Infinity Nikki review: A delicate sandbox

Being a “live and let live” type of person, fashion is something I could not care less about, so the premise of Infold Games’ Infinity Nikki didn’t exactly resonate with me on paper – and it still isn’t the reason why I ended up enjoying this game much more than I initially thought. Neither is the story we embark upon as Nikki, a good-hearted young woman accompanied by her adorable cat companion Momo, who is thrown head-first into a quest to search for legendary Miracle Outfits for reasons that are a bit nebulous at the start of the game and don’t become much more interesting later on. That’s not helped by lackluster localization in places. Though there are some serious moments and themes to be found in this narrative, it’s generally all pretty lighthearted and, well, a little bit silly – we are dealing with a world here in which stylists can come up with outfits that imbue them with special abilities like fishing or bug catching. Style is, apparently, enough to save the world. It’s a fairytale, and one with