Devolver Digital and All Possible Futures have finally shared the release date for the fabulous-looking The Plucky Squire — 17th September 2024 (thanks Wario64!)
The adorable release date trailer showcases the beautiful storybook adventure's 2D visuals including main character Jot actually putting together the game's release date. How cute!
The Plucky Squire comes from James Turner, longtime Pokémon artist, and Jonathan Biddle, creator of The Swords of Ditto. Blending 2D top-down adventure and 3D open world collectathons, you'll play as Jot, the hero of the in-game book (also called The Plucky Squire) as he jumps between 2D and 3D worlds to save the world and save the book's happy ending.
We played the game for almost an hour at Summer Game Fest earlier this year, and we fell in love with it. We also got to chat with James Turner about his work on the game, the Zelda and Nintendo inspirations behind the title, and how kids have inspired the game.
September is a good month for Zelda games and Zelda-likes then, isn't it? Will you be grabbing The Plucky Squire in September? Doodle in the comments.
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I'm in a conflicting state of mind about this between 'YESSSSSSSS ITS FINALLY COMING OUT SOON!!!!' and 'NOOOOOOO ILL BE TOO BUSY WITH AA INVESTIGATIONS!!!!' XD
Unfortunate personal timing aside, its awesome for Plucky Squire to finally have a proper release date and a close one at that. I may not have the time to play it around its release but you better BELIEVE I'm diving into it the moment I find the time to do so
Will we see a physical release?
Not me trying to pronounce “Jpt”
Oh wow, didn't expect it to be announced now and coming out so soon, looking forward to Nintendo Life's review and getting (and hopefully also playing) it myself as soon as I can - fingers crossed it will get a physical release, too!
Niiiiice, it's just around the corner!! Can't wait for this game, it looks marvelous!
Honestly, there are too many games I'm interested in within the next months. Visions of Mana, Epic Mickey, Bakeru, Zelda EoW, Plucky Squire, Ys X Nordics, Fantasy Life i, Mario & Luigi, Dragon Quest 3, Fantasian... I will have to give priority, I have no money nor time to get all of them day one, unfortunately.
@AlanaHagues There's a typo when you can fix it, "Jpt" instead of Jot!
@JohnnyMind @S83 How do we know that Jpt isn't just the Dark Link counterpart to Jot? 😉
My most anticipated game since I thought I saw it in a Nintendo Direct over 2 years ago (which apparently was a Devolver Digital vid not an ND) back when it had a 2023 release date. My kid has also really bene looking forward to it and it releases on their birthday so that's day 1 for sure. Only question is do they want it on their Switch or the house PS5? I just have to imagine it looks and runs better on PS5, but it's their call.
@Cathalm " Will we see a physical release? "
I saw something on Twitter about an hour ago saying Play Asia already had a pre-order up for the physical but I suppose it could be in Asia only. It's also Day 1 on PS+ Extra if you have a PS5 and are a subscriber.
https://www.play-asia.com/the-plucky-squire/13/70g761?srsltid=AfmBOoo9Rcbn0-IrOoa1XJyWYvc7CN3_8GjWVDT26XEagjmd5DYhRsmO
Looks gorgeous and as it's a Devolver there is normally a physical.
So definitely getting this.
@Fizza Jokes aside and although I doubt it would actually happen, such a thing wouldn't be impossible if the gameplay changed along with it considering all the gameplay shifts included in Plucky Squire according to James himself in the feature here on Nintendo Life (speaking of, happy to see that among the related articles for those interested who might have missed it)!
Bloody hell, too many games in september
LRG here we come lol I’m looking forward to angry comments
@Fizza Someone gets it!
@JohnnyMind All fixed now
@JohnnyMind I'm pretty sure I saw on Deku Deals you can preorder through Play Asia a physical cart. I've never bought from the before but I too hope for a physical copy, it looks so good!
Dang, September is going to be so packed...
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot, Epic Mickey Rebrushed, Bakeru, and now The Plucky Squire. Hoo, boy.
Two Zeldas in the same month?! What a time to be alive!
We've gotten a lot of twitter drop announcements today. Feels like there was an Indie Direct that was supposed to happen but was scrapped
And yet, it's STILL not on the eshop so we can't wishlist or preorder yet
I'm excited, but I really don't expect this to run well on Switch at this point with how scant any Switch gameplay appears to have been, coupled with the intensive-looking visual effects during the 3D portions of the game. Hoping that isn't the case - especially coming from a key developer who directed a Nintendo-published game with HarmoKnight - but I'm increasingly concerned
Oh damn, happy almost bday to me
Now THAT is how you do a release trailer. That was really well done!
I’m so excited for this!
@obijuankanoobie Definitely better than nothing, but if that's the only option I might just get it digitally while if it ends up getting a regular retail release it will be way more likely for me to get it physically.
Anyway, thanks for telling me!
That is a classy and cute way to reveal the date - and so soon!
September 17th is right on top of Zelda, and I'd be panicking a bit, but I'm waiting for the physical edition so it'll be awhile yet. I mean, a beautiful Devolver-published game like this guaranteed MUST have a physical edition on the way.
But really, this game just continues to look too good to be true!
Excited to see review scores and whether performance is an issue. 95% of my purchases end up being Switch versions though due to portability, so it may not matter. Can't wait!
This looks so great! I'm pumped, but wish it wasn't so close to new Zelda
It looks great.
I would like to know how much it is and if it’s a particularly short game however, which seems to be the missing information at the moment.
This game looks absolutely gorgeous.
Can't wait. Looks like it will be very good and it's from Devolver.
Astrobot, The Lucky Squire and Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. That's a lot of good games for one month!
I don't understand why they're being so coy about the price. We've got the release date, now tell us how much we need to shell out. Some of us need to plan for game purchases, especially with Zelda releasing a few days later.
@Cathalm I'm guessing Limited Run Games will end up doing the physical edition for NA. They have done digital devolver releases in the past.
@Vriess Astrobot is a day one buy…. Might even preorder….so excited!
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