Hilda and the Forgotten Valley

Hilda and the Forgotten Valley (ヒルダの冒険 〜太陽の女神の神社〜 Hiruda no Bōken Taiyō no Megami no Jinja, "Hilda's Adventure: Shrine of the Sun Goddess") is a platformer action-adventure game based on Luke Pearson's Hilda series of graphic novels as well as primarily the Netflix TV series. It was released on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, macOS and Google Stadia on March 27, 2020. It was developed by Item Studios (a subsidiary of Smileworks) with assistance by ILCA, Inc. and published by Smileworks. Ports for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were released on February 12, 2021.

Gameplay
The game is a 3D platformer akin to games such as Super Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie. However, the difference for this game is that it focuses on traveling from point A to point B. Levels will also have hidden sun stones that unlock extras such as clips from the show, concept art and bonus costumes for Hilda.

The main playable character is Hilda, and the player will mostly play as her for the majority of the game. She can attack by spinning around with Flora assisting her spin. She can also use some weapons like a sword created by the fairies for her. kicking the enemies, and also she's able to an special attack if the "Super" bar it's full, Flora will use her magic in Hilda to turn her into a rainbow girl, and she'll be invincible during 30 seconds. in underwater levels, there's an oxygen bar, when it goes zero, then she will drown, but at the same time she will be saved by Flora, who will pull her out using her magic in time.. In the underwater levels Hilda it's able to swim with a smooth control but is not annoying like other games of this style, The oxygen bar consists of a blue bar that will be slowly lowering and to refill it you have to climb to the surface, or look for a crack where a bubble comes out to take oxygen from it. just like sonic the hedgehog. In some parts of the game, other characters such as Twig and Alfur are playable, albeit in brief sections. In the DLC packs, David and Frida can also be played as well via local co-op.

Certain levels will also have the player control the Raven in his thunderbird form. When played, the level will switch to gameplay similar to the NiGHTS series. You'll also play as flora in some levels and in a boss fight. When played, the game will switch to gameplay similar to the Star Fox series. Also in the levels, you can interact with the characters, you can talk with them and also they will give you secondary missions to play and have some fun with them, After you complete a secondary mission your reward will be some of the sun stones you find in the levels. The player can play as Johanna too, she's playable in 5 levels, and it's like Hilda's gameplay, but with some changes.

Main Story
Hilda, her mum, Twig and Alfur are enjoying a picnic out from Trolberg. At one point, Hilda hears a mysterious voice. The voice was revealed to be a fairy named Flora. She tells Hilda that the fairies reside in a forest that the citizens of Trolberg has not yet visited. Meanwhile, a businessman is overlooking a construction for a new shopping center for Trolberg. Unbeknownst to him is that deep within the construction site is a prison that holds off an evil serpent named Orochi. During construction, Orochi is released from his prison and is bent on destroying all of Trolberg and make the citizens his slaves to build a new city solely for him. Orochi also summons his army of minions to assist in his tyrannical conquest.

Seeing this, Flora enlists the help of Hilda to collect a set of artifacts known as the Three Sacred Relics, which consist of a jewel, a mirror, and a sword, to awake Amaterasu, a goddess that sealed Orochi in the past, in order to put him back into his prison. Flora tells Hilda that Amaterasu's shrine is in a place north of Trolberg known as the "Forgotten Valley", a place once occupied by people in the past but was abandoned after some time. Accepting Flora's wish, Hilda goes on a quest to retrieve the Three Relics, then go to the Forgotten Valley so she can awake Amaterasu from her slumber and save Trolberg before Orochi destroys it once more.

Hilda and the Mysterious Island
Hilda, David and Frida are stranded in an island far from Trolberg when a storm broke out, while they were trying to complete a Sparrow Scout badge. The trio, with the help of Twig, Alfur and Flora, must escape the island and make it back to Trolberg while avoiding dangers that inhabit the island.

Hilda and the Stone of Light
After discovering the existence of the stone of light, the Marra, who had one of them who once tormented David in his nightmares, thought of a very evil plan that would cause trouble to the people of Trolberg. Kelly, a Marra who had tricked Frida, and the other Marra would somehow manage to destroy the stone and scatter the pieces throughout various parts of Trolberg and the forest, causing the people of Trolberg to slowly fall into a deep and eternal sleep that would leave them having nightmares forever. Three of the unlucky ones were Hilda, Frida and David. Luckily, Flora managed to resist the eternal sleep and managed to wake up her three friends who helped them to seal Orochi previously, and now they would embark on an adventure to restore the Stone of Light and stop the Marra.

Main Story Chapters
Chapters serve as acts to the game. Each chapter consist of eight levels, with all of them ending in a boss fight.

Chapter 1: The Fairy

 * Story: Hilda, her mum, Twig and Alfur are enjoying a picnic near the forest. Hilda starts to look around, when she meets Flora, a fairy. After introducing themselves, and Hilda and Flora travel to Shining Forest, a place where Flora was from and where modern Trolberg has not found, due to the fairies having trust issues with humans.
 * Boss: The Tree Monster - To show Hilda what the fairies can do, they used some magic. However, one fairy accidentally brought a tree to life, and went on a rampage. To stop the monster and gain the trust of the fairies, Hilda would promise that she would tame the tree monster.

