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Crashlands is a crafting adventure with RPG elements from Butterscotch Shenanigans and is now available on Nintendo Switch. Stranded on a foreign land with nothing but scraps from her aircraft and the indigenous flora and fauna, Flux and Juicebox start from square one. But they won’t stay there long. Crashlands wants you to get to the good parts nice and quick. We know you just wanna chill out, kill aliens, harvest their bits, and build a house out of ‘em. With an auto-sorted, infinite inventory, the ability to teleport home at any time, and a building system as easy as finger-painting, you can do just that.
Anything on Flux’s path is a useful resource to build tools, structures, and weapons: baconweed restores her health, weird-shaped trees may become part of a sawmill and a stolen egg can hatch into a disgustingly cute ally. It has couch co-op as well that allows a friend to play as Juicebox, helping with both combat and harvesting.
You will have to craft tons of gear to defeat Woanope’s baddies – righteously slay the unassuming lifeforms while donning swords, hammers, axes, and armor. Juicebox is incredibly creative when it comes time to work with the resources laying around. Who would’ve thought it was possible to construct a bomb that sets enemies ablaze with only some roots, grass and log trees? When they aren’t burning to a painful crisp, watch enemies closely. Recognizing their telegraphed attacks can save Flux’s life.
Flux’s quest to deliver her packages, keep her Space Pension secure and maybe stop a megalomaniac foe from controlling the universe takes her across three huge biomes containing a 40+ hour Story Mode. Crashlands features NPCs, plenty of sidequests, and some very gross-looking bosses in a cute hand-drawn style. For the overachievers, there are two extra modes to spice things up: Creative and Hardcore. Players can even save their progress and continue the journey anywhere with cross-play on PC and mobile versions.
“Crashlands was the fun escape my brothers and I found during my battle with cancer,” said Sam Coster, co-founder, Butterscotch Shenanigans “We want the co-op debut on Switch to bring friends and family closer together like it did for us.”
Crashlands is now available in the Nintendo Switch eShop for $14.99. The game is available in English and Simplified Chinese on iOS and Android for $6.99 and on Steam for $14.99. A new update should be available for the Steam version as well that will bring it in line with what Nintendo Switch gamers will receive.
Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think. Are you going to be picking up Crashlands?