Nightdive Studios CEO Says Shadow Man On Switch "Is Possible"

Come on slow poke!

Had a lot of fun with this game on my N64 back in the day, would be great to see it return.

Really loved Shadow Man on the PSOne (although I've heard the N64 version is much better technically).
I probably spent at least 40 hours trying to collect those "things" (can't really remember what it was), but simply couldn't find the last 2 no matter how I tried.
But the music was really great in the game and then it had this Missisipi delta vibe to it, and also some of the most frightening villains ever in a videogame: "For we are many!" (or something like that) was their mantra.

I rented this game(RIP Blockbusters) & just couldn't get into it. I remember dying to the first enemy over & over because I couldn't figure out the controls/mechanics.

A Remake would be awesome.

Yes, yes, and yes. Make it happen Nightdive.

Another N64 I always seen but never actually played. I'd be willing to give it a shot on Switch. Hopefully a physical release comes along.

It was an awesome game on the N64. Pretty tough mainly because of the stiff controlls but the atmosphere and story were great and there's nothing like it.

Yes. Yes. Yep. This is a cracking game

N64 magazine called it Zelda's evil twin, high praise indeed. I actually preferred it to Turok 2, I never finished Turok 2 because I got lost/bored. I did finish Shadowman though.

if this is as good as the Turoks and released at a similar price point I would buy it! Surprised how much fun I am having with Turok

I was under the impression that this game was bad (watched a review of the game on youtube). I'm surprised to see all the hype around this potential port.

@AnnoyingFrenzy

Its another case in which the critics views were wildly out of whack with the public

Oh boy!! Even though I had trouble starting the game as it was so unsettling, I finished it 100%. Damn that was a victory! Let's do it again!!

Nice that they are bringing this back, now if only we get a new entry.

Ah yes, one of the objectively worst games to ever have been created.

Maybe leave that one in its grave.

@AnnoyingFrenzy
Not on your life, Shadow Man on N64 was incredible. I played it enough to 100% it and I tell you, I was engrossed and freaked out for every second. Imagine a horror game but in an exploration adventure template. There's no way it could still be as shocking and groundbreaking today as it was back then, but I for one would buy it again on Switch at launch.

Yes, but maybe Forsaken first.

@Fazermint i'll bite, obviously your opinion is subjective not objective, stop trolling

This game was badass! I was hooked.
If they ever do a remake of this game i would be first in line.

I quite enjoyed this back on the N64, I think I also played it on Dreamcast and it was a bit better on that. Back to the N64 though and there were a few games I quite liked which maybe aren't so popular such as Body Harvest and Hybrid Heaven that I'd love to see again

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.... MY GOD MAKE THIS HAPPEN

This game is indeed fantastic; possibly my favorite third-party game on n64. Since I still have my copy, I’d hope a Switch version would have some upgrades, at least graphically.

Well if they bring him back, hopefully the way more superior dreamcast version, which was on par with the pc release ...

Would be fantastic. Played years ago on the Dreamcast, one of my favourite games ever, it would be an instant buy for me.

I wander why they never made a sequel. I really cannot forget this game, I often think about it, and I always have the intention to play it again on the Dreamcast.

I had a summer job in a chippy way back and I bought this game with my first ever wage for the Dreamcast. The nostalgia is strong! Would love to see this on Switch.

@Erchitu
They DID make a sequel on the PS2, but it was downright terrible, one the biggest gaming disappointments for me ever.
It was very buggy, like game breaking buggy, and then it was very linear compared to the first. I don't know what happened with Acclaim, but it could seem like they weren't really able to make the generational leap from PSOne/N64 to PS2 etc.

@quinnyboy58 Lol stop getting butthurt on the internet.

I’ve got it on 64

I hated it on n64. Maybe should give it a chance agin.

If you didn't have to restart the entire damn level when you died, Shadowman would've been a total immortal classic. Instead you started the level again when you died, which got annoying after awhile.

I would totally get this if it got released.

At the time this was the creepiest game I ever played by far. The first game I actually dropped my controller from being startled (fighting one of the serial killers in an abandoned house. He fell from the ceiling right in front of me after I was searching for him for what felt like forever. Also didn’t help I was playing this alone in the dark lol).

The music was excellent. One of the later levels incorporated children’s laughter with creepy spooky music.

The dialogue / voice acting was really good too imo. Very mature, some light swearing. Back then, that was something kinda new for a Nintendo system (then again, once Conker came out i think swearing wasn’t such a big deal anymore).

Mechanics could have been a bit better but I got the hang of them pretty good after a while. IIRC jumping was tricky.

