No, it’s not April Fools; it’s just Devolver Digital making a post on its Twitter account again. Borrowing some hilarious footage from the 1989 film The Wizard, the US-based publisher recently proclaimed it would be releasing over a dozen games on the Switch before the end of this year.
Being a publisher, the figure attached to this statement is not all that surprising. Still, it makes us wonder what exactly these titles could be. At this point in time, the best bet is a mix of ports, new releases and perhaps even some unannounced ones.
Nearly half are already locked in:
During its E3 spectacle this year, Devolver Digital announced My Friend Pedro would arrive in the first quarter of 2019. Broforce was also recently confirmed for Switch. It doesn't take a mathematician to work out that even if you took one or both of these games into consideration, there's still room for more - so what could the other games be?
Are you hoping for the likes of Hotline Miami and Metal Wolf Chaos XD or are your expectations a lot lower than this? Devolver Digital promises to reveal more soon, so keep an eye out for any updates.
[source forbes.com]
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Metal Wolf Chaos DX Please.
Hyped for PikuNiku!
They also did the Megaton edition of Duke Nukem 3D. I wouldn't mind having that on the Switch.
Downwell and Hotline Miami would make me very happy. Imagine Downwell in TATE mode! Not a Hero would also be nice.
Man, I cannot wait for The Messenger. I'm insterested to see what else they have planned for this year.
You're right, that really IS the best bet, considering that it's the exact same thing written in the tweet.
Snark aside, Devolver became a force to be reckoned with very fast. Looking forward to Minit and PikuNiku. And who knows. If these games do well, they might even decide to bring more stuff over, making 2018 a brutal MORE than more than a dozen.
There are some great titles that can be pulled from there: Talos Principle, Shadow Warrior, Ruiner, Ronin etc
Would love a Hotline Miami collection to play hand held.
The dream right now is Metal Wolf Chaos on Switch
Hopefully they’ll step in and get: “Fortune Cookie Tap Click Smash” finished and released on switch.
https://youtu.be/p2BNFqpoW-Y
Serious Sam!
Hotline bling pls
I'm interested
Definitely picking up Minit, been holding out for a handheld port. As for other titles I'd like to see:
Shadow Warrior 1 and 2
Risk of Rain
Ruiner
Downwell (with vertical mode please!)
Luftrausers
Any Serious Sam game (classic or modern)
Can’t wait for Minit and PikuNiku.
A dozen? Dang, that's a lot...
You can already play My Friend Pedro now:
https://www.y8.com/games/my_friend_pedro
@Syndrome
I clear forgot about Talos Principle being published by Devolver. That's a game I've been hoping would come around for Switch.
Talos Principle was a brilliant game, even if I could never get into the story.
EDIT: Also, I've played it with motion controls on PC, and they work wonderfully.
@Pod I facebooked them recently asking whether I should get Talos in the Steam sale or wait for the Switch release. They ducked the Switch suggestion and said I should get the Steam one. I didn't, I'ma waiting for the Switch
Devolver has so many great games in their catalog that at least half of what they put on the switch will be acceptable.
I'd buy Not A Hero again, of they release it for switch.
Genital Jousting I'd like them to put on there.. I'm not gonna buy it (again), but it fits the multiplayer party theme and I'd like to know if Ninty would allow it in their shop.
I've been waiting on Minit, too.
I just want hotline miami and hotline miami 2 because I really like the games and don't have portable versions yet
SERIOUS SAM PLEASE!
Bring on that hotline Miami & genital jousting 😂 but for real devolver digital has a fantastic catalog of games to pull from so regardless I'm happy about it.
Fingers crossed for Serious Sam HD 1 and 2. Hotline Miami should be one of the 12, I'd be surprised if it wasn't.
Serious Sam 4 better get a Switch release. Though that game will probably get released somewhere in like 20 years.
@RadoGoji : That would be awesome. I remember seeing the physical edition some 20 or so years ago (in an impressively wide box), and it cost about AU$80 (if not more) at the time. I only remember it being really expensive and 9 year old me certainly couldn't afford it (nor would I have had the audacity to ask for it as it carries an MA15+ classification in Australia).
A physical edition on Switch would be a belated childhood dream come true.
EDIT: I was referring to the Kill-A-Ton Edition. I assume that both the Kill-A-Ton Edition and the Megaton rerelease are more or less identical.
Broforce please!
@gcunit
That'd be WAAY too public a forum for answering a question like that, so that was a long shot, and of course they'd rather keep the Steam release selling than deferring customers to an unannounced version, but nice try there!
That's excellent support. I suppose that makes other 3rd party support look poor. Sure, they put out maybe 5-6 max per year. BUT 12? I sense a BOTW/Xenoblade 2 among one of them as well. Only the outstanding RCMADIAX can give them a run for their money at this stage.
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