
Rusty Rabbit | Launch Date Trailer
Rusty Rabbit, an upcoming Metroidvania printed by NetEase, will launch on April 17 for PS5, Nintendo Change, and PC.
Initially teased in 2023, Rusty Rabbit has one among the wildest elevator pitches I’ve heard in a while. It’s a 2.5D Metroidvania set in a postapocalyptic world the place lovable anthropomorphic rabbits contain inherited the Earth. The mission was initially set to launch in September 2024, nevertheless it was delayed to 2025. At the moment, NetEase has lastly given the oddball mission a correct launch date.
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The announcement comes with a current trailer that provides us one other glimpse at its action-adventure gameplay. It exhibits its hero, a middle-aged rabbit named Stamp, blasting by means of scrap heaps with a mech swimsuit. The clip exhibits off current traversal skills as properly as its mech customization system. It appears a bit like a cross between Metroid and SteamWorld Dig.
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For these unfamiliar with the mission, Rusty Rabbit has some stunning expertise behind it. Its script was written by Gen Orobuchi, a author greatest identified for his work on anime like Destiny/Zero, Psycho-Move and extra. Stamp is voiced by Takaya Kuroda within the Japanese dub and Yong Yea within the English model. Each actors famously painting Kiryu Kazuma in Sega’s Like a Dragon collection, one thing that’s very clear when listening to Stamp’s grizzled voice.
I bought an in depth inspect at Rusty Rabbit again at Summer season Sport Fest 2024 and it’s been on my radar ever since. In its wacky premise, Earth’s rabbits contain misinterpreted all the pieces people left behind to rebuild its civilization. As an example, they contemplate Peter Rabbit is the literal bible and that rabbits are Earth’s chosen individuals as a result of of it. If that doesn’t at the very least perk your ears, I don’t know what’s going to.
Rusty Rabbit launches on April 17 for PS5, Nintendo Change, and PC.