Game Boy-style platform Save me, mr. Tako, back to store windows after the break with publisher Nicalis last year

Game Boy-style platform Save me, mr. Tako, back to store windows after the break with publisher Nicalis last year

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Save Me Mr Tako, a Game Boy-style platformer about a useful octopus, returns to store windows in May following its delisting following the separation from publisher Nicalis. a definitive digital release on Steam and Nintendo Switch on May 5, 2021. Galati publishes his game himself on PC via Steam, while Limited Run Games handles the console edition.Save Me Mr Tako is a tribute to the Game Boy era and features a pacifist octopus named Tako with the ability to thrive on land as well as in the water, traveling the world and mediating conflict between humans and octopuses.

The new Definitive Edition includes a number of updates, including numerous quality of life, technical and balance changes, as well as a tipping system, three modes of difficulty, a jukebox, new fringes and a new English localization.

Save Me Mr Tako was originally launched in October 2018, but was removed to Galati from all digital store windows two years later. separated from the original publisher Nicalis. At that time, no specific reason was given for their separation. However, Galati has previously refers to problems with the release of games by Nicalis, indicating that Nicalis was in complete control of whether or not problems with the game had been fixed. Nicalis President Tyrone Rodriguez responded on Twitter at the time that Save Me mr. Tako “has not yet gotten back what we put in it” and could not justify the resources for the QA patch. A Kotaku report from about the same time indicates that Galati was not the only indie developer with these or similar issues.

Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

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