Furbies. AOL. Wearing caps backwards. VHS tapes. Cups with those teal and pink squiggles on them. These are the '90s staples upon which The Big Con is based, as a loving parody of the decade that introduced us to questionable fashion decisions and incredible music.
You play as Ali, a high schooler who decides to help out her family's ailing video rental store... by stealing. It's the '90s, man, things were different back then.
Swindling, pickpocketing, hustling, and just straight up conning people will help you earn the tens of thousands of dollars necessary to save the store, and since it's the '90s, all of your grifts will have to be old-school — you can't just pull the Nigerian Prince scam out of your pocket.
Developers Mighty Yell have just announced that The Big Con will be coming to Nintendo Switch this summer, alongside new "Grift of the Year" DLC for the game, which will be released free on PC, Xbox, and Switch.
Will you be grabbing this '90s nostalgia-a-thon for the Switch this year? Let us know in the comments!
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Looks fun. I would have no issue stealing from a child. I steal from mine all the time. I’m eating some of their Easter candy right now.
@AndyC_MK111 - Total guess, Sludge Life? Slightly similar visuals, tho that one is first person. There’s a cat that has two anuses. It’s hard to forget. Haven’t played it yet, but it’s on my WL.
After the main character has to bend her morals, eventually Netflix comes along anyway.
The game feels like a 90s Nickelodeon cartoon, definitely checking it out for sure.
Sounds like a fun concept. Incidentally I've still got a fairly decent collection of VHS tapes.
@AndyC_MK111 - Haha, awesome! I was reminded of it as well when I watched the trailer, even though they appear to be very different games. Maybe just general aesthetic & the irreverent nature. Sludge Life would have been a good 90s band name. Cheers.
The developers webpage is also a nostalgia crap-show, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. It really drives home 90s era aesthetic with all the geocities touches, and the page counter. 👨🍳💋
Don’t need it, already living in my 90’s bubble
I feel compelled to point out that the Nigerian Prince scam goes back to the 19th Century.
Looks cute, but the trailer kept cutting away from the actual gameplay! Like..what do you actually do...
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