{"id":30389,"date":"2026-01-24T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/?p=30389"},"modified":"2026-01-24T09:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T09:00:36","slug":"tropicalia-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/features\/tropicalia-out-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro-inspired RPG Tropicalia Out Now On Consoles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratalaikagames.com\/games.php?id=tropicalia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tropicalia<\/strong><\/a> is a new JRPG, inspired by the classics from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. It\u2019s out now on <strong>Nintendo<\/strong> <strong>Switch<\/strong>, <strong>Xbox<\/strong> <strong>One<\/strong>,<strong> Xbox Series X\/S<\/strong>, <strong>PlayStation 5<\/strong>, and<strong> PlayStation<\/strong> 4, priced at $14.99. The pixel art title has been developed by <strong>Paulo Henrique<\/strong> <strong>Franqueira<\/strong> and published by <strong>Retro<\/strong> <strong>News<\/strong> favourites <strong>Ratalaika<\/strong> <strong>Games<\/strong>. In <strong>Tropicalia,<\/strong> players will take control of Kaique, a brave Guarani warrior whose girlfriend, Kerana, is kidnapped by an evil god named Tau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The game will enable players to collect materials to craft new items, grind through fast-paced battles, and test their strategy against challenging bosses. They\u2019ll also be able to hunt, fish, swim, dive, jump, and explore the jungle surroundings. In a press statement, the developer said. \u201cIn this fantasy game, you won&#8217;t find Dragons and Elves. But you will face Curupiras and Boitatas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The release of <strong>Tropicalia<\/strong> bolsters retro publisher Ratalaika Games&#8217; roster of pixel art titles and strengthens its commitment to getting smaller developers&#8217; games out to the mass market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key features:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a classic turn-based RPG, but designed for a modern audience<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interactive battle system (Quick-Time Events)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple map exploration abilities<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Playground Mode with no battles, just to enjoy the story<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Tropicalia - Trailer\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CeAx9XMgIAQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tropicalia is a new JRPG, inspired by the classics from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. It\u2019s out now on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4, priced at $14.99. The pixel art title has been developed by Paulo Henrique Franqueira and published by Retro News favourites Ratalaika Games. In Tropicalia, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[118,60,119],"class_list":["post-30389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-paulo-henrique-franqueira","tag-ratalaika-games","tag-tropicalia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}