BAFTA-winning studio Ustwo Games might be best known for their gorgeous, mobile-friendly offerings — from the Escher-tastic Monument Valley to their latest release, Assemble With Care — but now they're making their way to the Nintendo Switch for the first time with Alba: A Wildlife Adventure.
Alba is a departure from the normal fare of Ustwo, but a welcome one, drawing inspiration from summer holidays, childhood memories, and the pre-pandemic days when going to the beach wasn't semi-illegal. Exploring a sunny, yet polluted island (Super Mario Sunshine flashbacks, anyone?), the titular Alba is a young girl on a quest to rescue dolphins from fishing nets, fix broken bridges, and scrub some mysterious goo off a squirrel. It's the environmentally-friendly summer hols we never had, probably because we were too busy playing N64 in our bedrooms with the curtains drawn instead.
Good news for those of you who feel bad playing a game about saving the environment without actually, you know, saving the environment: Ustwo Games plans to plant a tree for every copy of Alba you buy! (Buy one, get one tree?)
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure will be out in Spring 2021, which means it'll probably arrive during all the pants weather we usually get. No price yet, but the Steam version is £10.79 right now (which includes a 20% launch discount) and £13 when it's not on sale. Check out the trailer above!
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If Monument Valley came to the Switch I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Of course I wouldn't pay more than two bucks, since it lasts about an hour and the "puzzles" are laughably easy. But that hour is amazing.
This looks like a cute little game.
Oh and that paragraph about "days when going to the beach wasn't semi-illegal" and "playing N64 in our bedrooms with the curtains drawn instead"? Please never do that again.
Didn’t realise it was Ustwo so now it’s completely bumped up my list.
This caught my eye during the presentation. it looks lovely. This and Hao look really chilled out
I suppose I can stop wishing Lumino City comes to Switch.
Oh, wait. 😮
I didn't really see that game from Indie Direct as i quickly tapping the Youtube video (probably i skipped that game by accidentally).
Looks interesting somehow but hopefully a physical release in the future.
This looks like it could be a pretty chill and relaxing game, kinda like Animal Crossing has been this year for me. I might actually have to buy this game, even more so since it seems like something the girlfriend would like as well.
Cool, retweeted. Looks pretty good, too
This looked like the most interesting game they showed to me as a wildlife lover! Always nice to see a proper 3D indie game too.
I just discovered this game on Steam, and I'm happy its coming to Switch
This looks like it will be a fun romp.
At 0:30 there is a sighting of a great tit. Somewhere Beavis and Butt-Head are pleased.
Alba gu brath!
PSA: It's not actually about saving the environment 'over there somewhere' when we are in the mood. It's about saving our own behinds. The planet will easily carry on without us.
The most interesting announcement from the Nindie World if you ask me.
It did just release on Apple Arcade though, so I'll probably take it for a spin there, if anywhere.
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