Top Hat Studios and Nico Papalia have revealed Tales of Tuscany, a choose-your-own-adventure RPG coming to Nintendo Switch as a digital release on February 22, 2027.
Players control Lambypoo, a small sheep exploring Tuscany after the evil wizard Thunder Goober destroys the region and scatters Lambypoo’s cousins across the map. The goal is to reunite the family and rebuild the village, although the game leaves players free to decide how they approach the journey.
Tales of Tuscany combines fast-paced bullet hell battles with role-playing mechanics and branching decisions. Enemies can be defeated for experience or befriended and recruited, with most of them joining the party with their own stats, Burst skills and personalities. Shiny versions of the recruitable enemies can also be found, while some special bosses are excluded from the recruitment system.
The game also promises battles that change their mechanics during key encounters. These sequences can involve activities such as carving pumpkins, surfing at a public pool or completing paperwork. Outside combat, Lambypoo has a dedicated “Baaa” button that can be used to interact with the world, including speaking to non-playable characters, breaking rocks for items and money, and damaging cars and windows.
Players can rebuild their village to unlock upgrades, including new uses for the “Baaa” ability and the option to change Lambypoo’s color. Alternatively, they can exploit Tuscany’s disorder and pursue a more forceful approach. The developers say that both major and minor decisions will influence the world and each individual playthrough.
Completing a journey awards a collectible postcard called a Rhapsody. It records the player’s statistics and decisions, includes an in-game photograph, and can be customized and traded cross-platform with friends. The system is designed to let players share and compare their different stories rather than treating the game solely as a single-player experience.
A release-date trailer has been shared for Tales of Tuscany, which is scheduled to arrive on Nintendo Switch on February 22, 2027.
Sources: Nintendo Everything.