{"id":119589,"date":"2020-10-20T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/video_3d_platformer_pumpkin_jack_gets_a_frightfully_action-packed_launch_trailer"},"modified":"2020-10-20T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T12:15:00","slug":"video-3d-platformer-pumpkin-jack-gets-a-frightfully-action-packed-launch-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/20\/video-3d-platformer-pumpkin-jack-gets-a-frightfully-action-packed-launch-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: 3D Platformer Pumpkin Jack Gets A Frightfully Action-Packed Launch Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a692ab4627ae\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a692ab4627ae\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pumpkin_jack\">Pumpkin Jack<\/a><\/strong> is preparing for a spooktastic launch on Switch later this week, so what better time is there to see more gameplay footage ahead of the big day?<\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s publisher, Headup, has shared with us this brand new launch trailer, and it&#8217;s packed to the brim with exciting platforming action. We get to see some of Jack&#8217;s battle techniques \u2013 such as his focus on dodging and timing, as well as a variety of weapons \u2013 and some of the eerie locations you&#8217;ll be exploring in the game.<\/p>\n<p>This PS2 era-inspired platformer seemed to go down really well when we shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/spooky_3d_platformer_pumpkin_jack_will_haunt_nintendo_switch_this_halloween\">the game&#8217;s release date announcement<\/a> earlier this month, so we imagine a fair few of you will be thinking of giving it a go when it arrives on the eShop. It launches on 23rd October priced at $29.99 \/ \u20ac29.99 \/ \u00a324.99, with a 20% launch discount being available for a limited time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Pumpkin Jack Switch\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a692ab4627ae\/pumpkin-jack-switch.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a692ab4627ae\/pumpkin-jack-switch.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Pumpkin Jack Switch\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Will you be checking this one out? Give us a fright in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pumpkin Jack is preparing for a spooktastic launch on Switch later this week, so what better time is there to see more gameplay footage ahead of the big day? The game&#8217;s publisher, Headup, has shared with us this brand new launch trailer, and it&#8217;s packed to the brim with exciting platforming action. We get to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}