Moon Samurai Cyberpunking Its Way to Switch and PC

Nunchaku Games have announced Moon Samurai, a cyberpunk-themed action adventure title, for the Nintendo Switch, PC, and Mac. There is currently no release date, but the fluid action of this pixelated title is enough to keep your eyes on.

Check out the teaser trailer:

What is Moon Samurai?

Year is 2070. RAM City Megapolis, Moon. Main character – Buddy escapes from prison. On his mission to break through prison guards and security systems, he is assisted by Danao_X artificial intelligence, which is responsible for control of nearly all the processes in the RAM city.

Buddy and Danao have common foes – six samurai who have betrayed Danao and almost gained full control over the city. As for Buddy, they have put behind bars, because, being a samurai himself, he didn’t support their plan.

Buddy and Danao have exactly one day to take revenge on the samurai and stop them from destroying the recently flourishing city. Young and hothead Buddy is seeking for justice and revenge. Danao is practical and emotionless machine devoid of human moral concepts. They have a common goal, but also each has their own ulterior motives. They will have to learn to trust each other for only together they might be able to defeat their enemies.

Moon Samurai – 2D pixel-graphics action adventure game set in cyberpunk universe.

You will play as a young futuristic samurai named Buddy. Fight your way through a dangerous sci-fi world, unravel its mysteries and escape all the traps. Tornadic scuffle against a broad range of enemies will go hand in hand with exciting parkour-style jumping over rooftops, balconies and ladders.

The game draws its inspiration from old-school martial arts movies, cyberpunk culture and 80-90’s retro-games: Prince of Persia, Double Dragon, Comix Zone, Oni, Battletoads, Karateka and others.

Key Features

• Beautiful fusion of platformer and beat’em up genres.
• Elaborated combat mechanics. Player will feel like a martial arts master by delivering dozens of various kicks and punches.
• Melee weapons will also be available in the game: sword, nunchaku and a missile weapon – plasma ball. All the strikes animations using melee weapons are executed with precise details and look very realistic.
• Cinematic story telling. In Moon Samurai, we aim at making each scene as spectacular and eye-catching as possible. Combat episodes will be interwoven with QTE elements, providing main character many opportunities to interact with interior elements and to use improvised means and instruments turned out to be at hand, just as Jackie did in his movies.
• Detailed “retro-stylized” pixel-art. Visual part of Moon Samurai can boast truly manic attention to details. Despite modern appearance of animation and graphics, these are still the same good old-schoolish hand-drawn pixels favored by players all around the world.
• Epic Boss Battles. Fighting bosses will prove to be a real challenge. Each boss has his or her own personal history with the main character. Players will certainly memorize these encounters.
• Feel the nunchaku power! One of distinctive characteristics of the enemies will be their ability to form bands (crowds), which will considerably complicate fighting process for the player, because dealing with these will require remarkable reflexes. Especially for such situations, main character is carrying his nunchaku with him, using them such crowds will be dealt with in a Bruce style – fast and beautifully.
• The game will feature 8 levels with more than 50 different locations.

We will keep you up to date with Moon Samurai as more details emerge.

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