Future Knight Review – A Charming Tiger Handheld Throwback on Switch

Future Knight on Switch is a joint project from Spanish studios Studio Koba and Aeternum Game Studios, and it wears its inspirations proudly: the visual style is a direct homage to Tiger LCD handhelds, with crisp black foreground sprites and soft pastel backgrounds that look like they were lifted straight off a cheap '90s handheld screen.

You play as Future Knight, a fictional '80s cartoon hero tasked with stopping The Lady of the Past — a confused elderly woman who has accidentally founded a cult and wiped the minds of everyone on earth. The developers cite the late Satoshi Kon, director of Perfect Blue and Paprika, as a key creative influence, and that lineage shows. The game's cutscenes, humor, and tight storytelling carry the same eccentric, slightly unsettling energy as Paranoia Agent.

Studio Koba previously made Narita Boy and Haneda Girl, so surreal aesthetics and strong visual identity are familiar territory. Aeternum Game Studios brings Aeterna Noctis and Eden Genesis to their resume. Together, the two Spanish teams have built something that feels genuinely singular — not just a nostalgia exercise, but a game that uses a deliberately limited visual language to tell a weird, funny, and surprisingly engaging story.

The Nintendo Life mini-review lands positively, calling the narrative surprisingly compelling and praising the game's commitment to its own strange vision. If you have any fondness for lo-fi aesthetics or Satoshi Kon's brand of controlled chaos, Future Knight looks worth a look.