2D platforming adventure Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch alongside its previously announced PC (Steam, Epic Games Store) version on May 28, publisher PM Studios and developer Pocket Trap announced. PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch demos are now available.
A physical edition will also be available for PlayStation 5 and Switch, which includes a Pippit plushie. A release date for the retail edition will be announced in the coming weeks.
Here is an overview of the game, via PM Studios:
About
Explore a vast urban landscape in this narrative-driven, 2D top-down platforming adventure!
In Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, you’re a budding yoyo master facing off against enemies using the weapon you know best: your prized yoyo! As Pippit, you’ll be quite literally thrown into the shocking story of your auntie’s business empire, a soul-stealing mega-laser, and four dastardly crime bosses!
Each yoyo trick you learn will drastically change the way you look at the cityscape, and the battlefield! By chaining moves together, you’ll be able to explore secret areas and teach those baddies a lesson! Many challenges have multiple solutions—so come up with your own novel routes in this mouth-watering adventure!
Features:
- Explore the city’s four districts with over 1,000 screens of challenges and secrets!
- Infiltrate the businesses of the four crime bosses! Navigate their labyrinthine buildings, take on foes, and solve action puzzles!
- Learn yoyo tricks and techniques to create your own cityscape yoyo-parkour routes, and make those mob minions pay!
- Collect over 40 ability-enhancing Badges that alter the way you play!
- Unlock over 20 passive Upgrades through a shady loan shark!
- Find over 80 other collectibles throughout town, from life upgrades to precious treasures!
Watch a new trailer below.