Super Ping Pong Trick Shot (Nintendo Switch) Indie One Shot

 

At first, I was equal parts excited and weary about Super Ping Pong Trick Shot. Weary because it looked simple enough that it easily could have just been a mobile app, and excited because this type of game was just the kind of thing that was easy for me to get addicted to.

The object of the game is very simple : you start each level supplied with fifteen ping pong balls, and there is a white cup (sometimes a yellow cup as well). Many objects can block your way, pads, walls, fans, switches...any number of things, and you must throw the ball around, over, and sometimes off of these objects to get into the white cup.

Each level comes with four objectives. One objective is your main one, this is the one objective that must be met before you "beat" the level. The other three are optional ones, and are there merely to present an extra challenge on each level. On it's own the game is simple and fast, but it's these bonus objectives that really bring out the fun in Super Ping Pong Trick Shot. You'll have to bounce an exact amount of times, or use (or not use) a specific object, end the level with a certain number of balls remaining, shoot above or below a certain power/angle. These can be extremely exact, but without these the game is a bore.

One area the game does suffer from is it's camera angle. It doesn't always offer the best view of the level, despite the fact that you can spin it around in a full circle, or tip it up and down a bit. Some levels, this view just isn't good enough and a free roaming camera would have been so much better.

Nevertheless, imperfect camera angle aside, this game is a lot of fun. It utilizes the strength, angles (both from your original throw and from bounces you can create), even wind. Super Ping Pong Trick Shot is quite an enjoyable physics game, and while it might not be a "console" game per-se, the portability of the Switch gives this title everything that it needs to be played on the go, or plugged in to your big screen TV. And with only a $4.99 price tag, how can you go wrong?

Rating : 7.5/10
Developed By : Sims
Published By : Starsign