Yoku's Island Express, an open-world pinball adventure platformer, announced for Nintendo Switch

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#1  Edited By iandizion713
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Its a must see. Ive never seen a game quite like it. The trailer is outstanding. It gives a good ideal what the game is, which is what one would hope for in a reveal trailer. You seem to play as this ant moving along with some type of ball across a vast journey of diverse environments. A jaw-breaker would be my guess since Ants love sugar and a jaw-breaker is heavy and lasts a long time.

The music also sounds pretty good. Its got that Island tune one would expect from such a scenery. What say you System Warriors? Does this type game interest you? What do you think of a open-world pinball adventure platformer? How do you like the reveal?

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#2 SecretPolice  Online
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Sonic Spinball >>>> This. :P

Anyway, looks cute I suppose.

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#3  Edited By koko-goal
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This gen is going to be epic.

Nintendo fanboys are hyping up Bomberman and pinball games. Whats next, UNO?

EPIC.

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#4  Edited By deactivated-5c1d0901c2aec
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Oh hey! :)

That looks really fun actually. Very novel idea.

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#5 ProfVannostrand
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@koko-goal:

Bomberman is epic.

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#6 sHaDyCuBe321
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@koko-goal: you must have just started gaming if you don't think bomberman is a game that has value.

This looks like a cool concept though. Unless it's executed well it could get stale after a few levels, but I love the Ori and the Blind forest look so far.

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#7  Edited By iandizion713
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Seems this is their first game. A very impressive start.

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#8 aigis
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Not sure I would call it open world, but it seems ok. Not going to be huge

Seems kinda sad that Switch is only getting low-profile indies still...

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#9 iandizion713
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@aigis: Well find out come e3.

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#10 aigis
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@iandizion713: Thats what im thinking/hoping too

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#11 bowserjr123
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I thought that said Yoshi's Island Express at first...now that would have been some remarkable news.

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@bowserjr123: I read it as the same. Says a lot about Nintendo that I didn't even find it farfetched.

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#13 deactivated-60bf765068a74
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Open world pinball = nintendo is the king of fun

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#14 lrdfancypants
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@iandizion713:

I like the music in that trailer. Looks interesting

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#15 SmearyGoose1768
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It looks cool. Will rent this one out.

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#16 smashed_pinata
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Looks neat. Probably won't be for me but i appreciate the appeal of the game. Has a very Ori and the Blind forest vibe to it in aesthetic and quality.

Could be fun! I as well first read it as "Yoshi's" haha

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#17 bowserjr123
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@REVOLUTIONfreak said:

@bowserjr123: I read it as the same. Says a lot about Nintendo that I didn't even find it farfetched.

Lol yeah true. I'd definitely love to see another Yoshi's Island like the original or on the DS.

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@koko-goal said:

This gen is going to be epic.

Nintendo fanboys are hyping up Bomberman and pinball games. Whats next, UNO?

EPIC.

This isn't a pinball game, it's an adventure platformer that focuses on pinball style mechanics. And it's on PS4, XBO, Steam and Switch. New styles of platformers are always welcome.

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#19 blangenakker
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Well this looks delightful :)

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#20 2Chalupas
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I don't think they know what "open world" is.

That being said, looks like it could be a solid indie game.

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#21 foxhound_fox
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@2Chalupas said:

I don't think they know what "open world" is.

That being said, looks like it could be a solid indie game.

It could be a non-linear platformer. They didn't show enough to make that conclusion.

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Anybody have an umbrella for my beverage?

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#23 CrashNBurn281
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Yoshi's pinball doesn't look like a platform seller. Have enough sides rollers and indie games are a dime a dozen.

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#25 iandizion713
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@OhSnapitz: You know you wanna play it.

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#26 Arthas045
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Looks pretty interesting, but I do not see myself getting this....

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#27 Eikichi-Onizuka
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It could be interesting, I like platformers and pinball.

@ProtossRushX said:

Open world pinball = nintendo is the king of fun

This is coming out on other consoles as well, has nothing to do with Nintendo.