Embrace The '90s When 2D Platformer Pixboy Jumps Onto Switch This Week

With more than 150 secret rooms to find

by Ryan Craddock Mon 8th Jun 2020

Launching on Nintendo Switch later this week is Pixboy, a retro-inspired platformer that's sure to flood you with lovely '90s-based nostalgia.

With a limited colour palette, groovy chiptune music and plenty of platforming to beat, Pixboy really is giving us the retro vibes in the trailer above. The game features 40 levels with nearly 30 different enemies to contend with, as well as four powerful bosses that stand between you and your goal.

The game's world has more than 150 secret rooms to find, and you'll also need to be on the lookout for special coins that can be swapped for new theme colours resembling your favourite retro consoles like the Game Boy.

We don't have pricing for the game at the time of writing, but we do know that's planned to launch on Switch this Thursday, 11th June.

Will you give this one a go if the price is right? Tell us below.

1
ChillPandaGamer
Mon 8th Jun 2020

So it comes out in 3 days, yet nobody knows the price.

2
Shiiva
Mon 8th Jun 2020

I don't even care how much this costs, it looks great and because the graphics aren't crazy HD, the devs would have had a lot of space to fill with more game. Too many games these days are too short for my liking because the majority of the cart or disc is taken up with flashy graphics... just like West of Loathing, this looks to do things a little differently and I for one am on board with that!

3
RupeeClock
Mon 8th Jun 2020

It doesn't get any more limited than 1 bit of color depth.

Looks pretty good actually, it looks more like a TI-83 game.

4
HotGoomba
Mon 8th Jun 2020

Looks cute lol

5
ChromaticDracula
Mon 8th Jun 2020

My friends and I used to make notebooks upon notebooks of these videos games we would give each other to play. Like, pencil drawn levels and pages you turn as you progress along with your finger. Like dragging your index finger along a path across the page through obstacles and along platforms. Mine were mostly based on Sonic with loops and ramps and platforms.
This is the first game ever that actually looks like if we were to transpose those notebooks directly into a game. Something about the signs pointing to Desert and Cyberspace, etc. From this alone, I’m going to buy this. But I wish it were coming to 3DS as well! I’d rather play it on that.