More than two years after its initial release on PC, the strategic battles of The Banner Saga 2 are set to arrive on Nintendo Switch with a release date of 7th June. Publisher Versus Evil is once again teaming up with developer Stoic Studio for the port, the role-playing game continues its emotional journey across a breaking and war-torn world.
Expect more beautifully 2D hand-drawn combat sequences and animations are further enhanced with special effects, once again accompanied by an evocative score from Grammy-nominated composer Austin Wintory. Your story continues based on choices made in the first game as well as hard choices you have to make in this one. There are new characters and a brand new race to encounter, an improved combat system with greater depth to its strategic choices.
Will you be adding The Banner Saga 2 to your digital collection? Share your thoughts with the rest of the Nintendo Life community below...
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I'll get the series if an when there is a physical edition with the whole trilogy included. Or I guess I really good sale on a bundle of the trilogy on the eshop but less likely.
Hey, are you guys gonna do a banner saga 1 review?
Really enjoying the first one atm, so looking forward to this
I couldn't wait for a physical release with the trilogy, so I bought Banner Saga 1... I might get a trilogy if it's released before I finish Banner Saga 1 though...
@Equinox Nice! You're right I just looked it up and ps4 is getting the trilogy in a physical release in July. Definitely waiting for a switch version then.
I just got the first one. I missed every other release. So far I've been burnt many times with Indy games on the switch. I get them, they are just ok, and generally never finish them. So far this game has been far more engaging and impressive than most indies are.
Load times are good (something that appears to be commonly botched on switch ports, no doubt due to the slower bus speeds when coming from the PC and not caching assets in the ample ram, etc), very impressive animation, etc. Hope the story ends up being half decent as it appears to be fairly story driven.
If I end up liking this as much as I think I will then this next release is very welcome.
As a physical Switch collector, I'm holding out for a trilogy collection similar to the one PS4 and Xbox One are getting.
They've already said numerous times on their Facebook page that they will never do a physical release of the trilogy.
That being said, I just finished the first one last night and got punched in the gut as my ending. Man...
Usually I don't wait for physical. But in this one instance I am, due to space constraints. These games are a few gigabytes each. If I were to buy all three it would be a fairly sizable chunk of space required. I just got my new 512gb micro SD, and while it did bump me up to 183gb free space, that's still less than half of my total space used in the span of 15 months. Really have to start being more careful and mindful of space management.
In the event a trilogy never releases for Switch physically, Ill go ahead and grab all 3 digitally. Either way I'm going to own all three of these games on Switch. That much is non-negotiable.
@Jayvir
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That's funny, since a physical trilogy is already up for preorder.
Playing through the first one at the moment and it is brilliant, release timing is good too as it will give me enough time to finish it then a different game in between before it releases
@JaxonH for Switch? The other consoles are certainly getting but not Switch. That's what I meant
@Jayvir
Well, that's because the games haven't yet released on Switch yet. Pretty sure the physical version will come once all three games have released and had a chance to sell. Just like the other platforms.
No guarantees, but it seems there's a fairly good chance it'll pan out. Unless they have gone on record specifically stating Switch will never get a physical release. Which, I don't think they have. I haven't read anything anyways
To bad I cant transfer my save over. Would be great to play 3 on Switch someday. But not starting over at this point.
@JaxonH like I said, it's been posted by the devs specifically on Facebook that they are not releasing a Switch physical version at all. That's what I said to begin with
@Jayvir
I don't see why they'd release physical elsewhere but not Switch. Do you have a link to where they said that? Because I have a suspicion they either said that a while back referring to all platforms and now that it's coming it doesn't apply. Or they simply said it's not getting one as in right now aka it's only releasing digitally... but does not necessarily exclude physical from being in the cards later.
Not buying this one either, switch tax is strong on this series.
It's $13 for Banner Saga 1 on play store, and $30 on switch...
Saga 2 already huh? I'll leave it on my backlog for either all parts at once, sales, or physical copies.
I regret getting Mercenaries Saga now. These are also the same game three times in a row, but a much more enjoyable and engaging one from what I can tell.
You can use your endgame save from game 1 to load into game 2?
Just curious, what happens if you start Banner Saga 2 without having played the first one?
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