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It Takes Two’s merch is all boring apart from the dismember-me-elephantMore like this, thanks
More like this, thanks
I slammed back into the team chat after an appointment this morning, and Katharine asked me to take a look at the newIt Takes Twomerch - specifically theplushy elephant. And I was like, “Sure!” and toddled off to have a look. I was delighted! But I think Katharine was anticipating it would arouse a different emotional response in me to what it actually did, because she used the word “horrifying”.
It Takes Two is a really funco-op game, sort of Borrowers-meets-couple’s-counselling where a pair of imminently-to-divorce parents are transformed into little toy versions of themselves and split-screen platform around their home and garden. In almost every level, Cody and May (that’s them, that’s the names of the characters) have something different to do, so it never really gets old. There’s grappling, swinging, shooting, giant squirrels, giant wasps, giant spiders - lot of giant versions of regular stuff; you get it. There are boss fights, too, and several of themarehorrifying, in a way that’s contrasted with the cartoony afternoon early-learning TV show look of everything to make it all funny. Enter Cutie the elephant. Spoilers ahead.
It Takes Two – Official Launch TrailerNot everything in It Takes Two is secretly horrifying. Some of it is heartwarming.Watch on YouTube
It Takes Two – Official Launch Trailer
So imagine how delighted I was to see that not only is there now a Cutie the elephant on pre-order, but that the Cutie plus has a detachable ear and leg! That’s hilarious! (Please agree that it is hilarious). Cutie’s death is probably the closest thing to iconic It Takes Two has, andthe developers know it. I’d be more horrified if youcouldn’tpull the legs off.
Case in point: these baboon t-shirts. Who liked Moon Baboon that much?? No one.
Obviously, this does depend on how you feel about the Cutie scene in general. You might fall into camp horrifying with Katharine (there are two kinds of people). Plus, Cutie costs 35 bucks. In this economy?!
