Kimono Cats, an adorable Japanese festival inspired romp through the countryside, launches on Apple Arcade

The latest Apple Arcade release sees an adorable journey through a Japanese Matsuri festival in the new adorable and relaxing Kimono Cats. In Kimono Cats, you will take part in this festival alongside a companion as you also work on your own personal village and fill it up with different shops, new villagers, and decor all to make it your own.

Kimono Cats is designed around one simple premise that is mentioned in the App Store description of the game at the very end; making you smile. It’s not a hyper-competitive, reflex-testing, high-score-chasing experience or anything close to that, but instead just wants you to experience a cartoony and cute tale of a bunch of cats as they take part and have fun in a festival-themed setting.

As you enjoy this festival, numerous pop-ups will occur, and if you can pop these pop-ups, you’ll be able to receive gifts to give to your chosen companion as they walk through the festival with you. There are also mini-games to play during this festival as you go through it, and you can also meet new characters who will offer up a fun conversation and tidbits to make the world that much brighter and more fun.

But that’s only one side of the game, as the other lets you build out your own village, using coins earned by the festival and nearly everything else you’ll do in the game. As you unlock more stuff, you’ll be able to go further along the game’s main road to discover new things, alongside unlocking new facilities, villagers, and decor, all to make this village your own and unlike any other players.

And that’s the core loop of Kimono Cats. It’s simple, fun, and cute, and that’s all it wants to be. The developers set out to make a beautiful and relaxing, easy-to-understand and-play game, and they did it perfectly. If that sounds up your alley, you can download it for free as long as you’re an Apple Arcade subscriber at the link below for free!

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