As you might recall, 505 Games and Digital Continue are bringing Drawn To Life: Two Realms to the Nintendo Switch on 7th December. It's described as "a revitalisation of the beloved franchise and modern continuation of the series" and will be a digital-only release.
If the game ends up getting enough support, there's even a chance of previous entries in the series from the Wii and DS era making a comeback. While "direct ports" apparently wouldn't be an option due to extensive stylus features, there is still a chance of these games making a comeback on the Switch.
Here's what Digital Continue founder Joseph Tringali had to say in an interview with Nintendo Everything:
“I’ve given a good amount of thought to it (bringing previous Drawn to Life games to Switch), and it’s something I’d love to tackle. Direct ports aren’t an option because of the extensive stylus features in the first two, but there are some cool ideas that I think could work well. Doing this, along with a bigger sequel, are both things we’d love to take on. However, any future plans depend 100 percent on a big enough audience to be there for it. It’s going to depend on the reception of Two Realms.”
As mentioned, there's also a chance of a sequel happening, if there's a big enough audience. Would you like to see the Drawn To Life series make a big return? Leave a comment down below.
[source nintendoeverything.com]
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i understand it from a business perspective but this whole "holding the rest of a franchise hostage if the new one doesn't do well" thing is getting old
@somebread this really doesn’t seem like the other times I’ve seen this on a Nintendo platform. They’re a small team and those titles need quite a bit of work before they are ported over.
@faint true. super monkey ball was still the most egregious example ive seen so far
@somebread that was truly ridiculous. I agree with you there.
@somebread i feel like this case is somewhat different, since the switch game seems like a faithful sequel. if this one does well then they could reuse elements of that game to remake past entries
i think thats much more reasonable that just porting over the old games/making a spinoff, then saying "please buy this if you want an actual sequel"
I’d love to have a reworked and remastered 1 & 2 ds entry combo on the switch
Port the Spongebob game you cowards!
Truth be told I don't see why they can't port the DS games directly to Switch and just either make them handheld exclusive, or add more R button templates.
I was gonna buy it regardless. I loved Drawn to Life, but I really can't remember the plot because it's been over a decade, never played part 2, and I could keep this one in my backlog until they remaster the previous entries.
I would be up for it.
@somebread Chibi-Robo Zip Lash was also an example of that practice going wrong.
@somebread Exactly. Killing an entire franchise over one entry is ridiculous.
Imagine if Capcom had that mentality back in the 80's when the first Mega Man game flopped.
@somebread Ya that't pretty boges I do hope they remaster it wouldn't that be somthing.
@Bizaster It's also only $10 if I remember correctly
Who else is getting this for self-drawn ample-breasted waifus and/or hasubandos?
Too bad I'm a terrible drawer.
@PikaPhantom : If it's AU$15 or less, I could be tempted, but I'm typically in the same physical or bust boat.
I wish them well though. It's a cool concept that I am surprised had taken this long to revisit.
As someone who's never played the original games on DS, it'd be nice to see what the big deal is about
I’m interested in playing this, and I’m cautiously optimistic the results will be satisfactory. But if they miss the point or take the teeth out of the series, I wouldn’t want it to continue. HD port-remakes of DtL 1 and 2 would be excellent... but 2’s (canon) ending mustn’t be altered.
Anybody playing this?
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