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* AbortedArc: After the first task, the fact that you are The Beast is more or less completely forgotten about.
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* ShoutOut: In Co-op mode's car levels, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnOAC6wiBmA continuously honking the car horn]] will play Take on Me.
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[spoiler: The abandoned mines are filled with dilapidated housing and black statues shaped like Mr. Sunshine. One would assume it was just his first attempt at an {{Egopolis}}, but those aren't statues; those are the corpses of his townsfolk after a magma flow killed them all.]]


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* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: It's implied Mr. Sunshine's hometown town being wiped out in a volcanic eruption has driven him to try and recreate it at the cost of the entire rest of the island.]]
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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can kick most NPCs, and some can't even object, but...
* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Most of them can and will start kicking you around for a while if you keep at it, and because you weigh so little compared to them you're guaranteed to be juggled around like a hackey sack until they calm down.
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* AbandonedMine: [[spoiler: Or possibly AbandonedTown. Strangely, it's residents are shaped like Mr. Sunshine. The worm that assists you suggests that these are people rather than robots.]]

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* AbandonedMine: [[spoiler: Or possibly AbandonedTown. Strangely, it's its residents are shaped like Mr. Sunshine. The worm that assists you suggests that these are people rather than robots.]]

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Developed by Creator/DevolverDigital and first released on January 21, 2019 for PC and for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''Pikuniku'' is a puzzle platformer game in a world where all is not as it seems.

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Developed by Creator/DevolverDigital and first released on January 21, 2019 for PC [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] and for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''Pikuniku'' is a puzzle platformer game in a world where all is not as it seems.








































* WaddlingHead: Your character is basically an oval with retractable legs and NoMouth.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Mr. Sunshine's greed and destruction of the environment are clear parallels to capitalism, and the way that he lies and spreads propaganda to further his control of the world is very comparable to dystopian settings.
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Developed by Creator/DevolverDigital and first released on January 21, 2019, for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch ''Pikuniku'' is a puzzle platformer game in a world where all is not as it seems.

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Developed by Creator/DevolverDigital and first released on January 21, 2019, 2019 for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch PC and for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''Pikuniku'' is a puzzle platformer game in a world where all is not as it seems.



Enter your character, a strange ball with legs known by other as only "The Beast". It is the goal of The Beast to help restore the world back to its former glory. Along the way you'll meet characters of very diverse characteristics who just want you to stop and help.

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Enter your character, a strange ball with legs known by other others as only "The Beast". It is the goal of The Beast to help restore the world back to its former glory. Along the way you'll meet characters of very diverse characteristics who just want you to stop and help.



* GreatEscape: Late in the game Mr. Sunshine arrests the Beast and puts him in jail for breaking his robots and interfering with his plans. It is within jail that the Beast learns of his plan and needs to escape to stop it.

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* GreatEscape: Late in the game game, Mr. Sunshine arrests the Beast and puts him in jail for breaking his robots and interfering with his plans. It is within jail that the Beast learns of his plan and needs to escape to stop it.



* SequelHook: Mr. Sunshine promises to be back after he lands on a more sunnier planet.

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* SequelHook: Mr. Sunshine promises to be back after he lands on a more sunnier planet.
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* AllLowercaseLetters: Most of the dialogue consists on this.

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* MinecartMadness: There are mine carts scattered throughout the Abandoned Mine.

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* MinecartMadness: There are mine carts minecarts scattered throughout the Abandoned Mine.



* WaddlingHead: Your character, Piku, is basically an oval with retractable legs and NoMouth.

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* WaddlingHead: Your character, Piku, character is basically an oval with retractable legs and NoMouth.
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* PlayableEpilogue: After completing the game, you can explore the world and talk to the townspeople and see what's changed. If you pause and look at the list of objectives, it simply says, "The end."
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* SequelHook: Mr. Sunshine promises to be back after he lands on a more sunnier planet.
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* MegatonPunch: [[spoiler: Or more accurately a Megaton Kick is how The Beast sends Mr. Sunshine into orbit at the end of the game.]]

* MinecartMadness: There are mine carts scattered throughout the Abandoned Mine.
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* ChekovsVolcano: [[spoiler: Mr. Sunshine wants to make the island volcano erupt to destroy the island with its lava to build a perfect city.]]

