The rate of games coming to the Switch eShop does not appear to be slowing any time soon. On 21st December for the reasonable price of $7.99 USD / €7.99 you'll also be able to pick up The Deer God from Blowfish Studios and Crescent Moon Games.
The Deer God will challenge players' religious views - and platforming skills - in a gorgeous world filled with challenging puzzles and dangerous wildlife. Here is some more background on the game from the press release:
The journey begins with a weary hunter tracking a deer. Just as his scope looms over a majestic buck, wolves attack him and his shot misses, killing a nearby fawn. The hunter awakens in the afterlife and finds himself face-to-face with the Deer God, who in an act of karmic retribution reincarnates the hunter as a fawn.
The hunter seeks to regain his humanity, but quickly acclimates to his new body, utilizing his newfound strength and speed to survive in the wild. Behind every cliff, canyon, and crevasse lay quests to help him acquire new skills. As each day passes, the deer grows older and stronger, eventually allowing players to mate and reproduce, which in turn provides extra lives to continue the cycle of reincarnation on the road to enlightenment.
Depending on which creatures players pacify or harm along the way and how they interact with humans they come across, the hunter can become purer or more evil, either satiating the Deer God, or acquiring the destructive powers that evil karma offers.
"It's been an amazing journey bringing The Deer God and its tale of karmic retribution to so many players across so many platforms, and now we're thrilled continue this ride by sharing the experience with the Nintendo Switch community," said Ben Lee, CEO, Blowfish Studios. "The Deer God's procedurally-generated levels lend themselves incredibly well to being able to play on the go, and we're delighted to allow players to take the game with them on adventures."
While we didn't find the game to be very endearing when it landed on Wii U, we'll take a fresh look at this later in the month. Let us know if you plan to pick this up with a comment below.
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Oh that thing from Princess Mononoke? Yeah, creepy as all hell.
i can't believe my eyes
That's nice!
Also reminds me that I'd like to see A Ride into the Mountains on Switch.
Yearwalk too.
At least the price isn't too bad, might pick it up when i get through my huge backlog
Look at the reviews and the android/ps store price...
They lost me at "procedurally generated."
The art style reminds me of Kamiko though so I imagine I'll try it.
That's a good price. I'll keep an eye on it.
@n1z Same here; procedurally generated is a dirty word to me. Indies really need Level Designers.
@premko1 Is $4.99 on Apple iOS, $14.99 on PC so $7.99 is a good price. The reviews are average though.
The art alone is pretty awesome.
Got to say, this game is gorgeous. Probably not going to pick it up, but it's very nice to see a pixel art style that stands out as distinctive and modern instead of retro.
SOMEBODY CLOSE THE FLOOD GATES! Does Nintendo not know that humans need sleep to stay sane?
Looks really nice and peaceful.
I heard it didn’t review well on other systems.
@JJ286 imho the price is too high - it should be like ios` and android`s. Just saying.
This game only looks gorgeous, gameplay is horrible. I backed this for PC when it was still in development. It turned out a good-looking mess. Skip and save ur pennies
The game looks amazing but be aware that the gameplay is shallow, repetitive and frustrating. There are game breaking bugs which are still present on the PlayStation version. The dev admitted that they’ve been there on all versions and can’t be fixed. Don’t let the pretty graphics fool you like they did me.
@premko1 well they put resources on the port and I'm sure Switch development is more expensive than mobile development.
@JJ286 it`s just port, not developing new game
By the way, imho the game sucks ( on android with joypad)
@premko1 yeah I'm not buying it cause of the whole generated level thing but developers still put money in porting stuff u know. Porting ain't free.
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