Siliconera’s Daniel Bueno was enchanted by the retro charms of Kitsune Tails, the platformer styled after beloved classics and steeped in Japanese mythology developed by Kitsune Games (Kitsune Zero / Super Bernie World) and published by MidBoss™ (Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER).
Kitsune Tails is a platformer game cut from the same cloth as classics like Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World, borrowing elements such as the way the level select maps look and the mid-world Spirit Houses that double as the mid-world castle challenges and Ghost Houses from SMW… What I love is how this aspect of the game is only about 40% of the whole experience, and halfway through the developer pulled the wool from over my eyes and revealed that Kitsune Tails is also a completely different platformer closer to something like classic Ninja Gaiden.
Kitsune Tails presents itself as a charming homage to classic NES and SNES era platformers with an adorable Queer story, and hides underneath a deep and challenging double album of platforming goodness with a second campaign focused on speed and precise movement, all the while featuring a simple level editor to boot.
You can read Daniel’s full 8/10 review at Siliconera. Kitsune Tails is available now on PC and Linux via Steam and itch.io. You can keep up to date with the latest developments at Kitsune Games’ official site and by following Kitsune Games and MidBoss on X/Twitter.
