Among the various pleasing announcements in its Nintendo Switch Indie Showcase, Nintendo pulled off a small coup by securing the debut release of Shakedown Hawaii, with the title targeting an April release on the system. It's the sequel to Retro City Rampage, the chaotic and fiercely entertaining retro-style title by Vblank Entertainment - the studio run by Brian Provinciano.
With the first title being in the '8-bit' style, this top-down sandbox follow-up adopts a 16-bit approach.
The game was first announced for PSN and the 3DS eShop last year, of course, with the portable iteration below.

We asked Provinciano about the status of the 3DS version, and typical of his past approach - such as his efforts to bring the first game to WiiWare - he's still fully committed to that 3DS version. He said the following in terms of progress on that portable iteration.
- The game will come to both original and New 3DS models
- Developer "wrote a new renderer from scratch to ensure it hits 60fps even on the old 3DS"
- The C-Stick will once again be supported on the New 3DS
- No firm release date yet, but "this year for sure"
The title will likely also make its mark on other consoles and PC so it's pleasing that Switch gets the first release, but also that 3DS gamers will get their shot at it later in the year.
Is Shakedown Hawaii on your wishlist?
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The jungle bits kinda remind me of cannon fodder back in the day.
Im super excited for this title. I finished the story in Retro City Rampage very quick. I hope the story mode is a tad longer and there is other modes to explore.
It would be neat if there was a two player mode and the second player could be the main character from the first game. I doubt this will happen but maybe some iteration of this could happen as a future dlc.
Love that indies are still supporting the 3DS. Defo going to buy it.
If someone is looking for more information about the game, I recommend watching Video Games Awesome's coverage of the demo build. They had the developer as a guest answering questions and playing the game for an hour. It certainly made me more excited about the game. Link to the video
YES. YES. YES!!! I've been hoping that this would come out soon.
Definite day one for me even though I didn't particularly enjoy the first one.The dev's commitment to keeping his promises in the past even when he knew it'd lose him a lot of money has earned my respect.
That said,this one looks like it'll be a big improvement on the original.
These graphics look awesome very 90's looking but with a modern attention to detail. Loved Retro City Rampage but this having more color is most certainly a plus.
I found the first game surprisingly unappealing gameplay wise, but the aesthetic of this one has me interested again.
Retro City Rampage is one of the two games on my 3DS library that make me feel like I lost my money. No a bad game, but meh
I hope the 3DS version supports 3D
Yep, looking forward to it since it was first announced. I just looooove the first game
YES!! This is going to be great.
I liked the first one, will try the second one.
Bought the first one yesterday. I gotta say, it is quite fun. Its a game parody.. so many little references..
Ill buy the second one for sure
Yes, it's on my wishlist.
"After April" isn't quite pleasing to me as a "later" adopter of the Switch, but I'm glad the 3DS version is still coming.
Looks great, but I'll buy it on the Switch.
To bad my c stick is wonky as hell.
I hadn't heard of this until the Switch Nindies presentation, but I love Retro City Rampage so I'll definitely pick this up.
..ah, good ol' Rockstar...oh, wait..lol..
...it does look fun tho, can't wait..
When is this coming out on the Switch? I will def be downloading it.
Rewrites an entire renderer to get 60FPS on the original 3DS indeed, I want to see that! This guy Brian is a beast! He's at least 10 times a capable developer than a certain other indie dev who will go unnamed.
I loved Retro City Rampage! So this looks fantastic to me!
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