N+ began life as a free downloadable Flash game on the PC, introducing gamers to a small ninja-like character who avoids hazards while flicking switches and working his way through countless levels. Now the game is available as an Xbox Live Arcade download, and even though it costs 800 points, the equivalent of $10, it's more than worth it. This is one of the best games for the service, period.
Your goal in N+ is to go through each level, locating a switch to open a door and then returning to that door unharmed while collecting gold pieces to keep a time limit from expiring. It starts out easily enough with "point A to point B" levels, but complexity heads north with unreachable ledges, mines that explode on contact and various other hazards, including missile launchers and robot sentries. Your ninja character dies after just one hit and can't survive long falls. This makes the game relatively challenging, but not impossible.
The Never Yak recently had the idea that everyone who works with Nintendo Link should write a small piece on their favorite game soundtracks, and this is such a fun and eclectic collection.
N++ by Metanet Software is one of the greatest platformers of all time. Don't believe us? Check out Jason Capp's Nindie Spotlight to find out why!
"In all, 131 games were speedrun, and the vast majority of these events included the current record holder for fastest time. One runner, Krankdud, came away with world record times in both of their events: Mega Man Zero 2 on Sunday and a cooperative run in N++ with AND4H on Wednesday.
Here are, in chronological order, 10 of the best runs over the past week" - Owen S. Good, Polgyon
the problem with GDQ is that nintendo has too much space and playstation games are not so prominent
