Nicalis is establishing itself as a premier 'indie retail' publisher on the Switch, releasing games that include attractive extras in early runs of physical copies. It's now confirmed that its next release along those lines - Tiny Barbarian DX - will arrive in North America on 10th October.
The box art by Susumu Matsushita was previously confirmed, and now it's also confirmed that the initial run of retail copies will have an instruction manual, a keychain and a pouch.
Nicalis has also released a quirky trailer for the announcement.
It'll be interesting to see whether Headup Games - which just recently released The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ in Europe - will pick this one up for the region. As it stands all of these details are for North America.
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So, are any of you tempted by this one?
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Never has a video pushed me further away from a game then this one has.
Want! (but it might have to wait till after all the copies with the cool stuff have sold out )
Funny video but the game looks a bit rubbish
The game looks ok but I don't think this is the sort of game I would pay £30 for.
Will finally play this one! Looking forward to it.
Oh look, another Nicalis game I'm interested in but there's no way I'll pay 30€ for! Keep going!
Loving this trend of Switch manuals being like NES ones.
Nice! I actually wrote about that guy way back when it was a Kickstarter upgrade from a PC freeware game.
Good lord, that was 5 years ago. Welp, I feel old.
@ThatNyteDaez agreed. Actual gameplay footage doesn't look that impressive, and the man boobs don't help
This game looks like it could be pretty cool.
I think it looks pretty interesting. I want just because it's a Nicalis release, and I want all of them with their manuals and retail boxes and all that jazz... but I'm curious to see how good the game is
Well, The Retail of Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ came in at #36 in the UK list. Maybe a few extras will help out this time - but doubt it at $30.
I'll have this when it comes to the UK , looks cool
I'll pick it up, mainly because I'm a fan of Susumu Matsushita's work.
Game is on my list...but not day one. Backlog, I smite thee!
Why doesn't the headless figure in the video have any chest hair? It seems so, so stupid to go through the trouble of executimg such a concept when they're using the body of a barely pubescent underwear model to advertise a game about a barbarian.
That was one of the worst ads I've ever seen. Felt like I stepped into a 1980's time warp of bad commercials.
I thought the ad was great! Retro-tastic!
more like buttbarian
Thanks spinning castle level reminds me of a Castlevania level
Game looks like pants to be honest..talking of which all mine are in the wash so I guess that tiny loin cloth would come in handy..
I think that it looks great. Why all the hate? 🤔
The art style in the box makes me want to replay Maximo, maybe a new one is in the works!
I just can't get into this one. Of the few Nicalis games I'm not interested in. Don't want ittle Dew 2 either.
As a gay male, I approve this trailer.
Will be getting this, looks great .
@crackafreeze - Same dude behind Famitsu artwork, and more notable for his Maximo art. So of course it looks good.
More trailers like that please.
For my old eyes I like to see the character blown up a bit. Why is he so small?
@Angelic_Lapras_King Completely agree, there is enough room in the physical boxes for a manual so why don't others do this?
Isn't the game only half finished....? (only 2 chapters out of 4 or something)
With all the extras included make it a 24,99€ retail release in Europe and I'm in.
I like the graphics and the gameplay looks fun, but I also mind some content for my buck. Is this a short, linear arcade-style 6~8 stages action platformer or is this more adventure/openworld like Wonder Boy / Zelda II / Metroid? Has anyone played through it? How much replay value is in there? I need someone to explain me Tiny Barbarian DX's strengths; a good review.
@SKTTR The game wasn't completed when I played it, this version should be packed with all the episodes the devs promised years ago. (should be 4 of them)
I played throughout episodes 1 & 2 for about 10 hours, the game feels really great, old school plateformer with nice and fresh fighting mechanics, it's challenging, music and graphics are awesome.
I'm just worried about the full content, as I've been waiting for years to have a complete version and that the steam one only has 50% of what they promised, I'll wait to be sure it's worth it content-wise. The game itself is great and if they respect their promise I'll jump onto it with no doubt.
@MooX Thanks for the answer. 10 hours for 2 out of 4 chapters sounds like it will be big enough content-wise. I'm already sold on the gameplay and graphics.
I'm into most of Nicalis' Switch retail releases, but I want my first game to be something new, like this one, or Ittle Dew 2+, or 1001 Spikes (I already have Cave Story and The Binding of Isaac). I hope they all come to Europe.
@SKTTR I'm pretty lucky as here in Hong Kong I managed to find TBOI and Cave Story for a cheap
The Nicalis games that are planned for future releases seem all wonderful to me, as they are some of my favorite indie games, same as you I'm looking forward to find them all! I usually buy on the eshop but their retail versions are too beautiful to be left off
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