Carry the Weight of Mythical Messages in New Classic Platformer Kitsune Tails on Aug. 1

MidBoss Games :

SAN FRANCISCO – June 8, 2024 – Kitsune Tails, the platformer styled after beloved classics and steeped in Japanese mythology developed by Kitsune Games (Kitsune Zero / Super Bernie World) and published by MidBoss™ (Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER), delivers the true spirit of classic platformers to PC via Steam on Thursday, August 1, with console versions in development for Q1 2025.

Jump through mythological matters of the heart as Yuzu, a young half-fox/half-human messenger to the god Inari voiced by Kira Buckland, the voice of NieR: Automata’s 2B. Run and jump through multiple worlds full of legendary Japanese creatures standing between Yuzu and her destined locations. Help Yuzu move mountains to rescue her love interest Akko from a dire fate, and access an array of mystical moves along the way.

Discover different costumes that change Yuzu’s aesthetic and command over her environment. Hop into a giant boot, dash atop the water dressed as a shark, don an indestructible kasa hat to break apart the earth, and enjoy a whole elemental wheel of options granting Yuzu a variety of new abilities. Master a game-changing wardrobe to turn a perilous nightmare of a journey into a speedrunning dream.

Find the balance between difficult kaizo gameplay and sincere narrative structure by creating custom maps for Kitsune Tails using the open source Tiled Map Editor. Create vast worlds of creative challenges to share them with the world and burgeoning Kitsune Tails community. Go above and beyond 2D platformers and test the limits of the engine to see its maximum potential.

“Kitsune Tails is so much more than just a visual nod to the classic 8-bit platformers,” said Eniko Fox, Founder, Kitsune Games. “We built this from the ground up to offer the community an accessible, diverse game-design experience — in addition to telling our own tale with those very same tools. We can’t wait to see what you all create!”

Kitsune Tails launches on PC via Steam for $19.99 with support for console editions on the horizon. For more information, visit the Kitsune Tails website, and follow Kitsune Games, MidBoss, and #KitsuneTails on social media.

About Kitsune Games

Kitsune Games is an inclusive indie video game development studio led by Emma 'Eniko' Maassen and James Yarrow. Set apart by its queer founder, the studio strives to make the world a better place by offering quality entertainment with representation of people from all walks of life.

For more information, visit the Kitsune Games website or follow @KitsuneGamesCom on Twitter.

About MidBoss™

Based out of San Francisco (although not the Neo kind), MidBoss aims to make the world better, safer and more inclusive for marginalized people, especially those across the gender and sexuality spectrum, by creating cool experiences through games and other forms of media which diversify representation, as well as becoming a platform for queer content around the world.

MidBoss expanded on the world it created in 2064: Read Only Memories with a Read Only Memories comic series in late 2019. The studio is also responsible for the creation and curation of Summer of Pride, an annual month-long celebration of diversity in games featuring titles with good LGBTQ+ representation and an array of queer and POC content creators.

To learn more about MidBoss visit the studio’s official website, Twitter, and blog.

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