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| Project Mekuru
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| バトルスポーツ めく〜る
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Japanese game logo
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| Developer(s):
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Over Fence[1]
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| Publisher(s):
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JP: Over Fence
WW: Nintendo[2]
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| Platform:
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Nintendo Switch
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| Category:
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Action
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| Players:
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1-4
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| Predecessor:
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N/A
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| Successor:
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N/A
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| N. America:
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Summer 2017[2]
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| Japan:
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May 18, 2017[3]
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| Europe:
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Summer 2017[4]
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| Australia:
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Winter 2017[5]
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Battle Sports Mekuru[6][7] (known in English under the working title Project Mekuru[2]) is an upcoming action party game for the Nintendo Switch. The game is being developed by Japanese developer Over Fence, and is set for release on the Nintendo eShop in summer 2017.[2]
Gameplay
Up to four players are placed on a board, with the goal being to flip the most panels by jumping into the air and slamming them rear-first, flipping them to the color corresponding to the player. As players flip panels they can discover power-ups, such as ones that increase their flipping range and increasing running speed.
Project Mekuru can be played locally or online.
Development
A brief glimpse of the game was first shown off during the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 event. Nintendo would later reveal Project Mekuru during its Nindies Showcase Event in February 2017 as a Nintendo Switch exclusive.[1] The game would finally be shown off during the April 2017 Nintendo Direct.[2] A trailer would later be released by Over Fence, promising additional information on May 8.[6]
The idea for Battle Sports Mekuru originated with Senri Tsunokawa, who was inspired by an online version of the 1995 Tiger Electronics game Lights Out.[8] Because much of the staff of Over Fence was composed of ex-Hudson Soft employees, who had worked with Nintendo in the past, the company decided to work with Nintendo to develop and release the game for Nintendo Switch.[8] An earlier version of the game featured Mii characters as the playable characters[1], but they were replaced with characters in futuristic space suits as the developers did not feel that Miis fit the game's premise.[8]
Technical details
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mysterious Nintendo Switch Game Project Mekuru Revealed. IGN (February 28, 2017). Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Nintendo Direct 4.12.2017. Nintendo (YouTube; April 12, 2017). Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ↑ Battle Sports Mekuru launching next week. Japanese Nintendo (May 12, 2017). Retrieved May 12, 2017.
- ↑ Nintendo Direct - 12.04.2017. Nintendo UK (YouTube; April 12, 2017). Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ↑ ARMS and Splatoon 2 headline new Nintendo Direct presentation. Nintendo.com.au (April 13, 2017). Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 バトルスポーツ めく〜る 最新動画第１弾. OVER FENCE (YouTube; April 27, 2017). Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ↑ Project Mekuru is now Battle Sports Mekuru. Japanese Nintendo (April 29, 2017). Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Straight from the Source: Over Fence Co. LTD (Mekuru, Switch). Source Gaming (May 30, 2017). Retrieved May 30, 2017.
