After blending Wind Waker with Kiki's Delivery Service last year, indie dev reveals an N64-inspired Zelda-like RPG – and it's an instant Kickstarter hit

1. Games
2. RPGs

After blending Wind Waker with Kiki's Delivery Service last year, indie dev reveals an N64-inspired Zelda-like RPG – and it's an instant Kickstarter hit News By Jordan Gerblick published 11 February 2026

Bel's Fanfare was 600% funded in just three days

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

(Image credit: Chibig)

• Copy link
• Facebook
• X
• Whatsapp
• Pinterest
• Flipboard
• Email

Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter GamesRadar+ Get the GamesRadar+ Newsletter

Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more

Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

You are now subscribed

Your newsletter sign-up was successful

Want to add more newsletters?

Every Friday

GamesRadar+

Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you're going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them.

Signup +

Every Thursday

GTA 6 O'clock

Our special GTA 6 newsletter, with breaking news, insider info, and rumor analysis from the award-winning GTA 6 O'clock experts.

Signup +

Every Friday

Knowledge

From the creators of Edge: A weekly videogame industry newsletter with analysis from expert writers, guidance from professionals, and insight into what's on the horizon.

Signup +

Every Thursday

The Setup

Hardware nerds unite, sign up to our free tech newsletter for a weekly digest of the hottest new tech, the latest gadgets on the test bench, and much more.

Signup +

Every Wednesday

Switch 2 Spotlight

Sign up to our new Switch 2 newsletter, where we bring you the latest talking points on Nintendo's new console each week, bring you up to date on the news, and recommend what games to play.

Signup +

Every Saturday

The Watchlist

Subscribe for a weekly digest of the movie and TV news that matters, direct to your inbox. From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we've got you covered.

Signup +

Once a month

SFX

Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month!

Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter

I was already intrigued by this new Zelda-like indie RPG blowing up on Kickstarter, but I'm precisely 10 times more excited after learning it's being developed by the same Spain-based studio that came out with Mika and the Witch's Mountain, one of my favorite indie releases from last year, which mashed up Wind Waker and Kiki's Delivery Service into an unstoppably charming cozy adventure.

I'm definitely not the only one charmed by Bel's Fanfare, as its Kickstarter was 600% funded in just three days and has more than 10 times its funding goal with over $500,000 pledged at the time of writing.

Whereas Mika and the Witch's Mountain was clearly inspired by GameCube-era Zelda, Bel's Fanfare is developer Chibig's chance to show love to N64 classics like Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time. "By now, you should know that we are obsessed with the Nintendo 64 era," the studio says. "We would like to bring the good times back by replicating the most characteristic artifacts of the games that we used to play as children."

You may like

• This obviously Paper Mario-inspired RPG is finally out "after 5 long years" with near-perfect Steam reviews
• Ex-Naughty Dog director says Zelda: Wind Waker was the main inspiration for his new game's art style
• Upcoming indie games for 2026 and beyond

Bel's Fanfare — Kickstarter Full Trailer | Nintendo Switch | Steam (PC) | PlayStation | Xbox - YouTube Watch On

What I love most about Mika and the Witch's Mountain is that it pays reverence to its inspirations without coming across as derivative. With Bel's Fanfare, Chibig once again seems to be marching to the beat of its own drum with a story about a once prestigious and magical ship called The Witch of the Sea, which is now plagued by aura, something you're tasked with cleaning up as the daughter of the ship's stoker. It's Ghibli-esque, yes, but it's also wonderfully weird and unique in its own right.

Its visuals and music are most obviously inspired by N64-era Zelda, with big-headed freaks wearing oversized pants and whimsical orchestral music having an outsized presence in the above trailer.

Meanwhile, I'm actually reminded most of Luigi's Mansion in reading about gameplay in Bel's Fanfare. Your job is to explore the whole ship and cleanse every room of aura, which is sometimes hostile and requires combat. Seeing as how the folks at Chibig are such big fans of old Nintendo games, it wouldn't surprise me if the Luigi's Mansion loop of cleansing haunted mansions of ghosts was an inspiration, which would frankly be pretty dope.

