Bandai Namco has announced a new, confirmed release date for Dark Souls: Remastered on Switch. You'll finally be able to get your hands on this portable remaster on 19th October.
Back in April, Bandai Namco revealed that the game had been delayed until the summer. With the summer months almost behind us, however, fans were no doubt starting to be ever so slightly concerned about the game's whereabouts. Luckily, despite missing that initial estimate, the game is well and truly on the way.
In case you were wondering - which we're sure you were - the amiibo figure based on Solaire of Astora will also be released on the same day. The figure will allow the true Warrior of the Sunlight to prove their faith by using the 'Praise the Sun' gesture from the beginning of the adventure. If you didn't want to nab the figure, you can also obtain this gesture through normal gameplay.
Extra details have also been confirmed for the title, including how it will run on Switch. Dark Souls: Remastered will run at 1080p while docked, and 720p in handheld mode, with a frame rate of 30fps. Available DLC is included with the game, and the online system will have a "specific game server" with support for up to six players available.
Are you ready for Dark Souls on Switch? Feel free to explode with excitement in the comments down below.
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Good news!
...but why was it delayed, I need the details
Well that's not summer, but that's fine. At least it's finally on the way, I just wonder what the trouble was.
I hope they pull this off n the game runs smooth
jeez, october is getting packed.
twewy, mario party, disgaea refine and now dark souls.
Ah yes, that sweet summer month of October
@superguy123 not to mention Megaman 11 and Starlink and on other systems: Fallout 76 and Soul Calibur VI.
@alikan oh right megaman 11, the other games dont interest me, but cant forget my little blue buddy
Awesome looking forward to the release!🌞
So, in other words, it was delayed twice? How did we quietly go from "summer of 2018" to the middle of Fall?
I'm excited to play it, but I'd be lying if I said that my excitement wasn't somewhat diminished by the fact that this launches mere days before Red Dead II. I also wish that we had a reason why a five month delay was necessary.
@superguy123 I think this october will be the most I've spent on games in a month. ever. Too many good games coming out at the same time! 😂
Good "problem" to have I spose.
Cool. It comes out on my Birthday. I guess I'll be buying myself a present.
Eh
I might have nabbed it earlier in the year, but things are hairier in the second half of the year. October is for Mega Man. I'll pick this up down the road (maybe).
@Rontanamo_Bay Don't underestimate the Let's Go! Pokemon games, either. I expect they'll outsell Smash Ultimate, and maybe even RDR2, depending on whether it's more like GTA or the previous RDR in terms of performance.
inb4 another delay.
but really, happy to hear that it's got a release date.
@Rontanamo_Bay loads of games for all gamers! I'm one of the few people that didn't enjoy RDR, but with how popular that game is, its definitely my problem. 😋
About time! I'll finally be able to play Souls on my work breaks
It does seem like an "October game"... fits the season.
Well I am glad that the preorder I have had patiently waiting in my amazon account may actually make its way to me. October is terrible timing though, my modules start again and I should be actually studying 🙈
It’s like these companies don’t realize consumers have a finite amount of money to spend and jamming everything in the second half of the year is not always the best environment to ensure your game will sell. I think if this had been delayed to January/February of 2019 people would be more inclined to pick it up because that is usually a slower period. As it stands October to December are looking to be pretty packed. I’ll probably still pick this one up but I would hate to not get another From Software game on switch due the far too common “poor sales” excuse.
Well, i'm happy if the delay was because the game required extra polish - there's no point releasing something that was broken. Perhaps the delay was due to the fact the Warrior was prasing too much sun during our British Summer =0p
To use a familiar phrase: better late than never. A lot of good games the upcoming months. I got this preordered along with The World Ends With You and Valkyria Chronicles 4. Will probably preorder Smash as well. I'm not so sure about Pokémon Let's Go... yet!
October is gonna be a packed month.
I don't know how to feel about this. I pick it up but man that wait is brutal. I'm sure there are other things in the pipeline during that release. Maybe Nintendo telling them to release in that time because all they have are two games coming out this year.
