Twinworld Game Reviews

Posts Tagged ‘NAIRI’

14th of November, 2024. Today HomeBearStudio, in collaboration with Hound Picked Games, is delighted to announce the release of NAIRI: Rising Tide, the highly anticipated sequel to the beloved narrative puzzle adventure, NAIRI: Tower of Shirin. The game is available now from the Nintendo eShop and PC Steam.

NAIRI: Rising Tide continues the enchanting journey of Nairi, a young girl on a perilous quest to save her family. Set in the vibrant oasis city of Shirin, players will navigate through complex puzzle-dungeons, uncover an ancient mystery and interact with a cast of charming characters. The game introduces a new ‘Toolbelt’ feature, allowing players to combine items in inventive ways to solve puzzles. Players may also tailor their experience with helpful hints and map systems.

“Both HomeBearStudio and Hound Picked Games are so happy to finally be releasing the highly anticipated sequel to NAIRI: Tower of Shirin! We’ve been hearing the cries of fans (who have been eager, but exceptionally patient) wanting the next instalment of this quirky series and we can honestly say that NAIRI: Rising Tide is bigger, better and introduces a plethora of new features and memorable characters. With its captivating narrative, hand-drawn art and engaging puzzles, our game offers a truly unique and heartwarming adventure that players of all ages will enjoy.” Joshua, You & Dan.

Game Features

• Experience an engaging story filled with charm, adventure and cute animals.
• Explore a large, hand drawn world full of colorful characters!
• Craft creative solutions by combining items with the new Toolbelt!
• Solve challenging brainteasers and navigate intricate puzzle-dungeons.
• Tailor your experience with new guidance and hint systems!
• Orient yourself and fast-travel with the new map systems.
• Collect coins and recruit characters for bonus artwork, figurines and lore.

NAIRI: Rising Tide is now available on PC and Nintendo Switch! For more information, visit the Steam Store or Nintendo eShop.

Source: PR Email

17th October, 2024. Today developer HomeBearStudio and publisher Hound Picked Games are pleased to announce that NAIRI: Rising Tide is set to release on PC Steam and Nintendo Switch on November 14th, 2024! The game is available to pre-order now on Nintendo Switch with a 25% discount – €10.79 $11.99 £9.75!

In this next instalment of the series, players can expect to experience richer, vastly improved hand drawn artwork with many new characters and, of course, some beloved friends returning!

Set after the events of NAIRI: Tower of Shirin, NAIRI: Rising Tide sees Nairi continue on her journey to save her family. As Nairi and her companions try to overcome the many dangers of the corrupt city of Shirin, an apocalyptic prophecy emerges that threatens to devour everything.

In NAIRI: Rising Tide players experience an engaging story filled with charm and adventure. Exploration is key with a large, hand drawn world full of colourful and memorable animal (and human) characters that players know and expect from HomeBearStudio!

As players explore, they will be able to craft creative solutions by combining items with the new Toolbelt, which will aid them with challenging brain teasers that are contained within intricate puzzle-dungeons!

Will Nairi and her companions be able to overcome the many dangers of the corrupt city of Shirin while an apocalyptic prophecy threatens to devour everything?

Features:

• World: A larger and more interconnected world/dungeons.
• Puzzles: more complex dungeons and puzzles require serious wit to overcome.
• Skip: for players who would rather focus on the narrative: dungeons can be skipped.
• Toolbelt: craft new items by placing items in the ‘Toolbelt’ and using the correct tool!
• Maps & Goal Markers: find maps to help with orientation and figure out where to go.
• Fast-Travel: alleviate backtracking by fast-travelling to key areas in the  ‘overworld’.
• Improved Hint System: purchase hints system ranging from nudges to full solutions.
• Collectibles, Lore & Log: the Journal now includes much more than just hints.
• Recruits: earn coins by recruiting certain NPCs (which also spruce up your ‘base)’.
• Figurines: coins aren’t just for hints – purchase cute figurines for extra lore!
• Item Descriptions: items can now be examined for context and/or guidance.
• Synopsis: an illustrated synopsis explains the events of ‘NAIRI: Tower of Shirin’ to catch up new and old players alike.
• Artwork: another collectible comes in the form of hidden concept art pieces.

“We were fortunate to be able to work with fewer restraints this time around and are proud of how Rising Tide turned out. HomeBearStudio is beyond excited for NAIRI fans – and any fan of the genre – to finally get their hands on the sequel!” – Joshua van Kuilenburg, HomeBearStudio.

Source: PR Email

Gelderland, the Netherlands – November 29, 2018 – HomeBearStudio is pleased to announce that their first game, NAIRI: Tower of Shirin, is now available on Steam and console exclusive on Nintendo Switch!

NAIRI: Tower of Shirin is a special fusion of point and click adventure puzzle game with stunning graphics and a cast that gives it its own unique quality ideally suited to the Nintendo Switch. The game is full of adorable visuals and characters, within a troubled world that is sure to delight anyone looking for a strong narrative and puzzle experience.

Players follow Nairi, a troubled upper class girl, and Rex, a gangster-turned-scholar, as they uncover a dark mystery involving the mysterious Tower of the oasis city of Shirin. Nairi is a young woman from the rich district of Shirin, the oasis city where the game takes place. When a sudden incident forces her to abandon her rich, sheltered life, she ends up in the seedy lower district of the city ruled by gangs.

Don’t Miss Out On This Beautifully Illustrated Gem!

Steam: $9.99 | £8.99 | €9.99

Nintendo: $9.99 | £8.99 | €9.99​ | ¥1190

Source: PR Email

Gelderland, the Netherlands – October 23rd, 2018 – Developer HomeBearStudio is excited to reveal that point and click adventure Nairi: Tower of Shirin is set for release on November 29th, 2018, simultaneously launching on Nintendo Switch and Steam.

• Steam: $9.99 | £8.99 | €9.99​
• Nintendo: $9.99 | £8.99 | €9.99​ | ¥1190

“It’s been an exciting and creative time for the team developing a game with not only with a unique setting, and strong and endearing cast, but one inspired by many facets, including Japanese anime but also Disney Pixar. A synergy with so many ideas, strong storyline and tantalising puzzles, plus appealing to a wide audience with compelling gameplay has been our goal. We believe that we have achieved this through our love of the adventure genre. We wanted to offer something a little bit special – NAIRI: Tower of Shirin – is the result.” Joshua van Kuilenburg, founder of HomeBearStudio reflected. “NAIRI: Tower of Shirin is a point and click adventure puzzle game that offers up stunning graphics, engaging cast, superb audio, powerful narrative and puzzles that are a seamless part of the appealing storyline.”

The player follows Nairi, a young girl from the rich district of Shirin. A sudden incident forces her to abandon her rich, sheltered life, and she eventually ends up in the seedy lower district of the city ruled by gangs. Nairi meets a former gang member called Rex, who joins her throughout their adventure as they uncover a dark mystery involving the mysterious Tower of the oasis city of Shirin.

Features Include:​

• Expertly designed hand-drawn charming characters and locations
• A storyline that will grip the player throughout
• Tons of items to collect, trade and combine into wacky items
• Brain-teasing puzzles
• Beautifully composed soundtrack
• Intuitively designed interface
• Localisation to English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese

Source: PR Email