This weekend, Thatgamecompany kicked off celebrations for the fifth anniversary of its Journey-like flying and amassing MMO Sky: Youngsters of the Gentle with an enormous in-game display screen à la a Fortnite live performance occasion. CEO Jenova Chen offered gamers with a listing of upcoming options and enhancements to the sport—I am unironically psyched for a favourite emotes fast checklist—however the massive “another factor” announcement on the finish of the keynote was the sport’s autumn seasonal collaboration: Moomin.
I am going to admit I nonetheless know lower than three issues about Moomin even after taking part in a little bit of Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley earlier this yr, however I am within the minority there. Initially created by Finnish artist Tove Jansson, the little hippo-shaped creatures and buddies are slightly beloved worldwide.
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“This season brings to life the touching story of Ninny, ‘The Invisible Youngster,’ from the 1962 Tales of Moominvalley,” Thatgamecompany says, and that the upcoming season “celebrates the significance of being true to your self and overcoming obstacles from childhood.”
Thatgamecompany positively has a behavior of selecting tearjerker tales and this feels like no exception. Ninny is a woman who turned invisible after being mistreated by her caretaker and will get spirited away to stick with the Moomin household, explains the official Moomin website.
“The Moomins welcome Ninny with open arms. She will get her personal room within the attic and already after her first evening within the Moomin home her ft are seen. Moominmamma makes Ninny a costume, after which Ninny speaks for the primary time since her arrival. As time passes, Ninny turns into an increasing number of seen, till it’s simply her face lacking.”
Like several on-line free-to-play sport, Sky’s no stranger to model collabs that deliver a set of themed beauty microtransactions. It had a shorter occasion devoted to Cinnamoroll of Sanrio fame earlier this yr and an entire season devoted to The Little Prince in 2021.
This collaboration continues to be a methods off—fall 2024, TGC says—so the very fast teaser trailer does not let on precisely what it can entail. However based mostly on Sky’s previous content material seasons and that fast learn of Ninny’s story, I might guess it can deliver a brand new explorable zone, a set of quests presumably with Moomin household cameos, and a few of Ninny’s wardrobe objects as unlockable cosmetics.
We’ll doubtless see the occasion kick off someday in the course of October after the Season of Duets which simply launched at this time and runs by the tip of September.
