{"id":121820,"date":"2020-12-09T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/12\/upcoming_metroidvania_deathstick_is_changing_its_name_to_akatori"},"modified":"2020-12-09T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:00:00","slug":"upcoming-metroidvania-deathstick-is-changing-its-name-to-akatori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/09\/upcoming-metroidvania-deathstick-is-changing-its-name-to-akatori\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Metroidvania DeathStick Is Changing Its Name To Akatori"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/648dfa1d44ab0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/648dfa1d44ab0\/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 <strong>DeathStick<\/strong>, an upcoming 2D Metroidvania title, is undergoing a name-change.<\/p>\n<p>The game will now be known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/akatori\">Akatori<\/a>, combining the two Japanese words: \u8d64\u3044 \u201cAkai\u201d, meaning &#8216;red&#8217; and \u9ce5 \u201cTori\u201d, meaning &#8216;bird&#8217;. The new name refers to the red canary that the main character meets at the beginning of the game \u2013 an animal which transforms into a staff and becomes your weapon.<\/p>\n<p>No reasoning has been provided for the name-change, but it could well be to do with the fact that &#8216;death stick&#8217; is sometimes used as a slang term for a cigarette \u2013 not exactly the meaning the developer originally had in mind, we&#8217;re sure.<\/p>\n<p>As for the game itself, it&#8217;s still on track to launch on Switch in 2022. We&#8217;ll leave you with an official description:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The ancient God has been dormant for many ages. All this time, two dimensions of the magical world of Aarkalia co-existed in balance. But one day, everything will change \u2013 the endless power of ancient God will be brought upon the Aarkalia to turn it into ashes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Only the young girl Mako can stop the dark ritual from happening. Embark on this fascinating adventure, uncover its mysteries and help Mako discover her true destiny!<\/p>\n<p><em>Akatori<\/em> has a unique world-switching mechanic: a World Warp ability turns the special in-game areas 180 degrees, transfers the protagonist into another dimension and unlocks new locations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Akatori\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/eab38530b2e40\/akatori.original.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/eab38530b2e40\/akatori.original.gif\" alt=\"Akatori\"><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TeamNora Games and publisher HypeTrain Digital have announced that DeathStick, an upcoming 2D Metroidvania title, is undergoing a name-change. The game will now be known as Akatori, combining the two Japanese words: \u8d64\u3044 \u201cAkai\u201d, meaning &#8216;red&#8217; and \u9ce5 \u201cTori\u201d, meaning &#8216;bird&#8217;. The new name refers to the red canary that the main character meets at [&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-121820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121820","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=121820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}