EB: "Games like Contra and Metroid can evoke all sorts of emotions from gamers depending on what era they were born in, which is a testament to their simple, yet challenging and addictive gameplay. Graphite Lab is an Indie studio looking to recapture the nostalgic feelings of excitement gamers first experienced while playing titles like this, or other retro platformers, with its upcoming 4-player co-op game Hive Jump. Hive Jump blends the explosive run’n’gun action of Contra with a sci-fi infused world that resembles Metroid’s alien heavy infestations, and adds in elements of teamwork and strategy that help to set it apart from the games it pays tribute to."
Reviews of five new indie platformers on Switch, including Hive Jump, Double Cross, Octahedron, Elli and Hopiko.
Paul writes: "Absolute Xbox review Hive Jump, an homage to nineties era run and gun sci-fi shooters with a crushing difficulty level and classic visuals."
Erik from The Gamers Lounge writes "Hive Jump was one of the first games The Gamers Lounge really got behind. Originally released in 2017, members of The Gamers Lounge backed it on Kickstarter back in 2014 after hearing a lot of good things about the game. Most recently after seeing success on the Steam and the Wii U it has been brought to the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. The big question is how is it and why haven’t you gone out and bought it yet?"
I really hope this has a demo version.