![]() ![]() Mina the Hollower will also have some light RPG mechanics, including leveling up and upgrading stats. Some show off was the Ferry Wisp, letting you float for a short time, and a spider that shoots webs you can use as platforms to cross gaps. Based on the trailer, it looks like only five out of 60 can be equipped at once. These bits of gear offer different buffs to your moves depending on which you’ve found and equipped. Trinkets will be familiar to fans of Shovel Knight. It can also be used as a dodge of sorts, but since you can only stay underground for a short amount of time, you need to time it well. Digging underground lets you avoid obstacles and enemies for traversal, as well as move much faster than above ground. While the trailer was very disjointed, we expect there to be plenty of 2D action, dungeons, bosses, and probably some light puzzle solving as well.īurrowing is the main mechanic introduced in Mina the Hollower. The style looks very much like Link’s Awakening, only with the whipping and sub-weapon system of the classic 2D Castlevania games. The Volt Hatchet, for example, can hit multiple foes at once with its AOE attack, while the Gyro Dagger acts like a boomerang that you can whip in the air to knock it back into enemies multiple times. ![]() Only one can be held at a time, but serve different purposes. There will also be a host of sidearms you can use to attack. Normal attacks utilize your whip in whatever direction Mina is facing, but has that familiar delay Castlevania fans know all too well. Hyde – and countless others.” GameplayĪs a GameBoy Color inspired game, Mina the Hollower will almost exclusively be played with just a D-pad and two buttons: One used to attack and the other burrow. The team describes it as a “Gothic Horror” and expresses that it wants to put a “modern spin on a classic source.” Outside of games, the developers list many famous literary works as inspiration for Mina the Hollower, including “ Dracula, Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dr. This game is very much Castlevania-inspired. He now leads a group called the Shock Troopers who have begun attacking while the generators are down. Thorne is a bat who was once Lionel’s top bodyguard before betraying him and disappearing. She wields the whip, Nightstar, along with other tools and weapons. She’s known throughout the land for her Spark technology that powers the Spark Generators used by everyone. Mina is the youngest, but also most promising Hollower. Mina is part of an ancient group called the Hollowers who dedicate their lives to science and energy but also have the special Hollowing ability to dig and travel underground. This sets Mina off on her adventure across Tenebrous Isle to figure out who - or what - is responsible. After getting a letter from a customer and ruler of her home island named Baron Lionel, informing her that her most important invention, Spark Generators, have begun failing and that it is likely due to sabotage. The titular Mina is a little mouse called a Hollower, an inventor who fights with her whip. While the trailer itself is almost completely focused on gameplay, the Kickstarter page has tons of additional info on the world, characters, and the story of Mina the Hollower. ![]() However, until official word is given, take that as simply highly likely speculation at this point. The original Shovel Knight came to just about everything, even the WiiU, so odds are that, at one point or another, Mina the Hollower should come to at least the major systems like PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, if not more. The only ones we know for sure are Mac and Linux since they were part of the stretch goals for the project that has already been passed. Yacht Club has stated that it doesn’t have a confirmed list of platforms Mina the Hollower will be available on, possibly due to any future changes in the market between now and release. Since the game does use Kickstarter, we can at least expect a fairly regular schedule of updates on the game’s development and progress towards an eventual release date. We always prioritize quality, even if that means delaying a project a little until it’s ready to meet the world.” Even the developers themselves admit that it will be a long wait stating, “The biggest risk is that Mina the Hollower may take longer than anticipated. What it does tell us is that we shouldn’t expect this game any time soon. However, that could easily just be a placeholder date with Yacht Club not actually intending to release the game then. The best indie games on Nintendo SwitchĪccording to the Kickstarter page for Mina the Hollower, the target release window for the cute indie title is set quite a way off in December 2023.These 10 games are so good, you’d never know they’re from Kickstarter. ![]()
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