Next week, 30th June was meant to see the release of the Pokémon-meets-Metroidvania game Monster Sanctuary's next big update. Titled 'The Forgotten World', this update adds 9 new monsters, a brand new area, new game modes, a randomiser — basically, tons and tons of fun stuff!
But if you own the game on Switch, and started up your system today, you may have noticed this monster collecting game received a surprise update. And, if you booted up the game, you might discover that The Forgotten World is live.
Publisher Team 17 has admitted the update was released a bit early, but it has also reassured fans that it won't be removing the changes and will instead leave them be.
This has only happened with the Switch version of the game. And, as a result, Team 17 has asked fans to keep things spoiler-free for those who have to wait until next week. This is all a little bit like sending an email or a message before finishing it, but for game development! Except the update is ready and complete.
In case you don't know what The Forgotten World update brings, here's a little teaser, and you can see every single addition the free update brings over on the official website.
Have you tried the new update out yet? Let us know!
[source twitter.com, via nintendoeverything.com]
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This game is absolutely fantastic, didn’t even know there was an update coming! Highly recommended if you like turn-based combat and metroid-style platforming. Looks like they’ve bumped up the art direction a bit for the expansion too!
The youngest and myself enjoyed this one. I would recommend as well.
This is a great game, and I’ve been itching to do another run since they added new stuff previously, but when I found out they were adding even more to it with Forgotten Worlds, I decided to hold off. Guess I no longer have the excuse! Highly recommend this game to turn based and metroidvania fans, tho so check a build guide to learn how the mechanics work. It’s not just a straight shot from Pokémon, it’s more like doubles / triples battles on Pokémon, and you can’t just have 3 “sweepers”…. You’ll get wrecked HARD. Lol.
Also, bravo to Team 17 for letting the patch stay in place. Kudos to them! I’ve loved Team 17 ever since Worms Armageddon.
Lastly, MoRai frequents the Monster Sanctuary Subreddit, and posts updates often; incase any fans want to follow along.
I wanted to play this one, but was waiting for a sale.
$20 on Switch, or $7 on Steam... I think I'll buy on Steam instead.
@Browny It was on sale for Switch recently. Maybe a week or 2 ago.
@NotoriousWhiz
Technically it's on sale now. But it's on a better sale on Steam.
If only this would happen with Sunbreak.
This is one of my favorite accidents for a game.
So, I'm confused. Did they stop distribution of the update and just didn't revert it for those who already got it? I'm seeing no indicator on mine that forgotten world is up. I had an update a few days ago that bought mine up to 2.0.
Its still up as i'm downloading it.
@Browny I mean have you never heard of the Switch tax somehow? The price you pay for mobility if you don't have a steam deck. Although it's been on sale for $6.79 a few times on Switch...so Im not sure what you're saying here..
It's been on my radar but waiting for it to drop a bit more. It's nice Switch people get somewhat of a timed exclusive though for once even if by accident.
@Browny I think you missed it being on sale on Switch for 6.79 by like two days. On the plus side, it's been hitting that price like once a month for the last few months.
@SteamEngenius
I understand the concept of the Switch tax. I pay it a lot, just because it's comfortable for me to play the games on Switch, the only console I have left set up in my entertainment center. Not necessarily for the portability, though that does seem to be the big reason for many; over five years of owning a launch day Switch, I've probably played it portably a dozen times, at best.
@Indielink
Oh that's a bit of a shame. No harm though, since it runs on my machine, I'll just get the Steam version. No skin off my nose.
@Browny dekudeals is your friend. You’ll never miss another sale, I couldn’t do without, that website has saved me hundreds if not thousands.
This game has been on sale on eShop plenty of times, for the same price it is rn on Steam, less than 7 bucks. Like I said, dekudeals!
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