A cute frog game that remixes Nintendo's best

"In Big Hops, you play as a frog named Hop. Early on, Hop is taken away from his home, and he works to get back by collecting airship parts from a few different areas, each with its own cute animal characters and storylines. Because he's a frog, the primary way you interact with things is by slinging his tongue. You can use it to grab pots to toss and break them for coins, as a grappling hook to reach new areas,"

"With the combination of the tongue, Hop's Super Mario-like jumps, dives, and wall runs, and a Zelda-like stamina meter for climbing walls, you can easily slingshot around the world and climb dizzying heights. But those special foods are what really let you get creative. A mushroom turns into a bounce pad to help you climb higher. A thrown apple becomes a grappling point on a wall."

Players control Hop, a frog who seeks to reclaim his home by collecting airship parts across several themed areas populated by cute animal characters. Hop uses a tongue to grab, toss, and grapple, and performs Super Mario–style jumps, dives, and wall runs alongside a Zelda-like stamina meter for climbing. Throwable foods grant special, transformable abilities—mushrooms become bounce pads, apples can create grapple points, and other items alter environments to enable new routes. The mechanics emphasize creative, physics-driven traversal and encourage chaining abilities and environmental interactions to reach hidden or distant locations.

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