The Nintendo Indie World Showcase presentation broadcast earlier featured a cluster of indie games that are launching later today, and one of them is enchanting puzzle-platformer Evergate.
Coming from Boston-based Stone Lantern Games, Evergate is a deeply personal adventure that has players exploring the afterlife as Ki, a childlike soul revisiting areas of the world that she once inhabited. Using crystals you find around the environment, a gameplay mechanic known as the Soulflame fundamental to navigating the world by forming platforms, boosting, teleporting and generally zipping around in acrobatic fashion.
Check out the trailer above for a better look at the Soulflame mechanic in action, or alternatively the timestamped segment from the presentation itself with messages from members of the dev team. We also recently spoke to the team at Stone Lantern about the game and the inspiration behind it; when we asked about a potential release date, they were understandably cagey with their response - and now we know why!
Evergate is available on the Switch eShop now for $16.99 / £14.44, a 15% launch discount down from $19.99 / £16.99.
Will you be giving the Soulflame a whirl later on? Let us know if your puzzle-platforming flame burns for this one below.
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The price isn't too unreasonable with the 15% off at launch but I'm not sure about this one yet so I'll need to hold off for some reviews/impressions. Hopefully it's good.
Indie World Showcase. A strong title for a twenty minute commercial of mostly forgettable games. It was like watching a cartoon channel.
I'm sure it's just filling a gap for something or other.
I hate to say it but I. Just. Can’t. Help. It...............Ori
But heyyy as long as it’s got its own thing going enough and is fun, it could be awesome.
Yeah... I was having stroooong Ori vibes...but kind of a knockoff bootleg Ori. I’ll be waiting on reviews.
I'm getting Ori vibes, but it also feels like a knockoff rather than an inspiration (I mean the main character is called "Ki") but I'll wait for reviews to even consider this game.
I look forward to Moon Studio's lawyers on this one. It looks like a Christmas knock off of Ori. The comment about it being "4 years in the making" implies they started it just after Ori 1 came out.
A heartfelt story in the woods, platforming controls with abilities, the main character looks like Ori...
I'm steering clear and shame on the developers.
I actually think this looks quite good. I'll still need a review though I think.
That's a really odd reason to dislike a game.
I thought it was the Ori sequel, but i don't like it why it looks more a mario flash game with Ori skin rather than inspiration.
The developers for this game were really endearing. Normally, getting a developer to talk about their game tends to have a negative effect (normally some middle manager monotonously informing you about how passionate their team is). But in this case I went from thinking it was a bit of an Ori clone to thinking about buying it because they seemed so genuine and passionate about it.
@Dromosus The best conmen are often the most well spoken. It comes across as an Ori knock off. If they spent the time and money on creating something original rather than their flashy presentation there may be something worthwhile. As it is, it's a slur on the name of Indie games.
Basically take Ori - Strip down the abilities and take out the boss fights.
Get Xcloud for 1 month. Spend 30 days playing the real thing "Ori: Will of the Wisp"
Better use of $14
Love the visuals, do like the puzzle aspect, hmm maybe
@pip_muzz I don't think it can be a con if it's an actual game that they work on for four years and then show you the gameplay.
If they only released it on physical and the cartridge ended up being a piece of cardboard and when you asked for a refund you found that their business address was a kennel at the back of an abandoned scrapyard ... then you could call it a con.
@Agramonte Spend $1000 on a gaming PC so you can save a few bucks on a game. Brilliant financial advice.
@JimmySpades Not sure where you see me saying to go pay $1,000 for a PC
Looks interesting.
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