Launching on Switch next month is PopSlinger, a "musical shooter" from developer Funky Can Creative.
You'll be playing as Ria Carbon, a regular girl who finds herself becoming the overconfident, goofball hero, 'PopSlinger'. She sets out to save the planet from sinister invaders using soda-powered guns and magical powers bestowed upon her by a former PopSlinger named Gin.
You can get a taste of how this all plays out in the brand new trailer up above – you'll find a hand-drawn, marker art-style world waiting for you, alongside a performance-reactive soundtrack full of city pop and future funk vibes.
"It is a dream come true to share our charming colourful world with Nintendo’s community," says Jose Luis Abreu, Funky Can Creative founder. "PopSlinger is heavily inspired by the anime I grew up watching as well as artists and musicians who are also still part of my life today. We hope everyone will enjoy the mix of nostalgic and current references we put together to bring Ria’s world to life and have as much fun with it as we do!"
The game hits the eShop on 26th January 2022. Make sure to share your thoughts on this one in the comments below.
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I can see they're making a genuine effort, but it looks pretty stiff and choppy, maybe the low "framerate" was a design choice, like the heavy filtering?
The aesthetic needs work, like the UI being clean on top of the filtered gameplay, and I'm not fond of how fuzzy the visuals are.
I actually really like this aesthetic...definitely gonna give it a try.
the art style is brilliant and the visual filters work well with the content. but going odd through trailer, the game play looks... okay. I'll need to read some gameplay impressions.
@CharlieGirl If you enjoy the artstyle a lot, the artist is on Twitter and DA! His name is drivojunior!
Art is nice but it seems that the "hero" is shooting butter... It lacks something that makes shooters "rewarding".
Yeah, it looks like the aesthetic might be doing most of the work here. But anything with a reactive soundtrack might be worth keeping an eye on. That kind of thing doesn't come across in trailers well.
@Fighting_Game_Loser Hey, that IS drivojunior! I follow him on dA and knew the art style looked familiar.
@PC2 Yeah lol. I was thinking the art style looked like his and then I saw that one of his oc's in the background of one of the screenshots and was like, "Oh yeah that's definitely him."
This looks weird, but considering there's so little else, I might as well check it out. I'm not finding much good on the PlayStation or Xbox stores either, and I still haven't gotten a good computer so that leaves Steam, GOG, and Origin off the table for now.
I read this as PoopSlinger at first glance.
I think that a top down shooter like needs to be zoomed out by a tad since bullets may be coming at all angles and the sprites are looking a bit big. Let's see how popslinger plays out.
“PopSlinger”: either a Canadian or Midwestern developer made this. If it were the South, it’d be CokeSlinger, but then I don’t think it would convey the right message…and if it were the west coast, it’d be SodaSlinger, but then the initials “SS” wouldn’t sit well with some people…
If this was the 90's. This would probably be the most played game on Newgrounds....
It still looks like a flash game though, so awaiting reviews!
Love the aesthetic, but it looks slow and unrewarding, two things a good shooter never is.
So autotune trash. Got it. Gameplay looks fun arcady at least. Kinda.
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