Yoku’s Island Express is an open world/metroidvania-style pinball adventure, Seamlessly blending platform navigation with pinball mechanics across a large open world. Yoku the dung beetle sets foot on the beach of Mokumana Island, ready to take on the duties as the new postman. But the ancient island God is trapped in a restless sleep and the islanders are plagued by quakes and storms brought forth by its nightmares. Yoku's Island Express is a unique and quirky adventure with handcrafted visuals, where you'll soar through the air, vacuum explosive snails, fight a Screetch, feed starving lemurs, discover the mystery of the Fruit Altar, wake an old god, and hopefully help tiny Yoku rebuild the island post-office. Yoku's Island Express follows Yoku, a carefree dung beetle who arrives on Mokumana Island to take up duties as the new postmaster. But the island god is trapped in a nightmare-induced slumber, causing storms and tremors that threaten the land. As Yoku rolls through an open world packed with pinball-inspired traversal, he must awaken the ancient god, help eccentric islanders, vacuum explosive snails, feed starving lemurs, and restore the dilapidated post office. Beneath the whimsical visuals and light-hearted tone lies a metroidvania-style adventure that reveals island secrets and unlocks powerful abilities on a journey of tiny heroism.
PlatformPuzzlePinballAdventureIndieArcadeActionFantasyOpen worldmetroidvaniapinballdigital distributionpax west 2017PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
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Plot-driven, resolved, warm and cool.
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- resolvedopen-ended
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- earnestironic
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- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Villa Gorilla
- Publisher
- Team17
- Released
- May 29, 2018
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- Custom Engine
- Time to beat
- 5.5 h main story · 8.5 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.4/10 from 120 ratings.
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