The much-loved Kingdom Rush series is making its way to Nintendo Switch, with a trilogy of its tower-defence hits planned for the console.
The series, created by Ironhide Game Studio, will be kicking off on Switch with Kingdom Rush Frontiers later this month. Frontiers was actually the second Kingdom Rush game to be released, appearing on mobile stores in 2013, and has players guiding troops as they defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and spooky denizens of the underworld.
We've got our hands on a feature list for this upcoming remaster. Check it out below:
The remastered version of Kingdom Rush Frontiers, one of the most epic tower defense games ever created, features:
- Fantastic tower defence game with lots of strategic decisions. Great abilities like Reinforcements, Rain of Fire, Chill Wands, and medieval devastating nukes!
- Fortify the frontier in exotic lands, hold the line in deserts, jungles, and even the underworld!
- 16 LEGENDARY HEROES! Choose your champions and train their abilities! Each has unique specialities that fit different play styles!
- 8 SPECIALIZED TOWER UPGRADES! Slice, sizzle, and stomp your foes with Crossbow Forts, Mighty Templars, Necromancers, and even Earthquake Machines
- OVER 60 ENEMIES with unique abilities! Stay on your toes as you fight through desert sandworms, tribal shamans, nomad tribes, and underground terrors.
- MERCILESS BOSS FIGHTS! Hey, we told you to get those upgrades…
- Special units and features on every stage!
- Upgrade system allows you to min/max your towers towards your preferred strategy.
- Hours of gameplay with OVER 80 ACHIEVEMENTS!
- CLASSIC, IRON, AND HEROIC GAME MODES to challenge your tactical skills!
- THREE DIFFICULTY MODES! Are you up for a real challenge? Go with Veteran mode!
- Intoxicating charm with a rousing music score, full-bodied voice-overs, and beautifully illustrated cartoon art!
- IN-GAME ENCYCLOPEDIA! True warriors know their enemies… and their towers. Study up!
- GAMEPLAY OPTIMISED FOR CONTROLLERS, PLAY IT ANY WAY YOU WANT!
Frontiers will be launching on Switch on 27th February; if you're super keen, you'll actually be able to pre-purchase it from the eShop starting from 13th February. The other titles planned for Switch have yet to be revealed.
Have you played these before on mobile? Thinking of giving the series a go on Switch? Tell us below.
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Weird they would start with this one rather than the first but whatever. My absolute favorite TD series of all time. If you've never played them and like the genre, they are an absolute must buy at whatever price you can afford.
Still love these types of games. I'll have to at least check out the first.
I beat origins on my tablet, these games are very great, would recommend. Just bought Frontiers on my tablet and need to start that soon.
The Kingdom Rush games are easily the best TDs I've ever played. You can usually wait for them to be on sale for $0.99 on your mobile device. Touch controls are perfect for them, I can't see myself trying to use a classic controller for this as sometimes things can get pretty frantic. Also, I don't see anything in this "Remastered" description that isn't in the original game. Curious why it would be called a remaster.
EDIT: The original games have 3 or 4 heroes unlocked, with the remaining heroes all locked behind paywalls. Depending on the price and assuming all heroes are unlocked, this may actually be a bargain. Time will tell, I guess.
@Panopticon I wonder if all the heros are available after Purchase? That would be the only thing I could think of to make it better
@Plexagon Yep, after I posted I just remembered that as well, so I edited my original post.
Definitely a fantastic series, but I would only double-dip if they offered all three in a collection rather than individually.
These are the best TD games ever made. This was my go to game on lunch breaks.
Yes they are the best Tower Defense game on any platform.
I played all of them on the iPad. The first game is free on the App store, try it and get hooked! What I disliked about the later games is the micro-transaction even after paying the full game. I hope they get rid of it for the Switch version.
Maybe they will port Iron Marines to Switch too, it's their latest game. It's not TD, it's more like Starcraft, RTS game.
I would buy it, if it had pointer controls.
I would hate to buy this one and then a better one releases the next day... if you’re gonna release 3 from the series, let me know now which ones so I can decide!
That said, if under $5 it’s a no-brainer...
Completed all of these on my iPhone. Get m all guys, the games are very good. But you probably are only able to play them well on a touchscreen.
I might even double dip.
Weird they start with the 2nd one though. Also, there are 4 kingdom rush games, so why only a Trilogy?
Yes, there are four, why trilogy? Perhaps if they will start with Frontiers which is the second, maybe they will bring Frontiers (2), Origins (0) and Vengeance (3?). Yes, indeed the best TD game series! I have completed all on ios and android.
Will buy when they get discounted. Assuming every hero is unlocked of course
I just bought these on Steam no matter, Tower Defense titles tend to work better on PC, but to anyone curious, these games are great!
Love me a good tower defence (yes defence I'm English ) game.
Still hoping to see plants vs zombies 1 and / or 2 on Switch.
Amazing stuff! After reading a fantasy trilogy by https://severbronny.com/ I'm stoked to play this trilogy of games!
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