Beastieball
What if a game of volleyball met Pokémon? Beastieball, an upcoming game from the studio behind Chicory: A Colorful Tale, answers that question. The turn-based volleyball RPG puts you in the shoes of an up-and-coming Beastieball coach. You don’t play the game, but the cutie beasts do, and you need to help teach them how to get even better at volleyball.
Just moments into my first Beastieball match, I break out in hysterical laughter. After the other team returns my beastie’s serve, I send the ball back over the net and it absolute beams one of the dudes in the face, comically smushing his neck and head like a Looney Tunes cartoon. This is where it feels like Pokémon, as you go back-and-forth picking moves and hoping that they best the other squad’s.
