{"id":131141,"date":"2023-01-11T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-143481"},"modified":"2023-01-11T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T17:00:00","slug":"turn-based-folklore-howl-brings-wolf-hunting-and-living-ink-visuals-to-switch-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/11\/turn-based-folklore-howl-brings-wolf-hunting-and-living-ink-visuals-to-switch-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn-Based Folklore &#8216;Howl&#8217; Brings Wolf Hunting And &#8216;Living Ink&#8217; Visuals To Switch This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ebacff71134e5\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ebacff71134e5\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ebacff71134e5\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"X-kIswYtUzo\">[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 is home to enough turn-based tactics games to last a lifetime, but that hasn&#8217;t deterred Mipumi, the studio behind the point and click adventure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/lions_song\">The Lion&#8217;s Song<\/a>, from working on a title which looks to stand out from the rest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/howl\">Howl<\/a> is set to land on Switch later this year (we can&#8217;t be more specific than &#8216;early 2023&#8217; at the moment), but this tactical wolf hunter has managed to attract our interest. Based on the newly-released gameplay video (above) the title has all of the <em>howl<\/em>marks (sorry) of your classic turn-based adventure &#8211; predict your enemy&#8217;s moves, shift your character, plan you attack &#8211; but where Howl stands out is in its &#8216;living ink&#8217; visuals which make each movement look like a watercolour painting come to life.<\/p>\n<p>This is certainly a step away from the pixel art graphics of the studio&#8217;s former title, but we are intrigued with the results nonetheless. The gameplay itself will see you attempting to make your way through a fairytale land which has been overthrown by a plague that turns people all wolf-y. For more details on the game and a look at some screenshots, check out the following from Mipumi:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Features:<br \/><\/strong>\u00b7 Foretell the actions of your enemies in tactical, turn-based combat<br \/>\u00b7 Beautifully illustrated in a unique, living ink artstyle<br \/>\u00b7 Unlock and upgrade new skills like shadow step, exploding shot and more<br \/>\u00b7 Save villagers from the claws &#8211; or howl &#8211; of the wolves<br \/>\u00b7 Play through 60 levels in 4 chapters<br \/>\u00b7 Plot your route on the world map and pick your battles wisely<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Images: Mipumi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>Howl will be making its way onto Switch later this year. If touchscreen controls are enabled, then the console could be a good fit for this small-scale tactical.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make of this tactical take on folklore? Let us know in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The Switch is home to enough turn-based tactics games to last a lifetime, but that hasn&#8217;t deterred Mipumi, the studio behind the point and click adventure The Lion&#8217;s Song, from working on a title which looks to stand out from the rest. Howl is set to land on [&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-131141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131141","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=131141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}