February 18th 2021, Indie-Developer Tanuki Creative Studio revealed a new trailer for their upcoming Beat ’Em Up game Jitsu Squad, which features the buddy-up duo Yooka-Laylee by Playtonic Games, key creative talent behind the Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country games. The trailer also reveals Maximilian Dood, a prominent figure in the fighting game community and creator of the biggest fighting game YouTube channel. A free demo of Jitsu Squad has launched today along with a Kickstarter campaign.
The revealed characters are part of an assist feature. During battle assist icons appear on screen and when activated summon a guest character to help players fight the enemies. Maximilan Dood and Yooka-Laylee are the first two assists revealed and the developers are hinting at more crossover characters in the future on their Kickstarter campaign page.
The trailer shows Maximilian Dood attacking with his dog Benny, who unleashes a huge energy blast from his paws into a group of unfortunate baddies. Maximilian also provided his voice over for his appearance, shouting his famous phrase: LETS GOOOOOO!
Next up, the trailer reveals the buddy duo Yooka-Laylee jumping out of a Grand Tome (as seen in the original series). The sequence is followed up with the duo performing their special “Reptile Rush” attack, knocking out all enemies on screen.
Tanuki Creative Studio is an indie developer based in the Netherlands working on the promising Beat ’Em Up game Jitsu Squad.
“Even though Jitsu Squad is a brawler, we take a lot of inspiration from games such as Marvel vs Capcom, Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown and many more. We had the idea that combining these intense fast paced games with a brawler, would really create a unique experience.”Dave Baljon, Founder and Lead Artist at Tanuki Creative Studio.
Jitsu Squad features:
- Epic Super Specials
- 100+ chain-combos
- Powerful in-game character transformations
- Awesome crossover assist characters
- Run or Dash! No walking allowed in this game
- A wide variety of unique enemies and stages
- Up to 4-player co-op fun
- Unique secondary weapons for each playable character
- Upgrade system to level up your character
To celebrate the launch of their Kickstarter campaign, the game studio has released a free demo of Jitsu Squad so players can get a taste of the action. Through the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform the team is aiming for additional funding for their game.
Head over to their Kickstarter page where you can download the free demo and check out all the different types of amazing merchandise they have available: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jitsusquad/tcs
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Demo Page (live on 18-02-2021):
https://tanukicreativestudio.itch.io/jitsu-squad
Demo (pre-launch)
https://tanukicreativestudio.itch.io/jitsu-squad/download/SfvlNesOgxrNDdJw2Ktm_3fk0KE1AKg6Nz1HWo65
Kickstarter Page (live on 18-02-2021):
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jitsusquad/tcs
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg4-Q-ah0u8&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=TanukiCreativeStudio
Music:
https://soundcloud.com/sebastien_romero/jitsu-squad-demo-ost-title-screen/s-1uWDgqK2lGD
https://soundcloud.com/sebastien_romero/jitsu-squad-demo-ost-sakura-hills/s-FryrVcvAylZ
https://soundcloud.com/sebastien_romero/jitsu-squad-demo-ost-frostjaw-fortress/s-nuOuFOTnQ2W
https://soundcloud.com/sebastien_romero/jitsu-squad-demo-ost-boss-battle/s-6Z67npj7o3U
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