Chapter 2: The Serpent's Liberation

 * Story: After defeating the tree monster, Hilda gained trust from the fairies. The fairies decide to send Flora on a task to study the life in Trolberg. Hilda would return to her mum and the others back to the city. Back at Trolberg, Hilda shows Flora around the city, along with Hilda introducing Flora to Frida and David.
 * Boss: Arms of Darkness - Hilda, Flora, and her friends notice a construction site for Trolberg's first ever shopping center. After getting a look from the construction, Hilda and the others resumed walking around Trolberg. During construction, one of the workers finds a strange-looking tablet. Assuming it was trash, they throw it away. The tablet however started to shake and emit a smoke of darkness. Out of the tablet came two hands with red eyes. The construction workers soon run away, getting the attention of Hilda and the others. The Trolberg Safety Patrol would arrive but to no avail. Hilda and Flora would confront the arms, as the Trolberg Safety Patrol were forced to retreat.

Chapter 3: The Deep Ocean

 * Story: After defeating the arms, a serpent named Orochi was released from the tablet, which was turned out to be his prison. Orochi revealed that the arms were created by him, and thus he threatened the citizens of Trolberg that within three days, he would use all of his powers to destroy Trolberg. Flora then tells Hilda that Amaterasu, a sun goddess, can seal Orochi back into his prison. But in order to awake her, Hilda would need the Three Sacred Relics. Flora tells that the first of the relics, a jewel is located in a temple near the harbor of Trolberg.
 * Boss: King Salt Lion - After traversing through the ruins, Hilda and Flora would find the jewel of the Three Sacred Relics. They notice that there was a Salt Lion nearby. Flora notices that it was their leader, King Salt Lion. As soon as they tried to get the jewel, the King Salt Lion attacked them. Flora then noticed that it was corrupted by Orochi's dark magic, due to it having red eyes and having dark aura surrounding it. To get the jewel and to return the King Salt Lion back to normal, Hilda and Flora would have to fight it.

Chapter 4: The Snowy Cavern

 * Story: After getting the jewel of the Three Sacred Relics and returning the King Salt Lion back to normal, Hilda and Flora now need two more of the Three Sacred Relics to awaken Amaterasu. They travel to the cave that is filled with ice and snow, located near a mountain. They hope to find the mirror of the Three Sacred Relics.
 * Boss: Grim Cold - As Hilda and Flora reach near the mirror, the two are ambushed by the Grim Cold, one of the creations of Orochi. The Grim Cold manages to get a hold of Flora, but was she freed herself with her magic. The Grim Cold then creates icicle spears around the mirror, preventing the two from getting it until they defeat her.

Chapter 5: The Steampunk Lands

 * Story: By defeating the Grim Cold, Hilda and Flora have acquired the mirror of the Three Sacred Relics, with the sword being the last relic remaining to be found. The two travel to a factory complex, filled with many steam engines. The two stop here to rest, as they have been exhausted from battling the Orochi's minions.
 * Boss: Mechanical Lord - While exploring the complex, Hilda and Flora take a look at a giant robot. All of a sudden, the robot glowed red eyes and began attacking. Flora then realized that the robot, dubbed the Mehanical Lord was under the influence of Orochi. After the Mechanical Lord has sustained enough damage, the metallic menace tries to eat the two. Flora enters the robot through its mouth to clear its influence by Orochi.

Chapter 6: The City ( This is not Trolberg. It's just an normal city)

 * Story: Hilda and Flora managed to escape the explosion caused by the Mechanical Lord's destruction. The two decided that they really needed to go. With that, they go to a city in hopes of finding the sword of the Three Sacred Relics.
 * Boss: Robo-Hilda - The heroines run into a group of gangsters who don't tolerate children in the streets of the city. The gangsters then put up a gas that makes Hilda and Flora unconscious. After they wake up, Flora has been captured by the same gangsters and Hilda is trapped in a large square-shaped room. No one is in the same room where Hilda is, except for a robotic version of her. The gangsters reveal that while she was asleep, they analyzed her body for the robot version of Hilda, dubbed Robo-Hilda. The gangters then force Hilda to fight Robo-Hilda, as they will let her and Flora go if she wins.

Chapter 7: The Magma Complex

 * Story: After defeating Robo-Hilda, the gangsters free Hilda and Flora, on the condition that they never enter the city again. Hilda asks about if they know about the sword of the Three Sacred Relics. They then reveal that the sword is located in a volcanic cave. Hilda and Flora leave the city, with their pursuit for the sword underway. Along the way, they encounter Frida.
 * Boss: Dark Matter Metallic Squid - After a traveling through the volcano, the heroines managed to find the sword, but surrounded by a pool of lava. The heroines try to walk across the pool, but they saw an surprising scene, Frida who somehow was able follow them all the way to here, was fighting with a giant dark matter slime who was trying to protect the sword from those who try to steal it, she was winning but sundendly the slime decided to transform himself into an giant metallic squid powered by his dark matter liquids, he started to manipulate many of the external elements of the area to created the metallic squid and defeted frida with a single hit with one of his tentacles, Seeing this Hilda and Flora knew that they had to act quickly to save frida from that giant dark matter metallic squid and get the sword.

