Indie developer HomeBearStudio has revealed that its upcoming point-and-click adventure Nairi: Tower of Shirin has locked down a 29th November release date on Nintendo Switch.
If you're not up to date with this one, Nairi: Tower Of Shirin sees the player following the titular Nairi, a young girl from the rich district of Shirin. A sudden incident forces her to abandon her rich, sheltered life, and she eventually ends up in the seedy lower district of the city ruled by gangs. She soon meets a former gang member called Rex, who joins her throughout their adventure, and together they set off to uncover a dark mystery involving the city's mysterious Tower.
With an intriguing art style and charming animations, this visual novel/point-and-click adventure has had us interested for some time. Just a few months ago, we had the opportunity to go hands-on with the game, and we left this demo session feeling that the broad mixture of puzzles and the strength of its characters and dialogue could well make this a game worth checking out.
Joshua van Kuilenburg, founder of HomeBearStudio, has reflected on the journey of the game's development:
"It's been an exciting and creative time for the team developing a game with not only with a unique setting, and strong and endearing cast, but one inspired by many facets, including Japanese anime but also Disney Pixar. A synergy with so many ideas, strong storyline and tantalising puzzles, plus appealing to a wide audience with compelling gameplay has been our goal. We believe that we have achieved this through our love of the adventure genre. We wanted to offer something a little bit special - NAIRI: Tower of Shirin - is the result.”
As noted above, the game will launch on Switch on 29th November, priced at $9.99 / £8.99 / €9.99.
As always, feel free to share your thoughts on this one with us in the comments below. Do you think you might give this one a go next month?
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As a fan of point-and-clicks this really grabbed my attention, even though pointing and clicking is a bit wonky with any console there is. I still love the style of it, probably gonna get it eventually.
Even MORE games with kitties.
$10.00 is a really, really good price if they can deliver on the promise of those visuals.
@OptometristLime hello. This is a visual novel / point and click adventure. The visuals you see in the video ARE the game. 🐶
Respectfully the visuals are not the game, because it's not enough to glance and be able to say "oh this will be a fun game for sure."
But I believe you're saying they are representative of the final content - certainly that does make sense.
@OptometristLime long day, but rest assured. The visuals you see are what you will experience playing the title. The artist of the game actually designed our logo. 🐶
Simultaneous release on Steam and Switch as the launch platforms? Pretty cool.
And this game looks both adorable and clever! Didn't catch your original write-up about it, but I see that it's quoted on HomeBearStudio's front page, so they must have felt your passion as well.
Not usually a point-and-click fan, but the character designs/artwork are truly something special and are really tempting me to check it out. I'll keep an eye on it for sure.
This is interesting
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