{"id":74859,"date":"2019-01-11T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/charming_dystopian_adventure_awaits_nintendo_switch_when_pikuniku_launches_this_month"},"modified":"2019-01-11T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T14:15:00","slug":"charming-dystopian-adventure-awaits-nintendo-switch-when-pikuniku-launches-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/11\/charming-dystopian-adventure-awaits-nintendo-switch-when-pikuniku-launches-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Charming Dystopian Adventure Awaits Nintendo Switch When Pikuniku Launches This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e919f0df9e50d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e919f0df9e50d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tDC_szCgZKA?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Devolver Digital has revealed that the upcoming puzzle-exploration game <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pikuniku\"><strong>Pikuniku<\/strong><\/a> will be bringing its quirky antics to Switch later this month.<\/p>\n<p>The game takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. You&#8217;ll need to help peculiar characters (who can apparently high-five with their feet-leg-things) overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start &#8220;a fun little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure&#8221;. It looks and sounds pretty fun to us, that&#8217;s for sure.<\/p>\n<p>Players can either explore the weird and whacky world alone, helping the inhabitants with their bizarre requests, or you can pair up with a friend in cooperative levels custom designed for two players. We&#8217;ve got some screens for you below.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Pikuniku Screen 1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/390a8d156a3fa\/pikuniku-screen-1.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/390a8d156a3fa\/pikuniku-screen-1.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Pikuniku Screen 1\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Pikuniku Screen 5 (1)\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e50c0fe2d008c\/pikuniku-screen-5-1.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e50c0fe2d008c\/pikuniku-screen-5-1.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Pikuniku Screen 5 (1)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Pikuniku Screen 13\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/103a5ea542478\/pikuniku-screen-13.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/103a5ea542478\/pikuniku-screen-13.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Pikuniku Screen 13\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Pikuniku Screen 14 (1)\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6c4236b37714d\/pikuniku-screen-14-1.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6c4236b37714d\/pikuniku-screen-14-1.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Pikuniku Screen 14 (1)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As is often the case, Devolver Digital&#8217;s press release for the game includes a quote from its hilarious, but fake, CFO Fork Parker:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhile watching my mistress\u2019s stepchildren play through Pikuniku, I realise this was a video game product that even an ultra-wealthy elitist like myself could enjoy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We know that isn&#8217;t really relevant to anything, but it was sent to us and we wanted to share it. <em>So there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pikuniku launches on Switch on 24th January and will be available from the eShop for $12.99 \/ \u00a310.29 \/ \u20ac10.79. You can also get 10% off by pre-ordering (pre-orders are live now in North and South America, and will go live on the 17th for everyone else).<\/p>\n<p><em>Will you be giving this one a whirl? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tDC_szCgZKA?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Devolver Digital has revealed that the upcoming puzzle-exploration game Pikuniku will be bringing its quirky antics to Switch later this month. The game takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. You&#8217;ll need to help peculiar characters (who can apparently high-five with their feet-leg-things) [&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-74859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74859","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=74859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}