Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Switch eShop
29th Jun 2017, £8.99
29th Jun 2017, $9.99
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- Official Site
- gonnergame.com
Reviews
Dead. Dead. Oh, dead again.
Having been released on PC and Mac in October last year GoNNER now sees its console debut on Nintendo Switch, brought to us by publisher Raw Fury Games and developer Art in Heart. Generally loved by players and critics alike in its original guise GoNNER is a roguelike platformer, consisting of ever-changing,...
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GoNNER News
News A Nindies New Year Sale Has Begun on Switch Today
Nine discounted games up for grabs!
With Nintendo of America's Damon Baker recently hinting at a potentially awesome line-up for new games this year, you may well already be dreaming about all the good stuff that is still yet to arrive on the Switch's eShop. Before you go too far into the future, though, make sure to check out this Nindies...
Nintendo Download 29th June (Europe)
Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC! GoNNER! Switch discounts! More!
The European Nintendo Download Update is here, bringing with it some exciting retail DLC along with some interesting new download-only games. We have options across Switch, 3DS and Wii U to consider, along with the usual (and Switch) discounts doing the rounds. Check out the full line-up...
Nintendo Download 29th June (North America)
Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC! GoNNER! Mighty Gunvolt Burst 3DS! More!
It's that time, dear readers, for the North American Nintendo Download Update. This week brings us more content for one of the year's best games, while the Switch eShop has two very different but tempting download titles. The 3DS has a couple of gems too, while the Wii U isn't...
News GoNNER Brings Procedurally-Generated Mayhem To The Switch eShop On 1st June
This looks insane
As part of our morning ritual alongside drinking gallons of coffee to wake up, we like to check the Switch eShop to see what games are coming up soon. We spotted procedurally-generated 2D platformer GoNNER has now been given a release date of 1st June, costing £8.99 in the UK. It's a safe bet that this will be the North...
News Both Dandara and GoNNER Will Be Playable on Switch at PAX East
Dandara "really shows off what that slick little thing can do"
The Wii U eShop, once the dust settles and it gets a fair viewing, will likely be praised for its role in taking Nintendo's relationship with Indies forward another step. The system's support of Unity in particular, and the store's increased accessibility, brought a number of developers...
News Nintendo Switch to Get First Console Release of 'Tough-As-Hell' GoNNER
Will have "additional content tailor-made" for the console
A key part of the Nintendo Switch eShop will be its inclusion of highly regarded Indie titles, which will naturally mean securing quality titles also coming to PC and other systems. GoNNER is another to add to the list, having appeared in today's Nindies Showcase. Developed by Raw Fury and...
About The Game
GoNNER is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world—a giant landbound whale named Sally—by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.
With Death as his mentor, supplying both a multitude of abilities and arsenal for Ikk to use, Ikk traverses an ever-changing land full of unwieldy creatures who don't appreciate his trespassing or his friend Sally. Several different environments, arduous bosses, hidden secrets, multiple endings, and more await Ikk on his journey to make one person happy even if it kills him—which it certainly will.
GoNNER features:
- UNLOCKS! You'll be able to choose from a variety of passive and active abilities at the beginning of each run so be sure to experiment with all of them and find the play style that best suits you.
- SECRETS! Secret areas exist in the world of GoNNER, and these areas will get you different items that you can then always use from the beginning of each run. We're not going to tell you how you get to these areas or what the criteria is for even finding them because secrets, duh.
- SOUNDS! It has them!
- LEADERBOARDS! Kill creatures, get combos, score points, and brag to your friends how much better you are than them.
- MUSIC! It's really freaking good.
Comments 2
This game looks awesome. ACG has a great interview with the publisher. NSFW https://youtu.be/pTt0NqdsfU0
I was really looking forward to this game - for quite a while since I couldn't wait to see what my first platformer experience on Switch would be like. But GoNNER has been a surprising letdown. You're not told anything about the controls - you're not really given any reasoning behind your own actions (save for a few pictures and very limited explanatory text), what you're facing or even why Death is your supposed ally. The narrative as a result is incredibly weak and barebones, when something like, "help the whale sail the cosmos again" would have been a couple notches up. The combat and controls are... okay. You're mostly just holding the shoot button while playing a game of "keep away" with the monsters. Though the controls are pretty solid, so I can't find any fault there.
TBH, while the game is cheap, I think its current asking price is pushing it - especially after trying it myself. I have no idea of how long the game will take me to finish and it doesn't really communicate to you in any way whether you're making progress or not. So it honestly plays like a shot in the dark. Some might get some fun out of it, but I expect most just won't. The game is actually worth half it's original asking price in my opinion and I really wish I could get my money back because of how lackluster it turned out to be.
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