The delayed wait kinda killed the hype for me. I've moved on but may still pick it up later.
October is my favorite Summer month too
Jokes aside, at least the game is finally coming, October, November, and December are going to be crazy.
Yaaaassssss
@Alikan And Forza Horizon 4!
Ooooh. Same month as TWEWY and Forza Horizon 4. Probably won’t bother.
On the day that everyone else is playing Dark Souls Remastered, I'll be playing Warriors Orochi 4. Quite the day for video games!
Wait, 1080p and 720p are not set from the get go? Do you know games with lower resolutions? I’ll guess 30 FPS is okay for such a big game. Not sure what the online multiplayer is, not involved with the franchise in the past. Dedicated servers sounds like they are separate from Nintendo Online Services.
Was there paid DLC in the other versions and are they saying it's included for free in the Switch version?
The last half of the year is going to be so brutal; between Shenmue 1 and 2, Dark Souls Remaster, The World Ends With You, Red Dead 2, Spiderman, Mega Man 11, Smash Bros, and a number of really awesome looking indie games. It's a shame that this didn't come out back in May, because it would have been so much easier to devote my time to it. I mean, I'm still going to, but it's going to mean one less hour of sleep. Ha!
@Vapeguy
All of the DLC was free for PS4, PC, and Xbone as well, I believe.
Should have tried to release in August - was a super slow month on everything.
With Assassin Creed and Read Dead 2 - my money (and time) is set for OCT. If I get a bit more cash it is going to Mega Man 11.
It looked nice in the few hrs I played on the PS4 open test. Just bad timing.
Thank you for clearing that up for me 😁
Kinda bad timing. Won't pick this up any time soon.
Looking forward to this.
Really glad it's coming out at last, but with Spider-Man out a little beforehand I'm not sure I'll have time for it straight away. I'm sure I'll pick it up eventually though. Hopefully we'll get to check it out in a beta/demo too.
Some people are into that who am I to judge
Nice, finally a confirmation of this. Namco is doing a good job with Switch!
Cool, cant wait
@BanjoPickles @Rontanamo_Bay @superguy123 @Alikan don’t forget the Paw Patrol game, easily the most anticipated game in my household
Had this preordered since about April. Sigh. Still want it, though. So, Souls-like... Does that mean this is a bit like Hollow Knight, Salt and Sacrifice, etc...?
Right on.
Monster Hunter Generations in 2 weeks, then Valkyria Chronicles 4 and Dragonball Fighter Z in September, and Mega Man 11, The World Ends With You, Dark Souls Remastered and Super Mario Party in October.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good stuff.
I've also had this pre-ordered for what feels like the beginning of time.. but at least it's on route and hopefully this means all performance issues are now dead & buried?.. and will make the cartridge gold release, without the need for patch (which can only be a great thing)?
W00t!
Hey look guys, Solaire has a yellow sun, just like that yellow chair behind Sakurai in the Smash direct. Solaire for Smash confirmed.
Finally! Never played a Souls game before, so I've been waiting to sink my teeth into this. I don't have a PlayStation or Xbox, so I've been waiting patiently for this one.
@gaga64
Oh, crap! My daughter would eat that game up! Ha!
had it preordered for May, so many games since then, maybe in a sale next year, no time or cash. very sad they have delayed a sale out of me.
About time. Had this game pre ordered since April. Most of my time will be dedicated to Red Dead Redemption 2 but I'll play Dark Souls on the go and in bed. Time to get good 😁.
@DockEllisD
Isn't Bomberman R Konami?
Got an email earlier from Base.com informing me of the new release date. Great news. I wouldn't have time to play it before then anyway.
Would always rather it was delayed and well optimised than on time and buggy. Especially for a physical purchase.
Probably pass as MHGU will still be consuming me in October.
I have Dark souls on my Xbox One (granted it’s not Remastered) but I think i’ll change my pre-order from Dark Souls to something else. I have plenty on my Switch to play and I could then get something else. Too close to Black Friday, I could pick up Spider-Man or Tomb Raider for that price I bet
Dark Souls is like the Dark Souls of Dark Souls.
