Canari Video games, the studio behind 2023’s unbelievable cinematic platformer Lunark, revealed an lovable Hyperlink’s Awakening-inspired journey earlier this yr. Again then, the sport was solely confirmed for PC, however at the moment, the developer has revealed that the sport is certainly coming to Change — and shortly!
Castaway launches on Nintendo Change and all different platforms on sixteenth August 2024 and can solely set you again USD $7.99 / GBP £6.99. Within the sport, you play as Martin, an adventurer who crash-lands on an island. His pet quickly will get kidnapped (pet-napped?) and he has to go and save him.
Castaway is an especially bite-sized tackle the Zelda components; its Story Mode ought to solely take you a few hours to beat, however clearing that may unlock Survivor Mode. Right here, you will get to scale a 50-floor tower which can ship challenges aplenty. Plus, it simply seems to be darn beautiful, with vibrant GBA-esque visuals and a catchy soundtrack.
Canari Video games needs Castaway to cater to all ages, and there are numerous modes and issue choices that may permit the participant to tailor the sport to their wants. ‘Pacifist’ will take enemies out of the sport, leaving simply the easy puzzles to resolve; there’s an ‘invincible’ setting that offers you the choice to combat with out worry of dying; if you would like a problem, then ‘unfair’ mode may simply be for you.
There’s even a speedrunning mode to see how lengthy it takes you to defeat all three bosses and rescue your little pet. Virtually every little thing you might ever need from slightly journey like this.
We’re massive followers of Lunark, so when Canari Video games introduced Castaway in April, we had been praying for a Change launch. Fortunately, it is coming, and really, very quickly.
