A Kappa's Trail, known in Japan as , is a puzzle-action

Action game

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 video game developed by Brownie Brown

Brownie Brown

is a Japanese Nintendo-funded and owned video game development studio opened on June 30, 2000 and based in Tokyo, Japan.- History :The company consists of many ex-Square Co., Ltd. 2D artists. At least two of its founders had previously worked on the award-winning Mana series on the Game Boy and...

 and published by Nintendo

Nintendo

is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

 for the Nintendo DSi

Nintendo DSi

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's DSiWare digital download service.

Gameplay

A Kappa's Trail follows a kappa that goes around eating fish. The player moves the kappa by drawing a path with the stylus. Along the way, the player collects coins, smashes boulders, and interact with other kappas.

Reception

A Kappa's Trail has been met with positive reception. IGN

IGN

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 awarded the game a score of 8.5 of 10 and gave it an Editor's Choice award. In a separate article, IGN stated "With its cute graphics and charming story, your time with the kappa will certainly be memorable." They further awarded it as "Game of the Month: June 2010" for the DSiWare category, saying it "is deep, quirky, challenging to just the right degree and does something new with the touch screen."

Mother 3 References

A Kappa's Trail has three references to the Mother series

EarthBound (series)

EarthBound, known in Japan as Mother, is a role-playing game series created by Shigesato Itoi for Nintendo. The series started in 1989 with the Japan-only release of Mother for the Famicom, and was then followed up by a sequel, released in North America as EarthBound for the Super NES in 1995, and...

, specifically to
Mother 3

Mother 3

Mother 3 is a role-playing video game developed by Nintendo, Brownie Brown and HAL Laboratory, and published for the Game Boy Advance handheld game console. It has only been released in Japan, alongside a limited supply bundle. It is the third video game in the Mother series, following EarthBound...

.

• Ocho, an Octopus from Tanetane Island, can be found near Tazmily Village.
• There is the Pigmask that the Pigmask Army soldiers wear
• There is an Oxygen Supply Machine merman.