Let's Play: Snipperclips: Cut It Out, Together! #9 | Scoops Are Always The Answer!
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Snipperclips: Cut It Out, Together! is a puzzle game developed by SFB Games and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The game was released worldwide on March 3, 2017 as a digital launch title for the Nintendo Switch eShop. The game makes use of a snipping mechanic to allow players to cooperate and solve shape and physics-based puzzles.
Snipperclips is a co-operative puzzle game for up to four players. In the main World mode for one or two players, players control two characters named Snip and Clip, who each possess shaped bodies that can be rotated in place. When the two characters overlap each other, one player can snip the overlapped portion out of the other player, altering the shape of their body. Using this mechanic, players must come up with creative ways to solve various puzzles, each with unique objectives. Objectives include fitting inside a shape template, carrying objects such as a basketball or pencil to a specific area, or cutting out a pointed end in order to pop balloons. Additionally, up to four players can play the game's Party and Blitz modes. Party mode features unique puzzles designed for extra players, while Blitz mode features various competitive games, such as basketball, hockey, and snipping deathmatches
The concept for Snipperclips was originally developed in Adobe Flash by British independent developer SFB Games under the name FriendShapes. The game, designed by brothers Adam and Tom Vian during a one-day game jam, was first showcased at EGX 2015 and was featured in the Game Developers Conference's 2015 European Innovative Games Showcase. SFB Games approached Nintendo about publishing the game and began development on the full game in 2016 using the Unity engine. In January 2017, the game was announced as a new IP for the Nintendo Switch, under the new name of Snipperclips. The game was released as a launch title for the system via the Nintendo eShop on March 3, 2017
Snipperclips received generally favorable reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. IGN gave the game 8/10, praising the game's multiplayer experience. Metro gave the game 8/10, calling it "one of the best co-op games in recent years". The Guardian described it as "addictive". Polygon stated that Snipperclips was "a tricky, tricky game of logic and cunning".
The key to Snipperclips: Cut It Out Together! lies in cutting your own characters to pieces to fit whatever colorful, lighthearted challenges it throws at you. That idea, applied to a series of peculiar but engaging objectives, consistently leads to clever and oftentimes hilarious use of this puzzler’s central mechanic. And those objectives are well worth tackling alongside a group of friends.
Offering two sets of puzzles — one for up to two players and another set for up to four — Snipperclips simply throws you into each problem in a refreshing way. The only information it provides is a name and the basics of its snipping mechanic — characters can overlap and cut away those parts of each other. Being given so little direction is actually freeing because it prompts you and whoever you’re playing with to think creatively. I found myself immediately exploring every level, testing the bouncy physics that cause items in the environment to react to whatever shapes you’ve created and occasionally messing with other players by cutting them to pieces before tackling the puzzler’s wide away of eclectic challenges.
Experimentation is so rewarding because no puzzle, from matching a shape outline to helping a lone frog find its way to a friend, feels like there is a single correct method for solving it. Trying to get a baseball into a hoop? Maybe carefully carry it with your friend on your heads across the screen. Or, snip and clip a bowl-shaped indent onto your friend’s body to safely transport the ball.
The Princess Power-Up minigame is a particular highlight — essentially a game within Snipperclips, you have to move an in-world joystick to control a princess who has to collect a series of diamonds. But, you must first cut the right path for her to walk, avoiding enemies along the way. I would take an entire expansion of these levels alone.
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