Too close to the Torna DLC so definitely skipping this.
There is no possible way to show you how excited I am for this game on switch.
@Kimyonaakuma I'd like to know, too. Not only delayed, but straight up silent. I was in gamestop friday and saw the shelf placard with its old May release date.
Additionally, it's a good thing I'm not terribly interested in this title. It'd have a hard time fighting for my money with the Starlink bundle I'm grabbing, and the Let's Go bundle 3 weeks later.
@invictus4000 you'll be back. you want to be hollow once again. lol
So, the only real news here is the release date? Check!
That's the biggest wtf amiibo ever.
Took long enough
@Francema
Not sure if you are jesting, but indeed, those resolutions are not standard. They are the max the Switch can output in both docked and portable modes, but many games give less than that.
For example:
Pokken and both Bayonetta games are 720p both docked and portable.
Naruto and Xenoverse 2 are 900p docked and 540p portable.
Yay! With the lack of updates I was fretting they were going to cancel the release, so this is the best news I've had all day.
I've never played Souls before and was really hoping it would make it to the Switch.
Never played Dark Souls (Not a PS4 or Xbox guy). Will certainly be picking this up after the total ball I have been having with Hollow Knight.
@TheBigK me too, every single person I have spoken to has said it’s brutal but that I am going to love it! Hopefully that will be the case 🤞🏻
Too late! I already preordered Monster Hunter.
Maybe next Spring.
I bought this on ps as I was annoyed at delay but I still want a solaire amiibo!!! Praise and enjoy for those who have never played, I had not played the original, played bloodborne and DS3 before the remaster. I've just rung the second bell and am loving it. I like it more than DS3 but bloodborne is my fave, maybe as it was my first souls game.
SWEET SIMMERING CHRIST. It. Is. About. TIME.
I now have DS2 and 3 on X1, but have been saving that DS1 slot for Switch. It'll help figure out how the heck to play the thing!
@Ralizah The hype machine and PR marketing for RDR2 is insane, even without a big E3 spot, and yet it's hard to compare anything to GTA, a game I'm convinced sold well because it sold well rather than on specific merit of its own amazingness. It's not that it's a bad game, but it's not "best seller of all time" kind of greatness, nor is it even the best GTA.... )
Getting this DAY ONE!!!
Also as far as I remember the whole game is on the cartridge + the DLCs. Perfect for collectors like me!
@Ralizah I don't know what you are smoking to think that the Let's Go Pokemon game will outsell Smash and RDR2, it must be some really good stuff.
I really think this would have sold much better if it launched when it was supposed to. I already cancelled my pre-order after they gave us a generic as heck summer date that they still couldn't it either. I may still pick it up, but definitely not feeling as hyped for this anymore.
@Kimyonaakuma I feel like Nintendo's online service is the reason they delayed it.
Fantastic this is a good thing for me I have been building a small backlog to play with all the good titles already available on my Switch, gives me some more time to chip away, now if only I can find a place to buy that freaking amiibo .
@Jokerwolf good shout, that could be exactly why, or at least a big contributing factor.
I hope that 6 player online limit is only for coop/pvp and not notes and ghosts.
@dkxcalibur i feel the same
@Zimon it's not. it will work like it did on the other platforms. you'll still see all that stuff. 6 player is for co-op
@dougphisig Pokemon games consistently outsell Smash games within a given gen, so that prediction is a no-brainer. Smash is much less of a big deal than a lot of people think it is.
I'm much less certain about RDR2, as I'm not sure to what extent it'll go nuts in the charts. The previous game did well, but not nearly as well as, say, the average GTA game does.
Man I hope this runs well. How much will it cost in european territories?
This is possibly the worst month they could've chosen to release the Switch version
A remaster of a 7th gen game (That is already out on other platforms), is going up against Mega Man 11, Soul Calibur VI, TWEWY Final Remix, Super Mario Party, Starlink, AND RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2.
I hope this game is prepared to die.