Chapter 8: The Dark Town

 * Story: The metallic squid has been defeated with the dark matter slime, with now the sword of the Three Sacred Relics now available for Hilda and Flora. The two, along with Frida, escape the volcanic cavern, with all of the Three Sacred Relics collected. The heroine's last step is to now go to the Amaterasu's shrine in the Forgotten Valley. To get there however, they needed to get through a dark village, as there is no alternate pathway for the heroines to take.
 * Boss: Count Silhouette - The heroines are confronted by a man known as Count Silhouette. He demands that the heroes hand over the Three Sacred Relics, but they refuse to give the relics to Silhouette. Angered, Silhouette traps the girls by raising some walls from the ground. The heroes are trapped unless they can defeat Silhouette, of which Hilda volunteers to battle.

Chapter 9: The Forgotten Valley

 * Story: With Count Silhouette defeated, Hilda, Flora and Frida were free and the walls came back below the ground. Before he disappeared, Silhouette warns to the girls that defeating the Orochi won't be an easy task. After listening to that the Count Sillhouette disapeared turning himself into bats, the girls were now in the Forgotten Valley after traveling there by leaving the dark village. With all of the Three Sacred Relics, Hilda and Flora were ready to awake Amaterasu. They also encountered David along the way.
 * Boss: Dark Flaris - Hilda and the others traveled through the village, with their last stop Amaterasu's shrine itself. As soon as they walked towards it however, Flaris, Flora's younger sister appeared, but she had been corrupted by the Orochi. The group split up into two: Hilda, Frida and David would awake Amaterasu while Flora would try to free Flaris from the Orochi's influence.

Chapter 10: The Null Space

 * Story: Flora manages to free her sister Flaris from the Orochi, thus returning her back to normal. The kids return back with the fairies, as Frida explained that they need help with summoning Amaterasu. The heroes went to the shrine. Placing the Three Sacred Relics, Flora and Flaris chanted spells that would summon Amaterasu. After this, Amaterasu appeared. She would bless Hilda and Flora with the power to defeat Orochi. On their way out, they encountered Kaisa, who explained to them that she needed their help with a place known as the Null Space. Hilda and Flora agreed to help her. Frida, David and Flaris were suspicious about her sudden arrival.
 * Boss: Negitivisoulter - Hilda and the others were concerned as why Kaisa needed help. Suddenly, Kaisa was revealed to be Negitivisoulter. He tricked Hilda and Flora into coming to the Null Space as he was ordered by Orochi to stall them from summoning Amaterasu. The heroes also managed to find the real Kaisa, who had been captured and in a crystal. Hilda blamed herself for being gullible, but Flora told her to soften up, as Hilda has gotten this far. Hilda regained her confidence, thanks to Flora and support from David, Frida and Flaris. Hilda and Flora would then fight the Negitivisoulter.

Chapter 11: The Mother's Rescue

 * Story: With the Negitivisoulter defeated, the heroes freed Kaisa from her prison and returned back to the normal world. The heroes would go back to the Forgotten Valley to summon Amaterasu. However, a mysterious man named Mr. X appeared and captured the heroes. Meanwhile, Johanna, Hilda's mum, has been worried sick about Hilda, as she hadn't seen her in days. Johanna had then decided that she would look for Hilda, with the help of Twig, Alfur and Tontu.
 * Boss: Mr. X - Johanna and the others kept searching, but their search wasn't that successful. Mr. X suddenly appeared, and he explained to Johanna about was happening with Hilda. Mr. X then says that Johanna and Hilda, along with all of the others, should return back to Trolberg. However, Hilda points out that the Orochi would attack the city. At this point, Mr. X realizes that his cover is blown. Frustrated, he decides to hurt Hilda. Not willing to let her daughter get beaten up, Johanna would confront Mr. X and free the heroes.

Chapter 12: Trolberg?

 * Story: After a fierce battle, Johanna defeated Mr. X, and freed the heroes. Mr. X then turned into a pile of ashes. Hilda and her family and friends returned to Trolberg, only to find it already taken over by the Orochi. Amaterasu appeared again, this time telling the heroes that Trolberg is in danger and they need to rescue the citizens.
 * Boss: Ms. Z - Everyone managed to evacuate the citizens to safety. When everyone came back together, Ms. Z, Mr. X's sister, appeared. She had appeared to stop Hilda and the others from reaching Orochi. Thanks to being blessed by Amaterasu, Hilda and Flora would take on Ms. Z. The others would cheer for the two.

Chapter 13: The Tower
This chapter only has 3 levels, which consist of two platform levels, and a boss fight. The secound platform level it's more like an boss rush, because like Lava Mountain Zone 3 from Sonic Lost World, You'll have to fight again one of the previous bosses you've beaten before.


