The Switch 2-exclusive co-op adventure Orbitals launches this summer<p>Nintendo capped off today’s partner-focused <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Ym9SCKFpc&t=1s">Nintendo Direct[/url] with a flurry of Bethesda-related <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/fallout-4-and-indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-get-switch-2-release-dates-150023624.html">announcements[/url], but arguably the most interesting game of the showcase appeared right at the start.</p>
<p>First announced at the beginning of the year,
Orbitals is a two-player puzzle adventure game in which you and your co-op partner play as the intergalactic explorers Maki and Omura, on a mission to save their home in the stars from an incoming cosmic storm. Gameplay-wise,
Orbitals looks like it’s at least partly inspired by the likes of <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/ea-originals-hazelight-it-takes-two-hands-on-160009642.html">
It Takes Two[/url]
and
Split Fiction, but really what really stands out here is the 90s anime-inspired visuals.</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>The game is absolutely dripping in style, and somehow
looks just as good in motion as it does in cutscenes. Describing it as a playable Saturday morning cartoon is getting into cliche territory, but
Orbitals really nails its aesthetic.</p>
<p>It will be a tall order for any game like this to clear the impossibly high bar for creative co-op gameplay that Josef Fares’ Hazelight Studios has set in recent years, but
Orbitals looks like it could be worth experiencing for its visuals alone.</p>
<p>Nintendo has managed to nab this one as a <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/the-switch-2s-virtual-boy-is-a-tribute-to-nintendos-wackiest-console-140000003.html">Switch 2[/url] exclusive, which you can either play locally or online, and thanks to the console's GameShare feature, only one person needs to own the game for the latter. </p>
<p>
Orbitals arrives at some point during summer 2026.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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The Switch 2-exclusive co-op adventure Orbitals launches this summer