@Ralizah Main series pokemon games do. This is not a main series pokemon game. Also if Red Dead Redemption does at LEAST half as well as GTA V (80 million copies worldwide) it will definitely outsell the the Lets Go games. Also nobody cares about those Lets Go pokemon games to be honest
@Alikan I didn’t really like it either. Didn’t get the greatness. But the new one really looks awesome from the first gameplay trailer. Rockstar are really masters of cramming stuff into thier worlds. Maybe it becomes too grand for my taste. Who knows. But I’ll probabaly try it just for it being this years biggest game.
@BlueBlur101 I think TWEWY and starlink are the ones who is going to die.
A 5 month delay, with no explanation. Nice
@Zimon It's unfortunate that I don't have more time. But the truth of the matter is that I have less time for video games then I ever have, the time that I do get, is already dedicated to other games. I've always heard great stuff about Dark Souls. It's something that I believe I would truly like, but I got a late start on Breath of the Wild, preordering Monster Hunter, and I'm planning on buying Smash in December. With those three games and revisiting Kart and Splatoon, I have no time for Dark Souls. Now if this would have come out early in summer, I may have jumped on this before Monster Hunter.
They oughta bundle DS II and III to compensate for making us wait so long. I’ve never played these games though; are they any good?
@citizenerased October/ Fall is also known as Indian Summer here in the States, so this release isn’t completely null....
Glad its coming out and they took responsibility to fix whatever was wrong with it before rushing it out the door. I’m not a programmer, but I can imagine it was anything that derailed it’s integrity. Matter of fact I was up late playing Gear.Club Unlimited, a mobile port that has had a significant update, and I actually love the game. However, the garage section is terribly laggy and buggy. Whether in there or during the races, the game crashes and I’m having to restart it. This happens several times during my sessions. Thats a relaxing game, to me. Therefore, if something like that was to happen in Dark Souls, I’d be disgusted and infuriated. So yes, devs, perfect your games before releasing them. Thank you. Us Switch owners have enough to play until you get it right.
@Vapeguy
No, the DLC has been included ever since the original PC version.
The only versions that don't include the DLC are the original xbox360 and ps3 versions.
The DLC is awesome though.
You can't buy that amiibo so that is not helpful at all.
What an awful release date. At this point they should hold till early next year.
@Ralizah I think the theme has a lot to do with it. Being all gangsta' with marijuana jokes and overall immaturity is kind of a huge deal to adolescents and man-children everywhere.
I far more serous Western.....I can't see that having quite the same viral demand. Huge, yes, but not nearly as base, so won't appeal to nearly as large a lowest common denominator. Heck, even I preordered RDR2....that should tell you how much lower the broad appeal is.
@dougphisig Err Pokemon is pokemon. The core is holding their nose, the masses will see Pokemon for their switch and gobble it up like crazy.
Smash meanwhile isn't all that huge. It's huge to the core. And it sells very well, longtail, as an evergreen title to the masses that see a fun party game with all the Nintendo characters they know. But it's no Pokemon that people will seek on shelves for the holiday.
@Abeedo They already confirmed it is a main series Pokemon. It's not a spinoff, it's just not a new generation, but a remake. And lots of people will be buying the Let's Go games as the first Pokemon on the very successful Switch. The dedicated core that wants to snub it is numerically irrelevant to the sales of the series. That's not the group that makes Pokemon the biggest name in gaming. The game may or may not be for "you" or those of your demographic, but it's Pokemon, it's new, and it's on Switch. It will sell quite well.
Nah, it's ok, i'm going to be busy with Starlink this holiday,
If the delay means we'll get the full game on a cartridge, free of all of the early bugs that may have plagued the remaster a couple months ago, and not have to download a massive day one patch that would take a [removed] of storage space, that's more than fine by me. Enough games on Switch as it is anyway.
@Ladasta No,. Star Fox as a playable character in Starlink will be really enticing, and TWEWY is probably among the most popular DS games of all time.
Dark Souls Remastered already came out on other platforms, so the hype will pretty much be non-existent once it comes to Switch. Plus, do you really think FromSoft is going to succeed in competing with RDR 2, arguably the most anticipated game sequel of the decade?
