It Takes Two (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.0.2 Update + All DLCs

It Takes Two Experience the wildest adventure of your life in this game, a groundbreaking platform adventure designed exclusively for cooperative play. Invite a friend to join you for free using the Friend’s Pass* and tackle a wide range of delightfully chaotic gameplay challenges together.

It Takes Two was developed by Hazelight, the leading force in cooperative gaming. This Game is a 2021 action-adventure platform video game developed by Hazelight Studios and published by Electronic Arts.

The game was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in March 2021, and was released for Nintendo Switch in November 2022.

Like Hazelight’s debut game A Way Out, it does not have a single-player option. It is playable only in either online or local split-screen cooperative multiplayer between two players.

Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two, a genre-bending platform adventure created purely for co-op. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass* and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges.

Master unique and connected character abilities at every new level. Help each other through unexpected obstacles and laugh-out-loud moments. Embrace the heartfelt story of a fractured relationship. It Takes Two was developed by Hazelight, the industry leader in cooperative play.

GAMEPLAY

It Takes Two is an action-adventure video game with elements from platform games. It is specifically designed for split-screen cooperative multiplayer, which means that it must be played with another player through either local or online play. The game features a large number of game mechanics from various video game genres. These gameplay mechanics are connected to the story and the theme of the level. For instance, in one level, Cody gains the ability to rewind time, whereas May can replicate herself. Players have to cooperate and utilize these abilities to progress. The game also features a large number of minigames.

PLOT

Cody (Joseph Balderrama) and May (Annabelle Dowler), a married couple, are planning on getting a divorce. After they tell their daughter Rose (Clare Corbett) the news, she takes her hand-made dolls, which look like her parents, into the family shed and tries to repair their relationship by play-acting. The parents find themselves trapped inside the dolls’ bodies as a consequence of Rose’s tears landing on the dolls. Dr. Hakim, who has assumed the anthropomorphic form of his relationship therapy book, tells May and Cody that he has been given the job of trying to fix their relationship as they try to reach Rose.

At first, Cody and May are more focused on trying to reach Rose, who they hope knows of a way to return them to their human bodies. However, Hakim continually interferes with their progress, often putting obstacles and tests in their way to force them to collaborate to progress. They also come across anthropomorphic versions of their old possessions, who criticize Cody and May for their mistreatment and negligence of both their possessions and Rose. As they travel all around their property, Cody and May are reminded of the positive memories they had together, as well as what originally drew them together to become a couple and learn to work together and collaborate to move forward in their journey.

In a final series of obstacles, Hakim encourages Cody and May to rediscover their passions and support each other. This first takes them on an adventure through Cody’s overgrown, abandoned garden and greenhouse, which May helps him restore. They then work together to help May rediscover her passion for music and singing. Meanwhile, Rose continues to do her best to mend the relationship between her parents, but both Cody and May’s real bodies have fallen unconscious and will not respond to her. Thinking her parents are ignoring her, Rose comes to believe that she is the reason their marriage is falling apart and decides to run away in hopes that will make them stay together.

After a long journey, Cody and May finally complete Hakim’s final test, gathering an orchestra and audience for May to perform in front of. As May sings, the relationship between her and Cody is at last fully healed, and they kiss, which reverses the trance they are in. They reawaken in their real bodies and are shocked to learn that Rose has already run away. Fortunately, they can find her at a nearby bus stop and assure her that she is not the cause of their arguments and that they will always love her no matter what happens. The trio then returns home with a new perspective on their relationship.

KEY FEATURES

• PURE CO-OP PERFECTION – Extend a complimentary invitation to a friend with the Friend’s Pass.
• GLEEFULLY DISRUPTIVE GAMEPLAY – From rampaging vacuum cleaners to suave love gurus, brace yourself for the unpredictable twists that await in It Takes Two.
• A UNIVERSAL TALE OF RELATIONSHIPS –Uncover a touching and heartfelt story that you will cherish together.