The team behind The Binding of Isaac is getting ready to unleash their next project on the world. The game’s 2015 Afterbirth expansion added a character named Bum-bo into the mix, and creator Edmund McMillen first announced two years ago that the coin-loving familiar would be getting his own game. It’s been a long wait, but an official trailer for The Legend of Bum-bo just dropped, giving us our first real look at the prequel.

Although the games will feature connected plots and share a similar aesthetic, Bum-bo is sharp departure from Isaac when it comes to gameplay. The game features turn-based battles in which players must match up symbols in groups of fours to trigger offensive and defensive maneuvers. Players can also earn mana to cast “epic spells that range from jagging stuff with a fish hook to summoning mom’s leg to crush all who stand in your path.”

The Legend of Bum-bo was originally planned to launch last December, but there’s no concrete release date at this time. The current goal is to launch the game on Steam and iOS sometime this year, and then bring it to Nintendo Switch in 2019. In the meantime, you can check out the trailer above!

Source: Edmund McMillen

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