![]() There's warmth and wit in the characters that you come across - you play The Beast, a blob on two legs that emerges from a cave at the outset of Pikuniku and stumbles upon a cartoon world beholden to an awful conspiracy as it suffers at the hands of the corporation Sunshine Inc. There's the strong influence of Keita Takahashi's work in its aesthetic, though Pikuniku has a voice all of its own. It's ace.Īnd it, too, is amazing, a joyous, smart and imaginative adventure that's the rarest of things: a genuinely funny video game. Pikuniku is a game full of ideas that are introduced and then tossed aside for another new novelty. ![]() ![]() It is amazing, and if Pikuniku - a puzzle platformer for PC and Switch that's being published by Devolver - never goes quite as dark, it's definitely drinking from the same well. Which is part of the thrill - the weird, messy thrill - of Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared, the YouTube phenomenon that starts off BBC and then goes full Current 93, a nursery rhyme whose occult roots crack through all the sweetness. Availability: Out January 24th on PC and Switch.Not just your straight-up, in your face Chocky sinister either beneath the primary colours and blunt language of many a show there's the feeling that something's not quite right. Kid's TV shows, you've no doubt discussed with friends while waiting for someone to come back from the all-night garage with a packet of french fancies and a fresh packet of skins, can be kind of sinister. Playing out like an interactive episode of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Pikuniku is a perfectly formed three hour adventure.
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