Mina the Hollower to Bring Spooky 8-Bit Action on October 31st

Yacht Club Games has revealed their upcoming 8-bit adventure game Mina the Hollower will release on October 31st. The announcement came via Summer Game Fest, dovetailing the Halloween date with a colourful retro-styled trailer. Check it out below!

Mina the Hollower: Release Date Announcement Trailer

Mina the Hollower focuses on the titular mouse Mina, a famous inventor and “Hollower”, seeking to rescue an island from a supernatural curse. Players will explore the island as Mina rendered in an 8-bit style, journeying to and fro interconnected zones where she can leap and burrow to avoid foes and hazards, giving players a wide variety of options to create perfect play moments. For more information about Mina the Hollower, check out the official synopsis below:

Descend into a frightful world of action-adventure in Mina the Hollower. Take control of Mina, a renowned Hollower hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island. Burrow beneath hazards and monsters, whip foes into oblivion, and gear up with an arsenal of sidearms and trinkets. Explore a vast world filled with pixel-perfect graphics, masterful gameplay, beastly bosses, and infectious music. Encounter a cast of bizarre characters, search out secrets in an array of exotic locales, and illuminate the omnipresent darkness in Mina the Hollower, a brand new game from the developers who brought you Shovel Knight!

Features

• Hauntingly authentic 8-bit visuals in the style of Game Boy Color, refined for the modern era.
• Modern touches abound: detailed animation, widescreen visuals, and rock-solid controls!
• Leap, dodge, and burrow through the ground to battle monsters or navigate the world.
• Lash at foes with your trusty whip, Nightstar- or choose from an arsenal of weapons, each with a totally different move set.
• Discover and utilize a reliquary’s worth of unusual Sidearms to gain the advantage in combat.
• Collect and equip Trinkets to acquire a variety of exotic effects. Level Mina up to suit your unique playstyle.
• Electrifying MSX-style soundtrack by chiptune virtuoso, Jake Kaufman.
• Descend into the depths of madness with a bone-chilling, yet heartwarming tale inspired by Victorian Gothic horror.
• Explore a huge, dark world brimming with secrets, challenging battles, and interconnected level design.

Mina the Hollower Screenshots

In addition to the release date, Yacht Club has released a limited-time demo on PC via Steam. The game will also be part of the next Steam Next Fest, from June 9th to June 16th.

Mina the Hollower was originally announced in 2022 via a Kickstarter campaign, that raised over a million USD in funds. As someone who enjoyed Shovel Knight on its release, I’m deeply excited to see how Yacht Club approaches a Link To The Past-style adventure in Mina the Hollower, as do many of us here at RPGFan.

Mina the Hollower will release on October 31st for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.

Stay tuned to RPGFan for all news on Mina the Hollower and RPG!