Nikosan Quest
Why We Picked Nikosan Quest
The brief is a shopping list rather than a story: yellow cubes scattered across the stage, monsters and spikes between them, one flag at the end. Nikosan Quest is honest about being a small platformer, and eight stages is enough room for the blades to start arriving in pairs. A thin review count and a small play total suggest a modest scope, but the rules fit in one sentence.
How to Play
Three things decide whether a run here goes well:
- Keyboard only: arrows or WASD to run, with a second jump press in the air.
- Every yellow cube is required before the flag counts, and hazards guard most of them.
- Walk a stage once before chasing cubes; the blades punish a route you improvise.
Editor’s Note
Eight levels, short and readable, with the difficulty climbing once the first few are behind you. It suits players who want a plain collect-and-flag platformer and do not mind a modest presentation or a small audience. By the numbers: 1,124 plays, 4.3 out of 5 from 15 ratings, and 129 of 183 on the adventure shelf.
Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.
Publisher Description
Supplied by the game’s publisher; reproduced as-is.
Nikosan Quest is a 2D platformer where you play as an anime girl called Nikosan who have to collect all of the yellow cubes while avoiding the monsters, spikes, rotating blades and reach the yellow flag in order to go to the next level. There are 8 levels to play and the difficulty increases as you proceed.
Controls:
Use "WASD" or "Arrow" keys for the player's movement.
Use "W" or "Up" arrow key twice for double jump.
