A game by GalaxyTrail for PC, Mac, Linux, Wii U, and Switch, originally released in 2014.
Freedom Planet is a game that wears its 16-bit platforming heritage proudly, with cheerful character designs, a brightly colored world, varied level themes, charming and silly humor mixed with occasional melodrama, and an upbeat throwback soundtrack. The game’s design and color scheme bring it in line with 16-bit classics like
Ristar,
Rocket Knight Adventures, and especially
Sonic the Hedgehog.
The game also features fully voiced cutscenes in Adventure Mode, something that wasn’t possible for cartridge-based systems of the 16-bit era (although Classic Mode switches this off for 16-bit purists), giving the game a feel more along the lines of something on the Sega CD.
