Mekazoo resembles a blend of Donkey Kong Country and Sonic

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New Seattle-based indie outfit The Good Mood Creators has announced its commercial debut with Mekazoo, a vibrant 2.5D platformer that looks like it channels all the best parts of Donkey Kong Country and oldschool Sonic games.
On the surface it just looks like a lush, colourful platformer - and it is - but it has one pretty neat trick up its sleeve: you can transform into different cybernetic animals (cringingly named mekanimals) on the fly with the touch of a button. There's the swift armadillo, hoppy frog, bouncy wallaby, heavy panda and flying pelican.
It sounds as if you'll only be able to swap between two characters at a time, but that's still twice as many folks than you usually play as in these sorts of games (unless you're playing Trine, in which case you should probably bring a buddy).
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