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Nidhogg

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13 Accessibility Features

We've documented 13 accessibility features for Nidhogg, including Large Text, Remap Buttons, Play Without Hearing, Fully Subtitled (Or No Speech) and Multiple Buttons & Single Stick. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Reading but it also has features in Visual, Audio, Getting Started and Navigation to reduce unintended barriers.

This report is created with input from accessibility experts and the player community to help people find games that have the accessibility features they require. Once you have found potential games on the database, there are excellent specialist accessibility sites that offer in-depth reviews to guide your purchasing decisions.

Nidhogg is a fast two-player duelling game whose simple visuals belie the skill required to defeat your opponent. The novelty is that upon death you reappear on the next screen. The player to advance through the most screens wins.

External examiner, Jonah Monaghan, first checked Nidhogg accessibility 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jonah Monaghan and updated 3 years ago.

Game Details

Release Date: 12/09/2014, updated in 2014

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS Vita and PS4

Players: 1-2 (2 online)

Genres: Fighting, Simulation (Action, Platform, Rhythm, Shooting and Traversal)

Accessibility: 13 features

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Developer: Messhof (@Messhof)

Costs: Purchase cost

Controls

We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Nidhogg which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.

Gamepad

Can play with the following:

Multiple Buttons & Single Stick: Can play with multiple buttons and a stick.

Mouse And Keyboard

Can play with the following:

Keyboard Alone: Can play with just the keyboard.

Remap Controls

Can customise the controls for the game as follows:

Remap Buttons: Can re-map all buttons so that you can use alternatives that better suit your play.

Remap Game Menu Access: Can remap buttons to pause, access and navigate the game menu. This enables you to specify which buttons pop-up the game menu.Whether you can remap menu navigation buttons isn't considered here.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

If you want to play Nidhogg, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

Hi-Fi Rush (12 Controls Features)
Street Fighter 6 (11 Controls Features)
Robobeat (10 Controls Features)
En Garde (9 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Nidhogg which deal with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play. The following games are similar to Nidhogg, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:

Freedom Finger (3 Difficulty Features)
Hi-Fi Rush (2 Difficulty Features)
Arms (2 Difficulty Features)
Sifu (2 Difficulty Features)

Getting Started

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Getting Started in Nidhogg which deals with what support is offered to get started with the game. This includes customising the experience when you first open the game via any onboarding processes it provides as well as tutorials and other assistance when you first start playing.

Assistance Getting Starting

These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.

Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

If you want to play Nidhogg, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:

Hi-Fi Rush (6 Getting Started Features)
En Garde (5 Getting Started Features)
Street Fighter 6 (5 Getting Started Features)
Unto The End (4 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Nidhogg which deal with how much reading or listening comprehension is required, how well the game provides visual and audible access to the text and whether subtitles and captions are a good fit for purpose.

Reading Level

How much reading is required to play the game's main path or story and how complex the language is. The presence of voiced characters doesn't reduce this requirement, as it's recorded as a separate datapoint.

No Reading: No reading is required, other than simple menus. The game either has no text or can communicate textual content with visuals and interactions. If reading isn't required because the text is voiced the All Dialogue is Voiced feature indicates this.

Text Visibility

Large Clear Text: All essential text is large and clear or can be adjusted to be. The general text used throughout the game in menus, instructions and other key information (excluding subtitles that are assessed separately) is at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height on landscape screens and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters.

Subtitles

All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game): All spoken content has subtitles, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to hear spoken dialogue or narrative to play the game.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading

If you want to play Nidhogg, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:

Hi-Fi Rush (7 Reading Features)
Freedom Finger (6 Reading Features)
Street Fighter 6 (5 Reading Features)
Robobeat (5 Reading Features)

Navigation

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Nidhogg which deals with how the game provides guidance and assistance to navigate its worlds. These are only for games that have traversal and exploration in 2D and 3D spaces.

Menu Navigation

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation

If you want to play Nidhogg, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:

Street Fighter 6 (6 Navigation Features)
Robobeat (5 Navigation Features)
Sifu (5 Navigation Features)
Castle Crashers (5 Navigation Features)

Visual

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Visual in Nidhogg which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.

Contrast

Medium Contrast: Game uses generally well contrasting and bright visuals, or has a slider to make this the case.

Interactive Elements

Large Game Elements: Game characters and other elements are large and distinguishable. Enemies and player characters are at least 1/6 of the height of the screen. Or there is a zoom feature to make them larger.

Visual Distractions

No Flashes: No flashing strobe effects or you can disable them. This includes the absence of flashing from dramatic visual effects, explosions or weather effects like lightning.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual

If you want to play Nidhogg, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:

Street Fighter 6 (8 Visual Features)
Castle Crashers (7 Visual Features)
En Garde (6 Visual Features)
Unto The End (5 Visual Features)

Audio

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Nidhogg which deal with how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see.

Adjustable Audio

Balance Audio Levels: Set music and game sound effects separately. This enables you to select your preference as well as ensure critical game sounds aren't obscured by other audio.

Play Without Hearing

Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio

If you want to play Nidhogg, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:

Hi-Fi Rush (3 Audio Features)
Ape Out (3 Audio Features)

Communication

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Communication in Nidhogg which deal with how you can communicate with other players in the game and what options are available to customise and control this interaction. The following games are similar to Nidhogg, and offer accessibility features for Communication:

Street Fighter 6 (1 Communication Feature)
Arms (1 Communication Feature)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (1 Communication Feature)

System Accessibility Settings

In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:

PC
Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators.

PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).

Read more about system accessibility settings.

Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors @JonahMonaghan