The Escapists 2 Will Be Breaking Out on Nintendo Switch This Year

I'll get it... on PC. I wouldn't buy something like this on any console, even the Wii U. It's just not a console controls type game.

@Manjushri good constructive comment, well done

@Manjushri You realize Nintendo doesn't make these games right? It's really just a promotional platform for indie Devs trying to get their games noticed.

@Alshain01 is the control scheme really that different? I've only played on Xbone so I'm not familiar with the PC controls/interface.

@Manjushri If ARMS was avaliable at launch, it would have less content than Street Fighter 5. It'd be crap, basically. The developers behind it need more time, so just... wait.

I hope it comes out in May. Any earlier and I'll be worried about the quality of the title. Having played it, the gameplay is there; it's just the content.

I love indie games I have loads downloaded on my Vita. Can't beat a bit of cheap gaming on the go

@DuckyDeer I've only played it on PC, it just doesn't strike me as something that would work well without a mouse and keyboard. Even still, things that get multiplatform launch are better on Steam because they don't die with the console in a few years.

@Manjushri ... You are aware that Nintendo has more than development team? They haven't JUST been working on Zelda. I'm not going to name ALL the other first-party titles their other teams have made over the last 3 years.

That, unfortunately, shows your ignorance about how Nintendo works as company.

"not even completing a game like Arms for launch"

Again, Nintendo have lots of development teams, and not all of them are big. The ARMS development team isn't very large, so it's hard for them to complete a game quickly. Again, if the game was at launch, it would have been rushed as result. A rushed game would've hurt the launch of the system and the game wouldn't have sold well as a result.

@buildz I think his point is that there should be a brand new Mario Kart with everything brand new in it, as well as Arms, all available at launch, plus I guess some other games he likes.

But also, it's very important that any game he's not interested in stops to exist, or at least vanishes from his sight and goes to die alone in a dark corner.

@Tibob
Nah, SLIGEACH isn't this chatty

@Manjushri you know things are a bit more complex than Nintendo having to tell you exactly how they run their business. But I know its difficult when all you have to ask is "would you like fries with that".

I have never heard of this game but it look ok; I will try it depending on the price like $10 but if it is $20 forget it.

Lot of great announcements today!

Please tell me there's Online Multiplayer to this.

Shakedown Hawaii was my favorite from the presentation but this and Mr. Shifty are a close second. We have some great indi content coming to Switch!

@Jessica286
Agreed : somewhere below 20$ would be a no brainer to give this a try for me too, as long as my significant other is up for it !

It looks a lot of fun. I like to know more about multiplayer mode.

I've long loved Monaco: What's Yours is Mine, and hoped for a Nintendo-based release of that game (the Wii U would have been PERFECT for it!), and this seems like a cross between that and the art/setting for Prison Architect. I could definitely be persuaded to get on board at the right price!

@Manjushri

Arms probably could be a launch day game but ninty is trying to create hype all year yong instead of droughts Wii U style.

@Manjushri theres nothing wrong with flipping burgers as your daily job. But just pointing out things can be more complex than that. 😉 I dont care who youre being critical of, but simpletons are annoying to say the least.

What a troll @Manjushri....
You didn't understand, after all this time, that the strategy off Nintendo is to release titles throughout the year ?! They didn't said it enough ? They don't want droughts so they don't release all the games at once.
Zelda is a HUGE title that will have a very strong attach rate, why release their next title at the same time for it to just be overshadowed by it ? Why release lots of title at the same time to overshadowed the few 3rd party support they have ?
It's not because you don't like it that it's shot, and there are a lot of great indies coming that a lot of people are excited about, it's not just about you.

For the subject of the article, didn't know about this title and yeah maybe btw 10 and 20€ why not ! But there are already too much titles i'm interested in : Gonner, Overcooked (damn that seems so fun for multiplayers), Tumbleseed, Hollow knight, Mr Shifty, Enter the gungeon, Snake pass, Yooka Laylee, Stardew Valley...