 * Story: Hilda and Flora had now defeated Ms. Z. Ms. Z congratulated on the two's victory, and that they have the potential to defeat Orochi. She then tells Hilda and Flora that he is in a tower, located in the construction site where he was liberated from his prison. After saying this, Ms. Z turned to ashes. Hilda was worried that she and Flora wouldn't make it to the tower, but Amaterasu said that she would warp them there. Before she warped them to the tower, Johanna and the others gave words of encourage to the two. Amaterasu then warped Hilda and Flora to the Orochi's tower.  Boosted by the words of the others, Hilda and Flora entered the tower with determination.
 * Level 1 Arival To The Tower: Once they entered inside the tower, they we're recived by a highly dangerous security, the place was filled with thosand of creatures and robots that wanted to kill them, Flora told hilda that there was not turning back now, they had to get to the end of all of this to defeat orochi for once.
 * Level 2 Revenge Is Served!: While they we're trying to get to the top of the tower, The Grim Cold, Dark Sillhouette, And the robo hilda who wasn't destroyed at all and was completely rebuilded and rescheduled to destroy hilda and flora, Have decided that it's time for some revenge against them, they decided that they'll take turns to kill them, Grim Cold would go first, Then the Count Sillhouette, And then the new and vindictive Robo-Hilda that was ready to fight her "Loathsome Copy"
 * Boss Phase 1: Hilda and Flora managed to reach the top of the tower, where Orochi had been waiting for them. He is impressed that they managed to get this far, but stated that their luck has run out. Hilda wasn't intimidated however, and neither was Flora. The heroines would then fight Orochi.
 * Boss Phase 2: Orochi was enraged, questioning as how they managed to defeat him so quickly. He decided to use his dark magic to turn him more powerful than ever before. He started to surround himself with burning aura, and with a flash, he transformed into a tentacled-monster. Hilda was worried that she would have trouble, but just in the nick of time, Amaterasu gave Hilda the Sword of Kusanagi, giving her edge against Orochi's transformation.
 * Ending: Hilda landed the final blow to Orochi, to which he transformed back to his serpent form, weakened. The tower began crumbling down, and Hilda fell down while Flora tried to catch her but was late. Thankfully, Amaterasu saved Hilda by slowing down her fall, until she reached back on the ground safely. Flora was relieved that she survived. Hilda's friends and family arrived to make sure she was okay, and to their relief, Hilda was not harmed. Amaterasu then sealed Orochi back into his prison. To ensure that his prison would not be tampered with, she put his prison deep into the ocean ground, never to be touched again. Amaterasu then used her magic to rebuild all of Trolberg. The mayor of the Trolberg congratulated Hilda and her friends and family for saving the city. The business man behind the construction for the shopping center then stated that it has been suspended indefinitely to ensure the safety of the citizens. After the celebration, Hilda bid farwell to Flora, Flaris and Amaterasu. Before they went, Hilda and Flora talked to each other, hoping to see each other again one day. Amaterasu also thanked Hilda for defeating Orochi and saving Trolberg. Flora and Flaris then flew back to Shining Forest while Amaterasu warped back to her shrine. Johanna, David and Frida met up with Hilda, thanking her again for saving the city. After this, Hilda and the others went back to Trolberg to have a celebratory picnic in the park.

Chapter 14: Dark Space
This chapter will only be unlocked if you collect all of the hidden sun stones. This chapter only has 2 levels. a long platform level, and the boss fight. The only platform level of this chapter consists on 6 parts where you'll have to find a sun stone to complete your mission, And like the secound level of The Tower, You'll have to fight with some of the previous bosses you've fighted before.


 * Story: Before Orochi was sealed, he had contacted with his creator, Darkus as backup should he be defeated. Two weeks after the defeat of Orochi, Hilda and her friends continue to explore around the city, while Johanna was confident in her daughter that she would be safe. This period of peace did not last long however, as Darkus had appeared. Using his dark magic, he engulfed the planet and pulverized everything. Fortunately, Hilda, her friends and family, Flora and some fairies, and Trevor too because hilda wanted to save him to, even if he still thinks that she's a witch, were spared thanks to Amaterasu warping them all to a shelter.
 * Level 1 The Black Space: Knowing that Orochi before being sealed he contacted his creator to backup him, Amaterasu and the others we're sad because the world was destroyed, and they thought that everything was over, Amaterasu couldn't do anything for them cause Darkus power was way more powerful that hers, so she didn't stand a chance to beat her, more because Darkus was a giant deity with a power closer to the omnipotence. but hilda didn't wanted to think that, she told everyone that there had to be an solution for all of this madness, she she didn't wanted to give up that easy, she had gone so far to save trolberg from that maniac and she won't let that giant freak would get away with this, so she leaved the shelter they we're, and go with flora through the rest of the now destroyed planet to find the remain sun stones to see if Amaterasu could do something with them. but it won't be easy because three of the sun stones we're protected by three guardians, A distorted and shadow version of the tree monster, A reddish version of the King Salt Lion who had completely black eyes, And a darker version of the Dark Matter Metallic Squid. Flora warned hilda that this could be very risky, but hilda didn't even listen to her a little and she just followed her instincts and take the risk of her life.
 * Boss Phase 1: After defeating every guardian and get all the remain sun stones, Amaterasu was surprised that Hilda managed to acquire all sun stones, she then told her that they we're required to create a titan that could be the enough power to defeat Darkus, she called it, "The Sunshine Colossus". Hilda and Flora were transported to the colossus so they can control it to defeat him. The others bid best of luck to Hilda and Flora. The two and the colossus were transported to Darkus's lair, where he had been waiting for the two to arrive.
 * Boss Phase 2: Darkus was weakened, but not out. To ensure that he wouldn't go down so easilly, he constricted the Sunshine Colossus with some tentacle he created. Hilda, powered by some of Flora's magic, went to go take down the tentacles.
 * Boss Phase 3: With the tentacles destroyed, Darkus decided to transform himself into Mega Darkus. Amaterasu powered up Hilda by giving her the Sword of Kusanagi, which was also used to defeat Orochi, as well as turning Hilda into a semi-fairy, complete with wings and magic. Both the colossus and Hilda would take on Mega Darkus.
 * True Ending: Through a tough battle, Hilda and the Sunshine Colossus had finally taken down Mega Darkus. Darkus then fell down to the lava. Hilda had passed out due to fatigue. Flora catches her with the colossus. The two were transported back to the shelter by Amaterasu. Johanna and the others were concerned if Hilda was okay. Much to their relief, she turned out to be completely unharmed. Amaterasu then used her magic to clear the darkness from the world, along with restoring everything that Darkus obliterated. Hilda and the others were transported back to Trolberg, safe and sound. Flora had decided that she would visit Hilda every once in a while, to which Hilda agreed of. After the conversation, everyone went back to doing their normal activities, while also not forgetting about Hilda's bravery.

