Earlier this year, American-based developer The Behemoth lifted the lid on Castle Crashers Remastered for the Switch. This is the first time the company will bring one of its games to a Nintendo platform since the GameCube generation.
Now, after "months of responding to questions and posts and tweets" asking when exactly the game would arrive on Nintendo's newest system, a blog post has confirmed this version will launch next month, on 17th September for $14.99 USD. Pricing for other regions has not been revealed.
The Switch eShop version of the remaster includes HD Rumble, online play and up to 4-player local Joy-Con support. This is backed by 60 frames per second gameplay, texture sizes "five times greater" than the original game, the fast and frantic mini-game "Back Off Barbarian" and all of the previously released downloadable content - including characters, weapons, and animal orbs.
The Behemoth also mentioned how it had no plans for cross-play, so you'll just have to stick with fellow Switch players. Here's a new trailer showing off the Nintendo version of the game:
Will you be downloading Castle Crashers Remastered on 17th September? Tell us below.
[source blog.thebehemoth.com]
Comments 46
this game rocks!!!!
Those are some... /terrified/ animals!
Great news! Are there plans for a physical release?
Game was epic on 360, def picking this up.
Also, that deer.... omg.... that poop propelled deer. I died laughing, and still do, at it.
Another one for the watch list. I'd consider getting it at or around launch if it wasn't the fact that they're releasing it at the same time that basically every other game is releasing.
Behemoth's best game!
and now I can play it on the go!
@qeiYnn The blog post only mentions the eShop release. Here's what was said over on Twitter:
"The release will be digital, available on the Nintendo Eshop"
https://twitter.com/thebehemoth/status/1167510631269851136
@Liam_Doolan
Thanks Liam! Well, I’ll keep on hoping though.
Y’all...I only have so much money to go around. Need a money tree.
(Still buying it. )
Another one for September !
Yyyeeeeesssssss!!!!
Day one purchase!!!
I used to really like this on my brothers 360. May give it a try on switch.
Is that amiibo under the TV... Please no... I can't afford anything else in September...
Man, New Grounds back in the early 2000s was so irreverent and a hotbed of strange and wonderful content. Some of my buddy's music he uploaded there is actually used in CASTLE CRASHERS. Please re-master ALIEN HOMINID!!!!
At that price, considering how good it is, its a must. Might have to space September's purchases out simply for lack of time.
Final fantasy 8, spyro, dragon quest, this and a preorder of the physical river city girls are musts. Links awakening and ni no I'll wait for reviews/later purchase.
I’ll probably grab this. Here’s hoping the sell through motivates a remaster of Battleblock Theatre!!
How is the file size less than half a gig?
Aaaaaaaand of course it’s September.......
Put another one on the list. Just too fun of a game to pass up though and the price is right.
So how is Alien Hominid unlocked?
Been waiting for this game to come out for Switch but bad timing for a release (for me at least).
I'll probably pick this up in November or December. September and October have way too many games coming out that I need to get first.
I've heard a lot about this game. I did however just get Ninjin: Clash of Carrots on sale so my beat 'em up needs are covered for now.
One of the best co-op games ever made on the easiest console to transport ever? Yeah, I'm grabbing this.
It's a great game for get togethers.
September is ridiculously packed
Great news! I was expecting the game to be $20, but it being cheaper can't hurt. Definitely buying down the line, if not at launch.
Definitely getting this game day one! My only problem is with this game is that I can’t pre-purchase it.
@sixrings a quick google seems to show that the original 360 release was around 140MB. Xbox Live Arcade that this was part of had some very limiting restrictions around the size of games allowed into the service early in the Xbox 360s life. The file size slowly increased over time.
I remember this game being really popular on 360 back in the day being on of the few good couch multiplayer games on a system where most games played online instead. Surprised it took so long to come to a Nintendo platform.
@Beermonkey I think those figures already exist, I remember wanting some but they're not available outside the US (same with the hatty statue to the right of the TV as well)
also aren't amiibo always nintendo characters? Only one I'm aware of that isn't nintendo character was Shovel Knight
@Doktor-Mandrake there is a snake and sonic amiibo but thast because they are in smash. anyone in smash can get an amiibo with the exception of shovel knight, though he is an assist trophy Im pretty sure.
@Doktor-Mandrake and Smash characters, which includes Sony-originating characters like Cloud and now, eventually, Joker; and multiplatform characters like Sonic and Snake.
Cross-play would make me buy it. As is though, I’m not sure if I can justify it, at least at the moment.
@Doktor-Mandrake There's a Solaire Amiibo as well.
again with September, if I got all the games I wanted on ps4 and switch that months it would cost me more than 500 lol. thankfully on switch I only want castle crashers and goose game and ff8 oh and ni no kuni. . going to have to skip some games and wait till October to buy some of them at this rate!. or not buy some of them at all,
This game was way more fun than it had any right to be, both in single player and co-op. Such a simple game but it was really fun.
Considering the amount of indie games for $20 on Switch these days this looks really good at $15.
Wow, this game is so old, I remember playing it on my friend's Xbox 360 and thinking "this indie / downloadable game thing will never catch on!"
@qeiYnn There should not be a retail release of this game alone. I was thinking there should be compilation of Bethemoth games on cartridge.
I'm really not a fan of double dipping, but man the Switch practically seems made for Castle Crashers! Besides I don't really turn the 360 on much these days, and this game deserves to still be played. Also, I miss Batty...
@Doktor-Mandrake people have mentioned a few, but Diablo also got its own Amiibo. It’s not common but it happens.
Can't wait to see how nice this game looks finally running at 60fps! And with the more detailed texture maps it should look pretty sharp. And it's so fun!
Finally!!!!! Just made it prior to a Fall deadline. Can't Wait!!!!!!
@Ryu_Niiyama My money tree is starting to fruit. Want me to let you know when I have some money tree seeds available?
@Bass_X0
Would probably be a better idea
This games window for a Switch release has long passed i think. Would have been good in its first year but at this point the only reason to actually pick this up is to play portable and this game is terrible in single player.
@Fake-E-Lee Well I think it was fun. It may have gotten hard though and I stopped playing solo halfway through. I seem to do that with a lot of games. Play by myself but also w/ my kids, then stop playing by myself when I finish the game with them.
By now it's probably pretty run of the mill for a single player game what with these 30 indie games a week releasing. Rogues. Rogue lites. Rogue likes. I have no idea what any of that means. Probably not worth the $15 to play solo. I think we either got it with PS+ or on sale for $1.99, great sales on Sony systems so I never worry about how much of a game I play.
@Fake-E-Lee Well good luck. Hope you enjoy it.
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