@RickRau5
Are you 12 years old? Your comments and personal attacks are juvenile.

@Priceless_Spork uh ok. Sure.

@Matbtz @Manjushri No profanity, thanks.

This comments section's not going too well, is it?

Calm down. Take a look at yourselves. Spread joy and harmony.

@Manjushri Newsflash the "port of a wii u game" is not so much for the 13M owners of Wii U but for all the others that didn't bought the platform, the game is already huge. And if Nintendo makes MK8deluxe a service with DLC down the road that's even better because they can work (/have worked) on other game as well and not just MK license.
You are so arrogant, keep playing "AAA" games and this narrow minded attitude.

ps : I'm sure they are some surprises left (for E3?) about what "Nintendo has been doing these past 3 years".

This game caught my eye (along with several others) and made me really want to pick it up and try out the first game. For some reason I thought I already had it on an indies sale on Steam, sadly this wasn't the case.

All around I was pretty impressed with the direct. I didn't think there would be that many indy games that would be appealing to me. But this, Stardew Valley, Steamworld Dig 2, Fighting Death, Shakedown Hawaii and Celeste, not to mention some of the games I already had in mind like FAST RMX and Yooka Laylee (Kickstarter).

@Manjushri I really don't think Nintendo's marketing department, the department I imagine attempt to forge relationships with third parties, have anything to do with programming; be it Mario kart or anything else.

Is there honestly not a single game from the Nindies video that piqued your interest? I thought lots of them looked pretty amazing. You should give some indie titles a try if you haven't already

@whitemaskedhero I haven't seen a comment from them recently. Are they still around?

@Manjushri haha, never mind ☺

I am surprised you would say that though; 'indie game' is such a broad term these days, there's so much variety, and so many different kinds of experiences that just aren't being delivered by 'major' developers.

I feel as though the industry would be in a far worse, more stale and far less creative, place were it not for the increase in independently published games over the last 10 years or so. Guess that's just my opinion, though. I'm sure we're all eagerly anticipating a brand new Mario kart too, don't get me wrong.

@Manjushri Your opinion that indie games are crap is not well received in a thread about an indie game featured in an indie showcase?!? Inconceivable! You're right, it must be the crowd. Don't let them get to you man, just keep being you. Glad you dropped by.

Would be pretty amazing to get the first game bundled with the the second game since Nintendo platforms didn't get the first Escapists.

Escapists has always felt to me like a kind of copy of Prison Architect, the graphical similarities are too much alike. of course the idea of the game is the opposite, to escape and not build and maintain a prison.

@Manjushri You do realise none of these games are developed by Nintendo right? The work and funding involved in a brand new Mario Kart would dwarf the effort involved in getting a few indie developers onboard tenfold. Also the best Mario Kart of all time came out a few months ago on a console barely anybody had, so to not update it for the switch would be pure idiocy.

If you know "as much about Nintendo" as everyone here then you already know the majority of first party Switch games haven't been announced. We know exactly how many first party studios Nintendo have and roughly how often those studios release games. We also know most of their projects are currently a mystery, and that holiday 2017 is the important time that will make or break the switch, not the launch period. Why are you acting like the games available on day one are the be all end all? If you don't like them you wait to see if any come out you do want, and if not that's cool too.

Also "@Nintendoforlife WHAT Nintendo doesn't develop every "Nindie" ?!? Thanks for pointing that out."

You're acting like it's obvious and he's dumb for suggesting that, but your first post directly suggested you didn't know this. If you did you already know your entire point is nonsensical.

No.

@Manjushri Been away for a while. You're the new local troll I gather?

Please! Give me Mario Kart Double Dash 2! I'll probably buy this game though.

@Spideron

No.

I am.

@Manjushri You do realize that The Escapists is one of the best INdie games ever. The Escapists 2 brings multiplayer so it is bound to be even fun