Pawarumi
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Switch Definitive Edition Cover
| Developer: | Manufacture 43 |
|---|---|
| Official site: | Pawarumi |
| Music: | Grégory Desmurs[1] |
| Program: | Daniel Borges[2] |
| Art: | Alexandre Lutz Charles Vernier Alexandre Chaudret[2] |
| Release date: | Steam: Jan 30th, 2018 (Manufacture 43)[3]
Xbox: July 7th, 2019 (Manufacture 43)[4] Switch: America: February 11th, 2020 (Manufacture 43)[7] Asia/Japan: February 13th, 2020 (Eastasiasoft)[8] Physical: February 14th, 2020 (Eastasiasoft) [9] Europe: June 25th, 2020 (Manufacture 43) [10] |
Pawarumi is a (horizontally displayed) vertical shooting game in a sci-fi setting with pre-Columbian culture influences. It was developed and published by Manufacture 43 in 2018. It was ported to the Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PS4 in 2019.
The game tells the story of Axo, best pilot of the planet, redeeming herself from exactions perpetuated under alien influence. Her ship, Chukaru, is the only Earth one capable of mixing the energies of the Condor, the Jaguar and the Serpent. By a rock-paper-scissor like mechanic, firing one of its 3 weapons, depending on the type of enemy hit, will either charge its super attack, cure its shield or maximize damage.
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Development
The game was developed by a small team of French Indie developers based in Bordeaux. The game uses the Unity3D game engine, FMOD sound system and Rewired to support a wide range of controllers.
It was kickstarted in April 2017. [11], received financial support from the CNC (Centre National du Cinéma)[12] and Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Gameplay Overview
Trinity Mechanic
Controls
Difficulties
The game has three difficulty settings: Discovery, Normal and Heroic. Each one plays the story slightly differently with the orders of the level changed. Only Normal and Heroic enable access to the last level, K-7Z4-C04TL. Only by playing in Heroic mode can the final boss be truly defeated.
Story
Alaska Secret Base class T.I.K.A.L
Dune Ocean of Cha-Ni
Xibalba: Doors of the Underworld
Itzamatul Industrial Complex
Astral Sector K-7Z4-C04TL
Scoring
Strategy
Achievements
Console Releases
Xbox One
Released on July 7th, 2019, it runs at 1080p on Xbox One and 4K on Xbox One X.
Nintendo Switch
Released on July 7th, 2019 with a day-one patch, it was locked to 30FPS with a quite some input lag and worse performance in TV mode than handheld. The version features an exclusive alternate ship coloring that depends on the Joy-Cons used to play the game. The left joy-con will determine the color of the body of the ship while the right one will determine the color of the neon highlights.
A patch was released a year later on June 1st, 2020 fixing the performance issues and unlocking the framerate to 60FPS in both handheld (720p) and TV mode (1080p) with dynamic resolution for the toughest parts of the game. The patch also added offline achievements to the Switch version, with an artwork gallery, and access to the alternate ship was simplified. It was also added the possibility to swap the effect of the joy-cons on the colors of the alternate ship.
Playstation 4
Released on February 11th, 2020, it runs at 1080p on PS4 and 1440p on PS4 Pro. The light bar of the Dualshock 4 changes color depending on which weapon is being used and flashes red on low shield energy. This feature is also enabled on PC when playing with that controller.
Physical Releases
PC
Only available to Kickstarter backers, it released in a triptych digipack with manual and ex-libris cards of the artworks of Alexandre Chaudret with bright highlights. It was sent to backers on August 2019. It includes executables for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Playstation 4
Released on February 14th, 2020 courtesy of Eastasiasoft through Play-Asia, it was limited to 2000 copies. Marked as "Limited Edition", the box includes a regular PS4 blu-ray with a manual in a regular PS4 plastic case and a CD with the soundtrack.
Nintendo Switch
Released on December 11th, 2020 again courtesy of Eastasiasoft through Play-Asia, it was released both as a limited edition of which 2000 copies have been produced and as a regular edition which the number of copies printed is unknown. The limited edition is similar to the PS4 edition as it contains an additional soundtrack CD. The regular edition is a regular Switch plastic case with a manual. Both are marked "Definitive Edition" as they already include all the patches of the eShop version.
References & Contributions
- ↑ Pawarumi Original Soundtrack Steam Page
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Pawarumi Credits" at Mobygames. Retrieved 06.03.21.
- ↑ Pawarumi Steam Page
- ↑ Pawarumi Xbox Store Page
- ↑ Pawarumi Switch eShop Page
- ↑ "Switch Physical Release Page" at Playasia.com. Retrieved 06.03.2021.
- ↑ Pawarumi Playstation Store American Page
- ↑ Pawarumi Playstation Store Japanese Page
- ↑ PS4 Physical Release Page at Playasia.com. Retrieved 06.03.2021
- ↑ Pawarumi Playstation Store European Page
- ↑ Kickstarter Page
- ↑ April 2017 CNC Committee results
