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Kabuto Park captures the fleeting joy of summer vacation

There are a lot of games that remind me of summer - hot days in the backseat with a copy of Dragon Warrior III, cooling off in the basement while grinding Gran Turismo races - but there aren't a lot of games that are actually about summer. That's part of what makes Kabuto Park so […] There are a lot of games that remind me of summer - hot days in the backseat with a copy of Dragon Warrior III , cooling off in the basement while grinding Gran Turismo races - but there aren't a lot of games that are actually about summer. That's part of what makes Kabuto Park so charming. It's a game that manages to not only capture the fleeting moments of a childhood summer, but also cram a Pokémon -style adventure into a game that lasts only a few hours. Kabuto Park actually launched last year on PC, but it's available now on both Xbox and the Switch, the latter being probably the ideal plat

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There are a lot of games that remind me of summer - hot days in the backseat with a copy of Dragon Warrior III, cooling off in the basement while grinding Gran Turismo races - but there aren't a lot of games that are actually about summer. That's part of what makes Kabuto Park so […] There are a lot of games that remind me of summer - hot days in the backseat with a copy of Dragon Warrior III , cooling off in the basement while grinding Gran Turismo races - but there aren't a lot of games that are actually about summer. That's part of what makes Kabuto Park so charming. It's a game that manages to not only capture the fleeting moments of a childhood summer, but also cram a Pokémon -style adventure into a game that lasts only a few hours. Kabuto Park actually launched last year on PC, but it's available now on both Xbox and the Switch, the latter being probably the ideal plat

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According to The Verge’s source item, Kabuto Park captures the fleeting joy of summer vacation, There are a lot of games that remind me of summer - hot days in the backseat with a copy of Dragon Warrior III, cooling off in the basement while grinding Gran Turismo races - but there aren’t a lot of games that are actually about summer. That’s part of what makes Kabuto Park so […] There are a lot of games that remind me of summer - hot days in the backseat with a copy of Dragon Warrior III , cooling off in the basement while grinding Gran Turismo races - but there aren’t a lot of games that are actually about summer. That’s part of what makes Kabuto Park so charming. It’s a game that manages to not only capture the fleeting moments of a childhood summer, but also cram a Pokémon -style adventure into a game that lasts only a few hours. Kabuto Park actually launched last year on PC, but it’s available now on both Xbox and the Switch, the latter being probably the ideal plat

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