We’re going to put the tired and problematic damsel in distress trope aside for a few paragraphs, because GungHoOnlineEntertainment has made a heck of a side-scroller puzzler with Dokuro. You’re a rogue skeleton in the Dark Lord’s army who crosses his boss and sets free the totally helpless princess, who needs massive and constant assistance to escape the castle. Moving through the castle is Mario-like without being Mario-derivative whatsoever. The princess trails behind you, but her daintiest of feet can only walk across totally flat surfaces, and she gets freaked out by anything that moves. You’ll have to proceed ahead of her, knocking away spikes, rearranging boxes, and obviously slashing baddies out of the way. Sneak about first as skeleton, then morph into your gallant hero form to do battle. Each form has unique abilities, and no two puzzles are solved in the same way. The game was originally in Japanese, and has since been translated into English. The trul...