Two unrelated games called Piece by Piece are launching on Nintendo Switch on November 25. No More Robots, already publishing Gamkat’s repair-shop game, stepped in to bring Neon Polygons’ puzzle-platformer to the console alongside it.
As Automaton reports, the games first crossed paths when they arrived on Steam in the same week in March. They ended up sharing a Steam bundle. Now their matching names have turned into a shared console launch, too.
Gamkat’s game already had a Switch version planned. Neon Polygons wanted to bring its own Piece by Piece over, but time and budget were getting in the way, according to Automaton. No More Robots offered to help and took on publishing duties. The company announced the arrangement on November 11.
Which Piece by Piece Is Which?
Gamkat’s Piece by Piece puts you in charge of an inherited repair shop serving woodland customers. Their antiques, heirlooms, and favorite mugs become little assembly puzzles. Around that work, you can grow berries for paint, decorate the shop, and keep cookies available for the neighbors. The pieces here belong to things someone wants repaired.
Neon Polygons’ Piece by Piece makes the level itself the puzzle. You connect and disconnect jigsaw-shaped sections to create a route through a platforming stage. Its 100 levels span 12 puzzle boxes, with different mechanics eventually combined into trickier challenges.
The shared name did create some friction. Automaton says a No More Robots representative told the publication that Nintendo wasn’t especially pleased with the arrangement, because having two games with exactly the same name caused complications in its systems.
The US Nintendo store has separate listings for both, plus a Piece by Piece Double Bundle. All three list November 25. The arrangement brings Neon Polygons’ game to another platform and gives players a straightforward way to get both kinds of puzzle in one purchase.
Official artwork: No More Robots.
