Yoku's Island Express is a colorful gem emerging from the sea of independent development, a title that demonstrates how much innovation and originality can still play a fundamental role in today's video game market.
Traditional in its chromatics and imagery (which nonetheless remains vibrant and fresh), Villa Gorilla's offering blends platforming and pinball within a metroidvania framework, to build a video game rarely seen before. Powers of observation, timing, readiness of execution, and curiosity are what it takes to overcome the challenges of Yoku's island and its extravagant inhabitants: the game mechanics, besides being out of the box, are surprisingly effective and stimulating. Yoku's Island Express is one of those titles to be valued without reservation, in the hope of sending a message to the market and the development team, and of having an ecosystem populated by less standardized and more courageous projects.
