Nicalis Would Love To Bring Night Trap To Nintendo Switch

Those who have butt hurt will never do good business...

Would be interesting to know why Nintendo declined..

Nintendo can afford to be such d*** when a game is nothing but sh**

I find it funny that people still believe that 3rd party companies are still hurt by Nintendo from back in the day. If they are, then that is a long time to hold a grudge

I don't think Nintendo is breaking any hearts by not allowing this to release on Switch.

Who is that ticaaalll person? They aren't from screaming villains are they?

I was going to make a snide remark, but then I realised that the publisher seemed to be amicable while the article and tagline deceptively suggests that the publishers were being inflammatory and penile.

Leave the sloppy journalism to the tabloids and the broadsheets of the world.

@Morph : I think not, though the choice of tagline would suggest otherwise.

Yeah the game is pretty awful but it's infamous so I'm sure many people would want it just to laugh at it. I was hoping Nintendo had loosened up a bit but evidently not. And for all those people who say that games like that have no place on a Nintendo console, DON'T BUY IT THEN! Don't spoil other people's fun because you don't agree with the game's content.

Fine by me. Nothing about Night Trap is good.

People seem to want to 'test' Nintendo in releasing this game to the Switch, rather than actually wanting to buy and play it.

I guess there's an audience for this game, a nostalgic one that is. But those weren't playing it on a Nintendo to begin with.

The main problem was Nintendo not allowing limited run games to publish on the switch rather than problems with the content of the game. In this case Im happy with Nintendos stance as I personally hate LRGs business model of only making a few thousand copies which sell out within minutes on their website.

I can understand, that Nintendo don't want to break their word for no reason.
I mean they stood in front of the american congress and said that they will never release the game on a nintendo console.
Maybe it is not that big of an issue today.
But why break a promise for no real reason?

Howard said the game would never be on a Nintendo System. It is just Nintendo sticking to their word and that is kind of the end of the story.

No great loss here the game sucks.

It's Night Trap...good riddance. People who want it can get it on PS4 or PC. I have no interest in buying extremely crappy FMV sequences.

I just find it funny there is even an anniversary edition of this game which is causing arguments on which system gets it.I played it the day it came out and remember how bad it was...don't think it would of improved no matter which system you play it on.

They might have rejected it due to low quality rather than objectionable content. IIRC they almost did the same with Devil's Third before there was an uproar.

Night Crap.

Isn't that Ticaaalll guy just some some random dude with a Twitter account? He's got no Twitter Bio, and not a great many followers, so it's hard to work out if he's really a voice of authority on game development/porting etc. If not, it seems a bit misleading to quote him in the strapline. If he does work for Screaming Villains that's a different story (though the hasn't publicised it well).

I know it's funny to look at the quaint outrage from the 90s but Nintendo's image hasn't changed, and Night Trap is still a scuzzy game which doesn't fit their brand at all, regardless of its actual quality.

I haven't played it but I doubt it would sell much on Nintendo anyway.

Might want to change the tagline. To me it looks as though you are quoting nicalis?

@MajorBritten
I think you are right. I don't think it is the content that is stopping them from considering it. They have relaxed their policies as seen by a game like Binding of Isaac being released on Nintendo platform.

and the quote makes whoever it is look extremely petulant

DO IT!!!! To me it's a classic! I'll never forget how it blew my mind when I first loaded it up on my Sega CD!! Definitely fun in short bursts imo! Hard as I tried I missed the LRG PS4 sale. Had it in my cart and still couldn't complete the purchase!!

If night trap gets a Switch release of day one buy it

Yeah no thanks.

Okay, I'm about to piss off a lot of people, but I seriously don't care.

God, some of the comments above are so bloody arrogant. I don't give a flying crap about Night Trap, but I'm not going to be happy that it's not on the Switch. Nintendo are still deliberately being obtuse, and we should be challenging that; not saying "Oh well, it's not good enough for my console anyway, Nintendo are clearly interested in me getting the most out of my money". They're not. They allowed crap like Meme Run and games from RCMADIAX onto the Wii U eShop. God knows why they won't allow Night Trap (plus other random Switch games), but it's not because they care about their customers.

