Most of these games are ones we already knew about – Overcooked, Fast RMX, and Snakepass all feature, just to name a few. Though the show is entirely in Japanese, it’s very clearly a showcase of indie games that are either on or coming to the Switch. Once paired up with one of these characters you can activate the move by pressing ZR and use ZL to drop them.Instead, Nintendo merely revealed that Owlboy will come to the Switch in a new episode of The Cat Mario Show. The brilliant thing here is you can access each character whenever you need them simply by cycling through them pressing L + R in flight mode or if walking they appear next to you but to be able to control the characters ‘move’ you have to be in flight mode. There is no doubt that Geddy is one of the main characters and does most of Otus’s talking for him. One would have thought he would drop to his death and if it were not for the game’s charm I may have been a little more critical. I find it hilarious that you can drop Geddy from any height at any time without consequence.
When you meet Geddy you can fly him around to use his short ranged weapon to shoot enemies which certainly makes things easier. Instead, you meet a bunch of companions along the way and by working together this will allow you to accomplish certain tasks. Now from what we know about Otus and his start to the story, this would make sense as we would not expect him to all of a sudden have extraordinary abilities. Otus only has the ability to fly, spin and roll his moves do not change. Simon Anderson worked on the game since day one and in that 10 year period it is kind of ironic how we have seen pixel art games go from being a pretty new and interesting idea to becoming popular and ultimately now we see a lot of them but the art style here certainly still stands out in the game is 2D but you can move up, sideways and down which feels pretty unique still. The detail in the backgrounds is absolutely stunning. The characters are drawn and expressed superbly well through their animation but it’s the levels themselves which are a real standout.
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Even though this was released a year ago on PC the visuals still stand the test of time today. Visually this game is described as a love letter to pixel art, which by the way was ten years in the making, and it shows through here. All very good indeed, the sound department is where Owlboy excels. Collecting coins makes that nice little che ching sound and when opening a gate it has the sturdy, mechanical sound. When you find a secret it has the little Zelda vibe going on. The sound effects all sound great adding to the already excellent musical score, from Obus flying and hearing the flap of his wings to when he lets out a little screech when he gets hurt. The Tropos day track is stunning and well worth a listen away from the game with some good headphones. This is certainly a composer I would have no hesitation in supporting. Another highlight is going into a shop and it has that Mall type music playing which sounds so right and at the same time so predictable.Ībsolutely wonderful stuff and if this is your thing I would suggest checking out to check out his discography or going straight to Bandcamp where you can buy the digital album. It is what this game needed as there is no voice acting just the text on the screen. It’s how the game expresses itself to you, the player, through the music for example when you find Geddy, everything is more upbeat all of a sudden or when you take flight for the first time by yourself to explore, it just all feels like you want to explore more. Instruments such as flute, clarinet, violins, bass and cello are all present here and If I had just been to the theatre here in London this is the type of music I would have come to expect.
Johnathan has created some wonderful pieces of music for this game which is engaging, heartwarming, atmospheric and is just a perfect accompaniment to match the wonderful pixel art visuals.
The score here was created by Jonathan Geer and is absolutely majestic.
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