Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation - The Endless Seven-Day Journey

Eurogamer

Oisin Kuhnke·Aug 18, 2022

Critic80/100

Agreement—

This is a game that gives you the rare chance to kick back and do diddly squat.

Nintendo Life

Roland Ingram·Aug 14, 2022

Critic80/100

Agreement—

Apart from mashing together two classic Japanese IPs, Shin chan: The Endless Seven-Day Journey mashes together some quite contradictory concepts and comes up with something special. You have the directionless, simple adventures of a child's curiosity on a rural holiday, but they're interrupted quite suddenly by a tightly directed (and completely absurd) plot. Wacky sitcom energy quickly becomes the drive and purpose in a game that could have been merely a wholesome meander-em-up. So there is the soothing magic of endless days running round fields and just seeing what catches the imagination, but also a heavy steer to play a story from end to end, packaging the never-ending summer into a punchy and dynamic 15-20 hours. Knowing now what Kureshin and Bokunatsu are, if you think you like the idea of mixing the two, this game is very easy to recommend.