Here astatine Nintendo Life, we are suckers for crippled titles which are truthful weird that you can't assistance but laugh, and we deliberation that D-Pad Studio's upcoming merchandise whitethorn conscionable instrumentality the biscuit. The improvement squad down 2018's stunning pixel platformer, Owlboy, is backmost with — are you acceptable for this one? — Vikings connected Trampolines! Yes, you work that right, it's Vikings and they're connected trampolines.

Towards the extremity of past month, the workplace shared a tweet claiming that they would beryllium revealing its caller crippled astatine this year's Gamescom, but today's trailer uncover (from IGN) suggests that the lawsuit volition beryllium solely for getting your hands connected a playable demo.

The trailer shows the crippled to beryllium conscionable arsenic comical arsenic you would anticipation with a rubric similar that. You'll play arsenic a squad of Vikings tasked with taking down airborne enemies each from the information of a ringing of a stretchy canvas. Think the combat of Dreamworks' How To Train Your Dragon, but regenerate the dragons with trampolines and you are fundamentally there.

Expect co-op play galore arsenic you squad up with your friends and participate the bounce brawl. The trailer promises perfectly thing you tin deliberation of; you tin origin chaos unsocial successful solo play, oregon you tin squad up successful up to 4-player multiplayer mayhem truthful you amended get your posse of horned-helmet homies acceptable to drawback immoderate air.

The crippled was really teased immoderate 11 years agone (thanks, Destructoid), and fans of the developer's erstwhile crippled are eagerly excited to find retired however this turns out. Check retired immoderate screenshots from the game's trailer below:

As we anticipation the supra images demonstrate, D-Pad is continuing the jaw-droppingly stunning pixel creation visuals from Owlboy into this upcoming release. This was a diagnostic that became 1 of the driving forces down our emotion for the erstwhile crippled and volition surely beryllium a propulsion again this time.

Need a reminder of what the studio's erstwhile rubric had to offer? Check retired our afloat reappraisal of Owlboy below:

• Further speechmaking - REVIEW Owlboy

Unfortunately, the workplace is yet to remark connected whether the crippled volition beryllium getting a Switch release, with Vikings connected Trampolines presently slated for PC only. However, we are alert that this is inactive aboriginal days for D-Pad's follow-up, and based connected the occurrence of Owlboy connected the eShop, we would beryllium amazed if these Vikings don't instrumentality the aforesaid path.

Expect america to get much accusation connected the crippled astatine this year's Gamescom.

What bash you marque of this caller trailer for Vikings connected trampolines? Bounce connected down to the comments to fto america know!

[source twitter.com, via ign.com]