The best thing about game announcements appearing out of the blue is when they’ll be available for release within a few short weeks.

While some may have known about it already, Nifflas, the mind behind Knytt, Knytt Stories, Within a Deep Forest and the more recent Saira, is dropping his new game FiNCK on May 12th already.

FiNCK stands for Fire Nuclear Crocodile Killer. What does that mean? “FiNCK was developed quickly, contains no story, even its title makes no sense.”

Nifflas states that the game is “inspired by a certain Nintendo 8-bit game [he] used to love as a child.” From the trailer you’ll very quickly realize it has mechanics similar to Super Mario Bros. 2. Say what you will, I loved Super Mario Bros. 2 and now can’t wait for this new title.

Check out the trailer right here:

On the YouTube page, Nifflas states:

“In FiNCK I didn’t actually pay much attention to art or atmosphere. I basically needed to work on a non-serious project after Saira since that was so ambitious, just as a break. In my previous titles, I worked really hard on e.g. sound and music too, and each game contains hundreds of sound effects. This game have far less sounds, all created with sfxr’s randomizer. Don’t get me wrong though, FiNCK was incredibly fun to create and contains some of the best gameplay in a Nifflas game.”

We’ll keep you posted as we hear more.

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