Neon White, which was announced during today’s Nintendo Direct, has received a press release with additional information. We’ve included it below.
Today on the Nintendo Direct livestream, Annapurna Interactive and Ben Esposito revealed Neon White, the lightning fast first-person action game about exterminating demons in Heaven. Developed by the award-winning creator behind Donut County, Neon White features a hellishly clever story that proves it’s never too late to ask for forgiveness. Watch the new trailer here: https://youtu.be/fDD17TfIn7Y
In Neon White gamers play as White, an assassin hand picked from Hell to compete with other demon slayers for a chance to live permanently in Heaven. Since True Believers can’t kill anyone, he, along with the other Neons, are tasked with dealing with an evil demon infestation. Using magic playing cards that transform into weapons, the Neons compete with one another for a chance to win the Mechanical Halo, a device that will allow them to stay indefinitely.
“Neon White is a first-person action platformer inspired by Y2K era anime and cult-classic character action games. Our goal is to make the sickest game on the demo disc,” said Game Designer and Creator Ben Esposito. “It’s wild and over the top, and it’s 100% earnest. It’s a campy anime speedrunning game made for freaks, by freaks.”
Neon White uses a light card-based combat system, wherein each “Soul Card” card represents a limited-use weapon that can be discarded to activate a special movement ability (Dash, Jump, Stomp). New cards are revealed by defeating demons or finding them in treasure chests placed around the world. Assassins must balance using Soul Cards as attacks or discarding them for movement abilities. The only way to increase their Neon Rank is by earning medals for fast times!
