{"id":17145,"date":"2020-07-08T22:15:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T02:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=17145"},"modified":"2020-07-08T22:19:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T02:19:38","slug":"nis-bringing-giraffe-and-annika-to-switch-ps4-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2020\/07\/nis-bringing-giraffe-and-annika-to-switch-ps4-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"NIS America bringing Giraffe and Annika to Switch\/PS4 in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NIS America had announced that they plan to bring <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.giraffeandannika.com\/?lang=en\">Giraffe and Annika<\/a><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a musically charged 3D adventure from publisher <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PLAYISM<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and developer <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atelier Mimina<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, in North America on August 25th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annika, a bright-eyed girl with cat ears, works with Giraffe, a cat-boy with an old soul, to recover her memories. Follow a manga-style comic narrative and help the duo collect three shimmering star fragments housed deep in the vivid dungeons of the curious and calm Spica Island. Each glittering gem gives Annika a new power, unlocking previously unreachable areas, opportunities to collect additional outfits, and cat-tastic meow-sterpieces of art to view at the local museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the lead designer of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Osu!_Tatakae!_Ouendan\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giraffe and Annika<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> features handcrafted rhythm boss battles against operatic opposition, like the colossal crustacean called the Crab King, and Lily, wily witch of the forbidden forest. Defeat these formidable foes to the beat, synchronizing attacks to each boss\u2019 custom track.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giraffe and Annika<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been a passion project with rhythm sections inspired by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elite Beat Agents<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was in turn influenced by my team\u2019s work on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d Atsushi Saito, sole developer, Atelier Mimina. \u201cCreating the adventures players will have with Annika has really been an adventure in itself. I hope players enjoy how her journey with Giraffe unfolds, punctuated by the rhythm boss fights, which were so much fun to make.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giraffe &amp; Annika <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is available on Steam in English, Japanese, and Chinese (simplified and traditional) for $19.99 USD.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N_fxrq2ialw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CBYw7U3K88A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-o486CmPSY4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIS America had announced that they plan to bring Giraffe and Annika, a musically charged 3D adventure from publisher PLAYISM and developer Atelier Mimina, to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, in North America on August 25th. Annika, a bright-eyed girl with cat ears, works with Giraffe, a cat-boy with an old soul, to recover her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1178,1530,6,419],"tags":[2459,167],"class_list":["post-17145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nintendo-switch","category-pc","category-playstation-4","tag-giraffe-and-annika","tag-nis-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/giraffe_and_annika-e1594260500721.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-4sx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17736,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2021\/01\/nis-launches-new-new-years-eshop-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":17145,"position":0},"title":"NIS America launches new New Years eShop Sale","date":"January 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A new year means new sales and new chances to save! 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