The Mysterious Island Chapters
This story instead of having 13 chapters, it only has seven. Like the main story, each chapter consist of eight levels, with all of them ending in a boss fight.

Chapter 1: The Island

 * Story: Hilda, David and Frida where on the shores of Trolberg, trying to complete the trash collecting badge. Twig and Flora had joined them to accompany the trio. While throwing away the trash, they found an abandoned ship. All of a sudden, a massive storm brewed, dragging the kids out to sea. Afterwards, Hilda and wakes up, with no one around her. She then sets off to see if the others are okay.
 * Boss: Lord Hedgehog - After a long time of exploring the island, Hilda would come across a ruin where she would meet the Lord Hedgehog, a large hedgehog who tells her that this island contains a powerful being at the center of it, and that a diabolical wizard plans to free it in order to empower him to the point that he becomes invincible. The hedgehog is the only inhabitant of the island before the other inhabitants were exterminated by the evil wizard. To see if Hilda was worthy of defeating the wizard, the hedgehog asked Hilda to face him in a duel to see if she was strong enough.

Chapter 2: Finding My Friends

 * Story: After defeating Lord Hedgehog, he declared that Hilda was worthy of defeating the wizard. Afterwards, Hilda realizes that she still needed to look for her friends. The hedgehog decided to help her as he is a native to the island and knows the locations of it.
 * Boss: Pogo-Tick the Mechanical Pogo Stick - After crossing a path full of dangers, the two met the diabolical wizard who was surprised to see the lord hedgehog, as he thought he had been exterminated too. then he decided to attack the two using one of his creations, the Pogo-Tick, a mechanized pogo stick that had trapped Flora, using it as a source of power to have enough destructive power. the wizard would activate the Pogo-Tick to attack Hilda and the lord hedgehog.

Chapter 3: The Flooded Cave

 * Story: The wizard had seen that Hilda had managed to defeat Pogo-Tick. He had then vowed that he will get stronger minions next time. Hilda then sees Flora, who had been released from Pogo-Tick. After a couple of searches, Hilda and the others went to a cave, hoping to find the others.
 * Boss: Crab King - Hilda and the others were lost in the cave, worrying if they will ever make it out alive. All of a sudden, the wizard from before showed up once again, this time he had turned a crab giant, along with revealing that the wizard had captured Hilda's friends. Concerned about the safety of her companions, Hilda fought the Crab King.

Chapter 4: The Temple of Orochi's Origins

 * Story: After defeating the Crab King, and returning him to his normal form, the wizard cast a spell that teleported Hilda and Flora to an unknown place, while the Lord Hedgehog used his magic to remove his powers and turn him into an ordinary hedgehog, since he realized that he possessed a power that was very over exploitable. Hilda and Flora woke up in a completely dark place, Flora would use her magic to light the way. After exploring this strange place, they realized that this was a temple related to the origins of Orochi, the snake that once tried to take over Trolberg. Without wasting time, the two began to explore the temple to find out more information.
 * Boss: Rock Statue Orochi - Flora and the others continued to read the scripts about Orochi's origins. Hilda then noticed a statue of Orochi. The wizard then showed up, seeing that the Lord Hedgehog turned into a normal hedgehog. He mocked Hilda for having one of her allies turned into a useless animal. Hilda was offended by the wizard's speech. Before Hilda got the chance to get the wizard, he floated up and casted a spell on the statue, turning it alive. It acted much like the organic Orochi, except that it didn't speak. The wizard teleported away, thus leaving Hilda to stop the statue.

