Pizza Tower has 19 great platforming levels, each with its unique collection of secret regions and prizes. Throughout these stages, you must rescue captured sentient pizza toppings (yes, sickos, pineapples are included). Each level earns you coins, which you can then use to unlock the bosses in each of the game's five hub sections. The toppings are normally easy to spot, but the hidden regions and riches will put your exploration skills to the test-though nothing feels unfair to find.

Each level has its own unique gimmick, such as a chicken sitting in Peppino's hat that provides him extra mobility with its propellers, or a claw that grabs him and spins him around with its overalls. It's impressive that, with so much variation to explore, it never falters, and it testifies to Peppino's adaptability that he fits so well into so many varied scenarios.

We accompany aged pizza chef Peppino Spaghetti as he sits in his pizzeria, concerned about making enough to keep the lights on. Suddenly, he is visited by the wicked Pizza Face-a massive floating pizza with a face, of course. Pizza Face assures him that his residence, the titular pizza tower, will shortly launch a massive laser at the eatery, destroying it instantly. So Peppino embarks on a high-speed mission to scale the tower and defeat his cheesy adversary.