{"id":10006,"date":"2022-11-13T15:20:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T15:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/13\/review-lunistice-a-32-bit-platforming-dream-that-gives-sonic-a-serious-run-for-his-money\/"},"modified":"2022-11-13T15:20:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T15:20:48","slug":"review-lunistice-a-32-bit-platforming-dream-that-gives-sonic-a-serious-run-for-his-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/13\/review-lunistice-a-32-bit-platforming-dream-that-gives-sonic-a-serious-run-for-his-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Lunistice &#8211; A 32-Bit Platforming Dream That Gives Sonic A Serious Run For His Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Frontier justice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ever since game fans collectively realised that crunchy polygons were worth getting nostalgic over, PS1-core indie games have been growing into the new pixel art. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/lunistice\">Lunistice<\/a>, one-person shop A Grumpy Fox has delivered a shining example of this modernised lo-fi aesthetic. Sparkling in chaotic but coordinated palettes of technicolor jaggies, it&#8217;s immediately arresting \u2013 and once you start playing, it just gets better and better.<\/p>\n<p>The set-up for this high-speed platforming adventure is something to do with a tanuki called Hana travelling through her dreams to get to the moon. Or whatever. You won\u2019t be sitting through cutscenes in <em>this<\/em> game \u2013 A Grumpy Fox lets the gameplay do the talking. The skeletal narrative is sufficient excuse for playful and imaginative stage designs, ranging from a Japanese-shrine-flying-water-bubble-semi-undersea tropical resort with echos of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/sonic_colors_ultimate\">Sonic Colors<\/a> to a subdued forest of quiet autumn leaves.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/lunistice\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Review: Lunistice &#8211; A 32-Bit Platforming Dream That Gives Sonic A Serious Run For His Money<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Frontier justice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ever since game fans collectively realised that crunchy polygons were worth getting nostalgic over, PS1-core indie games have been growing into the new pixel art. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/lunistice\">Lunistice<\/a>, one-person shop A Grumpy Fox has delivered a shining example of this modernised lo-fi aesthetic. Sparkling in chaotic but coordinated palettes of technicolor jaggies, it&#8217;s immediately arresting \u2013 and once you start playing, it just gets better and better.<\/p>\n<p>The set-up for this high-speed platforming adventure is something to do with a tanuki called Hana travelling through her dreams to get to the moon. Or whatever. You won\u2019t be sitting through cutscenes in <em>this<\/em> game \u2013 A Grumpy Fox lets the gameplay do the talking. The skeletal narrative is sufficient excuse for playful and imaginative stage designs, ranging from a Japanese-shrine-flying-water-bubble-semi-undersea tropical resort with echos of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/sonic_colors_ultimate\">Sonic Colors<\/a> to a subdued forest of quiet autumn leaves.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/lunistice\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}