As a father of two sub-seven year olds, I’ve always gotten mixed up between PJ Masks and PAW Patrol. It shouldn’t be that difficult: one has kids and the other has dogs. But there’s something about the theme tunes, the primary colours, the pantomime villains, the two-to-one emphasis on boys over girls, and the duff jokes that makes them interchangeable to me.
Well, thank you PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night for making that issue worse. This is, quite clearly, PAW Patrol: On a Roll, reskinned as a PJ Mask game. It’s made by both the same publisher, Outright Games, and the development house that made the first PAW Patrol game, and it’s plain to see in every aspect. The level select screens are the same. The collectibles are the same, just switched from Paw Prints and Pup Treats to masks and generic ‘gems’.
The 2D platforming levels, too, are the…
