Dadish

Genre: Platformer

Players: 1

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Review:

(Note: This game is included in Dadish Collection, along with Dadish 2 and Dadish 3.)

Dadish is a family-friendly Platformer released on mobile devices and Nintendo Switch in 2020, later being ported to PC in 2021. This is a game where players take the role of an anthropomorphic radish whose radish kids run off, resulting in players going through a series of wacky levels to collect them all.

This game uses simple, colorful pixel art visuals with a lot of little references to the Mario series, with transitions and transition sounds just like those in Super Mario Bros. 3, and a jump sound like in Super Mario World, to name a few. These are backed by a cheerful synthesized soundtrack that works well enough but isn’t especially memorable. In fact, overall there’s very little here that manages to impress, but the game nevertheless has an undeniable charm, especially with the fun and often fourth wall-breaking dialogue Dadish has with his kids at the end of each level.

Despite the visual and audio references to the Mario series, Dadish doesn’t play much like Mario. Each level is usually fairly small and self-contained, though they get bigger as the game goes on. Usually these levels are laid out in the form of an obstacle course, occasionally with some light puzzle elements. The gameplay mechanics are fairly straightforward here too – Dadish can jump and double-jump, and can push boxes… and that’s really about it.

There’s nothing here especially bad, it’s all fairly well-done… but there’s nothing especially good either. This is a mostly by-the-numbers Platformer that does very little to distinguish itself outside of its theming. Even worse, this game can be completed in a span of a few hours, making its $10 price tag look a bit steep for what’s on offer.

Make no mistake, Dadish is a charming game, but much of that is due to its colorful presentation. Strip that away and what you get is a fairly standard, unambitious Platformer. It’s not bad, and if you can catch a good sale on the game it may be worth a look, but there’s very little here to hold your interest outside of its adorable theming.

tl;dr – Dadish is a family-friendly Platformer about a dad radish on a journey to collect his errant kids. It has an adorable, colorful presentation, but everything else about the game is fairly by-the-book. Not bad, but there’s very little here to set it apart.

Grade: C+

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