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Cuphead coming to Nintendo Switch April 18, 2019, Xbox Live integration coming later
- Thread starter Becks'
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excellent! wishing you guys a ton of success with this new port.
I'm just going to copy/paste a comment I posted earlier:
"Buy the digital version and then the physical version. It's worth every penny. Studio MDHR deserves all the success. They did a tremendous job with this game... art style, graphics, animation, soundtrack, game play, amount of content... everything is top notch (the soundtrack, wow). "
If anyone is on the fence like I initially was in regards to "a nails 2D shooter boss rush game", trust me, it's a lot more manageable and enjoyable than you might think.
I don't consider myself good at that sub genre of 2D action, but I got through this on the standard difficulty and it was a blast.
I don't consider myself good at that sub genre of 2D action, but I got through this on the standard difficulty and it was a blast.
I stopped on PC around some dragon boss, but have been meaning to get back to it. Wondering if I should start over on Switch or keep playing on Steam. It's telling that I'm considering starting over so that I can play this handheld on Switch and rage while laying in bed. LOL
personally i can't wait for a physical copy of this and will buy digitally, but damn it's gonna be tempting to double dip when it comes.
Heck yeah, 60fps. It's functionally identical to the Xbox One version.
If you're strugglin', then the PC version is open to trainers and Cheat Engine. Switch won't have those options.
Hot tip - Dragon boss is easier if you use the Lobber weapon.
I want to preorder but feel I need to hold out for a physical edition. Already own it on STEAM but damn I need this on my Switch!
yeah, from the few hours i played, the difficulty is nothing unmanageable. it's not the frustrating kind, cuz you can feel you're getting better with each attempt, and feels really good when you progress.
That's the most logical solution but my wallet is looking at me with puppy eyes...
The rumor was that Microsoft wants it's streaming services on Switch and all of this is part of the deal.
Hell yeah! And deservedly so! It's exactly the kind of game that Switch owners are hungry for! :D
I feel so happy about this. It was on my top 3 of 2017 games, even if I only played it when I was at a friends house I fell in love with it, but did not own an xbox.
Wow that's so swift!!! Will probably double dip and purchase this on Switch as well in the future. Great news
This is like saying Contra Hard Corps is better than Super Mario World. They're nothing alike.
I didn't want to skip over this...
There are many levels to this question: On the business side, i can't talk about that at all, but I'm sure you understand. I can say that Microsoft has legitimately, no PR fakeness, been an amazing partner. Chris Charla is awesome, Phil is awesome, everyone over at MS is awesome. This would not have happened without them.
Anyone that we've worked with on the Nintendo side has been great too. You can tell that they are really focused on making sure things go smoothly for fans.
The actual technical process of getting Cuphead on a Switch was more involved. We had to migrate the game over to a newer version of Unity, which took work. We were also in the process of adding all this HOT NEW CONTENT at the same time so it took a bit longer than expected. We were also doing the full localization into the 10 new languages and that is way scarier and more complex than people realize. Localization is no joke. The scariest thing is that there was no way for us to check whether the translations were any good. We saw what happened with Darkest Dungeon and we realized that we didn't want that happening. So we went all out. We outsourced premium localizations to different companies then paid other companies to do reviews of those localizations, then went over them again based on those reviews. We got professional Japanese manga calligraphers to do custom calligraphy for the Boss and Level title cards (as well as Chinese and Korean calligraphers too)...all based on the styles that existed from the 30s.
Localizing Cuphead is no joke. There's not much dialogue, but the dialogue that exists is all puns, rhymes, idioms, and plays on words. If you directly translate a pun, it makes no sense in other languages, which meant custom new stuff had to be written for each language. It's a scary thing; Cuphead has a very specific tone, and we were relying on our localizers to capture that for their native cultures.
And then the fonts....so much of Cuphead relies on the fonts being a certain size, that we had to hand check literally every instance of every word throughout the game and make it fit properly within the context.
But all in all, the port to Switch reaped benefits on other platforms (we shaved almost 7GB off the file size and slashed load times by nearly half in some instances) and we wanted to insure everyone gets a smooth 60fps experience.
