Lucky's Tale has had quite an interesting journey over the years. First appearing on Oculus, then moving to the Xbox One and now finding his new home on Nintendo Switch.
It's like a match made in heaven for the little platforming fox as developers, Playful, aren't just porting over an old version; they're completely rebuilding Lucky from almost the ground up for the Switch. New camera controls, new moves, redesigned worlds, and brand new levels are amongst a few of the things coming to their new game New Super Lucky's Tale.
Playful had us over to check out a few new things they've been working on with Lucky on Switch. One of which was a brand new level called Ripe Rollers, which looks to rival the quality of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and the new Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. Ripe Rollers is a 2D level with a fruit farm theme that features a ton of collectables, hidden behind some challenging platforming puzzles, that are perfectly married with tight controls and a beautiful world.
The depth between the foreground and background often came into play as well, as you needed to stay aware of rolling fruit that could take you out, if not careful. Even the way the light perfectly filtered through the cornstalks in the background had us surprised this was running on Switch.
We also had a chance to check out one of the redesigned hub worlds, Veggie Village, which now features new cutscenes (with Kitty Litter member, Tess) new collectables to find and a completely redesigned layout. It's an extreme step up over what was playable in Lucky's previous adventures and really is deserving of the "New" title.
Check out the video above for a full gameplay session we had with a few members of the development team. New Super Lucky's Tale is fully embracing it's newly found platforming skills and is shaping up to be the true Lucky experience.
What do you think of Lucky's new direction? Don't forget, New Super Lucky's Tale launches on Nintendo Switch on November 8th of this year!
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Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, Shantae and the Seven Sirens, A Hat in Time, New Super Lucky's Tale... Truly a great time to be a platformer fan.
@SmileMan64 yes! I had been waiting too long for the platformer genre to make a comeback and finally it has.
I didn't realise they were rebuilding the game from the ground up. Definitely getting this at some point.
But it is as good as Conker’s Bad Fur Day?
Already had this preordered and thought it was a straight port. Great news
@beazlen1 Nothing is as good as Conker's Bad Fur Day.
I beat Super Lucky’s Tale on Xbox One and it was really fun! Seeing as this is being built from the ground up, i need to play this again!!!
Fantastic I can’t wait 😊 had my eyes on this one. I’ve been slightly disappointed with yooka laylee just a bit meh to me I think I still don’t like the characters and the art style does nothing for me. Maybe I’ll change my mind further through the game 🤷🏻♂️
Seems good I guess for people who really need more of this type of thing.
Wow, it actually looks really good! I will get it alongside Yooka Laylee for sure Good times!
Thanks tagline writer. Now I have that song stuck in my head.
@Kienda I couldn’t not 😁
@TheLightSpirit
He took the bait
Half the price elsewhere..
@Mgene15 Half the price, but it's not the same game.
@BorderlineJon It's a literal night and day difference! I was so surprised!
I'm intrigued, but I have mixed feelings about the 2D and 3D. I can love either, but I generally prefer them kept in separate games. I hope Lucky isn't copying the Sonic playbook of trying to have a whole bunch of game styles at once, but not being particularly good at any of them.
@TheFox From what I played on Xbox. The levels are either 2D or like 3D World style levels. They don't mix like a Sonic Generations or Colors level.
I loved the Xbox One game but I might get the Switch version too since it has extra content. Anyway, why are games so expensive on Switch?
Is £23 for physical “so expensive on the switch?”
Released at a higher price on Xbox and this is a new version of the game
Super excited for this game! Never played before but I’ve been loving this Microsoft and Nintendo partnership!
Question.
Is that game run on 30 fps or 60 fps ?
These type of games are brilliant for the switch love it on Xbox can't wait to try it again
I really enjoyed this on the Xbox so if they’re adding loads of new stuff for the Switch I’ll definitely be getting it. They should have perhaps subtitled it as director’s cut or deluxe or something (assuming it’s not different enough to market it as a full sequel) as I would have skipped it on the assumption it was the same game.
Edit: my mistake, it’s got New before the name, I misremembered and thought that was the name of the Xbox version to differentiate it from the VR game.
@sandman89 I love your avatar! Sphinx was one of my favorite games I played this year!
@RazumikhinPG
You are absolutely right, they both have shoes, eyes, ears, noses and look like a fox!!! Can't believe they got away with that.
https://www.deviantart.com/rockeyrolley/art/Tails-VS-Lucky-Super-Lucky-s-Tale-692888857
Played on Xbone...its just ok. Just like both Yooka Laylee games...just ok.
I do highly recommend Hat in Time though, I was surprised at how good that game was. I was expecting an generic time but I was charmed by its character.
@TheFox That's what the Mario 3D have been doing since the Galaxys, and works pretty good imo. I don't know, I like it.
@BulkSlash Yep. The original on Oculus was Lucky's tale, the Xbone version was Super lucky's tale, and this one is New Super Lucky's tale. 3 different names for 3 different versions.
@the_beaver Mario games have a more consistent style. Odyssey was almost exclusively 3D from an overhead perspective. 3D World switched back and forth between overhead camera and viewing from the side, but it was always 3D and still felt like one game. I've got two recent(ish) Sonic games, Forces and Lost World. Those feel like they took several different games and mashed them together without really making an effort to make the different modes feel like they're part of the same game. That's what I see in this preview. The 2D looks like Rayman Legends, the 3D looks like Skylanders. Maybe it's all good, but they don't look like the same game.
It looks so disgustingly brain meltingly cute.
I kinda want.
It's the Tails game I never had.
i always thought his game looked cute and fun but never had the platform to play it on, so happy its coming to switch, and with new content too!
I loved the demo I played at E3 a few years back! I will definitely be getting the physical version of this one!
How does the fox play? Cutely!!
I am glad the Switch is getting the definitive edition!
@Dpullam Same! I still have my cape and pin from the event too!
@PiXeLSteF you forgot they have the same colour.
Yeah, definitely going to grab this awesome looking version at some point but no rush as I own previous versions.
Interested to see how the remixed Switch version turns out. On Xbone it felt like a 3D version of one of the many 90s animal mascot platformers that arrived in the wake of Sonic. Competent and attractive, but soulless and kinda bland.
Love 3D platformers, been playing through Spyro until Luigi's mansion comes out, but have Hat in Time and this on pre-order (physical of course) they will probably be bumped up through my backlog once Luigi's is complete
Those adversary intros are much needed tbh. It makes the game feel more alive and I'm glad they found a use for the coins you collect in the game. Sucks that they can't have the concept art achievements like they did on the Xbox, but pretty sure they'll just have a gallery for it.
Might give it another go, but again, the game is pretty easy.
@SmileMan64
Isn't Shantae more of a Metroidvania game?
@Donutsavant thanks. It’s fantastic. I love Egypt
@Ziondood Me too! The cape is wrapped around a Donkey Kong plushie I bought at E3! Such good memories!
@Stocksy It's £35 on the eShop last time I checked. Retail prices are free, in Europe at least.
@BlueOcean £23.95 on base. Physical.
I heard great things about Impossible Lair and I loved Tropical Freeze. That's quite a strong comparison you're making.
This level looks much better than all of they've shown for this game and all I've seen for the previous one... but still, I feel like it's not original enough. Lucky looks very cute, but that's about it.
I'll take another look when it will release.
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