Pretty soon, though, HAL starts mixing mixing things up with new mechanics. At their most basic, these abstract shapes can serve as bridges across spiky pits or steps to take you to higher ground. While Qbby and Qucy can run and jump like your average platformer character, their main power is the ability to spawn clusters of boxes that look like they've dropped out of a Tetris game. The idea is to guide our square protagonist through each 2D level, bypassing traps and ideally collecting all of the crowns that are dotted around. Otherwise, this is BOXBOY as we've come to know and love it. Regular series protagonist Qbby is here joined by Qucy, who serves as both a selectable companion in the single player story and as a second character in the aforementioned co-op mode. With 270 stages and a series-first two-player mode, this is the biggest and most fully-featured entry yet. BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! is no flashier than it's ever been, but it has expanded in scope by a fair amount. We're delighted that HAL Laboratory has seen fit to give its unsung hero a chance to shine on Switch.
These unassuming puzzle-platformers might have lacked the visual fireworks or the 3D gimmicks of some of their contemporaries, but they more than made up for that with a fresh concept and rock solid level design. The original BOXBOY! trilogy proved to be one of the quiet triumphs of the 3DS era.
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