Kotaku | 27.05.2026 20:00
A whole discourse on nostalgia just flooded my social media feeds, and I tend to hang out more in the camp of disliking games that just wave stuff I loved as a kid in my face to try and elicit an emotional reaction. But Mina the Hollower, Yacht Club’s second attempt at a retro-invoking hit, isn’t that. I don’t feel like Mina is gracelessly milking retro nostalgia for a time gone by so much as it’s tapping into my existing love, born in my childhood and grown to adulthood with me, for games in which everything is wonderfully mysterious. I want discovery; I want surprise; and I want it not just at the start of a game, but in the middle and end and all points in between. In this spirit and so many others, Mina carries banners of love for Zelda and Dark Souls and sundry. But when Mina looks in the mirror, what’s reflected back at her is her own, lovable self.
