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MINA THE HOLLOWER

When contemporary developers revisit the design conventions of gaming’s past, they face an inevitable challenge. Authentically capturing the feel and look of older titles can be a tricky thing to balance with innovation. That’s something the team that brought us Shovel Knight seems to be working through with their coming creation, Mina the Hollower.

Yacht Club Games’ crowdfunded wears its action adventure influences on its sleeve, with the team happily pointing to , 2D titles, and the Game Boy Color’s crisp 8-bit visuals as sources of inspiration.

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