XIII Remake For Switch Delayed Again, Will Now Arrive In 2021

No harm done. Better they delay it now than rush a broken build to shelves and "update" it beyond recognition later (and there's never any guarantee that the publishers will spring for more updates as they're already pocketing from the game). I wish more games would get delayed nowadays so that we could have a complete polished game on the cartridge.

I saw the title and thought that Final Fantasy 13 was suddenly getting a remake.

Another remake/remaster/cash-in for the Switch of an ancient game? Yeah I’m good thanks.

@Kalmaro I wonder if we'll see FFXIII on Switch eventually.

Ah yes. One of the first famous cell-shaded games, especially for the FPS genre. The game was pretty cool but I remember it being hard towards the end for random reasons.

@Bomberman64
It'd make sense since the Switch is def not getting FF16. FF13 would fill the void.

This game, Auto Modellista and Robotech: Battlecry all seem to have been ushering in a new era of cell shading. They were all pretty quality, I wouldn't mind seeing a remake of Auto Modellista.

@doctorhino This time with the ability to control the cars

@Yanina it was a cautionary tale about a street racer showing off doing burnouts until his tires were raw then still having to compete.

Every level did feel like ice, I guess i meant more from a content and graphics perspective.

First game was amazing. I'm very worried based on this video thought that the AI will be awful. They appear to react to almost nothing in that trailer.

I finished the game (GameCube version) last year.
Enjoy a lot! Highly recommend!

Well that's disappointing. Oh well, I was probably going to buy it on PC anyways.

@doctorhino The whole game (apart from the actual driving) was pretty amazing yeah. I spend more time decorating my garage then racing.

It might be even on my #1 spot for a remaster. Including more accessible gameplay.

I still had way too many good games to play so this could wait. Make the delay worth it.

Just make the game as good as it can be and it's all good

How hard is to port a 2003 game?

@scoobdoo I for one am excited for this one. Played XIII way back when it released and loved it. Its kind of a forgotten hidden gem imho so Im glad more people will get to expirience it. I am a bit worried that it might not be attractive for newcomers tho as it often is with remakes of old games that only people with nostalgia for it can enjoy since they're overlooking the outdated mechanics

@dimi Hoping they're adding some significant features to justify all the delays...

I hate these delays for Switch versions of 3rd party games. The conspiracy portion of my brain always assumes that they do this to get people to double dip on their games.

I may hold out for the Switch version of this though as I'm a huge fan of the original and playing this in handheld mode is probably a lot of fun.

Nintendo is missing big time on certain genres. Car racing, fps, sports games. I hope a switch pro fixes the gaps in nintendos line up. In the old days when nintendo struggled with lack of sports games it made its own. And then nintendo really did do well with goldeneye and perfect dark. And on gamecube and 64 there was always something to race. Now days there's too much hope for third parties to fill these voids which clearly they aren't exactly into doing.

Would have thought sales wise that NSW would perform better than others. For me, I enjoy these old FPSs in handheld the most.

Played back in the day and will get again. Probably in November tho! Xx

Probably holding off for the new 4K ready version of Switch that will be announced some time soon. Hopefully.

@Duncanballs FPS in handheld?! You must have tiny hands

I'll be waiting for the Switch version first.

It's a shame, I was looking forward to this one. It didn't look amazing and the original game definitely had its flaws, but I really did love the original regardless. The acting, style and story were all fantastic. It helps that I'm a big fan of the graphic novel series too.

The gameplay was good too, but it just had a few difficulty spikes and the checkpoints were a bit harsh. Overall though, it was a fun game.

Well, hope it worth the wait ! The remake look pretty nice n guess need more time to port tho, if dp2 have more time like this, it wouldnt be so bad

Delays on this little console no longer shock me. It's gotten so pathetic, yet so expected.

Meanwhile, i'll be waiting for Doom Eternal.

I wonder if there is still a chance the FFXIII trilogy will come to Nintendo Switch. Here it is December 2021 and still no mention of it anywhere, in an official capacity. I would love it if they released a version on the switch platform. I have been waiting for it, so I never bought it on PC. Haven’t actually played anything from that series since Lightning Returns. The lore in those games are pretty much my favorites. Even thought bout getting a L’cie tattoo.