Cypronia has announced that its first-person shooter parody Pixel Action Heroes is headed to Switch next month.
The game, which actually spent some time sitting at the very top of the eShop charts after its release on Wii U, lets you play as several action movie heroes in a fully destructible, block-building world. You can even become an FPS level designer, too, with options allowing you to create your own maps and customise skins to share with friends.
As you can see in the trailer above, some of the characters on offer include the likes of 'Arnold Weisenberg', 'Silver Stand Alone', 'Steamin' Senegal', 'Wayne Thomson', 'Bruise Leaf', and 'All Cappuccino', all of which come complete with classic one-liners from the stars they're based on.
Here's what you can expect to see in the game:
Game Features:
- Online Multiplayer (2-6 players)
- Gyro support
- Ragdoll physics
- Fully destructible maps (destroy the level with tools, guns, explosives)
- Map editor (create your own maps)
- Skin editor (customize your hero)
- Fluid and smooth gameplay (30+ FPS)
- Large variety of foes and challenging bosses
- Build your own maps and share with other players
- Large selection of firearms based on real life weapons
- Internet Rankings
Pixel Action Heroes has been completed and approved by Nintendo, with an exact release date still to be confirmed. Currently, the game is set to become available towards the beginning of August - which isn't long to wait.
Do you like the look of this one? Did you play it on Wii U? Let us know below.
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Not convInced by the trailer but at least the basic idea is somewhat original. I’m going to call a 6/10 review score.
Hmmm could go on the wish list and let’s see what the price will be.
This is shameful, and it is certainly not copyright 2018 Nintendo as the end of the trailer suggests.
Everything about this is derivative and looks like it belongs on the Google Playstore and be riddled with ads.
I guess you can take this as a sign of the Switch's success as a digital platform though, more successful platforms always see the worst of stuff emerge.
Wow that looks bad. And I don't mean the fact they thought Steven Segal was an A list movie star. I mean the gameplay looks real bad. Is this what Nintendo means by 30 games per week?
Am I missing the apparent appeal of all the Minecraft-esque graphics?
And this looks awful. Like ID4 on PlayStation awful.
>Minecraft aesthetic
SUPER CRINGE
Do people think Minecraft was popular because of the visuals? I played the heck out of Minecraft for years and still play it occasionally. But the visuals were never the reason...
Split Screen please.
I'm a sucker for all things retro... Except this. Absolutely hideous. Only found one review of the Wii U version, from Cubed3, and they gave it 4/10.
They will allow anything on the Switch, smh.
Reminds me of Slayaway Camp but with the spoof being action heroes instead. I'll watch out for it and probably pick it up on the cheap as I liked Slayaway Camp.
No. Just... no.
At the very least, they need to take some lessons from "Broforce" in terms of how to do parody names of action stars right.
The art style is so original and unique. Indies are so amazing with how much risk they're willing to take for unique ideas compared to the AAAs.
So these are the folks behind Cubelife, which was okay until Minecraft came to the Wii U.
There is no way this releases. You cannot appropriate all of those people's and characters' images without a license. Someone will sue, maybe The Donald.
And how can anyone shoot Princess Leia?!?
If this has splitscreen, I’ll get it for a few laughs with my brothers, depending on the price. This reminded me of a Minecraft-style Goldeneye, which my siblings and I still play.
The idea is cool, but the execution looks like something some people made at home in Minecraft. Pass
@bluedogrulez
I was thinking this too, they give them parody names, but the are pretty much their likenesses in film.
Other things like custom character designs means you can put whatever you want in there anyway, Donald Trump being an example they made. It's not like he hasn't been the subject of a few games on Steam anyway, including Surgeon Simulator.
Oh God, it's one of THOSE games...
skip it, just skip it everyone.
oh boy, looks like another Minecraft clone visually, mixed with terrible gameplay. Nintendo needs to have some quality control here
I'm usually put off with Minecraft style shooters but if this is cheap I'll buy it for a few games here and there.
"Fluid and smooth gameplay (30+ FPS)". Could they really not hit 60 FPS with those cheap graphics? Seems like it should be pretty easy considering Minecraft runs at 60 on everything, including Switch.
30 games a week folks!
Nintendo is really trying to ruin the switch...
I like parodies (most of them anyway...some are just really REALLY bad) so I'm going to have to keep this one on my radar.
The Hulkster? I’m in!
Will you guys actually review the game this time? Man, I miss the days when NL reviewed every digital release on a Nintendo system.
For all you HATERS in the comment section, this game is really fun & is going to sell great on switch. This game was a top seller & even reached #1 on wii u eShop charts during the Wii u era. The switch needs more First person shooter games anyway, this game is welcomed. So STFU with all your negativity!
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