Systems
SYSTEM
Change your form to fool everyone around you.
Choose a form on the transform screen. See what each one can do in the videos on the top page.
- Fox Hold to dash
- Human Slide
- Red Oni Hold to charge
- Kappa Water shot
- Tanuki Vacuum
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TRANSFORM
Transform
Change your form to fool everyone around you. There are five forms: Fox, Human, Red Oni, Kappa, and Tanuki. The current Early Access build has the first three. In some places, certain forms are not available.
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TALK
Talk
Talk to the villagers, and to the Oni of the Oni Village too. What they say back depends on the form you are in, how far the story has gone, how close you are, and how many times you have talked.
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CHOICE
Choose Your Answer
Rin's replies are yours to choose. Who gets what, what gets written down. Some quests play out differently depending on your answers.
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HEADBUTT
Headbutt Through
As a Red Oni, hold Special to charge, then release to charge forward headfirst and shatter the brittle rocks in your way.
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HIP DROP
Hip Drop
Press Down and Special in mid-air to hip drop. Split cracked ground open, and drop into the hidden cave below.
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YOUR WAY
More than one answer
There is rarely a single solution. Push through by force, talk your way past, or find another road entirely. Save the world your own way.
Quests
Hear out a villager's trouble, take it on, and see it through.
- Hear them out "We're down to one piece." Everyone in the village has a worry of their own.
- Take it on Accept a request, and a notice slides in at the top right.
- Get your reward See it through and you are rewarded. From Asane: three pieces of fried tofu.
Quests from each village
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The Last Piece
One piece of fried tofu left in the village. Who gets it?
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The First Piece
Light the frying fire again, the one that has been out since the Oni came.
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The Dawn-Calling Torii
The shrine's rooster never came home. Bring it back to the red torii.
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Use Your Head
Three Kamifoo. Only a headbutt will pop them.
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A Hide for the Drum
The festival drum's skin has torn.
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Drunk and Disorderly
Deep in the storehouse, three drunks are running wild.
Items
Found by the roadside and in treasure chests. Some you use, some you deliver.
- Pick up Whatever you pick up is shown at the bottom of the screen.
- Your bag Fried Tofu: foxes can stay transformed for a while after eating it. Rin, for some reason, does not need it.
- Shop Buy from and sell to the travelling merchant. "What are you buying?"
Now in Early Access on Steam
Shizuku: Japanese myth
¥1,600 Early Access price; regional pricing applies on Steam
WISHLIST ON STEAM How to play & requirements
- SteamEarly Access out now
- Nintendo SwitchComing later