It's a big day for Aerial_Knight, AKA Neil Jones, whose debut Switch game Aerial_Knight's Never Yield comes out today. We spoke to him a while back about why he decided to slap his online handle on the game, amongst other things, and a key takeaway from his time in the industry was that he's often been pushed aside by game studios — "I had about three real interviews in about seven years of looking," he told us.
The launch of Aerial_Knight's Never Yield isn't just on the Nintendo eShop and other platforms — he's set up a whole host of tie-ins to coincide with the game's release, including an AMA on the Nintendo Switch subreddit (10pm GMT/6pm ET), a pink-and-purple vinyl print of the soundtrack by Daniel Wilkins, and a giveaway in partnership with game merchandising company The Yetee that includes a custom-printed Nintendo Switch. Like we said, it's a big day! That's a lot of stuff!
You can grab the soundtrack here on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify, and other services, the vinyl on Black Screen Records, and you can enter The Yetee's competition to win the custom Switch here, although make sure to note that it's North America only.
If you're curious, definitely check out our Aerial_Knight's Never Yield review — the game is now available on the eShop for £11.99 / $11.99.
Have you got Aerial_Knight's Never Yield on your pre-orders list? Will you be playing it today? Let us know in the comments!
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Woah, that’s a nice bundle. I do like the silly coloured records, I have a few myself. Pride of place is my bubblegum pink 7” of Aqua’s Barbie Girl.
"Have you got aerial_knight's Never yield on your pre order list?"
No.
"Will you be playing it today?"
Not today or ever.
There are better products to spend my cold hard cash on.
@nessisonett plastic record for a plastic girl, I like it
@Arkay That seems weirdly harsh.
I need a company to go back and just stick a ton of game OSTs on Vynil.
I ain't feeling the game, but I dig graffiti style. Pretty clean yet edgy.
@nessisonett - Oddly enough it was the colors that brought me to vinyl coming back again. Wasn't the selling point, but got my attention.
Earthworm Jim and Guild Wars 2 are probably the only ones I got colored til my Persona 5 comes in.
Who loves a $12 game so much they want a themed switch
@Paraka Yeah, I’m also waiting on Persona 5 coming as well as Disco Elysium. Celeste, Silent Hill 1 and 2 etc are all coloured but for whatever reason my Katamari Damacy one is just black but I don’t really mind. Hollow Knight’s is beautiful though, it looks like it’s been painted onto the record. My Minecraft one’s apparently green but I’m loathe to take it out the shrink wrap since there’s only 500. There’s some great games releasing their OSTs on vinyl now so it would be nice to see Nintendo do it too.
@nessisonett - Well I have seen iam8bit release Pokémon ones, and Mario + Rabbids had one also. Nintendo is definitely skirting around that pool.
@Paraka Unfortunately it’s only fan reorchestrations they’re using for the iam8bit stuff, rather than the original soundtracks. I live in hope!
@nessisonett - Well, I would still view that as closer. Cause the demand exists and Nintendo can only see that demand if there is something to weigh it against.
Sell-throughs sort of help that.
@Paraka Absolutely yeah, if there’s demand then you’d think they’d see that. Although... it’s Nintendo. I think we all know by now they make no sense 😂
I don't really understand the recent trend of wanting to go back to vinyl records. Do people actually set up a record player and listen to them? If so, that's kinda cool. I did enjoy watching records spin as a kid - my dad had a monstrously huge collection of them.
But beyond the novelty factor I don't really understand. For collectibles I prefer models of characters or vehicles or posters/wall scrolls. Getting the soundtrack on CD or even just as a download is perfect for me.
@Heavyarms55 Yep, I’ve got a proper turntable and speaker setup. For me, the fun is in manually playing them. I feel like I appreciate the music more having gone to the trouble of putting it on and flipping it, as opposed to how disposable music can feel off Spotify. It’s similar to how I’ll buy some games on their original hardware. It’s both a collector’s item and I just enjoy the experience.
@nessisonett
I’m can’t help but spinning disk is way more fun to see than not seeing anything (coz streaming).
Also , toying with speed and pitch is an endless joy....
@Col_e_h The game just doesn't appeal to everyone, it looks like it's kinda being overhyped, imo.
@Col_e_h I simply answered what the article asked.
Soundtrack seems alright based on the sample tracks but nowhere near worth the price of that vinyl. Which fits because the game looks okay but also not worth the asking price.
Not into runner games, wouldn't even play them my phone.
@Arkay Sorry if I misunderstood. Tone is generally a hard thing to discern from text. My bad.
@Heavyarms55 Yeah, I listen to records. A good record player with some nice speakers is the best way to listen to music.
@imgrowinglegs I mean, nice speakers yeah. But vinyl? Naw.
@1ofUs Collector's who want every variant of the Switch ever made. You know...for posterity.
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