About f---ing time! Yes, can't wait to replay this game, and I will be picking of the amiibo too. Only thing I'm not looking forward to is fighting Dragon Slayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough again
@8-Bit_Superman It is the Dark Souls of Souls series
literally.
@Yomerodes LOL was an honest question! Zelda runs 900 docked? I did well not investing on a 4K TV just yet, I had no intention to game on a PS or Xbox. Thanks for the info.
@RudyC3 I like your optimism
Is there still going to be a demo of this pre-release?
About time. Let the deaths commence...
This reminds me of Smash Bros. For 3DS, amirite, @rjejr?
"Why did they make us wait so long?!"
To optimize the game so it runs well. I don't think that a few months is so bad. Not to mention, if they'd released it half baked y'all wouldn't have been so jazzed, screaming "Why not finish the game first?!" Aren't we usually complaining about instant gratification culture and giving devs time to finish, rather than relying on patches? You cannot please people...
Cool for those of y’all who want this! I have zero interest lol. October’s gonna be a fun month anyways, with Mega Man 11 and Super Mario Party.
Great to hear. Man, October's stacked for the Switch, gonna be a rough month on the wallet.
@19Robb92 yeah same here i hope it gets delayed, cause i feel like if it launches in the middle of October it will get buried by the other games
That's great news to the 20 people that want it. Praise the sun!
I have had it preordered since April when I thought I might want to play it in the summer. I think I'll cancel that preorder as things get a bit busier for me in the Fall. And, of course, there are a lot of other games coming out in the Fall.
Cancelled my preorder just this morning actually. Unfortunately timely games such as Dead Cells and MHW:PC have become my summer games instead.
Praise The Sun!!!! I was worrying it wasn't going to make it to Switch. Have had this pre ordered since day 1. Can't wait!
October is the best month in summer
First platform to be announced. last to be released. Now that's funny.
@brutalpanda
That's Demon Souls.
@IronMan30 Apologies, but I'm trying and drawing a blank.
Summer = October is my best guess, but I think the 3DS version actually did release in summer and it was the Wii U version that released in the fall, I think. Which probably didn't help the Wii U console sales any being both late and a port.
After seeing how poop the remaster was I won't be getting it. I have the OG game on PC and that is somehow superior with the fan fixes. Also cost me less money.
Did they delay because they thought people would double dip to get it portable?
@rjejr Smash for 3DS was supposed to launch in the summer but ended up being an October release. You were one of the people making the "October is my favorite summer month" jokes. Now a lot of people are saying it about this game.
@R1spam DS and BB are the pinnacle of the series. The DS sequels we're solid but don't live up to the original (or Demon Souls for that matter).
Good luck getting that Solaire amiibo
I'm quite excited to see how this game will be received on a Nintendo system.
@NEStalgia They said it's mainline yeah, but not a "Core" Pokemon game. Also main Pokemon fans do contribute massively to sales, otherwise every single pokemon mystery dungeon game that children pick up just for the pokemon name would've done amazingly in sales. This is a motion controlled game which doesn't have that much appeal to it. As for who will sell more, we'll see when it comes out (but it won't beat red dead)
@BlueBlur101 We’ll see. Starfox isn’t that big of a seller even in in the standalone games.
I don’t anticipate Dark souls doing super great but still better than those two games. And of course RDR2 will eat it up sales wise.
@Abeedo I think marketing has a lot to do with the Mystery Dungeon sales. They market the heck out of mainline games. They just send Mystery Dungeon out to die. And unfortunately as the AAAs prove, marketing moves more games than the game quality does.
I still believe "core" fans are reflexively writing off LGP based on "ewww motion is icky" and those that don't throw tantrums will be pleasantly surprised. Everything we've seen of the game is still "core Pokemon" other than catching wilds. I think the internet is just doing the "I want exactly what I want and resist all change" thing. Internet gamers, even among core are an extreme minority. LGP will do fine in sales. Even with core players. I'm also not unconvinced that the new wild system is only for LGP......I'm betting that will be the 2019 system as well, just with a bigger world and new gen. I think this Yellow remake is more or less a test of the new mechanics.
