HIROGAMI
The Bandai Namco studio turning over a new leaf with a papercraft platformer
This is the aptly named Hiro, in their default shape: a humanoid warrior wielding a huge ceremonial fan. When you switch between their armadillo and ape forms, it’s always via this one, a kind of transformational crossroads
Developer
Bandai Namco Singapore
Publisher
Kakehashi Games
Format
PC
Origin
Singapore
Release
2025
Animal forms are first accessed by freeing them from the corrupting influence of Blight. Naturally, this is achieved by battering them with your fan.
Hirogami
isn’t afraid of a few sharp edges. We have to make a few attempts at this particular platforming section before we master the frog’s leap.
The Blight take their visual cues from Spider-Verse’s digital pop-art effects, with shifting blue and pink outlines and ‘Kirby Krackle’ dots, making it immediately obvious they don’t belong in
Hirogami
’s handcrafted world.
Bandai Namco Singapore’s team members are drawn from various regions and backgrounds, but Japanese cultural imagery naturally looms large in a game centred on origami.