correctly

- LEVEL 11: fixed an issue where the ball would activate incorrectly for some players

- QUETZALCOATL ACHIEVEMENT: fixed an issue with Quetzalcoatl not triggering correctly for some players. If players have previously reached the requirements, playing a level without dying again should trigger the achievement.

- FLOOR IS MOLTEN ROCK ACHIEVEMENT: The Floor Is Molten Rock achievement now triggers correctly

- CAMERA: fixed an issue where the camera did not move as fast as intended

- LEVEL 9: fixed an issue where the camera would not move for some players making the level unplayable

- TAIL GRAB: fixed an issue where Noodle would move faster than intended while Doodle was holding his tail

- GAME ICONS: all platforms have updated game icons

- GENERAL FIXES AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

Let us know what you think of this bumper crop of improvements to an already great game with a comment below.