Indie puzzle-platformer ElecHead is coming to Nintendo Switch

Indie developer Nama Takahashi’s simple, clever, and brilliant puzzle-platformer ElecHead is coming to Nintendo Switch this summer, the developer announced during Wednesday’s Indie World showcase. ElecHead was released on PC this past October, to glowing praise from the creators of the developers behind VVVVVV, Celeste, Spelunky, Downwell, and others.

ElecHead stars Elec, a tiny robot who can electrify platforms, activate switches, and power machines just by touching them. Elec’s head can be thrown around to reach faraway objects and charges them up. But there’s a catch: Elec will short circuit and explode if his body isn’t reunited with his head within 10 seconds. Avoid deadly fireballs and spikes as well as other booby traps. You should watch this trailer.

With shades of Mega Man, BoxBoy, Decap Attack, and other beloved 2D platformers, ElecHead might just be the small-dose puzzle platformer you need to spark up your summer.

If you can’t wait, and ElecHead has escaped your awareness until now, the Windows PC version is available through Steam and itch.io.