Mina the Hollower Needs More Time in the Oven

Developer Yacht Club Games has announced that the initially planned October 31st release date of Mina the Hollower will be pushed back to a later date. According to the team, the delay comes due to extra time being needed to polish and balance the game before launch.

For now, the developer hasn’t pinned down a release date, as the game is still going through submissions for other platforms.

Here’s the full statement from Yacht Club Games:

This week, our team made a tough decision: we decided to delay Mina the Hollower. The entire crew has been working tirelessly day and night to finish development for release on Oct 31st, but we’re just not quite there yet.  This isn’t a major delay, it’s just a stretch of time to apply some final polish and balancing to make the game truly shine.

With that said, we would like to apologize! Nevertheless, we will not waver on our commitment to quality. Our goal is to make sure our development team has the time and resources to deliver an incredible adventure and we will be giving you just that. That’s no hollow promise!

We don’t want to announce another release date until it’s submitted to platforms, so please hang tight as we reach the finish line.

The game is so close to being done- we’re playing it from start to finish every day. In the final hours, this is what the crew is working on:

• Finalizing design, art, and sound
• Overall game balancing
• Implementing localization
• Eating cheese
• Testing, testing, testing… on all platforms!

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Sincerely,

The Yacht Club Games crew

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Mina the Hollower Overview

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!

Key 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.

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Mina the Hollower has been delayed indefinitely. It was originally scheduled to arrive on October 31st for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam.

For more updates regarding this title and other RPGs, you’re on the right track here at RPGFan!