Enchanted Portals

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Enchanted Portals is a 2D run-and-gun platform game made by Xixo Games Studio. It released on Windows on September 5, 2023, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions arriving on September 8, and PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on November 1, 2023. The game looks and plays a lot like Cuphead and can be played solo or with a friend.

In the story, two rookie wizards, Bobby and Penny, get pulled into different dimensions after a magic book comes alive. They travel through varied worlds, from a haunted forest hotel to a cyborg-cow spaceship, an ancient temple island, a frog castle, and a rooster town. They fight monsters and bosses, using power-ups such as three spell attacks, a protective bubble, and wand swipes.

The adventure ends after they defeat the living book and return home, where an older wizard appears and hints at a possible sequel. Xixo Games Studio tried to fund the game on Kickstarter in 2020, but the goal wasn’t reached. A Tales Edition physical PS5 release came out on September 29, 2023. A trailer premiered in 2019, and critics generally gave the game negative reviews; the PS5 version is described as having generally unfavorable scores, with some outlets calling it a weak Cuphead imitation. OpenCritic notes weak reception from top critics.