Developer Yacht Club Games announced a new release window for Mina the Hollower, their highly-anticipated Game Boy Color-styled action-adventure game.
Mina the Hollower is now launching across PC (via Steam), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 sometime this spring. In case you missed it, get our preview for the game!
A new limited time demo was also announced for PS5. It will be available from February 13th through the 27th and will let players see the game’s opening stage and ends with the first boss fight. Save data will carry over to the main game when it launches.
“We spent many years carefully building Mina the Hollower,” said game director Sean Velasco in a press release. “It took longer than we expected and demanded everything from our team, but we kept refining it until it felt right. Now we are excited to finally share it with players everywhere, and we truly hope you will enjoy it.”
Here’s a rundown on the game, plus a new gameplay trailer:
Descend into a frightful world of action-adventure in Mina the Hollower. Take control of Mina, a renowned Hollower hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island. Burrow beneath hazards and monsters, whip foes into oblivion, and gear up with an arsenal of sidearms and trinkets. Explore a vast world filled with pixel-perfect graphics, masterful gameplay, beastly bosses, and infectious music. Encounter a cast of bizarre characters, search out secrets in an array of exotic locales, and illuminate the omnipresent darkness in Mina the Hollower, a brand new game from the developers who brought you Shovel Knight!
Features
- Hauntingly authentic 8-bit visuals in the style of Game Boy Color, refined for the modern era.
- Modern touches abound: detailed animation, widescreen visuals, and rock-solid controls!
- Leap, dodge, and burrow through the ground to battle monsters or navigate the world.
- Lash at foes with your trusty whip, Nightstar- or choose from an arsenal of weapons, each with a totally different move set.
- Discover and utilize a reliquary’s worth of unusual Sidearms to gain the advantage in combat.
- Collect and equip Trinkets to acquire a variety of exotic effects. Level Mina up to suit your unique playstyle.
- Electrifying MSX-style soundtrack by chiptune virtuoso, Jake Kaufman.
- Descend into the depths of madness with a bone-chilling, yet heartwarming tale inspired by Victorian Gothic horror.
- Explore a huge, dark world brimming with secrets, challenging battles, and interconnected level design.
