Pizza Tower fans have been waiting for the well-loved PC indie platformer to make the jump to consoles, but this week's Nintendo Indie Showcase once again failed to deliver that announcement. Instead, we saw a very similar-looking game called Antonblast - and while some elements of the fandom were quick to call it a "Pizza Tower clone," both games owe their inspiration to a much older Nintendo classic.

Antonblast and Pizza Tower both draw heavily from Wario Land 4, a 2001 GBA platformer that's something of a cult classic among Nintendo fans. These games are a bit more focused on exploration and collectables than a traditional Mario title. They feature a stocky hero who charges shoulder-first through brick walls and have levels that culminate in action-packed timed escape sequences where you rush back out of the level you just explored.

Pizza Tower launched early in 2023 to instantly become one of the highest-rated games of the year, and while Antonblast isn't due to launch until later this year, it was announced well before Pizza Tower found its viral success. Nonetheless, when Antonblast appeared on a much bigger stage at the Nintendo Indie Showcase yesterday, you started seeing the words "Pizza Tower clone" being thrown around an awful lot.

So that one game with the character with the hammer is just a Pizza Tower clone right? Wonder why we aren’t getting Pizza Tower on Switch!April 17, 2024

no way they put a pizza tower clone to the switch before pizza tower itselfApril 17, 2024

Indie World in a nutshell:No Silksong and a knock-off Pizza Tower clone... EXACTLY what we wanted Nintendo, good job...

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