{"id":79567,"date":"2019-02-01T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/retro_action-platformer_ghoulboy_-_dark_sword_of_goblin_lands_on_switch_this_month"},"modified":"2019-02-01T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T14:15:00","slug":"retro-action-platformer-ghoulboy-dark-sword-of-goblin-lands-on-switch-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/01\/retro-action-platformer-ghoulboy-dark-sword-of-goblin-lands-on-switch-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Action-Platformer Ghoulboy &#8211; Dark Sword Of Goblin Lands On Switch This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4d205e82685b0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4d205e82685b0\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t9ZqhKUxuhU?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>The retro-inspired action platformer <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/ghoulboy_-_dark_sword_of_goblin\">Ghoulboy &#8211; Dark Sword of Goblin<\/a><\/strong> is planning a nostalgic trip to the Nintendo Switch later this month, it has been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Said to combine elements from the action-RPG genre with hack &#8216;n&#8217; slash style gameplay, Ghoulboy features all the heroic characters, gloomy environments, and demonic bosses you&#8217;d expect to find in your classic, retro platforming adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Players must take control of said heroic character, throwing your spear to defeat enemies and create your very own platforms &#8211; you can see this taking place in the trailer above. You&#8217;ll find puzzle and combat elements to explore, as well as the ability to trade in any collected gold to acquire health upgrades and weapons.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ghoulboy Features:<br \/><\/strong><br \/>&#8211; 4 bosses<br \/>&#8211; Chiptune retro music<br \/>&#8211; Puzzles<br \/>&#8211; 3 weapons (small sword, big sword, mace)<br \/>&#8211; 2 throwable weapons<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Ghoulboy1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/318d50364e116\/ghoulboy1.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/318d50364e116\/ghoulboy1.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Ghoulboy1\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Gb2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5db567168dd26\/gb2.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5db567168dd26\/gb2.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Gb2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Gb3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/aad9a64f11f31\/gb3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/aad9a64f11f31\/gb3.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Gb3\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Gb4\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c75d7ce1b5353\/gb4.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c75d7ce1b5353\/gb4.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Gb4\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The game has received &#8220;positive&#8221; user reviews on Steam since its launch last year, and will be available on Switch from 14th February. You&#8217;ll be able to get your hands on it for \u00a39.99 \/ $9.99 \/ \u20ac9.99.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think? A platformer worthy of your attention? Share your thoughts with us below in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t9ZqhKUxuhU?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] The retro-inspired action platformer Ghoulboy &#8211; Dark Sword of Goblin is planning a nostalgic trip to the Nintendo Switch later this month, it has been confirmed. Said to combine elements from the action-RPG genre with hack &#8216;n&#8217; slash style gameplay, Ghoulboy features all the heroic characters, gloomy environments, and demonic bosses you&#8217;d expect [&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-79567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79567","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=79567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}