The Nintendo Switch has been revealed, an exciting concept that blends a home console experience with an on-the-go tablet, detachable controllers and seemingly a range of innovative ideas. An exciting list of third-party publishers has been confirmed, but we can add one more to the list - Image & Form.
The studio that has brought us titles like SteamWorld Dig and recently SteamWorld Heist is working on a Nintendo Switch game. Though details are being kept under wraps, we caught up with CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson to talk a little about the system; basically, he likes it.
So, what game are you developing? We have to try and ask that!
Can't comment on that, except it's going to make a lot of people happy.
How much can you tell us about it?
No more than that I'm afraid! It's a secret to everybody since we want to make it a great surprise once we're ready to reveal it!
What are your thoughts on the Switch concept, and how is it being used in your game?
The hybrid approach is truly innovative and we intend to make full use of as many features as possible. The development environment is simply fantastic!
When did development start?
Earlier this year. It's an idea we have had for quite a while and Switch will be the perfect platform for it.
What features of your game, and separately the NX hardware, are you most excited about?
I'm confident that Switch will be a hit for Nintendo, since they're once again reinventing the gaming industry. As for our own game: it's an Image & Form title, and it's going to be our finest work to date. If you liked anything about our past games you'll absolutely love it.
How happy are you for Nintendo right now?
Extremely! Too bad they tried to steal the thunder from SteamWorld Heist's American Wii U debut today though. As if we'd let them! Not even the Big N is capable of such a feat. But we're not unreasonable, of course. We can share the spotlight!
We'd like to thank Brjann Sigurgeirsson and Julius Guldbog for their time. Below you can see the latest episode of 'The Engine Room', which will be published publicly soon on the Image and Form YouTube channel.
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SNAP THAT'S WHY YOU WERE TEASING ALL THAT STEAMWORLD STUFF IN THE PERISCOPE STREAM @AlexOlney YOU EVIL GENIUS
You told me you didn't know anything about the NX... oh you guyz >_>
LOL! Nice commentary!
@A01 Can you tell us if the Nintendo Switch is real?
Love these guys even more now! I'll be making the Switch!
@A01 When we're ready we'll share EVERYTHING Trust us!
@Moon They didn't lie because I'm sure they already knew it was the Switch!
Technically, Ubisoft is Europe's first NX devs. XD Lol
But yay! Another 3rd party developer on the list! Let's make it grow!
That was a mostly pointless interview! But they do get points for "It's a secret to everybody"
So glad Image & Form gets a cool place on the map. Well deserved !
Good for them! Still waiting on the retail version of Heist.
That's cool. I hope it's something new. SteamWorld Heist and SteamWorld Dig would be fine too, though.
Funny stuff, thanks for posting. I particularly liked their final comment, and I'll be sure to support them by picking up a copy of Steamworld Heist (Wii U) today!
I'm glad to see one of my favorite developers getting on Switch train. Keep up your good work!
Awesome looking forward too seeing what they can do with the NS.
Nintendo switch is just genius. Even einstein his brain would be fried becouse his body wasnt ready like reggie's.
And everyone else is ripping off this exclusive article without even a link.
Just bought the retail version of the steamworld collection on Wii U. Looking forward to playing the games as haven't tried either of them yet, ever. If I enjoy them then I'll be hyped for their Switch game!
So one of the only NX dev-kits was just a few km away from me all this time!
...Well, I guess that definitely means Ubisoft won't have a game ready for launch...
@biscuitsandtea It is!
@A01 It's just the right size! When Nintendo is ready we'll be there with more info, as usual!
@imageform Julius lied to us in the Reddit AMA. =P
@Lina-MG Hope you can forgive me /Julius
@A01 did you count the words and square the cosine value of that number?
@imageform Ha ha, can't wait to grab Steamworld tonight you guys are excellent
@biscuitsandtea Happy gaming!
What a lovely video. It must have been a nightmare keeping it under wraps. But a happy nightmare.
These people are so gosh darn charming it hurts!
I'll be getting the Wii U version tonight, don't worry fellas.
Nice piece!
Maybe Image&Form can do an Xcom type game for the Nintendo Switch expanding on the Steamworld universe that would be really cool.
"It's a secret to everybody"
Top-down Zelda confirmed!
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