The former Kickstarter fighter Knock Off: Battle for Imagination is apparently on its way to the Nintendo Switch in Q4 2025.
This information was shared during the Latin American Games Showcase, with the game's aesthetics already drawing some comparisons to old school fighting game releases such as ClayFighter. As you can see, it brings together a bunch of toylike fighters inspired by cartoon series and franchises of the '80s and '90s.
This title will supposedly support rollback netcode and the developer Mechaghidora aims to unite fighting game fans with cross-platform play. Here's a brief description of what else you can expect from Knock Off, and you can see the game in the Latin American Games Showcase at the 37:20 mark.
"Get ready to dive into the world of Knock Off, where your favorite action figures come to life in this adrenaline-fueled indie fighting game! Take a look at the fast-paced gameplay that combines nostalgia with modern fighting mechanics. Watch as characters unleash powerful combos, air juggles, and signature moves in stages based on our childhood!"
What are your initial thoughts about this game? Let us know in the comments.
[source youtu.be, via nintendoeverything.com]
Comments 16
Heck, yeah! This got spread around the FGC a while back and got a lot of people interested. Already looks good, hoping it'll feel good to play too.
So far: I see inspirations from He-man, TMNT, Mazinger, Street Sharks and maybe Inhumanoids.
Saw a STEAM trailer for this over the Summer. Very glad this is coming to Switch. Hope it turns out okay.
Trailer looks pretty good. I already have a lot of fighting games... but might make space for this one if it delivers.
Looks unique, I like it. But the graphics strike me as something that will look like hot garbage on the Switch. Definitely will be buying it on PC.
Hum ... couldn't they use more than just the one sound effect?! 😨
I'm a bit wary of this one, it looks nice but the Kickstarter had a lofty goal of $250k and only raised $43k.
The seems like way too much, but they clearly had support before the launched the campaign if they're still launching somehow.
This looks fun! I'll wait for reviews, however, as always. But it definitely looks like a lot of attention to detail was put into the characters, they clearly look like their official counterpart and it speaks to me as an 80s kid and the action figures I used to own back then. So colour me interested!
So much looks good, but that one hit sound effect is going to get old REALLY fast. Such a weird choice that could be fixed so easily.
Looks so good. I almost dropped my cross-stitch while watching the trailer.
As someone who didn't grow up with action figures (mostly because I wasn't interested in them), the idea alone makes me curious about the outcome.
Keeping an eye on this one.
Like I said on Backloggery, my December gaming plans will be about fighting games. I just got The King of Fighters XIII: Global Match and I intend to get the Marvel vs. Capcom collection physically when I visit my sister for Christmas and I hope to also get SNK vs. Capcom Chaos before the year ends.
Pretty cool concept, if executed well (seems like it based on the trailer, but we'll see when the game comes out) I definitely wouldn't mind playing this myself at some point!
At first glance, combos kind of remind me of KI. Not necessarily a bad thing, just an observation. I'd definitely give this a whirl.
Lol I chuckled at the "apparently" and "supposedly".
The inspiration for each character is very clear but it dos look pretty good, doesn't it?
Looks cool, I feel it needs a ninja and a dinosaur to really complete the roster.
looks good. Alot of these attacks look like they were ripped straight from marvel vs capcom tho.
I couldn't find any mention of Nintendo Switch in the trailers or official accounts. Recently Nintendo Everything are posting a lot of these news where Nintendo Switch is not mentioned anywhere on the official accounts of the developer or publisher. So I will recommend that you check by yourself in the future just to make sure.
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