Dr. Kucho! Games has confirmed a release date for Moons of Darsalon on Nintendo Switch, which is pitched as a “retro action ‘save-them-all’ platformer including advanced physics combined with a unique retro feel.”
After Darsanaut teams get lost on their mining missions on the different moons that orbit planet Darsalon, you must rescue and lead them back to the safety of the nearest base station.
You will need to protect them from ever-present dangers and enemies using your laser gun, defy gravity with your jet pack, pilot ground and air vehicles, destroy terrain, or even create new paths with the ground maker gun.
The developer has outlined the game’s key features, which include:
- Advanced platformer AI including dynamic terrain detection, jump force calculation, light sensitivity, inter-NPC communication.
- Voice Commands to control companion NPCs.
- Dynamic ground destruction and creation.
- Full Interactive and realistic Liquid physics.
- Realistic off-road vehicle physics.
- 8-bit music based on MOS 6581 (SID) chip from 1982.
- 8-bit speech synthesis.
- Unique render pipeline that combines modern lightning, 2D sprites and 3D models pixelated in real time consistently and with a restricted colour palette for an authentic retro feel.
- CRT filter.
Moons of Darsalon will be released digitally on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch worldwide on 6 February 2025.
