We've been waiting for news of Tintin Reporter: Cigars of the Pharaoh on Switch for a while now (ever since it was first teased back in 2022, to be precise), but it looks like we won't have to wait too much longer. Publishers Tintinimaginatio and Microids have finally revealed that the detective's latest adventure will be flying over to Switch on 17th October 2024.
The game launched on PlayStation and Xbox last year in a pretty sorry state (one that developer Pendulo Studios apologised for on release day), though the announcement of the Switch release comes with a glimmer of hope.
The Switch port promises a more complete experience at launch, with the publisher noting that it will contain an all-new horseback sequence, gallery and 'Tintinologist mode' for the proper Hergé fans out there. All this will be available in a free update for those with the PlayStation 5, 4, Xbox Series and PC versions, but it's nice to know that everything will be included on Switch from the jump.
For those not clued in on the comic of the same name, Cigars of the Pharaoh sees Tintin and Snowy teaming up with Professor Sarcophagus in the hunt for Pharaoh Kih-Oskh's tomb. In classic Tintin fashion, you can expect globe-trotting, mystery solving and culprit-chasing aplenty as you seek to uncover the mysteries of the archaeological site.
Our only hope is that this all plays well enough on Switch. Last year's launch state hardly fills us with confidence and we still haven't seen how things will run on the Nintendo hybrid. Save the "Hooray! Hooray!" for now, then.
For those who are convinced, Cigars of the Pharaoh comes in a handful of physical editions on Switch. The Limited Edition version packs in a swanky steelbook and collection of postcards, while the Collector's Edition also bundles in an artbook, notepad and an original figurine. All buying options for the former can be found on the Microids website.
We love a bit of Tintin, so we're hopeful that his latest adventure gets off to a better start on Switch than it did elsewhere. Only time will tell...
Will you be picking up Tintin Reporter: Cigars of the Pharaoh on Switch? Let us know in the comments.
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Love all the comics and the 80s cartoon, and to be fair I liked the film and was annoyed that they cancelled the rest of them.
Need more videos of game play, they show driving and flying but what do you actually do on it?
Also what's with the "reporter" underlying title?
Eh... One of the game shop in my country Indonesia already provided the PS5 version so I will get the PS5 version instead.
The game published by Microids, I think it will have worse performance on Switch version (30 FPS and below).
Glad to hear that in occasion of the Switch port they're improving it also on other systems, but fingers crossed it will run decently on Switch itself!
Uhmmm... I hope it's a decent game, but I won't have my hopes high.
This IP has gotten so old. The comics never caught my interest, with all the books of boring text in each bubble, and how righteous it always is. I do have fond memories of the cartoons though.
Reading that they made a game that doesn't run properly on other consoles and they're now releasing on Switch, just sounds like a bad joke. But let's first wait and see what gives ... everybody gets a second chance.
@Yalloo
... Damn, sounds like you've had quite a rough tuesday, huh?
@Maubari You're right. I've edited my comment. Reading it sounded like it was written by somebody who was very frustrated, which is not the case!
I love storybook/comic/cartoon 2D Ligne Claire Tintin. CGI 3D movie Tintin is just okay.
Wish they’d make a new game and/or series with the former art style. It’s much more aesthetically pleasing and retains more of Tintin’s charm imo.
If only it came out on the 15th/16th.
This game shouldn't be allowed to be released. It's a sad excuse for a game
It’s gonna be terrible but I would like to give it a go because of sheer fanboyism.
What's with Microids? This is at least the third or fourth project they've been involved with recently, which has released in a disastrous state and had to be reworked.
Based on what I've seen with Joe and Mac (and heard about XIII), they do make things right eventually (with major patches and content additions), but it's not healthy to keep doing this!
Tintin Reporter?
What a brainlessly stupid title. I love Tintin but I don’t believe there has ever been a good Tintin game.
@MitchK
Tintin is a reporter according to their franchise.
It’s fun that the title is Tintin Reporter, and one of the definitions of the French word Reporter means to push back (like a deadline) - almost as if Microids decided to delay the game in a meeting and forgot to change the working title in the excel document.
Continuing the tradition of Tintin games never being very good, which is a shame.
Tintin is one of my favorite things ever, sucks that the games always underwhelm
I think it's silly how little information we have on NL about this game, given that it's been out over a year. Nothing in this article even hints at the gameplay. Just a hint? Come on. I had to Google for reviews on other sites to even understand what kind of game this is.
It's a combination of puzzles, investigation, action with QTEs, and it's a short 10 hour adventure. More emphasis on the action with Tintin in 3rd person and Snowy in 1st person. It's faithful to the comic, so if you read it you already know the story. As to why they used a 3D style, they thought a realistic immersive world was more appropriate for an adventure game. Additionally, the Eurogamer article quotes the producer: "The only person who knows how to make Tintin in 2D is Hergé".
@cwong15 which is a ridiculous cop-out of course. This is 2024, the industry is filled with people who are experts at making 3D look like beautiful 2D animation. Guilty Gear is gobsmacking. That Shin-Chan game does a wonderful job on a character whose proportions don't make sense from a 3D perspective. And just generally, new cell shaded anime games are released every month, each with tighter visual execution than the last. Even indie developers have cracked the Tintin style of cell shading with Sable and Rollerdrome. And let's not forget that most of Microids' catalogue is made up of truly C-tier games. The true version of their statement is "we don't know how to make Tintin 2D", or more accurately, "we're too cheap to make the effort to figure out how to make Tintin 2D".
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