Digerati has revealed that it will be bringing Super Blood Hockey and its retro-flavoured violence to Nintendo Switch next month.
Described as "a violent homage to classic 8- and 16-bit ice hockey games" Super Blood Hockey lets you customise your line-up, take to the ice, and use fast-paced skills and bone-crunching brutality to dominate the game. You can take part in a single player tournament, or compete against friends in four-player local multiplayer.
The new console version even features dieting, showering, and some pretty shady performance-enhancing drugs. But hey, it's only a video game, right? Here are some key features:
Key Features
- Use superior skating, positioning, strategy and blood-splattering violence
- Take on the world in a global tournament, where failure results in execution
- Varied challenges and scenarios, including Turbo Mode and 12 vs 12 Mega Rumble
- Paint the ice with the blood of your friends in 4-player local multiplayer
- Franchise Mode: Create, recruit and manage your own custom team of inmates in a futuristic world of dystopic blood sports
- Enjoy the retro beats of an original soundtrack by chiptunist Shawn Daley
As noted above, this one will arrive on Switch sometime in April (the date hasn't been fixed just yet). It'll then launch on PS4 and Xbox One in Q2 2019.
What do you think? Will you be giving this one a go? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
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I miss old arcade sports games. Might be worth a look
lol looks weird
i like it...
Okay, I'm fine with using retro games as a template to do something new... but this seems VERY derivative of NES hockey.
EDIT: Looking a bit more at the game, I see there's a sort of RPG/Management mode. That could elevate it if it's as good as something like Golf Story or some of Nintendo's old RPG sports games.
Looking forward to this!
This actually looks funny and enjoyable. Hopefully it's no more than $7 Or $8 bucks and I'll grab it
My current favourite Hockey game soon on my current favourite games console. Today is a good day and yes, This game is 100% Shiryu Seal of Awesome.
FINALLY! A hockey game on Switch!
Day 1.
Looks cool, I still play NHL 94&98! Very awesome to play both on my Mega SG!🙌
Yeah, this looks.. fresh!
It's like NES Ice Hockey and Blades of Steel had a bloody offspring and I like it. I would definitely play this for the hilarity, and there's apparently story. I'll keep an eye on this one. Digerati and Devolver have become some of my favorite names on the eShop as of late.
Team north korea, cool! sounds like a fresh game.. (and bored of recent nhl releases..)
I was going to talk trash about this game and then that trailer transported me right back to the glorious NES hockey days. Good job. I’m in.
This looks really interesting. It's got a nice old school vibe and Switch needs sports games. Will deff pick this up.
Not bad. But I'd rather have a more modern 3d aesthetic than 8 bit. How about Super Mario Hockey, Nintendo?
Oh yeah...this looks great!!
Wow I am 1000% getting this when it launches (please be $10 or less!). It looks just like NES Ice Hockey which was one of 4 NES games I had when I opened it on Christmas all those years ago... my line-up is and has always been 2 fat, 1 medium and 1 speedy skinny guy.
Heck yes. Brings me back to the days of NHLPA '93 on SNES with greats like Ed Belfour and Kirk "The Yoghurt" Muller.
Could be good. I will keep an eye on this one.
Might pick up but l would love an actual NHL game on Switch . Even a watered down version.
Switch doesn’t have many hockey games.
But it does already have NES ice hockey. And the gameplay holds up. And this doesn’t seem to have size changing.
The rpg parts could be cool though. But I feel like I’m looking for something closer to Wayne Gretzky 3d hockey or NHL Hitz.
Or Nintendo to make the proper sequel to NES ice hockey. Use Mario characters if you want. The one on Wii was too barebones.
@Roam85 Hitz was so good. Played the absolute crap of the OG Xbox versions. The ultimate 2 player game.
@Roam85 Wayne Gretzky's 3D hockey was the absolute bomb. I was such a ninja at that game it was scary. Turbo powercheck steal, onetimer to flaming shot that sends the goalie flying into the net. And then manual instant replay!
The best part was when the periods ended - the score would come up and the announcer would read it out, but you could still control the players so it was just a frantic melee to try to smash each other as much as possible.
That, and the fact that every powercheck triggered a one-second ambulance sound effect... True gold.
Looks interesting looks like it could be a great time killer
I mean, as a kid, half the reason I followed the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche was hoping for more fights... but this game isn't for me. I am sure others will enjoy it.
Great game. Had it for quite awhile, and it still gets love from me. Excited to double dip.
Definitely not the hockey I was hoping for but this looks decent. However not into 8 bit m rated games.
It makes me remember a little Hit the Ice in the SNES/Genesis era ... but just a little
I sooo want this lol
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