Nintendo Switch 2 was launched with five exclusive games, one of which is a surprising throw to a game from Game Boy Color from 1999. Switch 2's Survival children shares its name with the original in 1999 and is technically part of Lost in blue franchise that has been dormant since Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked Released on Wii 2008. It really is one of the more surprising and unique games in the Switch 2 launch lineup, but unfortunately, the new Survival children Do a little to convince the franchise needed to make a comeback.
Survival children At Switch 2, a clean, even more child -friendly grip on the franchise with cartoon graphics and low efforts. Playable in up to 4-players co-op online and 2 players on a single console, Survival children Takes recognized survival game mechanics such as crafts, cooking, resource collection and endurance management and build distinct levels around them as opposed to being an open experience like most games in the genre. Each step is essentially a guided puzzle where players must overcome different obstacles with the final goal of building their raft and continuing to the next island.
The beginning of a survival game can often be boring because it is when players have to spend time building their base for business and gathering the resources required to build the basic tools they need to develop. It's all what Survival children consists of. Each level puts players back on Square One, which requires that they once again build their base camp, their fishing pool and the different other tools they acquire throughout the game. It is a repetitive process that struggles its welcome quickly.
The same resources used to create tools are also used to build bridges, climbing networks and other objects in the environment. Survival children Players will spend a lot of time cutting down trees and crushing stones for their resources, with these measures that must be repeated at each individual level. When players do not repeat these repetitive tasks, they pull objects around, while handling an annoying endurance meter that makes players a little slower for a short time before they fill again. Players can increase their endurance by eating food, whether it is fruit they find lying around the island or fish that they manage to catch.
Fish posts in Survival children used for more than catching fish. They also allow players to pull items up to higher ground and can be used to pull switches. As players progress through the game acquires the new tools that are also necessary to resolve Survival children“Puzzle, and what is annoying is that only one tool can be equipped at a time. Having to go back to the camp to replace tools is a move, especially when most survival games allow players to carry more than one thing at a time.
Survival children are simply not a fun game
Often, play Survival children Feels like a job. Its repetitive tasks pull down the experience considerably, and sometimes it's almost like the game actively does its best to prevent players from having a good time. But while big scares in the game are boring, there is still at least some temporary entertainment to have when playing when Survival children. While the most important goals on a given island are simple and repetitive (building camps, fix elevator, fix the fleet), those who go out of their way to find the hidden treasures will get some more enjoyment out of the game. Survival children'Hidden treasures are often hidden in smart areas that require players to think outside the box if they hope to reach them and successfully return them to their camp. These puzzles are a bit more challenging than the standard price and make the game more fun.
Players are rewarded a star for every hidden treasure they manage to find in Survival childrenBut they are also challenged to beat every step as quickly as possible for additional stars. Throw a performance system in the mix and there is a decent number of things to do for supplementers. For most people who pick up the game, the real replay value will probably come from the collaboration functionality. 2-player split screen works pretty well with minimal performance hiccups, but there are times when the game lags. The other player can also not retain his character and is forced to adapt them to each new session, which is an unfortunate monitoring, even if the lack of an leveling system makes this more disastrous than something disastrous.
Co-op do Survival children More tolerable, but the game is much easier in a single player. In one -player, Survival children Players can perform actions at the same speed that normally require two players in co-op, which makes sense from a balance perspective, but actively discourages people from playing with their friends. Unless players go around tied at the hip, everything in co-op take longer than in a single player.
Everything in Survival children Technically speaking, working and the co-op support, although it is not implemented almost as well as it could have been, still appreciated. But the game is mindful for the most part and, to an astonishing $ 49.99, it is impossible to recommend it to early Switch 2 adopters. There are much better local co-op experiences at the console at launch, and money is spent much better on these games.

Survival children
Reviewed on Nintendo Switch 2
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June 5, 2025
- ESRB
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E for all // mild fantasy violence
- Multiple players
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Local co-op, online co-op
- Franchise
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Survival children
- Local and online co-op options
- Hidden treasures are fun to find
- Incredibly boring level design and puzzle
- Repetitive structure has players repeating the same tasks at each level
- Co-OP partner must create its character from the ground up every session
- Meaningless endurance system
- Game expensive to $ 50