Tamagotchi: Narikiri Island

Tamagotchi: Narikiri Island, known in Japan as Tamagotchi no Narikiri Shima Daibouken (たまごっちのなりきり島大冒険, Tamagotchi: Adventure on Narikiri Island), is an upcoming Tamagotchi video game developed by Dimps and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (under the Bandai brand name), which is set to release on the Nintendo Switch sometime in November 2023.
== Gameplay ==
Tamagotchi: Narikiri Island is a 2D platformer with cel-shaded, anime-styled graphics, where the player controls whatever Tamagotchi(s) they pick and use whatever abilities they have in order to defeat enemies. The playable characters have a health bar with a total of 12 hit points, and if it runs out, they’re sent back to either the beginning of the level or a previous checkpoint.
The core gameplay gimmick is that each playable Tamagotchi has various forms, with each main one unlocked the further you progress (along with bonus ones that have to be unlocked through other means), and forms can be changed at any time during gameplay. While most forms are similar to each other, some have very different gameplay styles and abilities from the character's normal form.
In terms of levels, each level is huge and non-linear, with various different paths that can be used to traverse the level, some paths only accessible by certain characters (I.E. some parts require TBA's wall-jump ability to reach) and/or certain forms of a particular character. Every level has plenty of enemies that will try and attack the player, as well as various power-ups and collectibles that can be found.
There are twelve worlds, most of them being themed after in-universe TV shows (I.E. the fifth world, Marine Blue Ocean, is obviously themed after Marine Blue). All twelve worlds have eight or more levels, some levels ending with a mini-boss of sorts that guards the exit. Each world's final level ends with a boss battle. The player can return to any completed levels at any time, as the game also has a world map, one similar to Shovel Knight.
The game can be played with up to four players, though there's also an option to have a computer-controlled player accompany the player in a one-player game. Characters can be changed on the world map, thus allowing for players to go back and find any possible secrets that can only be accessed by certain characters. In multiplayer, there is also split-screen for when players separate from each other.
=== List of Power-Ups ===
TBA
== Plot ==
Mametchi, Lovelitchi, KuroMametchi, Orenetchi, Yumemitchi, and Kiraritchi stumble across a portal that appears near TAMAX-TV. Upon entering it, they end up on the titular Narikiri Island, a strange island within an alternate dimension; an island where most of the environments are based on TV shows they’ve been in before.
It’s also infested with various evils, such as monsters, and thus they set out to defeat them and eventually find out what’s causing them to appear, using the various forms the six gain throughout their journey.
== Characters ==
Tamagotchi: Narikiri Island/List of Characters
== Worlds ==
* World 1: Narikiri Plains
* World 2: TBA
* World 3: TBA
* World 4: TBA
* World 5: Marine Blue Ocean
* World 6: TBA
* World 7: TBA
* World 8: TBA
* World 9: TBA
* World 10: Kingdom of Gotchilandia
* World 11: TBA
* World 12: TBA
== Bosses ==
* World 1 Boss: ???
== Trivia ==
* While “Narikiri” has been used in two Tamagotchi video game titles before (Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel/Tamagotchi!: TV Super-Stardom and Tamagotchi no Narikiri Challenge/Tamagotchi!: Tamalympic Challenge), this game has no connection to those games aside from the outfit/form changing, which here is used as a gameplay mechanic.
** However, it was stated that the game’s form-changing mechanic was inspired by those two games, but moreso Narikiri Channel, given that most of the worlds are based on in-universe TV shows. The mechanic was also inspired by the Biometals from Mega Man ZX.
* Ristar was noted to have influenced the game's level design, although levels having character-exclusive pathways seems to also draw influence from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles and (to some extent) Sonic Mania.
* The in-game art style is pixelated, with the character sprites looking similar to sprites from the Tamagotchi m!x, On/Meets, and Smart, but with more colors and smoother animations, as well as black outlines, and each character having their anime colors, including colored eyes. However, the cutscenes, menus, and character artwork don’t have a pixelated style.
Category:Video games
Category:Fan Made Tamagotchi Physical Media
Category:Everyone
Category:PEGI 7+