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The Kids We Were Will Offer A Charming Exploration Of 1980s Japan On Switch

Switch edition will add a new story chapter.

The routes that Indie games take to the Switch vary a great deal, and one of them is to make a start on mobile before arriving on Nintendo’s system in a ‘premium’ iteration down the road. The Kids We Were is following that approach having earned awards and plenty of praise on Android and iOS, with a release date of 26th January now confirmed for Switch and Steam.

Developed by GAGEX, The Kids We Were is a narrative adventure game that adopts blocky voxel-style visuals – think The Touryst but with a calmer colour palette. On mobile it boasts of high user review averages full of comments praising the story, and it does sound like the concept and setting could make for an intriguing experience. It involves a bit of time travel, a ‘Back to the Future’-esque quest and a setting of 1980s Tokyo suburbs.

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