Chapter 5: Climbing the Mountain

 * Story: After destroying the Orochi statue, Hilda and Flora would leave the temple to go after the wizard, who was at the top of a mountain where his hideout was located. Hilda and Flora, along with the Lord Hedgehog who was still an ordinary hedgehog, went to climb the mountain to reach the top. but it would not be easy.
 * Boss: Pendulum of Doom (Based on Ghost Pendulum, from Sonic Rush Adventure) - Just as they were about to reach the top, the wizard appeared very upset, he wondered how a simple girl and a fairy had managed to get so far. using his magic he began to create a huge metallic monstrosity, which curiously seemed to be one of those pendulums that normal people would have. after building the Pendulum of doom, he commanded it to annihilate Hilda and the others.

Chapter 6: The Top of the Mountain

 * Story: After defeating the Pendulum of Doom, Hilda and the others made it to the top of the mountain, where they saw that there was a castle in the distance. after walking along a snowy path, they arrived at the castle entrance only to realize that they needed a key to enter. without much effort they found it in a frozen cave, and with the key, they entered the castle.
 * Boss: Crazax - After exploring the castle and climbing to the top, they found the wizard sitting on his throne, and next to him was another wizard in a white suit named Crazax, who was his assistant, Devil Wizard was surprised and complained too much that a simple girl had managed to reach his hideout. Seeing that the blue-haired girl was not going to give up easily, he sent Crazax to finish them off once and for all. Not only that, Crazax also used his magic to make Frida and David, who were locked in a cell, turn into dark versions with red eyes in order to have an advantage in this fight.

Chapter 7: The Center of the Island

 * Story: Hilda had finally defeated Crazax. Flora used her magic to turn Frida and David back to normal. The Devil Wizard ran off, but this time Hilda and the others managed to keep up with the wizard.
 * Boss Phase 1: Devil Wizard - Hilda and the others made it to the Devil Wizard's lair. He had decided that he had enough of Hilda's antics. With his staff, he was ready to fight Hilda. Hilda is also ready to fight the wizard, but she is feeling confident thanks to Flora helping her.
 * Boss Phase 2: Wacker the Fallen Angel - Devil Wizard was weakened, but wasn't defeated just yet. Using a little bit of magic left in his staff, he summons Wacker the Fallen Angel from his prison. While Wacker was grateful of the Wizard for awakening him, he decided that he was no longer needed in service. Wacker then steals the soul of the Wizard to become more powerful. Hilda is worried that she wouldn't defeat Wacker, but luckilly Lord Hedgehog provides Hilda a ring which grants her a set of armor, along with a sword and a shield to combat against Wacker.
 * Ending: Hilda lands a final blow to Wacker. Wacker then turned into a pile of ashes, screaming as he slowly dies. Lord Hedgehog is turned back to normal. Hilda gives him the ring back. Eventually, the group escapes the late Devil Wizard's lair, where Lord Hedgehog had contacted a water spirit to take Hilda and her friends back to Trolberg. Hilda thanks Lord Hedgehog for helping her in their journey through the island. Lord Hedgehog, in return, thanks Hilda for saving the island and defeating the wizard and Wacker. After bidding their farewells, Hilda and friends went back to Trolberg thanks to the water spirit, while Lord Hedgehog would look around the island, seeing if there is any survivors.

The Stone of Light Chapters
Like the previous DLC story, Hilda and the Mysterious Island, this story only has seveen chapters, and each chapter consist of eight levels, with all of them ending in a boss fight as always. But in this story, David is the main character. Hilda is playable, but only for a few levels.

Chapter 1: The Destruction of the Stone of Light

 * Story: Hilda, Frida and David are walking back to Trolberg after a Sparrow Scout meeting. While the kids are having a conversation, deep in the forest, the Marra are plotting a plan to get more powerful by destroying the Stone of Light, a stone said to bring people dreams and ward off nightmares. They are successful and the stone is broken. All citizens of Trolberg are now stuck in eternal sleep, which the Marra will now give an endless supply of nightmares.
 * Boss: David's Marra (First Fight) - While David is trapped in his nightmare, he had an encounter with his Marra. She told him about the plan, much to David's horror. Meanwhile, Flora, who wasn't asleep due to her magic, appeared to help David by entering his nightmare to assist him. David's Marra then gets angry due to Flora's presance. David, with the help of Flora, had no choice but to confront his Marra.

Chapter 2: The Search of The Scattered Pieces

 * Story: Flora used her magic to wake up David, and was successfully able to do so. Afterwards, David's Marra was furious, but was impressed with Flora's magic. Flora forced David's Marra to tell her what is happening, to which David's Marra explains about the plan for the eternal slumber for all of Trolberg by destroying the Stone of Light. David's Marra then disappears to return with the rest of her kind. Flora then wakes up Hilda and Frida, then explains to the kids that they need to retrieve the Stone of Light, or else the Marra will take over Trolberg. The trio head to the forest as Flora has told them the pieces for the Stone of Light are there.
 * Boss: Kelly - While still searching for the Stone of Light, Hilda and her friends encountered Kelly. After David's Marra told her about Hilda and the others being awakened by Flora, Kelly was infuriated as she hoped that no person of Trolberg were spared by the Stone of Light's destruction. Nevertheless, she wasn't going to let the trio re-assemble the Stone of Light, to which she challenged them to a fight and if they managed to beat her, she would give a clue to where one of the pieces of the Stone of Light is.

