The First Confirmed 'Switch 2' Game Has Smashed Its Kickstarter Goal

I tried My Time at Sandrock on the Switch some time ago and it didn't run very smoothly. So them skipping the OG is a good thing IMO.

Not my kind of game, but hope they meet the expectations of the fans.

How strange. Making the promise of a game for a console that has not been announced yet.
Seems they've gotten plenty of extra cash, but still I would consider that quite the big risk.
Hope they will deliver and not let down those thousands of backers who invested their money and passion into this project.

Confirmed and funded on Kickstarter are really not the same thing at all.

So the first Switch 2 game is a Kickstarter title? What they can't afford to invest in their own game anymore? They had to ask for money in able to do so. Does all those money from sales of My Time at Portia and My Time at Sandrock not go to anything? I find it odd that this is their third game now and they still rely on Kickstarter.

Great that they reached their funding goal, but until the Switch successor has officially been announced, no games can truly be confirmed for the platform, can they? I mean, sure you can pledge that you will ensure the game will be available on the new system, but that's just an intention. Not really the same thing, if you ask me.

@Serpenterror Before I start I will say that I am from the Uk, as this may vary in different coutries.
I imagine they have seperated the companies, moved some money around, then add in some artistic accounting, all with a goal of putting risk on the backers money, while having there's elsewhere all safe and sound.

UK Buiness in a nutshell!!

Imagine that. A game with GREEN grass, a BLUE sky and it’s not called ‘Ghibli inspired’
Thanks for this : )

I hope the game is really ready get physical release without bringing the bugs and glitch inside the physical media.

There's no way they actually have a Super Nintendo Switch dev kit

I have sincere doubts this is the first game to be officially confirmed for Switch 2. I've seen other indies claim they will release on the platform as well (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/natsukaze/maple-forest). Heck - weren't we just covering Starlair as the first confirmed Switch 2 game? This game was just the most high-profile one to see a Switch 2 version get confirmed.

This is a good news. This game looks good game for a launch titel for the console.
İf this is the first game the announcement is maybe very soon.
İ hope Nintendo will come with more powerful Nintendo Switch console. İf it is the same like the Nintendo Switch. Only more powerful.

This is a funny part of the next generation experience! Games announced for consoles we don’t know anything about getting excitement for the proximity

I remember pouring over pictures of Dark Sector for the future PS3. And with the Switch I was enamored by videos of Dragon Quest XI etc

@Serpenterror it's not uncommon for studios to use the money from the previous game to pay the investors/creditors that made said game possible to make. Usually a game doesn't make enough to finance an entire new title, even if it turns profit.

That being said, Kickstarter nowadays (for video games) is just a marketing tool, and no one can make enough money of one to finance an entire game. Like in this instance, there is no way the game proposed only needs 150k (the original goal) to be develooed. It can help make the game better though.

I've seen more graphically impressive games on Switch 1

I wonder what they'll show on the 2nd and 3rd screens.

@Zeebor15 More than likely not. This article is just a BS spin on this Kickstarter for clicks.

The devs aren’t even making a song and dance about this being a Switch 2 game- the only mention I can find on the Kickstarter is “While there’s no guarantee for the current Nintendo Switch, if new Nintendo models are released in time for Evershine's launch, we’ll aim to support them.”

With Nintendo themselves confirming the next console is on the way, who can really fault any dev who pledges support for it- especially if their game is early in development such as this one

@larryisaman the number name is cringe and for weak and lazy babies. Real men use the full Super Nintendo Switch

lol kickstarters and shaky promises couldn’t be a more glued together combination.

@Yalloo
It doesn't really seem more of a risk to me than any game already planned for the Switch 2, of which there should be quite a few from all kinds of companies at this point.

This one is arguably less risky than the rest, because the extra bill gets paid via crowdfunding.

The only question would be whether the game can run on the new console, which they probably already know because they presumably have a dev kit already.

First? Wasn't that for the Suikoden spiritual successor (that moved to Switch)?

