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Jopagu
For: The Great & Powerful Beginner
For: The Great & Powerful Beginner
As the name suggests, this is beginner approachable needle. However, this does not mean it is good. The jumps are pretty unpleasant, and the blue on blue visuals are annoying. To make it worse there are explosions in the background that are pretty vision obscuring.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 24 24
Apr 13, 2024
Jopagu
For: Thanks for 2015!!
For: Thanks for 2015!!
Cute little beginner needle game. It has some interesting room layouts, and thus manages to stand out a bit. The actual jumps are pretty uninteresting though. A decent recommendation if you wanna see some more unique layouts.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 7.2 72
Difficulty: 25 25
Apr 13, 2024
Jopagu
For: I cannot but go ahead through the way of the starlit sky
For: I cannot but go ahead through the way of the starlit sky
A pretty standard, but decently enjoyable needle game. It's clearly oriented towards beginners, and should serve as a good introduction to a variety of jumps. The game manages to make some interesting maneuvers despite the low diff.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 7.3 73
Difficulty: 24 24
Apr 13, 2024
Jopagu
For: I wanna eat the lemon
For: I wanna eat the lemon
Short but interesting beginner needle game. Has some cool minor gimmicks, such as teleporters and a mult kid section. The game felt novel despite its short length, and I think it's a good target for a beginner.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 7.7 77
Difficulty: 25 25
Apr 13, 2024
Jopagu
For: I wanna be the Kaenbyou 3
For: I wanna be the Kaenbyou 3
Kaenbyou 3, while fundamentally the same thing as the earlier entries, is I think a bit better. It uses the formula in more interesting ways, with more unique jumps and such.
Overall, this trilogy stands the test of time as a beginner recommendation.
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Overall, this trilogy stands the test of time as a beginner recommendation.
Rating: 7.5 75
Difficulty: 22 22
Apr 13, 2024
Jopagu
For: I wanna be the Kaenbyou 2
For: I wanna be the Kaenbyou 2
Kaenbyou 2 is more of the same, aka interesting pathing with beginner friendly jumps. This one gets a bit more interesting, with more unique jumps and more frequent pathing moments.
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Rating: 7.3 73
Difficulty: 21 21
Apr 13, 2024
Jopagu
For: I wanna be the Kaenbyou
For: I wanna be the Kaenbyou
The Kaenbyou trilogy is revered as some of the best needle games for beginners. I do think that still holds up, this has interesting pathing and basic jumps that teach fundamentals. The first is the weakest, but not significantly. It definitely feels like the maker improved over the course of the trilogy.
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Rating: 7.0 70
Difficulty: 20 20
Apr 13, 2024
Lucien
For: I Wanna Be The Snow Needle(demo)
For: I Wanna Be The Snow Needle(demo)
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 4.6 46
Difficulty: 30 30
Apr 13, 2024
Jopagu
For: I wanna L
For: I wanna L
L is the infamous progenitor of the L needle genre (although it is secretly predated by P). As such, it plays a very divisive role in fangame history, with a large contingent of people wishing this game had never existed. While it has certainly spawned some garbage, I think the genre has merit, as I find it very interesting to push fangame physics and precision to their utmost.
Of course, I'm not going to rate this game based on its impact, but rather the game itself. I think this game winds up being pretty fun, with some interesting jumps that explore some unique movements and various aspects of precision. The big downside is the hard saves, save 7 and the penultimate one. These are both the most time consuming saves, and the least enjoyable. Both relying on uncomfortable tiny jumps or frame perfect arrow presses. In each case, a super unfun meat grinder jump is followed up by other jumps that are just hard enough to make you repeat the bad jump several times. This is an unenjoyable paradigm, and since these saves last for a large portion of playtime, they leave a sour taste in your mouth about the game as a whole.
Overall, I would recommend this game for those with precision sympathies. It's interesting from a historical perspective, and a decent game in its own right.
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Of course, I'm not going to rate this game based on its impact, but rather the game itself. I think this game winds up being pretty fun, with some interesting jumps that explore some unique movements and various aspects of precision. The big downside is the hard saves, save 7 and the penultimate one. These are both the most time consuming saves, and the least enjoyable. Both relying on uncomfortable tiny jumps or frame perfect arrow presses. In each case, a super unfun meat grinder jump is followed up by other jumps that are just hard enough to make you repeat the bad jump several times. This is an unenjoyable paradigm, and since these saves last for a large portion of playtime, they leave a sour taste in your mouth about the game as a whole.
Overall, I would recommend this game for those with precision sympathies. It's interesting from a historical perspective, and a decent game in its own right.
Rating: 7.0 70
Difficulty: 70 70
Apr 13, 2024