Remember Pizza Tower? So do I. I have done a review on the only game to outdo Sonic when it comes to speed before and recently; it got way better. Over Halloween, there was a special event, akin to that of a Roblox or Fortnite game, that had you collecting pumpkins and unlocking a new bonus level called Tricky Treat (let's call it T2.). T2 was fun and all, but this new update dwarfs it in sheer scale. A whole new playable character with quite the box of tricks. It's Peppino's old rival, The Noise!

The Noise is a TV-hosting trickster partially inspired by Dominos' old mascot, the Noid. After you complete Pizza Tower as Peppino Spaghetti, you can unlock the ability to play as him.

His story campaign is much the same as Peppino's, but with some very crucial differences.

For example, Noise plays very similarly to Peppino, but instead of automatically climbing walls by jumping on during a mach-dash, you bounce on them using a skateboard. You can do this up to 5 times before losing altitude and as you land, you go back to dashing. He has three kinds of ground-pound-like moves (normal ground-pound, tornado spin and using his signature Noise Crusher), a launching uppercut move and can super-jump (like the Shinespark ability from Metroid but can only launch upwards) without using a mach-dash first. His transformations change too, but mainly it's to the point where he can bounce on walls. His Mort and gun transformations are very unique though.

The other crucial difference to his move-set is only activated when in a boss-fight. He can kick bombs at a boss to damage them, making the boss easier or harder, depending on your standpoint. Speaking of bosses, since the Noise is already a boss, his boss-fight has been replaced with a new character. You might know them if you've been paying attention to one of the levels on the last floor of the tower.

Overall, the satisfying movement of the new character, as well as the amazing-as-usual music (that Lap 2 theme!), make the Noise campaign very fun to play indeed. Just when I thought the game couldn't get any better, it did. It's amazing! This year looks very good for games indeed!

10/10

Written by Finley. F