{"id":137344,"date":"2026-05-27T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201675"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:15:00","slug":"jackbox-games-upcoming-release-is-basically-an-aussie-thank-goodness-youre-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/27\/jackbox-games-upcoming-release-is-basically-an-aussie-thank-goodness-youre-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackbox Games&#8217; Upcoming Release Is Basically An Aussie &#8216;Thank Goodness You&#8217;re Here&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/63e8459aef33f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/63e8459aef33f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/63e8459aef33f\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"aNArWYRBPps\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aNArWYRBPps?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Jackbox Games has announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/my-arms-are-longer-now\">My Arms Are Longer Now<\/a> for the Switch 1 &amp; 2, developed by Melbourne-based studio Toot Games.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled to release on PC this year, a console launch is currently planned to follow in 2027. Blending absurd comedy with puzzle solving and stealth mechanics, it looks like a cross between the excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/thank_goodness_youre_here\">Thank Goodness You&#8217;re Here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/untitled_goose_game\">Untitled Goose Game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, it&#8217;s right up our alley.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s tough to really get a feel for what the gameplay is like from the above trailer, but it seems you&#8217;ll be worming your way around different environments to nick valuable items and generally just cause a bunch of chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The art style and sense of humour really shine though, and it certainly helps that Toot Game&#8217;s co-founder and narrative lead, Millie Holten, has experience in creating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thisislonghead\">&#8216;Long Head&#8217;<\/a> webcomic alongside being shortlisted for the 2023 Australian Writers Guild Monte Miller Award.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s check out a few screenshots:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Jackbox Games<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be sure to provide updates on My Arms Are Longer Now as soon as we hear more.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:168999,91865 @ 1779902723 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What are your thoughts on this one so far? Will you be keen to check it out? Let us know.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Jackbox Games has announced My Arms Are Longer Now for the Switch 1 &amp; 2, developed by Melbourne-based studio Toot Games. Scheduled to release on PC this year, a console launch is currently planned to follow in 2027. Blending absurd comedy with puzzle solving and stealth mechanics, it looks like a cross between [&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-137344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137344","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=137344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}