Nikoderiko: The Magical World

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Nikoderiko: The Magical World
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Developer(s) Vea Games
Publisher(s) Knights Peak
Director(s) Dmitry Smirnov
Producer(s) Vlad Yakubovsky
Designer(s)
  • Slava Bushuev
  • Anton Zarubin
  • Artem Murzin
  • Klim Krivoruchko
Artist(s)
  • Evgeniy Poznyak
  • Oleg Knyazev
Writer(s) Anton Antonenok
Composer(s) David Wise
Engine Unreal Engine 4 [1]
Platform(s)
ReleaseNintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, XSX
  • WW: October 15, 2024
Microsoft Windows
  • WW: December 5, 2024
Genre(s) Platformer
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Nikoderiko: The Magical World is a platformer video game developed by indie studio Vea Games and published by Knights Peak. It was released on October 15, 2024, on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, [2] followed by a Windows release on December 5. [3]

Contents

Premise

When Niko and Luna discover that a primordial artifact has been stolen by the nefarious Grimbald, the duo must traverse across various unique worlds with the assistance of their animal companions and take down Grimbald and his Cobring forces once and for all.

Development

Nikoderiko: The Magical World was developed by Vea Games, an independent game development studio from Cyprus. In June 2024, the game was unveiled in Games Radar's Future Games Show: Summer Showcase presentation event with Donkey Kong Country composer David Wise scoring its music. [4]

Reception

Pre-release

Accolades

In 2020, four years prior to its proper reveal, the game was nominated in 3 categories at the virtual DevGAMM Awards event: "Grand Prize", "Best Desktop Game" and "Excellence in Visual Art", but only won in "Excellence in Visual Art". [5]

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2020DevGAMM AwardsGrand PrizeNominated [6]
Best Desktop GameNominated [6]
Excellence in Visual ArtWon [6]

Critical reception

Nikoderiko: The Magical World received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. [7] GameSpew's Kim Snaith rated the game an 8 out of 10, praising its "great character and level designs" while criticizing that "co-op play is a little too chaotic." [9] While Mitch Vogel of Nintendo Life scores the Switch port a 7, admiring the game's soundtrack from David Wise whilst excoriating that it is "light on new ideas" and "performance could be better". [8]

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References

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