9/19/2023 0 Comments Pikuniku mr sunshine![]() It holds at its core a message of hope, that if we can look past the surface and work together we can make a better world. Pikuniku colourful visuals and jumble of oddball characters belie its more sober message: there’s a simple but effective story of environmental damage in the wake of capitalist greed (even a sly comment on workers’ rights). Arrows, switches and spikes are about as complicated as it gets. ![]() And that’s before you’ve tackled your first mini-boss. There’s plenty to do in the first village alone: crops to save, a rock playing hide-and-seek and a game of ‘backkick’ in need of winning (two hoops and a melon - you can work out the rest). Once you convince the villagers you’re actually a helpful beastie you’re given licence to roam around the world and discover just what exactly is going on with the too-good-to-be-true Sunshine Inc, led by the smiley pink Mr Sunshine and his band of “helpful” robots which are intent on stealing the villagers’ corn in exchange for a few coins. Legend tells of a beast that spreads destruction wherever it goes, slumbering in a cave in the depths of the mountain, rather similar to the one you just woke up from in fact. After being awoken by a friendly ghost - “it’s dangerous to go alone,” they say, “take this: my full moral support” (just one of the humorous nods to games past) - you are thrown out into the world and quickly captured by the local villagers. Exploring the village is its own reward with plenty of secrets to be found.īut it would be nothing if you didn’t have somewhere to go.
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