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* ChekovsVolcano: ChekhovsVolcano: [[spoiler: Mr. Sunshine wants to make the island volcano erupt to destroy the island with its lava to build a perfect city.]]
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* ChekovsVolcano: [[spoiler: Mr. Sunshine wants to make the island volcano erupt to destroy the island with its lava to build a perfect city.]]
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* BigRedButton: [[spoiler: The volcano has a big red button that stops the eruption when pressed. The villagers press it admitting that it was not so wise to install an abort button right next to the button to make the volcano erupt.]]
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* GreatEscape: Late in the game Mr. Sunshine arrests the Beast and puts him in jail for breaking his robots and interfering with his plans. It is within jail that the Beast learns of his plan and needs to escape to stop it.
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* TemptingFate: Sam's Pottery
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* AbandonedMine: [[spoiler: Or possibly AbandonedTown. Strangely, it's residents are shaped like Mr. Sunshine. The worm that assists you suggests that these are people rather than robots.]]

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* BigBad: Mr. Sunshine is the main cause of everything going wrong in the game's world.

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* BigBad: Mr. Sunshine is the main cause of everything going wrong in the game's world.


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* BigBad: Mr. Sunshine is the main cause of everything going wrong in the game's world.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Not your average platform game.]]
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* WaddlingHead: "The Beast" is basically an oval with retractable legs and NoMouth.

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* WaddlingHead: "The Beast" Your character, Piku, is basically an oval with retractable legs and NoMouth.
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* BackTracking: You have to return to the first Village to [[spoiler: destroy the robot taking away the corn.]] Thankfully you get a mode of fast travel later on.

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* BackTracking: You have to return to the first Village to [[spoiler: destroy the robot taking away the corn.]] Thankfully you get a mode of fast travel later on.on.
* WaddlingHead: "The Beast" is basically an oval with retractable legs and NoMouth.
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''Pikuniku'' is a puzzle platformer where you control "The Beast" who walks strangely and can extend his legs to grab onto hooks and can also roll into a ball to squeeze into tight corridors. The game is an open-world platformer that is meant to be played at a leisurely pace and with a graphical style resembling paper cutouts.

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''Pikuniku'' is a puzzle platformer where you control "The Beast" who walks strangely and can extend his legs to grab onto hooks and can also roll into a ball to squeeze into tight corridors. The game is an open-world platformer that is meant to be played at a leisurely pace and with a graphical style resembling paper cutouts.cutouts.

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* BigBad: Mr. Sunshine is the main cause of everything going wrong in the game's world.
* BackTracking: You have to return to the first Village to [[spoiler: destroy the robot taking away the corn.]] Thankfully you get a mode of fast travel later on.
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Developed by Creator/DevolverDigital and first released on January 21, 2019, ''Pikuniku'' is a puzzle platformer game in a world where all is not as it seems.

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Developed by Creator/DevolverDigital and first released on January 21, 2019, for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch ''Pikuniku'' is a puzzle platformer game in a world where all is not as it seems.
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Developed by Devolver Digital and first released on January 21, 2019, ''Pikuniku'' is a puzzle platformer game in a world where all is not as it seems.

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Developed by Devolver Digital Creator/DevolverDigital and first released on January 21, 2019, ''Pikuniku'' is a puzzle platformer game in a world where all is not as it seems.
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Developed by Devolver Digital and first released on January 21, 2019, ''Pikuniku'' is a puzzle platformer game in a world where all is not as it seems.

Meet the seemingly happy Mr. Sunshine. He wants to give you all the money in the world in exchange for all of the world's junk. Unfortunately, the "junk" of the world consists of the trees, water, food, and everything else needed for survival.

Enter your character, a strange ball with legs known by other as only "The Beast". It is the goal of The Beast to help restore the world back to its former glory. Along the way you'll meet characters of very diverse characteristics who just want you to stop and help.

''Pikuniku'' is a puzzle platformer where you control "The Beast" who walks strangely and can extend his legs to grab onto hooks and can also roll into a ball to squeeze into tight corridors. The game is an open-world platformer that is meant to be played at a leisurely pace and with a graphical style resembling paper cutouts.

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