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title: "Underhero – Confirmed"
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description: "Underhero, a game inspired by Paper Mario and other RPGs, was confirmed for Nintendo Switch.Paper Castle Games confirmed this on Twitter"
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2020-01-27 20:11:11"
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Underhero - Confirmed | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Underhero – Confirmed](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/underhero-confirmed.jpg "Underhero – Confirmed")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/underhero-confirmed.jpg)Underhero, a game inspired by Paper Mario and other RPGs, was confirmed for Nintendo Switch.

**Paper Castle Games** confirmed this on Twitter, though they have nothing to announce on release dates at this time.

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## [](#about-underhero)About Underhero

Underhero is a 2D side-scroller RPG adventure game with timing-based combat. It tells an intriguing and mysterious story, full of silly characters brimming with personality, quirky dialogue, and lots of weird humor.

**STORY:**

Inspired by Paper Mario games and RPGs in general, it tells the story of a world where the chosen hero has failed and an underling of the main villain takes his place as the new “hero”.

Join Elizabeth IV and a little Masked kid in a journey across the Chestnut Kingdom to once again, defeat the evil Mr. Stitches! Meet friends, foes and other weird characters in the mysterious world of Underhero.
…Wait, once again!?

### [](#features)FEATURES:

- A sidescrolling RPG adventure full of beautiful pixel art and cartoony aesthetics.
- Turn-based combat with a twist: there are no turns! Use your reflexes to evade, and your timing to attack or parry! We call it timing-based combat.
- Level ups let you choose between three options! HP, attack and stamina! Choose wisely…
- Enemies consider you their ally, so talk to them in-battles!
- Critical hits occur when you hit an enemy with the beat of the music, not randomly! Groovy~
- You want to escape a tough battle? Bribe your enemies!
- A wonderful original soundtrack composed by Stijn van Wakeren.
- Explorable worlds sprinkled with many hidden secrets.
- Mini games!
- Puzzle elements.
- Some good old platforming.
- Fun and intense boss battles!
- A satire of RPG tropes.
- A story shrouded in mystery, with many twists and turns…

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