The output of Telltale Games may not be to everyone's tastes but the studio has cornered the market in story-driven, episodic adventure titles at the moment. Its library includes IP such as Batman, Minecraft and The Walking Dead, and it has plenty of fans who lap up each and every new release.
The good news if you're one of those fans and you own a Nintendo Switch is that Telltale seems pretty open to releasing games on the hybrid console. It has kicked things off with Minecraft Story Mode: The Complete Adventure but Telltale's head of creative communications Job Stauffer insists that nothing is off the table as far as future releases are concerned:
No series is out of the question for us to bring to Switch. We'll be examining everything and hopefully making a lot of fans happy. Plain and simple, the Nintendo Switch is a perfect match for Telltale. [Development has been] seamless and perfectly suited to everything that we do.
Stauffer states that the company has been really happy with the porting process for Minecraft, and that we'll see more games heading to Switch "very soon.":
The next game you'll see [on Switch] after Minecraft may very well be the first season of Batman, as it's still fresh in the studio right now, and we expect to follow it up soon with other titles like Guardians of the Galaxy and Minecraft: Story Mode – Season Two.
We're looking backwards and forwards [in our portfolio] and we're really excited about the Switch. To say we're steering away from other content because the audience isn't there isn't true. Looking at The Walking Dead, for instance, I don't think we're in as much of a rush right now, because looking into earlier seasons might require some additional effort to bring our content up to speed and up to Nintendo's standards.
Are you excited about playing more Telltale games on your Switch? Which series would you like to see next? Let us know with a comment.
[source mcvuk.com]
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Starfox/metroid. Make it happen.
I will be lapping up everything telltale on the switch
Imagine a Telltale Nintendo partnership making something like, as the person two comments above me just said, Starfox, or Metroid, or maybe even F-Zero.
I hope whatever they bring is good.
They can keep their trash games and trashier business practices
I really hope they update Strongbad's cool game for attractive people.
Good for them. Glad to hear they’re enthusiastic about it. More joy for their fans.
Telltale's: The Walking Dead - Season 17 - We'reGoingToKeepChurningTheseOutUntilWeMakeYouCryAgain Edition!
Have not played any of these but the kids have the Mincraft one. Looking forward to the others as I've not even seen any of them. Bring them all please!
Wrll they said they would release half their catalogue on Vita and then discreetly buried it. To be honest, apart from the Wolf Among Us sequel, I have not been bothered by their recent output.
They really need to make a collab with Nintendo IP's, it's a must with the situation they are in. Other than, anything other than the Minecraft Story game, im all for buying on the Switch. I never played Wolf Among Us or the latest Walking Dead game, so id they appear ill grab em for sure. Heck ill buy older games like Back to the Future aswell.
I have reserved physical copies of Batman and Guardians on Switch, so this is good news to me! <3
Yeah, more I'll be buying. Sheesh.
I only buy these games when they are very cheap. They need a new game engine I think, time for a change. They are like LEGO games, just keep using the same basic engine with minor updates. Basic games and even PC will have little jitters here and there.
@LeanneMustafa That comes from a comic series I believe.
@LeanneMustafa Wouldn't it? Starfox is almost all story anyway with action bits thrown in. Is like a space opera, with animals.
I'd be all over Batman, as long as it doesn't run like 💩
Telltale has a well deserved reputation for poorly optimized offerings
@LeanneMustafa Yeah, that's it. Fables comic books.
@LeanneMustafa Mine was just a tongue-in-cheek post about how Telltale like to flog dead horses - then flog them some more! ..and The Walking Dead is a prime example of an over-flogged steed!
Your move, Capcom
Keep it coming
Give me a Castlevania Telltale game ... but Konami are idiots and they are almost abandoning one of the greatest franchises in their history!
Let's not forget about Classic TellTale fare: Sam & Max, Poker Night at the Inventory, and SBCG4AP.
It would be cool if they did a collab with Nintendo and made a Zelda series,
Start releasing the good games you have then instead of the cat pee you sloshing our way.
Would love for them to make a new Sam and Max season, or Monkey Island. I miss Telltale's comedy writers, and haven't picked up one of their titles in a long time.
Strong Bad and Sam & Max please!
I love Telltale's approach, but sadly haven't been enthused by most of their franchise picks lately. Sam & Max, Wallice & Grommit, Monkey Island were all fantastic. But the "current/trending movie/tv" franchise thing they've been doing since just seems kind of uninviting to me.
Give them an Adventure Time license and let the good times roll.
@NaviAndMii Well, I mean it's right in the title. The Walking Dead. It's supposed to keep coming back long after you thought it was gone, even if it looks a lot worse for the wear.....
Minecraft Story Mode was way more fun than I expected it to be. I hope they bring season 2 to Switch ASAP.
I hear what everyone is saying about the overuse of licensed product, but that is what sells for them. It's the same reason we get fewer new IPs from big delevopers.
It's just easier to go with the licensed product or the next Halo, Mario, Tomb Raider, etc. I would love to see Sam and Max or a new Strong Bad, but I'm afraid we will be in for a long wait.
However, with the success of Mario+Rabbids, Nintendo may let Them play in their universe. I'd take a straight up Metroid, Starfox, or a combination of both.
The wolf among us season 2.
/End discussion
@NEStalgia Haha! Well, when you put it that way...
Telltale's The Walking Dead is like the Matrix Trilogy...the sequels are probably best left to the imagination!
@fortius54 For me I think the problem is that it was their brand of humor that put them on the map. They had a sharp wit and it kind of defined their entire catalogue early on. You went to Telltale when you wanted a clever and fun comedy. While it's understandable they want to play with drama, they've since shifted pretty much to only drama franchises and have now been making them longer than the fare that established them as a big name. Minecraft does seem like the lone exception though. I haven't tried that yet.
Also originally they pulled from off the edge licensing with sam & max, Wallace, etc. They've been going for mainstream overexposed content factor these days with Back to the Future, Batman, Jurassic Park, Game of Thrones. etc. It's more of a factory product made to tie in with brand merchandising synergy options than creative fare with an underexposed franchise.
Something like Adventure Time, Firefly, Farscape (OMG please do a Farscape game!), could take them to underused creative places rather than yet ANOTHER Thrones tie in. I liken their current stuff to Wheel of Fortune and Family Jeopardy board game editions.
At this rate I'm expecting their next game to be licensed from Sex & The City.
I just wish it wasn't a dev team that firmly believes they can turn anything into a point-and-click adventure, but hey, we need to prove that the Switch can pull off the same gameplay experience as other console, so any third-party support is good for me.
We're not choosers yet, we're still a bit of a bunch of beggars.
TellTale F-zero story mode set in mute city
I just bought season 2 of The Walking Dead on my 360 for $15.
I loved the first series and can't wait to play the second.
Make them portable with a cheap price point and a graphics update and I'll dip in again.
For the Walking Dead I would pick it up again if they did a package deal. But I am not buying the individual seasons and DLC again.
Thus far I have enjoyed every Telltale game I have played so far. So this is good news. I should pick up MC story mode this weekend so I can be ready for season 2.
Minecract story mode is good. Batman tell tales first season should be coming out in November. The future is bright for telltale games coming on the switch. I hope they bring that wolf story to the switch.
I miss their sam and max games.
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