No wonder few third parties want to release games for Nintendo consoles. No matter how much effort they put into a game, Nintendo fanboys will say it's not good enough, and just flock to the latest Mario Copy-and-Paste Piece Of Crap 156. Sometimes third parties should receive criticism; Capcom right now, for example, for doing nothing but old ports for the Switch. But in times when a publisher wants to bring a game to your platform, you might not care about that particular game, but if you're sitting there and openly hoping it doesn't come to the console so others who do want it can't have it, just because you don't want it, you are scum. It's like "how dare it taint your console's eShop?!" I can see you not being able to sleep at night, just knowing it's there in virtual space, and you might one day accidentally access its game page. It's soooo much better that no one gets access to a game that you don't like. Why doesn't Nintendo appoint you as the decider of what is and isn't allowed on their consoles, seeing as your opinion is clearly fact. Here's an idea, don't buy it!

This fan base can be absolutely toxic. Instead of trying to embrace all kinds of gaming, if you don't like Mario, get out.

Am I a die-hard Nintendo Fan? I was, but not anymore.
Do I intend to continue to support Nintendo? When the 3DS is done, no.
Do I want Nintendo and the Switch to fail just because I no longer want their games? No. I want whoever has a Switch to love it, and get their money's worth out of it, I truly do. Because that is the whole point of gaming, and hoping someone else doesn't get to enjoy a product, just because I don't like it, is an alien concept to me.

TL;DR - Night Trap not coming to Switch, in itself, is probably no great loss. It's the attitude towards the fact it's not coming that is the problem.

Now I await the inevitable backlash this comment is going to receive. Sigh...

Night Trap is garbage. It not coming to the Switch is absolutely in no way negative at all, except to those devs who are angry about it. It's not a good game. Let the "dream" die

@RainbowGazelle

Nintendo do have a certain image to maintain though.
It's not really equivalent to Steam refusing it.
If Nintendo is ever gonna make an exception to their image, it's only gonna be for really high-quality stuff like The Witcher 3 or something like that.

why would anyone imply Limited Run Games was competent in any way? They can't even improve their own storefront to prevent 5000 copies of games being sold immediately (likely to scalpers) when legitimate customers wanted them.

@Wichtel
Their "word" was 24 years ago in a completely different time and climate. The stance they took no longer matters especially when they've released games with far more controversial content than anything Night Trap ever had to offer. I mean they were against Mortal Kombat too, cried about the blood/gore of the Genesis version, then went all in for the sequels when they saw the sales potential. Not allowing diversity just causes their market to become stale. It would be one thing if they just didn't want something of low quality like Night Trap to come their way, but they aren't even close to being consistent with it when they've allowed for a lot worse titles to hit their consoles over the recent years such as the crap Ninja Pig Studios brings with their stolen content.

The interest towards this game is driven purely from collectibility and nostalgia. Nothing wrong with this, but it's clear that many are getting the wrong impression for what this title actually is or does.

To even call it a game is questionable; it's just a run-of-the-mill 'choose an option' title like many of the early 90s.

Well considering the game is mostly crap, I'm glad Nintendo didn't allowed it. This game alongside Sewer Shark, Final Fantasy: All the Bravest, Plumber Don't Wear Tie, Ride to Hell: Retribution, Mortal Kombat Advance, Sonic 2006, Superman 64, Urban Champion (made by Shigeru Miyamoto), E.T., and the entire Game.com library should be buried far away from humanity as possible.

Wait, where did that tagline quote come from? I don't see it in the Twitter posts. :/

@STiger
They are competent in the way that they have an established a mechanic that allows them to sell any game out in minutes. Other companies have tried to emulate their business model, but are not even close to being as successful. PA, SEG, 8-Bit, SRG can take weeks or months to sell out their print runs of 2500-3500. Scalpers aren't even the reason as less than 5% of the total print runs even end up being sold on ebay/amazon. Its just the amiibo effect where fear that the scarcity leads to high value later so people want to knee jerk buy every purchase. That is why when games are already available in English physically such as Wonderboy or Deemo, people ignore it and desperately try to get the LRG version despite it being the same thing.

Just another opinion....a game like Night Trap really doesn't effect Nintendo's image. The image is mostly tied to the company developing/publishing the title rather than what platform its on. It is just one of the many games available on other platforms. Ironically there would be more positive hype about it coming to Nintendo rather than negative especially if there is a physical release which would make collectors going bonkers. Some will say....well Nintendo is allowing a bad games on their console. Well they've already allowed a LOT of bad games on their consoles, everyone does. It is still better then them allowing 3 copyright infringing games from Ninja Pig Studios!

