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title: "Pity Pit – First 12 Minutes"
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description: "Ready to explore and survive the retro-style caves of Pity Pit on Nintendo Switch? Thanks to Nintendo Hall, you can now take a peek at the first 12 minutes."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2020-06-16 16:41:41"
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Pity Pit - First 12 Minutes | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Pity Pit – First 12 Minutes](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/pity-pit-first-12-minutes.jpeg "Pity Pit – First 12 Minutes")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/pity-pit-first-12-minutes.jpeg)Ready to explore and survive the retro-style caves of Pity Pit on Nintendo Switch? Thanks to **Nintendo Hall**, you can now take a peek at the first 12 minutes.

Pity Pit sees players in control of Oratio – who must dig into the underworld to save his wife!

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## [](#about-pity-pit)About Pity Pit

Procedural 2D platforming goes vertical as you dig, mine, craft and bomb your way downward! Take the role of Oratio, a Dwarf who enjoys hanging around the mines with his dear wife, until a demon spawns from a nearby pit and carries her away! Now it’s a race through the mines to get her back. Can you save Gwendoline from the Devil Johnson?

### [](#features)Features:

- Dig your way down through procedurally generated caves.
- Use pickaxes and shovels to navigate various block types.
- Mine ores to craft powerful tools and dangerous bombs!
- Collect random power-ups along the way.
- Dare to face 5 levels of hardcore challenge.
- Confront the Devil Johnson to rescue Oratio’s wife!

Pity Pit is now available from the Nintendo Switch eShop for $4.99 USD.

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