Lunistice is a cute 3D platformer that recalls the genre’s ’90s efforts

Tanuki Patootie

Publisher Deck13 has announced a release date for retro-inspired 3D platformer Lunistice. The anthropomorphic adventure game will launch on PC and Nintendo Switch on September 2.

Developed by super-indie outfit A Grumpy Fox, Lunistice recalls the early efforts of the 3D platforming genre, and is reminiscent of the sort of titles that would appear on the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in the genre’s formative days. The game concerns our fuzzy hero Hanna the Tanuki, who will run, jump, and fight their way through seven of their own wild and characterful dreams. Lunistice was originally designed with the speedrunning community in mind, so look forward to fast & fluent gameplay that rewards precision movement and smart stage traversal.

Lunistice has taken a long and twisty road to completion, having started out as a 2D platformer, then becoming an N64-style rail shooter, and also running through several different game engines and even titles! But it seems that both A Grumpy Fox and Deck13 are happy and confident with the game’s current development direction, and have thus dropped a fresh new trailer along with a final launch date. It certainly looks authentic to the Crash Bandicoots and Jumping Flashes of old, so fans of polygonal action might want to keep an eye out for Hanna’s eventual debut.

Lunistice launches September 9 on PC (on Steam and GOG) and Nintendo Switch.