{"id":11177,"date":"2022-04-05T17:12:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T08:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=11177"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:13:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:13:31","slug":"20220405-11177","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220405-11177\/","title":{"rendered":"Punihi Loader 2 is an indie mecha action game coming to Steam from a 2-person dev team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220405-197980\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-04-05 16:21 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese indie developer 221GAMES has opened a Steam page for their upcoming title <em><strong>Punihi Loader 2<\/strong><\/em>. The game revolves around 3rd person mecha battles, where the mecha are piloted by cute and mysterious creatures called Punihi. The setting of the game is a place called Neo Asahikawa, where these Punihi piloted mecha battles are a popular form of competition. Players will control one of these Punihi as they gather friends, earn money, buy parts, and aim for the top of the Neo Asahikawa League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30d7\u30cb\u30d2\u30ed\u30fc\u30c0\u30fc2 - Official Trailer [Work in Progress]\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J4Dp89gizbk?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mechas in the game are made up of 5 parts: body, left arm, right arm, legs, and back. Players have over 100 parts to choose from while trying to build the most powerful mecha. For example, there are different types of legs including wheel and hover types, along with regular legs, and arm parts that include gatling guns or the possibility to dual wield katanas. Your mecha piloting Punihi can be dressed up as well.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The game includes 1on1 and 3on3 modes when challenging the Neo Asahikawa League, a more casual \u201cSurvival Mode,\u201d and \u201cPart-time job Mode\u201d for collecting funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Punihi Loader 2<\/em> is being made by the 2-person indie developer 221GAMES. In 2019, they released the previous entry, <em>Punihi Loader<\/em>, to Booth, a marketplace for indie games in Japan. For the sequel, they\u2019re adding more than 10 new mechas on top of the 16 from the original, with back attachments being another new addition to the game.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220405-197980-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Punihi Loader 2<\/em> can be found on Steam <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1956960\/PUNIHI_LOADER_2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. The game will support both English and Japanese, and a demo is scheduled to release this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punihi Loader 2 revolves around 3rd person mecha battles, where the mecha are piloted by cute and mysterious creatures called Punihi. 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