Cuphead is coming to Nintendo Switch

[Leviathan]

This deserves its own thread, because although Studio MDHR said that Cuphead was a lifetime exclusive for the XBox One, well...


This was rumored to be among the things Microsoft and Nintendo were working together on.

 

[Peter Paltridge]

 

[Mandouga]

Yeah, well Microsoft can just forget it.

...unless they were to discontinue their Xbox division completely (meaning no more consoles, ever) AND we were able to play it even if we aren't connected to the internet (or maybe that's the case already? Either way...)

Hi-dee-ho!

Oh yeah, not counting Minecraft, this is Microsoft's first third party release...

Ever.*

Oh, and for anyone wondering, I got the "hi-dee ho" reference from TV Tropes. I haven't played the game, nor do I intend to (unless what I just mentioned were to happen).

*Well, that I'm aware of, anyway.

 

[Leviathan]

I wonder how far Nintendo and Microsoft will take their newfound relationship. I don't see them getting Halo. But something like Rare Replay might be in the cards, since half those games have histories with Nintendo and it wouldn't be the first time Microsoft collaborated with them on Rare stuff (Jetpac in the Donkey Kong 64 rerelease).

 

[DonTrashRoom]

I will admit that this caught me by surprise, even with the rumors.

Definitely adds some credibility to the rumors, though, I'll say that much.

 

[Mandouga]

Okay, so I looked up Microsoft on the Nintendo Switch eshop: nothing. Both this game, and Minecraft are only referred to by their developers (Studio MDHR and Mojang respectively).

I'm...not sure what this could mean. I still meant what I said before though.

By the way, did you know that none other than King Features Syndicate (Popeye) has the merchandising rights to this game? I wonder if it's because one of the bosses looks like Bluto when he played Sindbad the Sailor in that one Popeye color special?...

 

[Leviathan]

I will admit that this caught me by surprise, even with the rumors.

Definitely adds some credibility to the rumors, though, I'll say that much.

Ori and the Blind Forest was the first game rumored to be headed for the Switch. A lot of us were under the impression that Ori would come first, or at least in tandem with Cuphead.