Panty Party (Japanese: パンティパーティー) is a 2017 action video game for Windows and later ported to Nintendo Switch.

Panty Party
Developer(s)Animu Game
Publisher(s)Cosen
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch, Windows
ReleasePC
  • WW: January 24, 2017
Nintendo Switch
  • WW: April 25, 2019
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

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Panty Party is an action game with hack-and-slash features. The player plays as Yurika, a schoolgirl and the "Warrior of Love" who transforms into a pair of underpants and fights against other panties in arena-style battles.[1][2][3]

Development and release

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Panty Party was developed by Taiwanese indie studio Animu Game and published by Tokyo-based Cosen Co, Ltd. It has voice acting in Japanese performed by Kissyo Haru, Hanegi Riru, Kokko, Katagiri Ryoichi, and Imai Fumiya; the game itself includes languages English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Norwegian, Finnish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.[4]

On April 25, 2019, Panty Party was released on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch. Both the game's Steam and eShop listing descriptions have a warning that the game does not contain any hentai content.[3] Eastasiasoft also released a physical Nintendo Switch limited edition through Play-Asia with additional items including a soundtrack CD and Panty Party branded underpants.[5]

Reception

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Following its release, Panty Party received overwhelming positivity on Steam and was one of the highest user rated games on the platform.[7] The game received "generally unfavorable" reviews according to the aggregator Metacritic (on Nintendo Switch) with a score of 48.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Sato (2019-01-07). "Panty-Versus-Panty Battle Game Panty Party Headed To Switch In Spring 2019". Siliconera. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  2. ^ Life, Nintendo (2019-05-03). "Review: Panty Party (Switch) – Nothing To Get Your Knickers In A Twist Over". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  3. ^ a b Zawodniak, Melanie. "Panty Party Review - Review". Nintendo World Report.
  4. ^ "Panty Party | COSEN Co., Ltd". 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  5. ^ "Panty Party for Switch limited run physical edition announced". Gematsu. 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  6. ^ https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/37272/reviews/
  7. ^ Comments, Gavin Sheehan | (2017-02-04). "Panty Party. The Game. This Is A Thing". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  8. ^ "Panty Party Reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2024-10-28.