Wonderful Precure! Movie: Dokidoki Game no Sekai de Daibouken!

Another fun Precure movie! 🩷 Plot: 6/10 The story is solid, although I can’t give it any points for creativity. The Wonderful Precure Movie’s core plot is pretty standard as far as Precure movies go - Our Cures get trapped in another world for a while, have to complete challenges, and ultimately transform and battle the final boss. Though the nature of this ‘villain’ is somewhat different from the typical formula, it’s still very familiar overall. There are also a couple of plot holes and weird decisions made here - The funniest of which being the Cures’ choice to use the Kitsune Kirarin animal instead of theSwan when it would have made reaching the top far easier. Characters: 8/10 This movie is very accurate to the series in terms of its core characters - I can’t recall any out-of-character moments for any of the twelve Cures involved (three seasons: 3+5+4) so the movie did well on that front. The new characters were just alright as far as I’m concerned - unlike the iconic Cure Echo, Natsuki isn’t anything to write home about (Being real, I will probably forget her in a couple of days), but she’s serviceable as an exclusive character to move the plot along. Animation: 8/10 This is by far the best 3D animation I have seen in a Precure movie. I usually dislike 3D graphics, but the Wonderful movie handles them surprisingly well. That being said, they are in a very chibi style which I personally like, if you don’t like the bigger heads, you probably won’t enjoy the models very much. Sound: 7/10 Congratulations, Wonderful Precure Movie - You managed to use both ending songs within the first thirty minutes of the runtime. That has to be a new record. On a serious note, the music is primarily taken from the show - If you like the songs from there, you’ll enjoy this. There are a couple of original tracks here, although I personally found that none of them held a candle to the show’s tunes. Enjoyment: 7.5/10 If you like the main series, this movie is a great addition - Best watched after or just before the end of the main show. I have watched the majority of past Precure movies, and this is definitely in my top half. Seeing a movie exclusive version of the opening also made me smile profusely :D Overall: 7/10 I will admit, this movie lost a little of its novelty with (trying not to spoil) *a certain duo’s transformation*, after Wonderful Precure had them appear in the main show as well. That was definitely my primary hype for this movie, which is sort of redundant now. Even so, it was still a fun watch overall. I’d recommend this to anyone who just wants to see more of the Mahoutsukai, Hirogaru Sky, and Wonderful teams.