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1930s-style animation game Cuphead won’t arrive until 2017 now

1930s-style animation game Cuphead won’t arrive until 2017 now

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Cuphead creator Studio MDHR was trying to get its game out exactly 80 years from 1936—the year when a Japanese cup-headed character in a short propaganda film turned into a tank to defeat a bunch of evil Mickeys. Now, however, Cuphead will be released 81 years after Cuphead’s grandpa was introduced
Right on: Cuphead’s 1930s-style animation will exist beyond boss fights

Right on: Cuphead’s 1930s-style animation will exist beyond boss fights

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The fine folks behind Cuphead have their own E3 announcement and it’s a doozy—their 1930s-animation-inspired game will have platforming elements. That may not seem like a lot, but before now, Cuphead had been touted exclusively as a boss-rush game. One-on-one battles against large enemies that didn’