The Switch eShop is getting plenty of games that are already making their reputation on PC and other consoles, and one title starting to do that is Next Up Hero, confirmed today as coming to the Switch in early 2018.
This one is currently available as a beta in Steam, and has quite an interesting hook. Levels are generated and death is expected, with the twist being that when you and other players die an 'echo' is left behind, which can then be summoned by others as an AI ally when they tackle that stage.
The Nintendo stream didn't do a great job of explaining it, so below is a 'Getting Started' video that the developers put together for the beta.
Everyone dies in this community-driven online action game. But once one person dies, an echo is left behind. The next hero can then revive them as an AI companion. Choose from nine heroes and wield various weapons when Next Up Hero launches on Nintendo Switch in early 2018.
Do you like the look of this?
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I don't know what to think of this game yet, depends on price and how it turns out I guess
Not really feeling the premise here. It's sort of multiplayer, but it sort of isn't, and this makes the game feel a bit schizophrenic to me.
If it's a $10 game I may pick this up. Also want to hear a review first.
Sooo... it's more of a single player experience in a shared world ? Sounds neat.
My only question is what keeps you from making an army during the first level? Do the echoes not level up?
With Mario odyssey, and Pokken tournament Dx coming to switch, I don't think I'll get this game.
Looks decent... Will wait for reviews. I don't see anything too interesting though in all Nindies other than price that is not 65$.
Well, it has my attention.
When A Title Blends With the Comment, the Game.™
Isometric games usually don't interest me, but this does look good, probably because it looks vaguely like Bastion.
I don't know if I'm misinterpreting it or if it's just really confusing, but I'm pretty sure this game has online multiplayer.
EDIT: The page on Nintendo.com goes back and forth between saying that players take turns, and saying that players do things together. This game is now a lot more confusing. Has anyone played the beta on PC?
this looks pretty generic, but i'm open to hearing more about it.
@Tops My understanding is that you don't interact with players live.
Just like crowd funding, you reach milestones by contributing to a levels completion. Each level should get easier the more people have attempted to complete each level--i.e. you can resurrect them as spirit fighters, and they will make it easier fighting as NPC's.
After rewatching that part of the presentation, I noticed he said that it has a Joy-Con co-op mode, which seems strange for a game that doesn't otherwise have multiplayer.
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