The Binding of Isaac spin-off The Legend of Bum-bo gets its debut trailer

The Legend of Bum-bo is a turn-based puzzle RPG that acts as a spin-off to The Binding of Isaac featuring Bum-bo, the familiar added in the Afterbirth DLC for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.

Much like its predecessor, it features randomly-generated levels that are sure to keep players on their toes as they make their way from room to room.

For more, here is a run-down of the game from the official website:

The Legend of Bum-bo is a randomly generated, turn-based puzzle RPG where you take the role of Bum-bo (from The Binding of Isaac) as he punches the faces off hordes of paper goons and takes their coins! …only to gamble them away at the casinos.

Utilizing his bag of trash Bum-bo forms pagan glyph’s (via a match-four puzzle system) that create offensive and defensive attacks, and gain specific types of mana to cast epic spells that range from jagging stuff with a fish hook to summoning mom’s leg to crush all who stand in your path.

Every dungeon Bum-bo enters will be randomly generated and much like isaac feature hoards of monsters, bosses, traps, puzzles, and randomly chosen spells, so each run will be totally unique and each successful play through will unlock more items, trinkets, playable characters, and more.

Most may notice Bum-bo seems to have a lot of ties to The Binding of Isaac. I like to call it a prequel, but what I mean by that outside of the obvious themes isn’t something I can really explain without spoiling too much, but I can assure you if you enjoyed Isaac and also like turn-based combat and puzzle games, The Legend of Bum-bo should be right up your alley.

On that note, developers Edmund McMillen and James ID have revealed the debut trailer for the game (more like a teaser), which you can check out below:

The Legend of Bum-bo will be released for PC, Mac, and iOS sometime later this year, with a 'hopeful' Nintendo Switch version out in 2019.