An adorable musical adventure game called Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley is coming in 2023 from developer Hyper Games, and as Moomin fans we've got our fingers crossed that "PC and Consoles" means "and Switch" in this case.
You take on the role of the titular Snufkin who must restore balance to Moominvalley and restore its nature after a series of 'grotesque' parks has appeared.
The game combines open-world mechanics with puzzles, stealth, and melodic elements and is currently confirmed for PC and consoles - we presume (hope!) this includes Switch.
Here's some key features from the game's Steam page:
- A cozy adventure game in a gorgeous storybook art style
- Story-rich gameplay and charming characters to meet, each with their own charming stories to uncover and quests to solve, inspired by Tove Jansson’s work
- Explore Moominvalley’s open world and solve musical and environmental puzzles along the way to uncover its secrets
- Get the strict Park Keeper and his horrible parks out of Moominvalley with the help of your trusty harmonica, a bit of stealth, and the friends you’ll meet along the way
The game looks absolutely delightful and we'll be sure to keep an eye on this one in the coming months. It'll come to Switch, right? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
[source snufkin.game]
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The Moomins original series didn't grab me for some reason, but recently they made a new series that looked enticing from what little I have seen. This game looks very charming, might give it a try someday if it comes to Switch.
Wow, that art style is so on point. I hope the rest of it also respects the Moomin heritage. These are some of the best kid lit ever written. Moomins deserve a good game!
Wow! This looks remarkably authentic. Will keep an eye on this.
Love the original books by Tove Jansson!
The artstyle of the game is good, the writing seems a little bit iffy, but will probably check it out. Hopefully with Swedish text.
I'd never heard of Moomins or Snufkin till I moved to Japan, where they are really popular. I would be shocked if Snufkin doesn't land on Switch. I'll watch out for updates!
A Moomin open-worlder on Switch sounds like Christmas in July, especially after most games I've seen based on this universe before seemed to be Japan exclusives. And as my very go-to online profile name is my witness, I'm quite partial towards this universe to begin with. Moominsummer Madness is particularly among my top fave books therein.
I also hope for Swedish text and narration.
…I just want to play as the Groke.
@nhSnork What system were the Japan exclusive games on? I know there were some PC games released in Scandinavia around 20 years ago I think, and there were atleast one or two DS games released here in Norway if I remember correctly
Please have a Swedish language option! Would make it even more authentic for me ...Grew up with these wonderful characters.
I loved the Moomins back in the day.
@Tobiaku I think there was one on Game Boy Color? But thanks for challenging my vague memory, it does appear that more Moomin games are at least available in Europe as you'd expect them to be. Perhaps my brain conflated them with the Japanese one because I couldn't read the Scandinavian languages either.😅
@Roam85 Playable Hattifatteners or we riot!!
My wife is Finnish and loves Moomins so I think we shall be getting this!
Excited. Steam has a list of available languages which includes languages such as Finnish and Swedish.
There's another game I recall looking similiar to this one. Hopefully this can make this physical with extras with it.
Very nice art direction there. I grow up with Moomin as Im from scandinavia.
Love moomin ❤️
The game seem a bit simple but will definitely check it out!!
Hey, this is the guy Homestar dressed up as a few years ago! Strong Sad must be... well, not happy, maybe just a little less sad.
I have a feeling this is headed to Switch
@nhSnork From just a quick google search, there seems to be atleast one GBC game thats aviable both in Japanese and English from what I can tell. And a Japan exclusive DS game.
They don’t actually refer to themselves as “Moomins” anymore. They prefer to be called “members of The Chooch of Jesus Christ of Latoo-day Saints.”
@Tobiaku ah, so Moomin no Daibouken IS available in English after all! Shame on me for overlooking it all these years, but again, I sure am glad to have turned out wrong about this matter.
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