Penny's Big Breakaway — the chaotic, kinetic 3D platformer from Sonic Mania lead Christian Whitehead's new studio — has delivered a brand new animated trailer.
The game is due to launch next year on Switch and other platforms, and ahead of its launch, this new trailer debuted during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2023 Showcase over on YouTube.
The trailer gives us a brief glimpse of some gameplay at the end, but the real highlights are the bosses, all new named characters: Sailor Sheila, Mr. Q, The Taboo Artist, Judge Rufus, and Emperor Eddie. Each one of these has a speciality, which is shown off during the trailer — Sailor Sheila uses a diablo and is seen riding a ship through the desert, while The Taboo Artist is a master of puppets.

We've said it before, but Penny's Big Breakaway gives us serious Sega Saturn / Dreamcast vibes, from its colourful worlds and unusual but expressive characters. It looks like pure, unfiltered fun. Earlier this year, we got to speak to Whitehead (Creative Director) and Hunter Bridges (Game Director) about developing their brand new platformer.
Penny's Big Breakaway is due out "early 2024" on Nintendo Switch. Are you winding up your yo-yo for this one? Let loose in the comments.
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I am stoked! So excited to see Evening Star's debut game!
I hope this game delivers, but man, the main character design turns me off so much.
This artstyle will definitely gather a crowd, reminds me of PS1 games, way to go! Waiting for good reviews!
Oh, it's been a while since we last heard something about this one! It's looking great! I'm looking forward to playing it. I grew up on fun cartoony 3d platformers, so I'm very pleased to see such a nice-looking brand new one
Sonic Mania didn't really do much for me but this is looking neat. Will need to keep an eye on it.
I can’t wait for this game! The world the characters all look so wacky and enjoyable! On top of that the gameplay looks fun and perfect to scratch my platformer itch.
Still on my most hyped list for next year. Might be the spiritual successor to A Hat in Time I've been waiting for.
This is one of my most anticipated games of 2024. I love 3D platformers.
I mean this game just looks great. It was a highlight from the Nintendo direct a while back and it’s still looking fantastic. I hope the gameplay and level design are as good as the art direction.
I completely forgot about this game, but looks really fun.
Looks better than the current first party line-up for Switch. This looks like it could be a top shelf new IP
I really WANT!!!
It’s nice to see a new IP attempted like this. It doesn’t happen too often these days!
@ricklongo Yea, I'm not a fan of the art style. The color palette is also pretty ugly to me as well. I get what they're going for, which seems to be a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive look, but it just looks unappealing to me.
At least the game looks like it'll be fun
Definitely would check this game out.
Put it on physical media and my money you shall have.
@Snatcher
3D platformers are my favorite genre, and while I'm so happy they've made a resurgence on Switch after years of being a mostly dead genre except for Mario and some mediocre Sonic titles--I would say I'm no longer itching for them, but rather my skin is starting to chafe from all the scratching, haha. I still love them to pieces and will be picking this one up as well, but I am starting to get kind of burned out. I just counted, and I have about 30 of them on my Switch, which is just insane! If you were to list individual games included in compilations like 3D All-Stars and the Crash/Spyro trilogies separately, then the total is 38!
When Penny comes out next year, and the new 3D platformer that was just announced by the people behind Smashified (which I don't think NL has reported on yet), that will bring us to a grand total of 40. That's not even including the ones I have on my PS5 I just bought last year including Sackboy, Ratchet and Clank, the Jak trilogy, Sly Cooper, It Takes Two, Psychonauts, and Astro's Playroom. Which brings us to well over FIFTY you can play on modern consoles! I've even been thinking about getting a Steam Deck, which has a few more on there you currently can't get anywhere else. It's... it's a lot. 😅
I'm looking forward to this game, don't get me wrong, but I'm starting to think there may be a such thing as too much of a good thing, haha.
Edit: I just remembered we're supposed to be getting ports of the Gex games and Glover, too (if you want to count that one). Ooooh, I feel woozy. 😵
Penny's Big.
Breakaway.
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