

Do be careful because each item will require a set amount of time to be consumed, which could leave you open to an attack! Press the ZR button when crawling, and you’ll do a roll! The roll is very important since you’ll be invincible during said action, which will be very useful during boss fights! If you find any consumable items, you can equip them from your inventory to then press the Y button to consume them. If you press down, you’ll be able to crawl through tight spots. You can also grab and pick up some boxes, which will be useful for solving some puzzles or for finding extra items. The A button will be used for interacting with things or NPCs, and you can grab onto objects with the R button to push or pull them as needed. You can control Gail with the left analog stick or the D-Pad, running with the ZR button, and jumping with the B button, and zooming in and out with the L button. At first, this will include small enemies such as blue slimes with a jiggly antenna or overgrown frogs that love to jump and try to crush you, but later on, you’ll end up running into larger foes, as was the case in the classic game in the long-running The Legend of Zelda series. Come into contact with one of them, and you’ll enter a short 2D side-scrolling section where you’ll have to go up against a bunch of monsters. Walk around for a bit, and enemies will pop up. The Zelda II: The Adventure of Link influence can be experienced as soon as you set foot outside of your village since you’ll enter an overworld map. You’ll be taking control of Gail, a villager who ends up setting out on an adventure when a great starship shows up in the middle of the night, abducting all adults! Who took all the adults away, and why? Gail must set forth on a journey that will have her discovering the many evils lurking in the shadows as she gains new tools and abilities that will help to bring her closer and closer to the truth. The humans have awakened, walking onto a new Earth, ready to start civilization anew. It’s now been centuries since the end of the Great War, and the Phoenix is nothing more than an entity of myth and legend. Because of this, the Last Council decided that it would be best for mankind to burrow deep underground, building massive metal bunkers where humans would sleep until the Earth had recovered from the massive devastation brought forth by the Great War. Unfortunately, by that time, the Earth could no longer sustain life.

Battle after battle, it seemed that humanity was on the brink of extinction until they had a breakthrough: the Phoenix! Thanks to its immense and limitless power, the war ended in a flash.

Phoenotopia: Awakening takes place after the Great War that almost ended humanity.

The team had then set its course on developing the sequel for the game, but around the two-year mark, Cape Cosmic decided it would be best to set their sights on reworking and remaking Phoenotopia for a Nintendo Switch release, and this is what led to us having Phoenotopia: Awakening! The project started its life as a flash game on Newgrounds over six years ago. In narrative-driven single-player 2D action-adventure Phoenotopia: Awakening from Cape Cosmic, you’ll be taking on a journey that at times reminded me of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link by way of Cave Story.