If you're going to remake Sega CD games, you start with the best, like Snatcher, Popful Mail, Sonic CD, Lunar, Shining Force, Monkey Island, Heart of the Alien, Rise of the Dragon, and not the worst.

@CanisWolfred Its the post from Ticaaalll, the taggline just have a word censored.

Can any1 point me to a gameplay video? I google but nothing. Or maybe it did but Im just confused about if what I saw its really the game.

Would gladly buy this game on Switch for portability.

@RainbowGazelle You haven't said much that can be argued with really Umm...nope nothing.

Nintendo being selective? They're totally Nintendoomed now. Beggars can't be choosers, and in terms of third party (or lack thereof) Nintendo is clearly a beggar... Disappointing.

@JJ286
Just type "Nighttrap playthrough" into youtube. There honestly isn't much in terms of gameplay. Pretty much everything is live action FMV clips in every scene as you click through all the cameras in the house trying to find/stop the burglars.

@LuckyLand wrong. Nintendo is in no position to turn down ANY games anymore. They're in last place for a reason.

I had the Corey Haim knock-off game, Double Switch on Sega Saturn. Trust me, nothing is being missed AT ALL by this game not being on Switch.

@setezerocinco Well...Axiom Verge did make it to Switch after all the public complaining he did! And thank god.

@gatorboi352 I bet many people would like to be in last place as much as Nintendo is. Expecially now that Switch is proving to be a succesful console. They have faced much worse times than now and they have always been able to at least survive. Right now Nintendo is doing rather well, far from being in last place. Aside from that, there are many games out there that are so bad that they cannot do any good to any system. Probably there are things much worse than Night Trap. There is a whole load of crap games than anybody could reject with no regrets. Night trap is amongst those games but as I said probably is not even one of the worse in its category. It feels like a joke that someone decided to celebrate an anniversary of something that people knew, tried and talked about only to make fun of it anyway

@koekiemonster because Howard Lincoln still is part of Nintendo's board

It will not happen as Howard Lincoln is still on Nintendo's board

That tagline is click bait.

@RainbowGazelle Your comment would be more valid if you weren't making assumptions about Nintendo's actions. It's quite the leap to go from a publisher saying Nintendo declined to concluding that they were deliberately being obtuse. All I see is a conservative Japanese corporation acting like a conservative Japanese corporation. That and the subtle racism involved in being called dicks for doing so.

They should've let it go through. This isn't the mid 1990s, it is not viewed as inappropriate anymore, and basically only old school gamers wanting to relive nonsense would've been on board. It is stupid to block it, given crap like vroom in the night sky on the e shop already. Games have come a long way since and it would've been neat to get it on the Switch.

I will be buying the PS4 version.

I like how this Sega CD game gets a modern day release, yet games like Snatcher, Vay, Lunar, or Popful Mail are nowhere to be found. What a world we live in.

If they can make it compatible for the Switch (such that a physical cart can be made), why not just release it on the eshop? Regardless of phys cart possibility, if the game is ready for release, digital only sounds workable to me

nintendo is 5-stars? how is that bad?

Night Trap is sold out! What?! Who is buying that garbage. I have night trap on Sega CD sad to say, but back then they hyped that game to he good. By now everybody should know it is utter trash.

I don't know who this Ticaaalll person is supposed to be, but judging by his recent feed, he's a big fan of twitter prize draws.

It's fun to play for that nostalgia feeling, but let's be honest. It's a garbage game and would only be fun to a small handful of us.

@STiger From what I've seen, LRG is built around using hype and threat of ebay scalpers to make sure games sell out in minutes. Been discussing this on another forum, it's very much a popcorn thread. (but I won't link since that might be spam)

A promise to congress kept. Hey, at least Nintendo can keep it's word.

I certainly would have bought this on Switch if available. I instead downloaded on PS4 and I'll enjoy it all the same on there.

Misleading tagline is misleading.

I thought you had moved past this sort of thing, @Damo.

But nope, back to the clickbait crap. Well, congrats, it got me to click on the article. Great job. Stellar journalism once again.

@AlwaysGreener while I'm a fan of night trap you make a great point! I would kill for any of those re-releases on Switch especially Lunar 1&2!!

@wrathfulzeus while I understand what you're saying, the problem in part with your point is there's hardly ANY retail Switch games on the shelf granted it's only 5 1/2 months on the wild. And if it wasn't for Nicalis there'd be even less choices at the stores. But I feel they should do night trap (I would buy it) and let us gamers do the talking with our wallets as always?? IMHO

Who cares? The game is more Night Trash, than anything, and is overrated.