Chapter 3: The Forest

 * Story: After defeating Kelly, she told the trio that a piece of the Stone of Light was deep in the forest, located at the bottom of the Darkmare Swamp where thousands of dangers dwelled. After telling them that, she vanished. Now knowing where to go, the trio entered the forest to go to the Darkmare Swamp.
 * Boss: Arms of Nightmare - When they arrived at the Darkmare Swamp, they were greeted by a dark and gloomy atmosphere that left them quite uncomfortable, Flora felt the precense of the piece quite close. They explored the Darkmare Swamp so much, that they got lost in a thick fog that appeared out of nowhere. Frida was alone, she was far away from her friends, but luckily Flora was with her. Suddenly, she fell without warning into the water, Flora didn't noticed that Frida fell to the water, so she was all alone and worried sick. Frida was desperately trying to swim to the surface, but something dragged her to the bottom, after struggling for 1 minute, she could not hold her breath any longer, and ended up fainting from lack of oxygen. and when she least expected it, she was in her worst nightmare, she saw some nightmarish arms that began to chase her, she was underwater, so she had to swim to the surface to somehow be able to confront them.

Chapter 4: Trolberg's Depths

 * Story: After destroying the eye of each one of the nightmare arms, the arms began to fall apart in a violent and bloody way, one of the pieces fell right on top of Frida, making her fall into the water. Frida was drowning, she couldn't get rid of what she had on top of her and the worst thing was that during the fight one of those arms cut her leg, but just when she thought she was going to die, Flora appeared and quickly saved her from that nightmare, just in time. When she woke up, she saw that she was not in the water, and that relieved her, Hilda and David told her that when they found the piece of the Stone of Light, they met a strange phantom that had one of the pieces of the Stone of Light, he just looked at them for a second and left. they had already gotten the piece they found so they had 9 pieces in total, so they decided to go back to Trolberg and get some rest. after taking a good rest, Johanna who had also been saved from her eternal nightmare. She told the heroes about a place in Trolberg that was closed because of the thousands of dangers in the city as well as its surrondings, she told them that when she found a certain place, she saw a phantom entering that place without anyone seeing him, due to the guards being asleep. Knowing that phantom had one of the pieces, they decided to go there, but Johanna would go with them cause she wanted to protect her daughter.
 * Boss: Illusion Phantom - While exploring the depths of the trolberg, David separated from the others to look for the piece himself. however, after finding the piece, he encountered the phantom he saw with Hilda, who wanted to run away, but he surprisingly decided to take the courage to confront the phantom.

Chapter 5: Hilda's Nightmare

 * Story: After an intense fight with the Specter, David managed to defeat him using one of the giant lamps to repel trolls of the Trolberg Security Patrol, when the specter disintegrated, he dropped two pieces of the stone of light in the process. after leaving the dark complex of trolberg, he was happy that he had been able to get three pieces of the stone of light, he alone, now had 16. The kids now have all 16 pieces of the Stone of Light. But when he returned to the surface he found a terrible surprise, he saw that the others were watching something terrifying. When David approached, he saw that Hilda was asleep on the floor, but she didn't seem to be okay, because she was convulsing a lot, and she was babbling some words that they didn't understand. David didn't understand what had happened, so a worried Frida explained to David that his Marra had used one of the pieces of the Stone of Light, and distorted it thanks to the other Marras, and using the power of that distorted piece, she used it against Hilda to make her go into a horrible and diabolical nightmare. David, who was a little determined to help the girl who had helped him the most since he met her, decided together with Flora, to enter Hilda's dreams to save her, and that's what they did.
 * Boss Phase 1: Dark Hilda - David, Frida and Flora entered Hilda's dream, and began to look for Hilda so that Flora can free her from her nightmare. Once they find her however, she had a dark aura surronding her, along with purple irises in her eyes. Flora realized that the distorted piece of the Stone of Light is to blame. Frida recommended that Hilda must be fought in order to free her from the corruption. David was hesitant to fight Hilda as it didn't felt right, but he had to do it or else she would be trapped in her nightmare forever.
 * Boss Phase 2: Giant Dark Hilda - The Marra had seen that David, Frida and Flora had entered Hilda's mind to free her from her nightmare. To ensure that they wouldn't be defeated very easilly, they turned Dark Hilda giant, giving her new attacks. Flora was prepared however, as she summoned a replica of the Sunshine Colossus to combat against Giant Dark Hilda.

