Wales Interactive has announced a collaboration with Brainseed Factory to bring the award-winning puzzle platformer Typoman, previously released on Wii U, to Nintendo Switch on 22nd February 2018.
With an overly artistic and creative approach to puzzle action, Typoman uses the power of letters and words to apply all sorts of mechanics and physics to the beautifully bleak world you are in. Pushing stray letters towards others to form words will make those letters take on the properties of what was spelled; creating the word 'heavy' will make those letters heavier than usual, for example.
David Banner, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Wales Interactive had this to say about the Nintendo Switch port of the game:
"We’ve been following Typoman for quite some time, ever since Brainseed Factory and Wales
Interactive featured together on the Nintendo stand at Gamescom 2015. We admired the creativity and
originality that the game possesses and we’re thrilled to now be publishing the game on Switch.
Originally released on Wii U, we can’t wait to bring Typoman to the new generation of Nintendo
console this February.”
If you're interested in grabbing this game for your Switch, you'll be very pleased to know that it is now available to pre-purchase on the Nintendo eShop in Europe and North America at a 20% discount, reducing the launch price of £9.99 / $12.99 to a very enticing £7.99 / $10.39.
Did you play Typoman when it first launched on Wii U, or are you perhaps interested to see what all the fuss is about for the first time on Switch? Feel free to spell out your thoughts in the comments.
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I saw this dude play it, and it looks interesting. I may pick it up after I buy some bigger titles.
I'm not buying this again and yes I did "play Typoman when it first launched on Wii U". It's a mediocre game.
Its reviews have been a bit underwhelming so probably a pass for me unfortunately unless it goes on sale pretty cheap.
I have it on steam For PC - no reason to play it again right now. Bigger games on the horizon.
I did buy it on Wii u. Loved it. Unfortunately it didn't have much replay value. One play through and that was it for me. Nah, not buying it again
Great game on the Wii u. Surprised me
@SLIGEACH_EIRE We don't care if you played it on the Wii U and we don't care that you will not buy it on the Switch.
This game was pretty good on WiiU... played through it with my wife... but I can't imagine playing it without the Gamepad... it was essential for making words efficiently.
The game also had a lot of bugs and a few puzzles that were more annoying than clever... hopefully some of that has been "revised".
@SLIGEACH_EIRE I agree with you, gameplay and jumping was imprecise and the concept which was interested in theory fell flat in practice.
Got this on Wii U but didn't love it. The concept sounds great but something was just a little off.
I'll grab this again. It was one of my fave indies on Wiiu .
Can grab it for a quarter of the cost on other platforms... c'mon Nintendo just because it's a new game on your platform doesn't make it a new game... make these companies charge fair prices. I can totally understand games released on cartridges though... manufacturing them aren't cheap.
@chucknorris078 Nintendo do not decide the price of third-party and / or indie titles. Direct your complaint at Wales Interactive or Brainseed.
I played it on WiiU but never finished it. WiiU is still hooked up so I probably could just go back and finish it.
I might give this another look when I get a Switch. I tried the Wii U demo and liked it, but never did get around to picking it up.
@Folkloner I know they don't... they can address the third parties... because its not just those two doing it.
The video looks sensational, but from a few commentators it sounds like it’s let down by mediocre gameplay. Shame. I’ll still probably check it out when it’s price point is similar to what is available on other systems
@gurtifus since launch there's been.patches which have improved the platforming and input lag significantly on other consoles. Switch should be getting the updated version as well. I think Typoman+ or something
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