Snipperclips review: addictive shapecutting fun for Nintendo Switch

The joy of this family friendly puzzle game is not just in the strategy, but the social experience

Snipperclips is one of those games with a concept so clear that even if you forget what it's called (and who could blame you - the original prototype Friendshapes had a much more memorable name) people will know what you're talking about. Sure, there have been other video games influenced by papercraft - most notably Media Molecule's Tearaway - but none has reached the mainstream with the particular notion expressed in Snipperclips' tagline: cut it out, together.

Snipperclips is a game in which (ideally) two or more players control colourful papery beings - called Snip and Clip - who use the form of their arched bodies to snip each other into the shapes needed to solve a variety of puzzles. It's no surprise that developers Tom and Adam Vian were successful when they pitched the prototype to Nintendo; artful, simple, and designed to be social, Snipperclips feels right at home on the Switch.