Of course, if it hadn't become such an infamous game, there's no way a remaster of such a mediocre title would be selling out.

None of us would even buy this game. Let’s move along.

@mereel I totally would and attempted to last week.

I want this to happen.

Let's make something clear to people who don't know anything about Night Trap.

The game is hardly graphic in nature, there are women in nightwear and B movie horror effects. The most "adult" thing in the game is probably that your unit is called S.C.A.T. for "Sega Control Attack Team" because the writers didn't know there was another meaning for that abbreviation.

The whole controversy was just some nonsense started by politicians about something that wasn't widely accepted or understood (video games) by most of the public so they could get some easy publicity about how they're "protecting the children" without much resistance.

Night Trap isn't a good game. Unless you live under a rock, or are really young and didn't do any research, most people are fully aware of this. Most people who buy Night Trap aren't doing so because they expect it to be fun, they just want to experience what the most controversial game of it's time was like.

And there really isn't a reason they shouldn't be able to on the Switch. It's not my cup of tea, but Night Trap is famous for what it is even though it's not technically good, and there are people who want to play it for that.

Nintendo refusing to allow Night Trap on the Switch is them cultivating and clinging to their "we're for kids" reputation that they think is so very important to their financial success, with decisions like making voice chat so much of a hassle that nobody will use it in the first place. And I repeat, while Night Trap is famous for how controversial it was, the game isn't actually graphic, the controversy was based on nonsense.

@sillygostly Penile is a fun word.

I'm sorry but why do people care about this terrible game that was terrible when it originally came out and is terrible today? If there was no rerelease on other consoles, would anyone be wanting this pile of poo?

@mikegamer
To be fair its not overrated since everyone, including the game's own fans have openly declared it a terrible game on all fronts. Its just a case of the game being so over the top bad and cheesy that people enjoy it in the same way they are liking the movie called "The Room" by Tommy Wiseau.

Darren, the one who made the quoted comment isn't affiliated with LRG and they publicly spoke out against a similar article on a different site and said they would like to release games for Nintendo. Please edit the article.

https://twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/status/897536586727817216

@gatorboi352 I think they're in a position for turning trash games down. Actually, you're right. They should copy Sony's strategy and endorse broken games on their Youtube

@darthllama saw a bit this morning....think is an awful game.

@Damo Fair enough. I suppose i overestimated what your role as Editorial Director entails, though my underlying point remains.

@LuckyLand right now Nintendo is doing better than the Wii U gen. That's it. They are still last in the minds of the industry and in the minds of 3rd parties.

Nintendo is being stupid, arrogant, and short-sighted.

Don't bother telling me that it's quality control, because it's not. They let Meme Run on Wii U be sold, as well as Vroom in the Night Sky on eShop be published. Ultra Street Fighter is on Switch in the year 2017 for $40, and Nintendo fanboys lapped it up, so now we're getting more ports!

Thanks guys.

It should also be noted that the port we're getting for passing the "Are Nintendo fans stupid enough" challenge is RE Revelations 1+2, the first most of you have on 3DS already, and that has appeared on so many platforms last gen and this gen it's not funny. I have a physical copy in my possession right now and had the Wii U port.

It's okay, though, because we have Zelda and Mario Kart on the system - No, wait I can buy those on my Wii U. At least Splatoon 2 is good - No wait, it was a low effort sequel with barely functional voice chat. At least I have 1-2-Switch and Troll and I to play in the meantime.

We all know it's good to be corporate slaves and worship Nintendo.

As I mentioned before this has nothing to do with Nintendo banning the game or not wanting it on the system. The issue is with Limited Run Games being the publishers. Nintendo won't manufacture the cartridges for such a small print run. Cartridges are more expensive and complicated than Blu-rays so they are not going to make a small run of 2,000 copies or so for some niche game that wont even make it to retail and will sell out within minutes on the publishers website. Heres a tweet from LRG themselves about the issue:

https://mobile.twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/status/873609168682463232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgonintendo.com%2Fstories%2F282335-nintendo-stops-limited-run-games-from-doing-physical-switch-game

Theres nothing stopping the developer from releasing it on the switch as an eshop only title, unless theres some clause in the contract with LRG that prevents them from doing that.