Tucked away inside yesterday's Nintendo Direct sizzle reel was the news that Wreckfest, Bugbear Entertainment's demolition racer, is heading to Switch this fall.
Boasting a variety of tracks, dozens of vehicles, lots of customisation options and plenty of destruction, Wreckfest will be crashing into retail stores and on the eShop for $39.99 / €39.99 / £34.99. The Super Mario movie cast reveal might have taken all the mainstream headlines yesterday, but Wreckfest's press release runs with it in style, giving us a good chuckle in the process:
"It's a me ... Wreckfest! Critically acclaimed demolition racer is soon to be tire-squealing onto Nintendo Switch. Wreckfest features do not include Chris Pratt, or princesses, and does not come with turtles, but it does include lawnmowers, harvesters, school busses, and although we don’t have anyone to fix a toilet, that doesn’t mean you can’t drive one.
The game will feature an online multiplayer mode that supports up to 16 players and will run at a "constant 30 FPS" when it launches on Nintendo's system. Here's a feature list to tell you a little more:
- Awesome Cars – Old, banged-up, patched-together cars that simply ooze style! From old American heavy-hitters to agile Europeans and fun Asians, you won’t find anything like this in other games.
- Meaningful Customization – Change not only the look of your cars but also upgrade their body armor
- Receive free updates that add new tracks and tournament challenges with unique rewards (please note: tournaments will be a free upgrade, available post-launch)
- Multiplayer – Wreck your friends online and take racing to the limit while chasing for demolition dominance!
Wreckfest has been around for some time now on a variety of platforms – have you played the game before? Will Switch be your first time? Tell us below.
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This game looks really, really fun. Getting big Burnout vibes from those crashes.
And free updates to the game after launch? Love to see it!
@gcunit They did it. =)
Been wanting to play this for years, hope the port does it justice.
I'm getting PS1 destruction derby vibes! This is gonna be a day one purchase. I freaking love thqnordic at the moment!😁
If this races like Burnout (at least 3, from my experience), that's awesome, but if it also plays more like the old Destruction Derby games, that could be interesting too. Not sure where this will fall?
The trailer looked rough. Much worse than these screenshots
Had great fun playing this on PS4, tempted to double dip on switch for portable play but hope it doesn’t have the usual switch tax…
I had Wreckfest on PC for 6 years since it were in early access.
Great game, but expect some downgrades.
I recently got the Carmageddon car in Wreckfest in a event. There were also some Carmageddon tracks added.
The Carmageddon content is probably not on Switch version as it were a event thing.
@MS7000 Indeed! Hope it has gyro steering.
Been procrastinating on this one for PC for ages... If it's on Switch I might actually play it!
That video isn’t the footage they used last night. The video doesn’t have any switch game play the stuff last night looked terrible. I have this game and it’s amazing and I’d snap it up on the switch but the footage last night was horrible
My son and I play this on Xbox. It's an absolute blast. Hope this port doesn't suck.
Bought this on a Steam sale, it's can be a fun and addictive game. Also on Game Pass too, I'll double dip on the Switch since this something you can keep coming back to.
@CoffeeWithGames it won't run anything like Burnout. More a simulation destruction derby than arcade style driving. Really good game though.
@Duncanballs Thanks for the feedback! I've been watching some Cruis'N Blast streams the last few days, and was thinking if this raced like that one, but with more crashes, that could be really cool.
I like arcade type racing games more than simulation, but I haven't really given a simulation racer a good try in a long while, maybe the genre has improved?
@CharlieGirl Just thought you should know, this game is not like Burnout in terms of speed. The cars are much heavier and the handling is different. But Burnout and Flatout are my favorite racing game series, both because of the destruction - and this game is by the makers of the Flatout series! So while not as fast-paced, i absolutely want to get this game! And with the soft-body physics implemented in this game, the carnage should be better than ever!
I never tried Wreckfest so far. But i was hoping for a Switch port even though it seemed impossible, since the soft-body physics are surely pretty intensive to process.
Also i love the references to the Mario movie reveal 😄. It's so cool to see THQ Nordic doing so much for the Switch!
Basically feels like (or possibly was even conceived as) a spiritual successor to Flatout. Definitely one of the Direct's many highlights.
@nhSnork It is made by the Flatout 1, 2 and Ultimate Carnage devs, they just don't own the rights to the Flatout name anymore.
Plays pretty good on PC, although I found the console release a little more limited than PC. The amount of AI allowed in multiplayer is limited on Xbox compared to PC for example. Possibly moreso on Switch.
@CoffeeWithGames I own it on PS4, great game it has more in common with Destruction Derby
@StefanN Ohhhh, jeez. Oh well, thank you for the heads up!
I'm not at all into racing games usually, but anything that looks like the old Burnouts, the Nintendo racers like 1080 / Excite Truck / - Bots / and now Cruis'n Blast, the occasional kart racer or NFS Nitro, or Snowrunner which isn't a racer, where it's not about cars but about pure fun and chaos (or driving through mud and snow), can get me to love them DESPITE being car games. Burnout Paradise had two chances but I personally didn't get any fun out of it.
@StefanN slower might be better in this case. I couldn't enjoy Burnout Paradise personally (loved 2, 3, and Legends though). For such speed, it needs the open fields and mountains of Excite Truck, where you can see way ahead and not have a random car stopping you at every turn, yet still have tracks, not just an open city. At least, that's what I took away from giving Burnout Paradise two chances. This game looks fun.
Cracking on the PS5, but it was already pretty rough on my base PS4, so not sure what it's going to look like here.
Still, X360 Flatout Ultimate Carnage is still a pretty nice looking game - if they can get it to look like that and run at 30fps it should be passable.
@Shambo While i love Burnout Paradise, i gotta say it was really frustrating whenever it told me to go left or right when i was just at the height of that very turn. Also, if the traffic bugs you, go for a car with the Crash type boost, one that has it maxed out. You can't crash from traffic with those, they'll just push the traffic away (except for heavier vehicles like the occassional bus).
@CharlieGirl You might still enjoy it, if you're in racing games for the carnage! 😄
Have played a lot of this game on Xbox and PS5. It’s a LOT of fun.
I have this on Steam, great fun. Trailer on switch did look very downgraded, of course.
Strangely, you can get a boxed PC version at Wal*Mart in US for $9.99. Not sure if it includes all the content of the traditional Steam release (which costs $29.99)
@CoffeeWithGames I'm more of an arcade racer as well but gave it a go and really enjoyed it.
I'm calling BS on visuals but we'll see.
720p in handheld mode and the full game on the card and I’m in.
Bugbear are the developers of FlatOut 1 and 2, i'll buy this one at launch
Well remembered @HollowSpectre! And what Sound track!
Love this game on PS4, still hoping for a Xbox Series X version on par with the PS5 release, so far looks like that might not be happening but even with a crack to the visuals I would still consider this one of the best racing games out there. Do not compare this game to Burnout, this is FlatOut all over and is the best version of those games.
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