{"id":5235,"date":"2017-11-14T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/nicalis_is_bringing_the_end_is_nigh_to_switch_just_in_time_for_christmas"},"modified":"2017-11-14T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T12:30:00","slug":"nicalis-is-bringing-the-end-is-nigh-to-switch-just-in-time-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/14\/nicalis-is-bringing-the-end-is-nigh-to-switch-just-in-time-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicalis Is Bringing The End Is Nigh To Switch Just In Time For Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"EIN_screenshot_2.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/the_end_is_nigh\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/the_end_is_nigh\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"EIN_screenshot_2.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>What are you hoping Santa will bring you for Christmas this year? If you are lucky perhaps you will get the cheerily-titled\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/end_is_nigh\">The End Is Nigh<\/a><\/strong>, which Nicalis is bringing to Switch as a\u00a0physical release on 12th December.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For those <em>not<\/em> in the know,\u00a0The End Is Nigh\u00a0is the latest game from award-winning designer Edmund McMillen, creator of indie-game sensations like\u00a0<strong>The Binding of Isaac<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Super Meat Boy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the game you play as Ash, a little anthropomorphic globule who sets out to find himself a friend in the aftermath of a global catastrophic event. Ash must avoid mutated monsters, lethal hazards and deadly pitfalls as he navigates the wasteland, picking up collectable tumors (yum!) and playable mini-game cartridges along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Nicalis president Tyrone Rodriguez shares his thoughts on maintaining a positive attitude in face of the coming\u00a0apocalypse:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The key themes are survival and the basic human need for friendship. But\u00a0The End Is Nigh\u00a0is also a parable about persistence, facing adversity and maintaining a positive attitude in unbelievably stressful situations. You get a rush of pride and delirious satisfaction every time you clear a screen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thankfully for the faint-hearted, there is no life counter in\u00a0The End Is Nigh; you\u2019re free to try and fail as many times as it takes to conquer each challenge. Ash\u2019s plight is accented by the game\u2019s dramatic soundtrack, a collection of classical music themes arranged by the fan-favorite game music composition team known as Ridiculon.<\/p>\n<p>As with all Nicalis boxed games there will be a few fun bonus items included.\u00a0The initial print run of retail copies will include the Game Card along with a full-colour instruction booklet and a squishy Ash toy made of sticky silicone. Double yum!<\/p>\n<p>Do you plan to pick this up to enjoy on Christmas day with a cup of eggnog?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are you hoping Santa will bring you for Christmas this year? If you are lucky perhaps you will get the cheerily-titled\u00a0The End Is Nigh, which Nicalis is bringing to Switch as a\u00a0physical release on 12th December.\u00a0 For those not in the know,\u00a0The End Is Nigh\u00a0is the latest game from award-winning designer Edmund McMillen, creator [&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-5235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235","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=5235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}