First Thoughts: Kaze and the Wild Masks
3i love this game!!!!! it's so cute and it controls so well and kaze is so cool and i wanna scritch her ears and aaaaaaaaaa!!
i still haven't totally finished the game, but i think i've now played most of it? the worlds all seem to be linear, like world one, but they all have a super hard super fun bonus level unlocked by getting every green gem in the world. it works pretty well in terms of the level design to keep level selection linear imho, it's a lot less annoying to me than the mario 3d land world map
also, i didn't try them in the video, but the time trials work exactly like in crash bandicoot. a little clock appears at the beginning of the level, you grab it and all the other collectibles and stuff disappear, then you rush to the end as quickly as possible to earn the best medal
also also! they put out an update a few weeks ago which adds a difficulty selection option in the menu :2 you can use it at any time, including mid-level, which is way way better than locking you into a difficulty setting for your entire save file forever. thank u kaze developers