Another Code: Recollection review: this remake leaves a lasting memory

Another Code: Recollection MSRP $59.99 Score Details Pros

Beautiful presentation
Feels like a complete story
Likeable cast of characters

Cons

Puzzles lack challenge
Environments vary in quality

“This isn’t what I remember playing on the Nintendo DS as a kid.”

That’s what I found myself saying as I played through the early hours of Another Code: Recollection, a Nintendo Switch remake of two cult classic games. That wasn’t a bad thing. I felt at ease with Recollection and its overhauled visual presentation, whereas the original’s point-and-click format and top-down isometric perspective were unfamiliar and daunting to me as a teenager growing up.

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As someone who had trouble playing slightly more complex games like Advance Wars when I was younger, Another Code: Two Memories was just simple enough for me to see through the ending. I remember enjoying my time with it, but that was years ago. Would Recollection replace my childhood memories or respectfully mirror them?

I had a much smoother time with Recollection, although at first, I thought it was only because I now have many more years of gaming experience under my belt. But Nintendo and developer Cing took a different approach to this remake. It’s a much more family-friendly revisit of two great Nintendo games, with new gameplay options and far easier puzzles. While that takes some tension out of the adventure, the collection hits even harder emotionally, thanks to some drastic story overhauls. I can already tell that I’ll remember Recollection more fondly than the originals, keeping the memory of two lost games alive.

Two memories in one

Another Code: Recollection is a Nintendo Switch remake of 2005’s Another Code: Two Memories for the Nintendo DS and its direct sequel, 2009’s Another Code: R