{"id":119682,"date":"2020-10-22T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/2d_metroidvania_deathstick_brings_dimension-shifting_platforming_to_switch"},"modified":"2020-10-22T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T13:15:00","slug":"2d-metroidvania-deathstick-brings-dimension-shifting-platforming-to-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/22\/2d-metroidvania-deathstick-brings-dimension-shifting-platforming-to-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"2D Metroidvania DeathStick Brings Dimension-Shifting Platforming To Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3cf2b724a7ecb\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3cf2b724a7ecb\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n<p>TeamNora Games and publisher HypeTrain Digital have announced that they&#8217;ll be bringing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/deathstick\">DeathStick<\/a>, an upcoming action-platformer, to Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<p>The teams describe the game as &#8220;a beautiful 2D pixel art Metroidvania\/slasher platformer,&#8221; where players follow the story of a young girl called Mako. She&#8217;s on a quest to save her world from destruction, and to do that, she&#8217;ll need to make use of the game&#8217;s world-switching mechanic.<\/p>\n<p>This ability flips in-game areas 180 degrees, throwing Mako into another dimension. You can see it taking place in the newly-released trailer above, or right here:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Unnamed\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cc1c4f96ee84c\/unnamed.original.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cc1c4f96ee84c\/unnamed.original.gif\" alt=\"Unnamed\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of key features:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Key Features<\/strong>:<br \/>&#8211; <strong>Fight like an assassin!<\/strong> Slasher fighting mechanics with combos.<br \/>&#8211; <strong>Don&#8217;t get lost!<\/strong> Explore the world of Aarkalia in two different dimensions.<br \/>&#8211; <strong>Defend against evil forces!<\/strong> Challenge dozens of unique enemies and furious bosses through your adventure.<br \/>&#8211; <strong>Become a master!<\/strong> Evolve and change your playstyle by obtaining a wide range of unique abilities and special attacks.<br \/>&#8211; <strong>Look into it!<\/strong> Charming pixel-art aesthetics combined with smooth animations.<br \/>&#8211; <strong>Find your path!<\/strong> Solve the mystery of the Great Mirror through multiple endings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got quite a wait ahead of us before we can check this one out, as the game isn&#8217;t planned to launch until Q3 2022. It sounds ages away, but we imagine it&#8217;ll go quicker than you think.<\/p>\n<p>As ever, feel free to share your early thoughts on this one in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TeamNora Games and publisher HypeTrain Digital have announced that they&#8217;ll be bringing DeathStick, an upcoming action-platformer, to Nintendo Switch. The teams describe the game as &#8220;a beautiful 2D pixel art Metroidvania\/slasher platformer,&#8221; where players follow the story of a young girl called Mako. She&#8217;s on a quest to save her world from destruction, and 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-119682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119682","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=119682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}