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Good guess, but not quite!

57. Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (2018) - Switch

The weakest of the 2D Metroidvanias I played this year. The game itself does have some cool aspects in two primary areas. First, and most obviously, the art is vibrant and well done. I didn't like the style personally, but I can appreciate the good execution. Second, there's a lot of variety. The game lets you transform into a bunch of different animals, all of which have a selection of powers and uses. It feels pretty cool to unlock new ones and get all these different powers to manage, though it can occasionally be a bit of a pain switching between them. Unfortunately, that's all the good stuff I can say. The game feels bad to play - it's very slow until you get some speed upgrades several hours into the game, and even after that the controls aren't the best. It's very long for the genre, with each area feeling like it goes on forever. The music sucks. The bosses get really annoying near the end, particularly one with some random elements that ends up causing a lot of time just waiting to be able to damage it. There were periods were I enjoyed myself a good amount, and I didn't hate the game or anything, but there wasn't really anything going for it, unless you want to see a certain brand of SNES platformer turned into a Metroidvania.

Next game hint: a sequel that's kind of a different genre.