Chapter 6: The Dreamland

 * Story: Whith the giant dark Hilda defeated, she started to fall to the ground and when her giant body impacted the ground, it created a huge earthquake. Afterwards, she started to shrink down to her normal size and also the dark aura started to fade and she turned back to her normal self. Then, she finally woke up from that nightmare. when she woke up she realized that she was saved by David and she was very proud of her and considered him as an real hero. She was so happy that she couldn't resist to give David a kiss on the cheek as thanks. David was proud of himself, he didn't thought that he would make that big goal, and he even cried of the happiness he had in that moment. When they returned to Trolberg, they used all the pieces that had to at least have a way to figure out where the other pieces are. Even if it was incomplete, the Stone of Light was still working, and it made a projection inside of him to show them that the rest of the pieces are in the Dreamland, the place where the Stone of Light originated from. Knowing that they had to do this, the team had decided that to go there they must fall into sleep to go to the Dreamland and get the rest of the pieces and complete the Stone of Light. Once they we're ready to go, Flora told the Stone of Light to send them to the Dreamland. and that's what the incomplete stone did.
 * Boss: Nightmare Bear (his design is based on Nightmare Freddy from Fnaf 4) - After finding almost all the pieces, there was only one remaining, and that one piece was in the hands of David's Marra, She was so angry at them, she didn't thought that they would get every piece of the Stone of Light and get to this far. Using all the power of the distorted piece of the Stone of Light it had, she created an nightmarish bear that had an elegant suit and a top hat. She named it as the "Nightmare Bear" and told the Nightmare Bear to attack them all, especially David, because she was seriously angry and wanted him dead.

Chapter 7: The Marra's Nightmarish Castle

 * Story: David was successful in defeating the Nightmare Bear. David's Marra had finally had enough of David. She retreated back with the rest of the Marra. Hilda and her friends would chase her down. Eventually, they reach to castle that had just been made by the Marra. Flora would guide the kids to the castle, ready to storm the castle.
 * Boss Phase 1: The Marras (This is like a boss rush, because you'll fight the Marras from Kelly's clan, including her. The only Marra left out is David's Marra. They all have their own attacks and strategies) - After traversing through the castle, the kids had reached the throne room of the castle. Kelly and some other Marra stood with her. Kelly was impressed as how they managed to go through the entire castle. But she decided that the heroes' luck had just run out. Hilda would take on Kelly and the Marra.
 * Boss Phase 2: David's Marra (Second Fight) - Kelly and the Marra had just been defeated, with the only exception being David's Marra. Hungry for revenge, she ambushed the heroes while their guards were down. They recovered just in time, however. This time, Frida would fight David's Marra.
 * Boss Phase 3: Giant Nightmare Colossus (In this battle you use David transformed as the giant dreamy colossus) - Frida had just defeated David's Marra. Kelly and now all of the Marra had recovered. Using the distorted piece of the Stone of Light, they fused together to become the Nightmare Colossus. The Stone of Light creates a dream colossus for David to fight against the Nightmare Colossus. Hilda, Frida and Flora would take shelter so they won't get hurt during the battle.
 * Ending: With the final blow to the Nightmare Colossus, it fell down and all of the Marra have returned back to their normal selves, all passed out as if they were sleeping. Flora used her magic to purify the distorted Stone of Light piece and fully restore the Stone of Light. Afterwards, all of the citizens of Trolberg began to wake up from their nightmare, and the castle that the Marra had built had disappeared. Hilda and the others wondered where the Marra went, to which Flora replies that they may have disappeared and returned back to their homes. Hilda and her friends would then hug each other, as they were happy that everything was back to normal. They began walking back to Trolberg, wondering what else awaits them.

Development
The game's story as well as characters were written and designed by Luke Pearson himself. The writers of the show also helped in handling the game's story, and the voice cast of the show reprise their roles for this game. The composers of the show handled the music for the game.

Originally, the game was planned to be a collect-a-thon but due to time constraints, it was changed to just reaching the goal.

Four months after the game's release, it was announced that two DLC level packs were in development. The first DLC pack, Hilda and the Mysterious Island, was released in September while the second DLC pack, Hilda and the Stone of Light was released in Feburary 2021, in conjunction with the ports for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

Release
Prior to the release of the game, a special event in Smileworks's mobile game Item Land Dash that gave Hilda, David, and Frida as playable characters to promote this game for a limited time.

A special edition of the game was released, which included the game, a code for a 2-month Netflix free trial, a copy of Hilda and the Midnight Giant and a plush toy of Hilda manufactured by Gund. Included in the Japanese version is character guide book, which lists the characters from the novels, the show as well as from this game.

Ports for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were released in Feburary 2021, along with the second DLC pack. Owners of the PS4 and Xbox One versions can upgrade their copy of the game to the PS5 or Xbox Series X/S respectively at no extra cost.

English

 * Bella Ramsey as Hilda
 * Daisy Haggard as Mum
 * Ameerah Falzon-Ojo as Frida
 * Oliver Nelson as David
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Alfur
 * Maria Darling as Flora
 * Nick Boulton as Orochi

Japanese

 * Kokoro Kikuchi as Hilda
 * Yoko Kato as Mum
 * Kanako Miyamito as Frida
 * Konomi Kohara as David
 * Takuma Sasaki as Alfur
 * Mika Kanai as Flora
 * Takehito Koyasu as Orochi

Reception
The game was met with positive to mixed reviews, with players and fans both praising the game's faithfulness to novels and show, while issues such as a lack of co-op were criticized.