Geminose: Animal Popstars for Nintendo Switch™ Musical Journey to Pop Stardom and Musical Diversity! Releases in the eShop May 18, 2021

Geminose: Animal Popstars is a new family-oriented game by Majesco Entertainment, in partnership with Ultimas and Silver Bullet Studios, is coming out in the Nintendo Switch™ eShop on May 18, 2021, and for physical release on June 18, 2021. Players help adorable animals on their musical journey to international stardom byways of singing competitions, dance-offs, and more! The game is available for pre-order in the US on Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, and Target for $39.99. Pre-order in the UK. Pre-order in Australia.

Animal Popstars is a mix of adventure, social simulation, and rhythm gaming where players help sisters Nimmy and Smudge explore the planet of Geminose to create the ultimate pop band. The game is like a series of minigames where cooking, dressing up, and dancing allows for the collection of more adorable bandmates. Players will hear over 20 unique songs inspired by world music giving players' ears an appetizing collection of diverse music from places like Africa and South America. The furry animals range from tigers, zebras, monkeys, rabbits, and more. There is also a fun collection board where players can spin a wheel for a music mash-up dance challenge - two characters face-off to combine their own unique sound of music, and then the two animal breeds combine to create an adorable hybrid version! 

Explore the world of Geminose to create dishes, change clothes, build a musical mansion, and more! 
Image credit: Majesco Entertainment

In case you're wondering about the name, Geminose, the animals literally have a gem for a nose allowing for a colorfully diverse collection of characters that look pleasing on-screen and during game play. 

The mash-up mini game starts with a fun spin of the wheel ending with an adorable hybrid version of the two animals! 
Image credit: Majesco Entertainment

Geminose: Animal Popstars is a great family game and will get kids moving! 

Using the joy-cons motion controls, players will have to move up and down, and side to side in order to complete the tasks in the minigames. Flip a pan or knead some dough during the cooking mini-game, collect musical notes a la Milon's Secret Castle by moving the paw print joy-con across the screen, follow the pitch of the music by raising the joy-con up or down and shimmy the joy-con to shake, etc. I like the rhythm aspect of the game - you don't necessarily have to move too aggressively, but this will promote kids to stand during the gameplay, and actually move their bodies in order to play.

Motion controls will keep kids moving!
Image credit: Majesco Entertainment

Geminose: Animal Popstars is rich in the storyline and will keep kids entertained. I feel the game has a great value with an empowering message of diversity and is the perfect game for kids.

As for my personal gameplay, stay tuned for that review and a generous giveaway hosted by Geminose: Animal Popstars that can be found here on my blog and on my social media channels! 

Game Features:

• Collect 10 animal musicians from around the world and form your own hit band.
• Over 30 musical instruments to master.
• 20 original songs with hundreds of ways to rearrange them.
• Attract 45 ultra-cute mashup super fans via Geminose dance-offs.
• Play through story mode with Nimmy and Smudge managing your chosen band, or choose free play mode for endless hours of fun.
• Build and customize your mansion with hundreds of decorative items to choose from and interact with, in any room.
• Take your band on a world tour to unlock additional songs, outfits, and decor to deck out your mansion.
• Unlock the mansion kitchen and cook recipes from around the world.
• Play a variety of mini-games when on a break from your tour.
• Challenge your friends in local 2-player mode.

Geminose: Animal Popstars for the Nintendo Switch™ is available for pre-order in the US on Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, and Target for $39.99. Pre-order in the UK. Pre-order in Australia. To keep up with the Geminose, visit them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

About Majesco Entertainment
Majesco Entertainment Company is an innovative developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment for consumers worldwide. Building on more than 25 years of operating history, the company develops and publishes a wide range of video games on console, handheld, and mobile platforms, including such hits as Double Dragon: Neon, ZUMBA FITNESS™, and GONE HOME™.  More info can be found online at majescoent.com or on Twitter.

About Ultimas

New York-based Ultimas is a vertically integrated, full-stack video game company. Ultimas' game studio opportunistically acquires games in the late stage of development, completes those games, and then commercially launches them. Ultimas' soon-to-launch retail game platform, known as Ultimate, will provide small publishers the opportunity to attract developers with its best-in-class reporting features and industry-best pricing.

About Silver Bullet Studios

Silver Bullet Studios' CEO, Cos Lazouras, is the creator of the Geminose characters and world and is the director of the Geminose game. Silver Bullet Studios has exclusive licensing rights to the Geminose franchise from Starbreeze Studios. Geminose: Animal Popstars was developed by Novarama and Behaviour Interactive.

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