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- I want to tell you
about the best game I saw

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at PAX East 2024.

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Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

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is a 2D, top-down, Metroidvania

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in the style of a Game Boy game.

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In it, you are this mouse
prince, some kind of royalty,

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but nonetheless, you're
a rat named Pipistrello.

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What's unique about Pipistrello
and the Cursed Yoyo is,

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believe it or not, the (indistinct) yoyo.

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I've never played a game that has a yoyo

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as a central mechanic,

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and the yoyo is used both to
exploration and for combat.

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You can throw the yoyo, you
can swing it at enemies.

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There are even these kind of
slanted angles and corners

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in every room that you enter

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where you can bounce the yoyo off of them.

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And entering every room
is more or less about

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optimizing the route of the
yoyo rather than yourself

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to take out enemies and take
as little damage as possible.

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You can use it when you're doing puzzles

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to kind of fling the
yoyo across like a chasm

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in order to reach something,

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and then rebound it off
of the slanted walls

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back towards yourself.

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I had to use this in a few examples

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where I had to get a battery

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from one side of the room to another.

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I really appreciated that
in most Metroidvanias

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like it is about the
abilities that you gather,

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and in this case, it's
just a freaking yoyo.

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The style is very bouncy and energetic.

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It's a very exciting game.

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I've never played with a
yoyo too much growing up,

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but I couldn't help but
be drawn to this game

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and its unique central mechanic

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from the second that I laid
eyes on it across the floor.

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Keep an eye out on Pipistrello
and the Cursed Yoyo.

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There's no release date
attached to it yet,

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but it should be in our hands pretty soon.

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For more coverage on all things gaming,

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be sure to check out kotaku.com.