As for Red Dead...I don't know. Tons of marketing...it may break records. OTOH internet hype doesn't always match sales, and RDR is a much more serious, down to earth game than GTA's outrageous gangstas, strippers, cars, and pot's juvenile appeal. You're probably right, just based on marketing power alone though. I don't think it'll touch GTA though.
This is awesome, I can finally play Dark Souls on a portable device. This'll make those long flights to Asia much more tolerable. Praise the Sun indeed !
@hirokun The Remaster might be a worse option on PC but on Console this is far and away the best version
@NEStalgia Definitely won't touch GTA. However no matter how much they market it, nobody will buy it if they're not interested. The game could turn out amazing, but if the game itself doesn't look appealing, there will be lower levels of hype in the internet among fans, which is the premier way people know if they should get a game
@Abeedo You would think so, but sadly the market doesn't bear that out. People buy in response to marketing. Thus all the terrible games that end up top sellers that fly off shelves and why marketing budgets for AAA games often cost more than double, sometimes more than triple the actual development costs.....these days the marketing for a game is what makes people buy it. Having it thrown in their face as the thing to get that everybody else is going to get makes them buy it. Maybe it's the young, impressionable consumer base of games. Maybe it's the public at large. But it works, and it's shameful.
Not saying RDR2 won't be excellent. I'm betting it is. (I'm hoping it is, they already have my $60 on reserve for preorder thanks to the bonus treasure map on X1 ) But it's the hype machine of advertising is what will make it the seller it will be. Otherwise it would be a cult sleeper classic if it turns out great.
And Nintendo will market the heck out of LGP. Heck they're marketing the heck out of Aces already apparently.... It will sell big. I don't expect RDR2 big if only because one new platform versus 3 mature platforms is a pretty different sized market on its own.
@Switch_will_fail maybe. But they missed out big time. October is a cramped space, and they won't do well in it. Switch has moved on to other titles, and people like me who saw how much of a letdown this redo of the game was and who are generally savvy consumers will pass on it. If the next dark souls comes to switch I might get it since it would be a new experience however.
@RudyC3 Please mind your language!
@IronMan30 Well as I said earlier, I wasn't sure what you were talking about, but Ntineod has always been consistently wrong with their release date windows. Well at least by the astrological calendar I go by. I did think it released in the summer though, but yeah October. It did release in Sept in Japan, which most people would still consider summer, so I may have given them the benefit of the doubt on that one. But my reputation of going after them on dates surely isn't wrong. Especially when they are silly enough to tweet out those calendars where half of the dates wind up being wrong.
@NEStalgia I've pre-ordered the special edition to rdr 2 as well! I do think thought that there's no way they can market as the game to get that everyones going to get because no ones that interested in the LG games
@rjejr I wasn't commentating on anything other than this situation being analgous to Smash For 3DS and the jokes about October being a summer month. That's it...
@NEStalgia With Pokemon, i really don't understand the hate against the motion controls. Of all of the ideas behind it, does throwing a Pokeball really seem that obtuse? Especially when you can just flick the controller??? Even if I did care about looking silly (laugh all you want, motion controls in ARMS rock) this is hardly the most absurd application of motion controls.
As for the wild Pokemon system for Let's Go, I recall Sun and moon dabbling a bit with it, having Pokemon rustling through grass and actively chasing a player. I can imagine a happy medium of having Pokemon actively running around or hidden through grass while bringing back the standard fighting for them, ala the traditional formula.
@dkxcalibur I know right? Imagine how I feel being an rpg loving guy.
I've got Monster Hunter preloaded and ready. Currently playing YS VIII and Octopath.
Then the next two months comes Undertale, Xenoblade 2 expansion, Valkyria Chronicles 4, The World Ends with You and then ARK and Diablo 3 sometime this fall.
Not to mention Smash on Dec 7.
"Switch is slowing down in 2018" I wish it would slow down a little.
I just want the Solaire amiibo, honestly.
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