{"id":123569,"date":"2022-04-04T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-129762"},"modified":"2022-04-04T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T14:00:00","slug":"toasty-ashes-of-dusk-aims-to-blend-zelda-and-earthbound-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/04\/toasty-ashes-of-dusk-aims-to-blend-zelda-and-earthbound-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Toasty: Ashes Of Dusk Aims To Blend Zelda And EarthBound On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9302673e7c13\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9302673e7c13\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9302673e7c13\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"g53wjYufP_Q\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Switch isn&#8217;t short of retro-inspired action RPGs, but that doesn&#8217;t mean we don&#8217;t have room for more if they can offer fun and creativity. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/toasty_ashes_of_dusk\">Toasty: Ashes of Dusk<\/a><\/strong>, developed by Pocket Llama, will arrive in the second half of 2023 and cites the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/final_fantasy\">Final Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/earthbound\">EarthBound<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/legend_of_zelda_a_link_to_the_past\">The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past<\/a> as sources of inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Though the trailer shows a game that&#8217;s still relatively early in development, there&#8217;s plenty of creativity and style on show. Pleasingly the Switch is getting a good focus in the game&#8217;s <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/pocketllama\/toasty-ashes-of-dusk\">successful Kickstarter campaign<\/a>, including confirmation and pre-orders on a physical edition.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, it&#8217;s a title that looks set to offer variety and intrigue; below are some official details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engage in an exciting journey that will take you across all of Geldia; explore a diverse world filled with unique NPCs, dungeons, and enemies<\/li>\n<li>Use your marshmallow form to your advantage! Burn, stick, roll, and squish your way through all sorts of sticky, perilous situations\u2026 or to just hoodwink bosses!<\/li>\n<li>Help the inhabitants of Geldia regain their hope by completing side-quests. A surprising selection of mini-games that totally transcend different genres will keep you on your toes!<\/li>\n<li>Unlock new abilities and items allowing you to complete dungeons, puzzles and access previously inaccessible areas<\/li>\n<li>A loving tribute to Earthbound, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Final Fantasy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let us know what you think, as always, in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The Switch isn&#8217;t short of retro-inspired action RPGs, but that doesn&#8217;t mean we don&#8217;t have room for more if they can offer fun and creativity. Toasty: Ashes of Dusk, developed by Pocket Llama, will arrive in the second half of 2023 and cites the likes of Final Fantasy, [&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-123569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123569","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=123569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}