Dokuro is an offbeat mix of puzzle and side scrolling platform gameplay. The result is an entirely unique action puzzle game that fully utilizes the PlayStation Vita system’s Touchscreen and Rear Touch Pad to enable players to transform the game’s protagonist between two different forms – each of which feature unique and advantageous skills – as well as manipulate the game’s environment in order to solve puzzles.
In Dokuro, players take control of the game’s namesake protagonist, a diminutive skeletal minion of the Dark Lord’s army whose small stature betrays his true strengths. After witnessing the kidnapping of a helpless princess at the hands of his master, Dokuro takes it upon himself to rescue her by battling his way out of the dangerous fortress, escorting her to safety along the way.
Throughout his quest to save the princess, Dokuro will have to brave lethal hazards such as spiked pits, doom-bringing saws, scorching flames and all manner of deadly beasts. While Dokuro’s agility allows him to traverse the castle’s many platforms and pitfalls, at times he must utilize a magic blue potion in order to transform into a dashing hero, who can both carry the Princess to safety and slay the Dark Lord’s followers.
Ragnarok Odyssey was developed by Game Arts together with GungHo Online Entertainment in Japan, while Dokuro was developed in Japan by GungHo Online Entertainment. Both titles will be released this winter by GungHo Online Entertainment America in Europe exclusively as digital downloads on the PlayStation Network.
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