Moomin: Midsummer Madness Gets November 12 Release On Switch 2 And Switch
Shochiku Games is adapting a Tove Jansson novel as a hand-drawn point-and-click adventure rather than a conventional licensed game, and the team's account of shifting from Comet in Moominland to Midsummer Madness for a lighter palette suggests the art direction, not the license, drove the project's shape.
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Shochiku Games will release Moomin: Midsummer Madness on November 12, 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. The point-and-click adventure adapts Tove Jansson's novel Midsummer Madness, following the Moomin family after a flood strands them in a floating theater. A Tokyo Game Show 2026 demo let players control Moomintroll and Little My, switching characters and investigating objects to advance the story.
The demo covers only a slice of the story, but the full game follows Tove Jansson's novel: a sudden flood drives the Moomin family into a large building floating on the water, a theater stocked with costumes, scripts, and stage magic, and the adventure is about finding the way back to Moominvalley. Players click on whatever catches their interest and use what they pick up on characters or in other locations to move forward. The development team said early planning considered Comet in Moominland, with black-and-white graphics meant to match Jansson's original illustrations, but test movement read darker than intended. Retaining some of that unease, they moved to Midsummer Madness and a more colorful style.
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