Mio Pokes The Carmine Needle

Creator: ameliandyou

Average Rating
8.0 / 10
Average Difficulty
38.1 / 100
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Needle (5) Gimmick (6) Story (1) Secret_Santa (1) Secret_Santa_2023 (2)

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  • by 4d9r
  • by mosamari

15 Reviews:

Jopagu
A fun little needle game (with a silly story). The game is focused on swapping between forms which have different abilities, and interact with the little fairies differently. I loved the ideas behind each transformation, with the coyote and the teleport being really fun. As the game goes on, you get saves with complex bits involving many different forms. I loved the crazy sequences of movements that would happen, and the aspect of pathing that this brought in.

I felt the difficulty got a little too precise at times. Particularly, there was some precise switching of directions when the coyote form was involved. This felt a bit much for the target difficulty, but not so much that it was a huge detraction from the game.

Overall, a great recommendation for a short game with some cool combinations of gimmicks.

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick Story Secret_Santa_2023
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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 45 45
Feb 23, 2026
Pigeon
Multi stage game with each adding an incremental gimmick to the previous, with the final combining all in a short challenge room.

While the early stages are fairly simple, the final does gets precise and you have to get used to the final gimmick very quickly.

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick
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Rating: 7.0 70       Difficulty: 45 45
Aug 30, 2025
CanusAntonius
This is such a cool game focused around different mechanics that really touch upon the "unusual movement" idea I always enjoy from games. Mechanics like the ones in this game offer a unique way of playing that feels almost uncomfortable at first, but develops into something extremely satisfying once you can pull it off well. This one even goes a step further by combining the gimmicks in some segments, sometimes requiring you to really think about what you're doing first.

First time playing something from the maker and based on this they're definitely someone worth keeping on your radar if you like interesting games.

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Tagged as: Gimmick
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Rating: 9.0 90       Difficulty: 40 40
Jan 28, 2025
mosamari
This game starts off strong with a funny sequence and some really nice art in Mio's home. I really like everything up until the hub since it has an adventure game feel. When the hub stages start, it looses that unfortunately and feels a lot more messy. The beginning actually looks like a cave, but I just don't like the aesthetic of the mess of spikes that most of the post hub part of the game is. Most of the gameplay is after the hub though, and it does a good job. There are quite a few unique gimmicks and they are fun most of the time except for a few uncomfortable parts of gameplay. There's the dialogue, which I like a lot and I think adds a lot to the game. The game unfortunately ends abruptly which is unfortunate because I wish there could be a conclusion to the story, and the final stage is too short.

I hope this game could get an update since I think a proper ending and smoothing out the gameplay overall would go a long way.

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Rating: 6.1 61       Difficulty: 45 45
Nov 15, 2024
4d9r
Very fun gimmick needle game with some interesting puzzles and unique gimmicks, took me ~45 minutes to beat. There were a few annoying parts and the difficulty felt pretty inconsistent throughout the game, but solid overall.

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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 30 30
Dec 27, 2023