Curse of the Sea Rats, the "first Metroidvania starring rats", has been announced for Nintendo Switch. The game has a tentative release window of 2021.
The game is an exploration-focused side-scroller with RPG elements, which focuses on a group of heroes who are transformed into rats by a pirate witch. Players are tasked with helping them rescue the Admiral’s son and breaking the magic spell once and for all.
You can check out some pre-alpha footage of the game in the trailer above (as you can likely tell from the 2021 release window, plenty more hard work will be going into the game behind the scenes before launch), and we've also got a handy feature list for you below:
Features
- Packing all of the best features you've come to know from the Metroidvania genre into a single game starring rats!
- Investigate 11 different scenarios in a non-linear quest set in the coast of Ireland in 1777.
- 4 playable characters, local multiplayer mode, jam packed with weapons and special abilities to upgrade.
- Beautiful hand-drawn animation with 2.5D graphics: 2D models crafted on a 3D game environment.
- Story cut-scenes and NPC interactions fully voice acted by a professional cast.
- Rich twisting plot set in a breathtaking lush-color fantasy style.
- Suitable for every audience: from the casual to the hardcore gamer.
- Try completing 100% of the quest or speedrun to the end of the game.
- New DLC’s and free updates planned to engage our fans.
The game comes from Spanish indie developer Petoons Studio, and we don't know about you, but we think this one has potential. Interestingly, plans are already underway to release an animated series, comic books, and toys alongside the game.
What do you think? One to keep an eye on over the next year-and-a-bit? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.
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So it's like The Secret of Nimh, but a Metroidvania? Neat.
Looks great, definitely one to look out for.
@ryancraddock Erm playback on other sites has been disabled
Looks generic as hell.
In 2021 I might be a totally different person! So we’ll see
By 2021 we will probably have The legend of Metroid: Samus' Awakening coming to the Switch.
Needs to be polished by the looks of it, but if they do actually plan release for 2021 then they have plenty of time.
Wait, a 4 player local co-op metroidvania?? I´m in!
Looks quite crappy tbh. Is a shame as I can always have some more metroidvania in my life
Local co-op multiplayer sounds fun.
Careful with the terms here!
The animation here is strictly 2D, but the playstyle is what utilizes the sketchy-stretchy term "2.5D".
It was coined for games like Pandemonium, that are fully 3D in terms of graphics, and pull some 3D camera tricks and level-designs, but stick to the 2D gameplay. Retro Studio's DKC games and the Trine games apply too.
Oh, and this game looks wonderful!
looks good to me.
Game looks beautiful. Hopefully gameplay matches
Definitely interested. Let's see if the review suggests it lives up to the hype.
Intriguing. I appreciate the hard work of hand-drawn animation. I'll keep an eye out, especially if it has co-op.
Give it a Redwall skin and I'd bite. Eulalia!
That handdrawn animation is nice, but overall the game looks a little too early in development to be showing off footage to the world
@tzahn haha Redwall! What a shame they never made any games based on that series
@Yodalovesu I just checked and apparently there's an episodic Redwall game that's been partially released on Steam. Huh, who knew?
@RupeeClock Thanks, now I had to go online and order the bluray of The Secret of Nimh, haha.
2021 is a long ways away, but i'll keep an eye on it because I love my metroidvania's.
@ThatNyteDaez Honestly that was my own thoughts.
I mean this is like... what? Pre-alpha?
And with a 2021 release window that's a lot of time for them to add decent enough levels of polish.
"Ratoidvania". I chuckled.
@tzahn oh awesome, that looks pretty good too. Thanks for pointing it out!
@Ludovsky @ThatNyteDaez
It says pre-alpha on the very first slide in the video.
Looks good for an alpha build.
Sold, that looks amazing, I hope it comes out as good as it's looking already, but you know, with a higher frame rate
I always like games with rats or mice. Must be my nostalgia love as a kid for The Secret of Nimh
This looks cute, but with all those extras I feel like it will end up becoming the Cheetahmen of our generation. Good luck to them though.
@tzahn oh yeah! That would be worth the price! Maybe even add in a DLC based on the books and series.
Yeah this looks great.
Feels like playing a cartoon in a Metroidvania format. That's interesting, might check it out soon.
Why would you put out a trailer of a game in such an unpolished state? The animation's choppy as hell. Should have waited until it was out of (pre)alpha.
Looks beautiful! And I think the main character's jacket is surely a shout out to Guybrush Threepwood.
Anybody else getting just a leeeeetle bit tired of hearing about new “Metroidvanias” all the time?
Doesn't look that great. It has a long way to go.
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