Controversial FMV game Night Trap is getting a 25th anniversary remaster, but the game won't be appearing on the Switch - despite the best efforts of the developers.

The game - which involves trying to protect a household full of excitable young women from the clutches of some rather unconvincing vampire-like monsters - caused a stir when it was originally released on the Mega CD at the height of the console war between Sega and Nintendo.

When hearings were held in Congress in 1993 regarding the growing problem of video game violence, Night Trap was cited by Nintendo of America's Howard Lincoln, who went as far as to say that it "will never appear on a Nintendo console.” 

Looks like Lincoln's words are ringing true even after all this time:

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[source gonintendo.com]