Super Cat Tales: The Deceptively Cute Mobile Game for “Hardcore” Gamers

by Marina Garrow | Jan 4, 2022 | Mobile Games, Opinion, Video Games

Super Cat Tales, also known as Super Cat Bros on Android, is a series of mobile platforming games that I found when the second game was featured as the Game of the Day in the App Store’s “action” section. A brightly colored game featuring cats running around, driving tanks, dodging giant fish, braving sandstorms, and all the like in various Mario– and Kirby-esque environments. It all looked pretty rad. I was especially interested in not just the reviews praising how ads were kept to a minimum, but also the Game of the Day writeup’s focus on retro inspiration and ’90s platformer nostalgia. (more…)

Marina Garrow

Otherwise known as TJ or TheJolteonMaster, she creates in-depth content about media & culture for general audiences, especially for the nerdy, working-classes & transitional-classes. You can find her content on YouTube, her Blog, Twitter & Tumblr. Profile picture made using @WoudiM‘s picrew.