Saw this kickstarter campaign a few days ago. Was tempted to back it, but since I haven't played the earlier games I thought I should first. I think I own the first one off some Humble Bundle or some other pack of games thing. I mean, looks interesting, but I'm not familiar enough with the IP to just pluck down money. But, I think the series has sold ok?

Not really sure it's the first confirmed, but I'm backing it nonetheless. I really enjoyed the first two games and am looking forward to this one, albeit on PC.

@Kirgo Companies who get access to dev kits most likely have to agree to conditions, and since we've not heard of a single game for Switch 2, I'd guess they're not allowed to advertise them before the console is unveiled.
So my thinking was, probably they don't have a kit yet and they're making this kind of promise despite that.
Of course I could very well be wrong, but that's what I thought about when reading this piece of article. That's why I considered this risky from their end.

I'm now reading the note from @larryisaman that actually changes quite a lot in regards to the content of this "news" item... The game isn't even officially planned for Switch 2.

@Yalloo
Good point, though if I understand correctly, they are only talking about "plans for release on next-gen Nintendo platforms ", which isn't actually confirming anything about the console.

I don't think any NDA would stop them from doing that. I am not even sure an NDA could do that legally, since they didn't do anything that could be of Nintendos concern, though I am no expert on that.

For a crowdfunding game it makes sense to talk about things like that in hopes of gaining more funding. For other studios there isn't really much to gain by confirming anything before the console is announced.

I wouldn't play anything from Pathea on Switch. The first game was a broken mess, the second one is better but not by much. Unless Switch 2 is on par with/more powerful than PS5, I'll be getting the game on the latter.

@Daggot The games are fine, just not on Switch. The first game has voice acting on PC, which all got axed in the Switch version. It also runs really, really, REALLY badly on Switch. The second game is only marginally better in terms of performance. Play the first 2 ideally on PC or at least Xbox/PS.

They're also not your usual life sim. You run a workshop and you gather materials to build things rather than the classic farming stuff.

@LuXifer the my time games run poorly everywhere. They have improved them but they are still technical messes. Granted my switch sounds like a jet engine playing portia. So this might make the switch just give up.

Armed Fantasia and Penny Blood are supposedly coming to Switch 2 as well.

@Ryu_Niiyama Let's hope they've either learnt more about optimization or hired some capable help for this next one. Seems to ba a recurring thing in open world projects from small/new devs.

@Kirgo Sonic Forces and Dragon Quest XI were announced for Switch before it was revealed

The Switch successor will play games - confirmed!!!

@Kirgo I don't think that an NDA actually "does" anything on its own. It is a contract that you sign though, so when you don't respect it, then you could get legal consequences. That and the fact that you'd probably loose your credibility within the industry, right. Why agree to keep a business secret and then reveal it, others wouldn't trust you anymore.

I think you're right, that they could use the "possible Switch 2 title" as a selling point to gain more funding, like others mentioned, if their games didn't run well on Switch, it lets people believe that it isn't due to their lack of optimization but due to the system's limitation, and create the expectation that the game would run properly on the next version.

In any ways, interesting topic! 😃

@Yalloo
My point about the NDA is, that even contracts have legal limits, though I guess the details depend on the individual countries laws.
In this case, they didn't actually reveal anything which could be a Nintendo secret. If anything it helps Nintendo, because we already have a confirmed game for whatever next system they release in whatever year.

But yeah, it is interesting to think about.

Wasn't it being for the supposed Switch 2 debunked? I'm pretty sure I heard they lied about that, since they can't actually get permission to say that until Nintendo reveals the console themselves.

Come to think of it, what happened to the first confirmed Switch game? I think it was about an autistic kid.

Actually, the Pennyblood/Armed Fantasia Double Kickstarter project already announced that they would bring the game to the next gen switch, and that was 2 years ago.

@fenlix the first confirmed Swifch game was DQ XI.

Unless they have a Dev kit I can't see how they can say that. I guess they just assume it will be on there, eventually.