Wasn’t brutally difficult but not an easy game by any means. I would shiver whenever I would hear those three words: “The sisters awake”! That meant it was go time Lol.

Played the sequel in PS2 but I felt it was inferior to the original in almost every way.

Also gotta give props for a game being released with an African American protagonist. You didn’t have many of those back then at all.

Please please make this happen! This is a fantastic game. Very atmospheric with an amazing soundtrack.

"Come on slowpoke!"

did anyone really ask for this especially when they might charge £30 for the privilege? I've played this back in the day on the Dreamcast but this game could do with a remake remaster honesty.

Its so weird hearing people say we can get that n64 game running on the switch.......bottom line is I'd expect you to be able to?

It's a game from my childhood and had a cool vibe. The controls were awful though. Guess developers were still working out how to navigate 3d environments.

I was always curious about this game back in the day. Now, after seeing this trailer, I realize I didn't miss anything special.

@BongoBongo123 And this game came out on late 99 I believe.

A game best left in the past, believe me!

Besides, I'd rather Nightdive bring their versions of Powerslave/Exhumed, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, Blood or System Shock to the Switch. These games have aged very well, unlike Shadow Man!

This is far and away one of my favorite N64 games. I'd buy this pre-order day one! Gameplay was perfect, loved the story, and if they just wanted to up the graphics a little bit, I'd be stoked!

After the success of Turok 1 and Turok 2, their next big thing was Shadowman, not Turok 3, or any other Turok. If I was them I would prepare Shadowman for Switch after Turok 2.

I remember playing this( although vaguely). Believe I rented it from the video store and not being crazy about it. I was probably only 11 or 12 though

Come on slow poke!

A remastered with updated graphics and smoother mechanics would be nice but even if they dont I'd still get this game. It was like Zelda's darker more evil twin on the N64

@hadrian yea i was gonna say, i booted this up about 2 years back on my N64 and my god you are not joking, it really has not aged well at all. The game mechanics are actually downright terrible.

But it is a great game, it just needs smoother mechanics with updated graphics.

They could leave all the content and story alone.

I really liked that game. Bought it twice on N64 and Dreamcast.
Had some trouble with the English speech that days, but the German version (which was fully dubbed with very good voice actors) was censored unfortunately. The missing blood destroyed the scary athmosphere, but more silly was you could not kill the enemies, just stun them, so the German game was much harder...

Man, I put so many hours into this game on N64. Beat it 100% twice. I loved how massive the world was and how it gradually opened up more and more.

I'm still listening (semi-regularly) to the soundtrack 20 years later.

I played it in its day and enjoyed it, but it really needed puzzles or something to make it more interesting. It also needed a decent sequel.

Forsaken HD would be better for me if we are looking at older Acclaim games.

@CupidStunt I double up that Forsaken call out. Let’s get some XtremeG as well. Variety is wonderful.

I am pretty sure the narrator on the trailer above is the same guy from the House of the Dead Overkill game (he narrates not only the trailers on that one, but the whole game too). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tF6oUhDpnA

We all know why this game got noticed...

...because it was awesome.

@N64-ROX Ah, the guy reviewed the PS1 version, which is apparently the worst one by far.

This is the game that advertised on the back of tombstones right? You don't want to miss out on that kind of eternal promotion.

Here I was thinking I was living in the asshole of the universe.

Let it happen...
..."For We Are Many"

@shgamer That was the line of the main antagonist, the fallen Angel Legion.
He introduced himself saying “My name is Legion. For we are many.”
There were evil npc characters in the real world, each with their own goal, that sacrificed themselves in his name, stabbing themselves and pronouncing the words “For we are many”, and becoming the bosses in the world of the dead, and each boss represented one of the seven capital sins.
I loved that game so much.
I just hope it’ll come eventually to the Switch and with updated graphics.

Finding all the dark souls was both very challenging but also much fun. Not sure how much the graphics will hold up today, but from a nostalgic point of view, I'd definitely go back to deadside one more time.

The music was superb. Great atmosphere. Remember the children's voices in the asylum? That was creepy as hell.

How was this compared to Soul Reaver? I passed on it back in the day because it looked like poor man's Soul Reaver. Kind of regret it.

@judaspete
Okay, let's not get carried away here. The Legacy of Kain series is in a league of it's own. Especially Blood Omen, Soul Reaver and Defiance. You can't compare Shadow Man to such masterpieces. It would be like comparing Tarrentino's latest movie to Pulp Fiction.

@Aneira Ha! Fair enough. LoK was so good. Especially Soul Reaver. Like a dark fantasy Metroid with better storytelling than Metal Gear. Really didn't deserve to fade out like it did.

@AnnoyingFrenzy Yes the PSone version was ugly.