Nuclear Throne is a well-known roguelike shooter made by Vlambeer that stands along the likes of Enter the Gungeon and the Binding of Isaac. While official development on the game seems to be over (besides a Switch port that popped up a few months ago), the game has a somewhat healthy modding scene. Nuclear Throne Together, a mod by YellowAfterlife, enabled online co-op and more open mod support for the game. Improved mod support is opening the way for mods like blaac’s expanded Hard Mode and TheMysticSword’s Dicey Wastelands, which brings Dicey Dungeons into Nuclear Throne. Today, Nuclear Throne: Territorial Expansion has come out after 2 years of work to further build on the base game.

The expansion is made by Team Te and is published under Yokin on itch.io. As expected of a fan expansion, new enemies and items are introduced to Nuclear Throne while maintaining the original game’s flavor. The Oasis, a secret area in the original game for instance, is expanded with some new enemies and a whole different boss to fight in order to gain access to the area. Yet the waters now go beyond the Oasis, with the introduction of a new beachside area. The ruined wastelands of the original game’s levels are contrasted with clear sand and waters, though the cleaner scenery doesn’t stop hostile mutants from running around, like some seagull bandits.

This expansion is not all about unfriendly faces though, as the playable cast is now joined by a parrot character. While their powers aren’t explicitly known at the time of writing, a few scenes show an enemy with red flickers around it fighting other enemies while the parrot’s on screen, so I speculate that they can ally with enemies. Tinier parrots also show up as allies to bring items to you, though as these minion parrots are shown helping Crystal early in the trailer, these allied parrots may not be locked to the playable one.

If you’re a fan of Nuclear Throne, this may be something worth checking out. Unfortunately, since it’s a mod, that means that console players will be locked out of the loop.

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