Anyway, I haven't been this excited for a new indie project in a minute, but sadly it's still a little ways off. Chibig plans to release Bel's Fanfare on Switch 1 and 2, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC in October 2027.

Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter

Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more

Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

Here are some more upcoming indie games to keep on your radar.

CATEGORIES PC Gaming PS5 Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 Platforms PlayStation Nintendo Jordan GerblickSocial Links Navigation

After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.

View More

You must confirm your public display name before commenting

Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name.

Logout Read more This obviously Paper Mario-inspired RPG is finally out "after 5 long years" with near-perfect Steam reviews    Ex-Naughty Dog director says Zelda: Wind Waker was the main inspiration for his new game's art style    Upcoming indie games for 2026 and beyond    This adorable upcoming platformer is a love letter to video games where the world is broken by design    After a quiet flop and some very loud industry-wide implosion, Shovel Knight dev really needs its new Game Boy-style soulslike to break through: "If we sold, like, 100,000, that's not so good"    The Last of Us co-director wants to deliver a "unique type of storytelling" with Coven of the Chicken Foot, a lush love letter to ICO    Latest in RPGs OG Fable designer Peter Molyneux cried watching Xbox reveal the new reboot: "F*** me ... It's going to carry on"    Deltarune Chapter 5 is still underway, as Undertale icon Toby Fox says devs are "polishing" it with "bugtesting on PC"    Fable promises a Bethesda-like reactive fantasy world, and I think it will be enough to cover for The Elder Scrolls 6    RPG legend Josh Sawyer figured his "dream" of making a Fallout game was dead – until New Vegas came along    CDPR welcomes new AI director, who joins The Witcher 4 studio "after 8 years of building memorable RPGs at BioWare"    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 fan says their merch has been detained by officials who think it's "possibly" a relic    Latest in News Highguard studio hit with mass layoffs as "most of the team at Wildlight" is let go    Following Anaconda and Primate, new hippo-based creature feature unveils its first look    Helldivers movie sets late 2027 release date and adds a video game movie hero to its ranks in Minecraft's Jason Momoa    After a mixed critical response, Christopher Nolan looks back at Interstellar's growing reputation as a modern classic    Hollow Knight: Silksong community crosses 4 weeks cheering a mad lad fighting Savage Beastfly with ungodly custom rules    Yapyap dev sells 500,000 copies in a week through the power of friendslop and Steam    GAME REVIEWSMOVIE REVIEWSTV REVIEWS

1. 1Reanimal review: "A feast of twisted weirdness conjuring up unpleasant imagery and dark world building"
2. 2Crisol: Theater of Idols review: "This blood-powered shooter intrigues me, but never manages to live up to its dark folklore promises"
3. 3Mario Tennis Fever review: "Riotous, hilarious, and chaotic, but it can't quite serve up the complete package"
4. 4Romeo is a Dead Man review: "When this time-traveling hack and slash hits its groove, this is Suda51's bloodiest, sharpest spectacle since No More Heroes"
5. 5Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties review: "The meatiest brawling this crime thriller's tackled in years combines with its warmest story, but its overly edgy new chapter leaves me cold"

1. 1Return to Silent Hill review: "Neither an impressive adaptation nor coherent enough to act as a standalone film"
2. 228 Years Later: The Bone Temple review: "The wildest and weirdest entry into the franchise yet"
3. 3Avatar: Fire and Ash review: "Still a technical marvel, with some of the year's best action filmmaking"
4. 4Five Nights at Freddy's 2 review: "We have waited two years for a Five Nights at Freddy's 1.5"
5. 5Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review: "Brings Knives Out back to its roots for a sequel that's almost on a par with the original"

1. 1Wonder Man review: "A low-key gem that's up there with the MCU's best"
2. 2Starfleet Academy review: "It may feel a little different to what we're used to, but this is Star Trek through and through"
3. 3A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms review: "This Game of Thrones spin-off is a heartfelt and fun return to Westeros"
4. 4Stranger Things season 5 finale review: “Shows off both the best and the worst of Hawkins”
5. 5Stranger Things season 5, Volume 2 review: “All set up for a finale that has so much to deliver”