After months of silence about its upcoming cozy life-sim HoYoverse finally set a Petit Planet release date. Petit Planet launches Dec. 4 for PC and mobile devices, with pre-load starting on Dec. 1; HoYoverse hasn’t announced plans to launch Petit Planet on consoles yet.
The news comes almost a year after the first Petit Planet beta, and HoYoverse announced it alongside a new trailer highlighting the extensive prep work involved in planning a picnic for the locals.
It’s a good excuse to show off just how much more expansive Petit Planet promises to be compared to that initial beta. The trailer shows off a lot more of the game’s customization options, which, thankfully, cover a broad variety of styles. The test version skewed heavily toward floaty, airy, feminine clothing, which is fine, but a bit limited in scope. Here, we see sweaters, cargo pants, sweatshirts stylishly tied around the waist, T-shirts, dresses of a less ethereal variety, aviator outfits, trenchoats, boots that Doc Martens wearers would feel right at home in, Mary Janes — pretty much any look you could hope for.
The trailer also shows a player character fishing and farming in a heavily-but-tastefully terraformed village. They diverted a river to run through the middle of it, which, apart from adding to the bucolic charm, makes for convenient fishing. And there’s a big agricultural patch near some of the homes where impossibly gigantic ears of corn grow. Exterior customization seemed like a big draw during the initial test version, and it looks like HoYoverse has only expanded the possibilities since then.
The same goes for interior design. The player character’s home is rocking a strong earthy vibe that wasn’t present in the build we played last year. There’s a brick oven with a sunflower motif running up the side in the kitchen, earth-toned cookware and worktops, and some really cute furniture with bug-shaped pillows as an added touch.
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The trailer closes with the event itself, a neighborhood-wide celebration where everyone, human and talking space animal alike, brings a dish and spends the evening having fun. There’s a quick glimpse at a card game — though whether it’s just for show or a unique, playable game HoYoverse developed is unclear — fireworks, and a bunch of other little ways to spend time together. We called it HoYoverse’s Animal Crossing last year, and it certainly is looking like that still holds true.
HoYoverse will broadcast a special Petit Planet livestream on Nov. 1 with a deep-dive about what to expect from the game.
