{"id":1622,"date":"2026-06-06T21:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T21:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2026-06-06T21:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T21:21:46","slug":"kabuto-park-review-xbox-nintendo-switch-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=1622","title":{"rendered":"Kabuto Park captures the fleeting joy of summer vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">There are a lot of games that remind me of summer \u2014 hot days in the backseat with a copy of <em>Dragon Warrior III<\/em>, cooling off in the basement while grinding <em>Gran Turismo<\/em> races \u2014 but there aren\u2019t a lot of games that are actually <em>about<\/em> summer. That\u2019s part of what makes <em>Kabuto Park<\/em> so charming. It\u2019s a game that manages to not only capture the fleeting moments of a childhood summer, but also cram a <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em>-style adventure into a game that lasts only a few hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\"><em>Kabuto Park<\/em> actually launched last year on PC, but it\u2019s available now on both Xbox and the Switch, the latter being probably the ideal platform for it. It takes place over the course of a single month, and you play as Hana, a young girl who is working her way up the competitive ladder of the beetle battling championships while on a summer vacation. You do this in traditional fashion: by collecting bugs, raising them to be strong, and pitting them against other collectors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">But <em>Kabuto Park<\/em> streamlines this process quite a bit. There are only four main screens in the game. One is a map, which you use to venture to a handful of locations to catch bugs. As you progress, you\u2019ll earn money you can use to buy better boots, which lets you explore new areas like a swamp. Capturing bugs involves swinging a net at <em>just<\/em> the right moment, which is something that gets more challenging as you come across more rare and powerful critters. There\u2019s also a shop where you can buy things like honey to slow down bugs, making them easier to catch, and a collection screen where you can organize your bugs, feed them candy to level them up, and eventually unlock a terrarium to house them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Most of the action takes place in battles. Like in <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em>, you build a team \u2014 in this case, each squad is made up of three bugs, all with distinct stats like strength and defense \u2014 and pit them against another player. The actual battles play out a lot like a sumo match, as the goal is to push the opposing team outside of the ring (which, adorably, is a tambourine). The bugs will do the pushing automatically, but you can turn the tide of battle by playing cards that do things like temporarily raise stats or give a quick, decisive kick to knock the opposing bugs across the ring. It\u2019s relatively simple, at least by the standards of modern <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em>, but there\u2019s still a decent amount of strategy to building your team and playing cards at the right moment. Some of the matches can be very intense, particularly if the teams are evenly matched.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">With each battle, time moves forward a day, and so you progress both through the competitive ladder and the August calendar simultaneously. I managed to beat the game in around three hours and was particularly impressed by how <em>Kabuto Park<\/em> managed to capture the satisfying arc of an epic RPG in such a compact package. Its brief nature also fits perfectly with the game\u2019s theme; like your best childhood summer moments, <em>Kabuto Park<\/em> is short-lived and leaves you wishing for more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">There are a lot of things I love about <em>Kabuto Park<\/em>: the adorable storybook art that feels like a warm afternoon, the charming and often hilarious dialogue, the whining cicadas that provide the summer soundtrack. But what I love most is that there are just so few games like this. Outside of the works of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mkitchen.co.jp\/\">Millenium Kitchen<\/a>, most of which are only available in Japanese, there\u2019s not much else that captures that very particular feeling of childhood freedom. And now that the game is on the Switch, you can experience <em>Kabuto Park<\/em>\u2019s vision of summer in the actual outdoors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\"><sub>Kabuto Park <\/sub><em><sub>is available now on the Switch, Xbox, and PC.<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/944060\/kabuto-park-review-xbox-nintendo-switch-steam\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of games that remind me of summer \u2014 hot days in the backseat with a copy of Dragon Warrior III, cooling off in the basement while grinding Gran Turismo races \u2014 but there aren\u2019t a lot of games that are actually about summer. 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