Launching later this week on Nintendo Switch is Duck Souls+, a new release from Brazilian developer Green Dinosaur Games. Is this the part where we're supposed to say that Duck Souls is the Dark Souls of ducks? Let's move on.
The game is described as a fast-paced action platformer which stars a little duck on a mission to find all the eggs to save his species. So not a Dark Souls clone, then. The world around you is full of nasty traps that'll ruin your plans, so running, jumping, and dashing through this treacherous environment might not be as easy as you first thought.
Here's a feature list:
- 20 different levels and 5 different biomes to explore!}
- Play 100 hand-crafted brutal levels filled with deadly traps
- Jump over spikes, climb walls, and avoid death
- Challenge your platforming skills with hardcore difficulty
- Survive over 20 different types of deadly traps
- Collect 20 different hats and customize your duck!
The game will launch on Switch this Friday, 27th March and will be priced at $4.99 / 4.99€.
Worth a go for a fiver? Or is it a bit too quackers for your tastes? Feel free to come up with some better jokes in the comments below.
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Dont even wanna say (and definitely cant type here) what came outta my mouth, when I saw that headline.
I get the feeling this'll show up on a Vinesauce stream.
Dang. I need a Dark Souls game with ducks in my life.
Wow, a new game for the PS Vita.
Looks like a game I'll enjoy, nice and challenging. Do have an issue with the graphics and your view of the action is a little too zoomed out.
The picture reminded me I backed the Chicken Wiggle Switch Port Kickstarter. Hopefully it gets a 2020 release.
Looks peppy. I just might.
the graphics look a little too simplistic to me
This looks like it was built in Lua/Pico-8. Not a bad thing, but I’m just saying.
Looks like a load of quack to me... though it might just work!
And the award for the best name for a game 2020 goes to.....
Gaming is becoming a parody of itself. Duck Souls is like a joke some kids ran with when one of them misspoke.
"Another side scroller..." ...is unfortunately the first thought that came out of my brain.
Looks like a Celeste clone with ducks.
Just stop making these pixelated craps and call them "retro"
Oh my God, I was definitely not expecting it to reach Nintendo Life! The name was originally created by a friend of mine, it was a joke we used to make when we started college back in 2016, but I never imagined that it would become a headline for a big website like this one. I really really appreciate the time you took to talk about one of my games and I also thank everyone that made positive comments about it, because it does means a lot to me. 💖
I mean it looks totally fine for 5 bucks.
@ChromaticDracula We used the restrictions of the PICO-8 fantasy console as a reference for the graphics, but it's running on a custom C++ engine now. 😊
@wazlon We are glad to release it on the Vita! I personally love handheld consoles. Also, there's an increased zoom-in option in the game settings if you need. 😊
@Nudawa I'm so sorry the graphics didn't pleased you that much... Unfortunately that's the best I could come up with, since I was the only programmer and artist in the company during the development of Duck Souls (one of my first games). However, thanks to the support of some amazing players I'm now able to afford a really good artist for our next project, so we should be able to make it more appealing to you and other players. Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it! 😊
@Heavyarms55 I really hope you enjoy it! If you have any issues with it, just let me know, please. I'll be glad to give you hand. 😊
@mateussales I wont lie, I have a small pile of games already backed up. I have no idea when I'd actually be able to play this.
If I find the time though, it does look like a real decent 5 dollar title.
@Heavyarms55 Totally understandable! Thanks for the kind words anyway. 😊
While the game certainly looks fun, and this is no slight to the developer but rather an issue with recent trends, the highly stylized art for the games "cover" has always been a serious letdown when the trailer/gameplay starts. If you're creating an 8-bit game, I feel the cover art should represent the era your game is modeled after and not feature some high resolution, clean artwork. It's misleading, especially when we have games that do end up representing the cover art.
Trivial I know, but just imagine how you'd feel if you saw something like the Dark Souls 3 cover art but it played and looked like Super Meat Boy.
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