Coming from the darkly entertaining animated show, Ren and Stimpy are the newest file additions Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl list, developer Ludosity announced on Tuesday.
All-Star Brawl is a platform fighting game that includes a list of at least twenty characters from the Nickelodeon franchise. Ludosity, its developer, by the way, has already worked on games with a distinctive cartoon style. Other characters announced for the platform game include Nicktoon staples, such as SpongeBob, Patrick Star, Michelangelo, Nigel Thornberry, Danny Phantom, Aang, Korra, CatDog and more.
The inclusion of Ren and Stimpy was previously hinted at two months ago on the PlayStation blog and then filtered in the Nintendo Switch store. The silhouettes of the characters could also be clearly seen on the cover of the PlayStation 4 box. But now we know that the developers combined them into a single fighter, citing the “inseparable” friendship of the characters and the potential of interesting game. According to the look of the game video, Ren and Stimpy’s moves are as funny as the previous ones SpongeBob reveals.
Ludosity game designer Matías Singer explained on the ad unit that Ren and Stimpy were a special addition for beginners. All-Star Brawl: “The wide range of attacks makes it easier to launch attacks on opponents without having to change position, which is very useful for new players.” Based on what they said in the blog post ad and what they said Kotaku About looking forward to welcoming new playersIt seems that Ludosity anticipated that a non-negligible part of the public would be Nickelodeon fans, instead of fighting only game fans.
The reception of the game has been largely positive so far, and the have stated the developers that Nickelodeon had largely left game design in the studio. This should be welcome news for gamers who love competitive games, as Ludosity previously created Slap City, another well-regarded platform fighter.
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl will be released this fall for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S and PC.