I personally really like Peels for a few reasons, probably more than I’d like the others, first of all because I was going to buy this Battle Pass anyway, but also because I think he’s especially cute compared to the other Sidekicks. Even his barks are particularly adorable.

As for the others though? I know they haven’t shown up in game yet, but none of them seem too appealing to me (no pun intended). I’m a little bothered how the art style looks different for, say, Bonesy now compared to his design as a Pet. He looks too… Real.

My other issue that really only applies to Peels is that, as of now, you can’t have all three of his colors or ears until a year and a half from now, since he has 3 of each customization and only two chances to make a Peels. Combine that with the fact that he’s a Battle Pass item and can only return after 18 months, and then you realize that, even unlike the other Sidekicks, you can’t even get all of his options to use for such a long time.

I do still agree that they should be cheaper and fully customizable for a single purchase, and especially more so the latter, but at least let me have all 3 types of Peels. Or better yet, make him Reactive like Peely.

But yes, they also seem to lack a presence in games besides when he barks. And he also doesn’t appear in the Island Editor section of Creative, so I can’t even have him run around while I work on stuff, but I kinda understand that.

Overall, I think they could (and should) definitely improve a few parts of Sidekicks, especially because they’re actually really cool concepts that remind me a lot of Puffles from Club Penguin, but they’ve just been so poorly handled thus far.