Wunderling Arrives Early Next Year on Console and PC

Written by Brandon Hofer on November 20, 2019

News: A new platforming title is headed your way where you are the goon who is trying to stop the hero.

Wunderling is headed to the Nintendo Switch and Steam next year from Retroid. Wunderling is a 2D platformer where players are not the hero but a low-level video game goon who has just unlocked the ability to jump. Wunderling features some nice pixel art, non-stop action, and a memorable soundtrack by Ratvader.

In Wunderling, a retro video game henchman (the title character) is revived and given the power to jump by its master – the evil sorceress Kohlrabi. Seeking to tighten her hold on the Vegetable Kingdom and defeat its hero (the Carrot Man), she tasks the Wunderling with protecting her prisoner – the lovely Princess Pea. Unable to stop or change direction at will, planning ahead becomes a must. The Wunderling’s special abilities will be essential to navigating the game’s lengthy scrolling levels.

“Being on a Nintendo platform is surreal - almost dream-like. We’re thrilled that our little indie game will get a shot at a huge audience through one of the world’s most beloved consoles. When designing Wunderling, we originally wanted to create an adventure game based around a single button and show that you can indeed make a traditional platformer with that premise. In Wunderling, you clear levels like traditional platform games - and you even have boss stages! We eventually added more buttons, but the game can still be played with one hand,” said Niklas Istenes, Producer & Game Designer at Retroid.

Some of the key features in Wunderling include the following:

Jump between platforms and solve puzzles with one hand

Discover a hidden treasure in each stage

Unlock hidden Wunder-moves like “Boost” and “Wall-Jump”

Enjoy beautiful bite-sized pixel art

Laugh out loud with an original story by Alex Faciane (The Completionist/Super Beard Bros.)

Listen to a nostalgic soundtrack by Ratvader (Oscar Sidoff Rydelius) of else Heart.Break(), Anthill (Nintendo Switch version), and Kenshō fame

Track down the hero: In Wunderling, YOU’RE the boss!

Wunderling will be available on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam sometime in 2020. A price has not been revealed yet. In the meantime, check out the trailer below and tell us what you think. Will you be picking up Wunderling when it does launch in 2020?