Hearing the Sabre Wulf theme tune while walking past the stand I saw that there was a GBA free with the game restarted. I went over and picked one of them up to begin a new game.

Sabre Man is an explorer, at the start of the game you follow the Mayor, who wants help with... something.

Sabre Wulf comes along, steals some treasure and digs a passage in the ground. Obviously you chase after and you'll find that the view changes from the top down before when you were exploring to a side scrolling area.

You have to cross the level to Sabre Wulf and reclaim the treasure. You do this by collecting "animals" which you find in magic bags in the level. The first level is relatively simple, you use "Jello" to allow you to bounce over a cliff. Your inventory is shown on the screen by pressing R, and the D-pad lets you choose your item. The creatures can be put down once only during the level but at the end, they all come back to you.

When you reach the end of the level you will find the item which you are to retrieve along with a sleeping Sabre Wulf. Picking up the item will wake him up, your next task is to run out the level as fast as possible, there's a wolf on your tail! Successfully getting back to your tent at the start of the level will give you your escape from the wild animal and the item will be yours.

Walking around the game the first place you will come to (after the second level where you rescue the Mayor) is the Town. There's a village hall and houses to explore where people may offer you information. One of the houses I ventured into was the tea room as seen in screenshots. I was unsure what this was for though.

In later levels there are more creatures, such as "Girder" and "Bomb" which will aid you on your way to Sabre Wulf's den. Creatures are cumulative, you find around one each level and they remain with you so they can be used in the next level. Later levels have you using multiple creatures to help you navigate the obstacles in your way.

I didn't manage to completely explore the demo but I completed three levels. These first ones are very simple but they are bound to get more complex during the game. With a new creature each level all your skill will be required to figure them out.