Nintendo has launched an ambulance game

Nintendo has launched a new game from the creators of Little Nightmares out of the blue on eShop, and it's a co-op title of unusual subject matter.

It almost never happens that Nintendo is launching a game that wasn't even announced before. However, it happened yesterday when the title The Stretchers appeared on eShop. The new game is the creator of the horror platform creator Little Nightmares, and since Nintendo has taken on a publishing role, it's exclusive to the Switch console.

This is a co-operative game of unusual theme. Players take on the roles of medical emergency personnel and seek to transport injured civilians to the hospital as quickly as possible. But don't expect shocking or bloody scenes here. Instead, the situations are bizarre and humorous, and it is similar to the methods of conveying patients. The Stretchers ambulance has to deal with lasers so much, it has to break down walls in search of faster routes to the finish line, and the like.

The game is available at £ 18, exclusively in digital edition.