Ketzal's Corridors
{{Short description|2011 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox video game
|image = Ketzal's Corridors cover.jpg
|caption =
|developer = Keys Factory
|publisher = Nintendo
|platforms = Nintendo 3DS
|released = {{Video game release|JP|October 21, 2011|PAL|April 5, 2012|NA|April 12, 2012}}
|composer = Masaru Tajima
|genre = Puzzle
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
Ketzal's Corridors, known in PAL regions as SpeedThru: Potzol's Puzzle and in Japan as {{nihongo|Shissō Surinuke Anatōsu|疾走すりぬけ アナトウス}}, is a puzzle video game developed by Keys Factory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released on the Nintendo eShop. The game is a follow-up to Keys Factory's ThruSpace, released on WiiWare in 2010.
Gameplay
The game is described as a "third-person on-rails Tetris", with the player having to move a 3-4 block shape, attempting to get through each hole without missing, and using a variety of strategic movements to the block to progress efficiently through the level. The setting of the game is based on the Aztec, the ethnic groups of central Mexico that lived during the 14th–16th centuries.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 76/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/ketzals-corridors/critic-reviews/?platform=3ds |title=Ketzal's Corridors for 3DS Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |access-date=February 8, 2017}}
| Edge = 7/10{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |date=April 11, 2012 |url=http://www.edge-online.com/reviews/speedthru-potzols-puzzle-review |title=SpeedThru: Potzol's Puzzle review |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future plc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413193618/http://www.edge-online.com/reviews/speedthru-potzols-puzzle-review |archive-date=April 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 5, 2022}}
| GMaster = 64%{{cite magazine |title=Review: SpeedThru: Potzol's Puzzle |magazine=GamesMaster |publisher=Future plc |date=June 2012 |page=83}}
| IGN = 9/10{{cite web |last=Drake |first=Audrey |date=April 12, 2012 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/04/12/ketzals-corridors-review |title=Ketzal's Corridors Review |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=December 5, 2022}}
| NG = 64%{{cite magazine |title=Review: SpeedThru: Potzol's Puzzle |magazine=NGamer |publisher=Future plc |date=May 2012 |page=105}}
| NLife = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web |last=van Duyn |first=Marcel |date=April 5, 2012 |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/eshop/speedthru_potzols_puzzle |title=SpeedThru: Potzol's Puzzle Review |website=Nintendo Life |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=December 5, 2022}}
| ONM = 83%{{cite web |last=East |first=Thomas |date=April 10, 2012 |url=http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/37178/speedthru-potzols-puzzle-review/ |title=Speedthru Potzol's Puzzle [sic] review |website=Official Nintendo Magazine |publisher=Future plc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008092918/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/37178/speedthru-potzols-puzzle-review/ |archive-date=October 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 5, 2022}}
| PG = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Willington |first=Peter |date=April 6, 2012 |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/speedthru-potzols-puzzle/speedthru-potzols-puzzle/ |title=SpeedThru: Potzol's Puzzle |website=Pocket Gamer |publisher=Steel Media Ltd |access-date=December 5, 2022}}
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The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. IGN called it "brilliant and highly addictive". Official Nintendo Magazine called it "excellent". Edge found it fun in short bursts but warned that extended play could cause eye strain.
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References
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External links
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20120414103732/http://ketzalscorridors.nintendo.com/}} (English)
- {{official website|https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/dl/jelj/}} (Japanese)
- {{moby game|id=/3ds/ketzals-corridors}}
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Nintendo 3DS-only games