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title: "Anodyne 2: Return To Dust confirmed, launching February 18th"
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description: "Ratalaika Games revealed that Anodyne 2: Return to Dust will be hitting Nintendo Switch and other modern console platforms on 18 February 2021."
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Anodyne 2: Return To Dust confirmed, launching February 18th | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Anodyne 2: Return To Dust confirmed, launching February 18th](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/anodyne-2-return-to-dust-confirmed-launching-february-18th.jpeg "Anodyne 2: Return To Dust confirmed, launching February 18th")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/anodyne-2-return-to-dust-confirmed-launching-february-18th.jpeg)**Ratalaika Games** revealed that Anodyne 2: Return to Dust will be hitting Nintendo Switch and other modern console platforms on 18 February 2021.

The game will see players dive through a blend of both lo-fi 2D worlds and retro PlayStation-style landscapes – as they purify deadly “Dust” from the inhabitants of New Theland!

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## [](#about-anodyne-2-return-to-dust)About Anodyne 2: Return To Dust

Nano Dust infects the islanders of New Theland, distorting their emotions and desires. You play as Nova, a Nano Cleaner who must explore the island, seeking out the sick and shrinking inside their bodies to suction up the Dust.

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust combines the thrilling scale and cinematic storytelling of 3D games with the tight design and easy-to-pick-up satisfaction of 2D Zelda-like adventures.

With art that re-imagines the PS1 and N64 era, explore 3D cities, valleys, and wastelands then shrink into the varied 2D mindscapes of characters, from snowy, aurora-lit valleys to perilous volcanic construction sites!

### [](#key-features)Key Features

- In 3D, jump, drive, and walk across gorgeous and haunting locales, speaking with strange and memorable characters.
- In 2D, use your Nano Vacuum to collect dust, suck up and fight enemies, all while overcoming mind-bending challenges related to the characters’ inner lives.
- Experience the thrilling and emotional story of Nova. Her destiny is clear: she is the Nano Cleaner who will save New Theland. But strange characters & painful experiences will put her loyalty to the test…
- Choose where you want to go! The sweeping vistas of New Theland quickly open up to exploration.
- The Cards you find on your journey will allow you to access the outer reaches of New Theland.
- No waiting for horses! Instantly transform into a car to quickly drive around the world.
- Use your Spark to shrink into the bodies of the infected, explore the 2D Zelda-like dungeons within, and heal them.
- A new game from the dream duo behind the original Anodyne, All Our Asias, and Even the Ocean.

#### [](#do-i-need-to-play-the-original-anodyne)Do I need to play the original Anodyne?

Nope! Similar to the Final Fantasy franchise, there’s no need to play the original Anodyne to understand the story in Anodyne 2: Return to Dust, but longtime fans will find connections between the two!

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