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Slime-san: Blackbird's Kraken is out now! Patch 1.1!

The time is nigh, slime-pals! Our first major content patch: Blackbird's Kraken is OUT NOW! Update your game and unleash the Kraken!

WHAT IS BLACKBIRD'S KRAKEN?!

Blackbird's Kraken is the first MAJOR free DLC for Slime-sans. So big, in fact, that you can also buy it individually at a lower price. You do NOT need to buy it individually if you already own Slime-san. For you guys it's a FREE update!

What's it about?

The notorious Blackbird's kracked, I mean, cracked! He believes Slime-san stole his treasure and unleashed his giant Kraken upon him! Sound familiar? It is now up to Slime-san to escape the giant squid's jaws back out to freedom!

New Content

  • A totally independent campaign from Slime-san! Are you ready for an aquatic adventure?
  • 25 normal and 25 NG+ levels within a giant kraken!
  • A brand new boss fight, can you beat the Kraken?!
  • 10 new target mode challenges that will test your skills!
  • A customizable house that you can style and furnish to your heart's content!
  • 100 Bananas to collect and spend on furniture and house themes!
  • Exciting new mechanics like the submarine mode, acid bubbles and suction cups!
  • A independent speedrunning mode to compete with in leaderboards!
  • An entire tropical Island you can explore and discover with tons of new characters!
  • A bizarre FPS mini-game variation: Portable Gloomy! Can you beat the alien invasion?!
  • Loads of new cutscenes and story elements to experience and enjoy!
  • New secret characters and set-pieces to discover across your journey!
  • New music by Mischa Perella!
  • More neat secrets!

Feature Additions

  • A special setting that adjusts colors to reduce eye strain!
  • A dialogue resetting option, to reread initial dialogue!
  • Official Japanese translation!
  • Korean & French community translations.
  • An exit button back to the title screen! (Amazing, right?)
  • A brand new, simplified tutorial you can access in the extra menu.

Adjustments

  • The visual settings layout has been adjusted to accommodate new setting toggles.
  • "Disable Shaders" is now called "Disable Grain" to no longer affects color blind modes and shop shaders.
  • The bank, and its new ATM, now weighs apple & level completion for a more accurate percentage value.
  • The arcade games now have visuals of all control methods.
  • A couple of level adjustments here and there.

Bug Fixes

  • All boss cutscenes can now be properly watched in the Cutscene Viewer.
  • The cutscene viewer can now be properly navigated even after skipping a level.
  • The Kabuki actor now displays the correct face during dialogue.
  • The timer now stops while pausing during a speedrun mode.
  • All bird costumes now properly display on Birdie.
  • You can navigate the pause menu in Slime town with the mouse again.
  • Submenus are now properly canceled in the dojo tutorial menu.
  • The level skipper visuals no longer display during NG+.
  • Various other small fixes.

We're really happy with how this content patch turned out! Happy sliming!