Nine Dots Studio has announced that Outward: Definitive Edition is headed to Nintendo Switch in 2024. When it is released for the handheld console, it will culminate months of collaboration between the original developers and Sneaky Box, the developer brought in to lead the effort to port the game to Switch. The Definitive Edition includes the base game and its two DLCs: Three Brothers and Soroboreans.
“Getting Outward onto the Switch was always a dream for us,” said Guillaume Boucher-Vidal, CEO and creative director of Nine Dots Studio. “I’ll be quite honest, I had my doubts that a Switch version was even possible, but we did it.”
Outward is an RPG set in the world of Aurai, where players take on the role of an ordinary adventurer. As they travel through the game, players will defend themselves against threatening creatures and braving hazardous environmental conditions. The game also features light survival elements that require players to stay healthy and hydrated. The game features cities and hidden dungeons crawling with enemies.
Features include
- Become an Everyday Traveler: As an ordinary adventurer, you must hide or defend yourself against threatening creatures. You’ll also brave the hazardous environmental conditions, protect yourself against infectious diseases, get enough sleep, and stay hydrated.
- Play Solor or in Co-op: To survive in the dazzling yet deadly world of Aurai, you’ll have to be cunning, clever, and prepared. Devise diverse strategies to defeat your foes, and don’t neglect your basic needs, sharing your journey with a friend, locally or online.
- Using City Building Mechanics to Rebuld Sirocco: Create your landmark in Aurai by helping the population survive in this ruthless world! With the new City Building mechanic, you are part of rebuilding the Refugee Camp into New Sirocco.
- The Enchantment System: Get stronger as you can enhance your weapons, trinkets, and armor through the enchanting system! From increasing damage, weather resistance, elemental damage, personalization, and even more, you will find your perfect enchantment among over 85 recipes.
Learn more by visiting the Outward: Definitive Edition site.