PlayStation Exclusive Platformer Tomba! Is Getting A Nintendo Switch Release

Oh cool never played it. Will pick up on switch.

Wait isn't Tomba a Sony second party IP? Why is it coming to the Nintendo Switch? Not that I don't want it or anything just that I always thought Sony owns it and that it will remain a PlayStation exclusive.

***** wow.

been wanting to play this again for years.

@Serpenterror No Sony only published it in North America and Europe and has no ownership of the IP. The game was published in Japan by Whoopie Camp, who owns the IP.

@zidane4028 Wow I never knew that. I guess Sony only had exclusivity for it back then, I was wondering why the IP never go multiplat so I thought maybe Sony owns it. Well that makes four mascots that Sony just lose: Crash, Spyro, Klonoa, and now Tomba. I say this cause back then these four mascots you couldn't find them anywhere but on PlayStation but now they're everywhere.

One of the first PS1 games I ever played, what a great nostalgia trip I'm feeling right now.😌

I rented this game so much back in the day. Looking forward to playing this again.

I don't think I ever beat this one when I played it as a child but I remember having a ton of fun with the movement and how it had multilayered 2d environments... Unless I'm thinking of the second one. Was that the one with the robed pigs in the intro? 😅

Nice, this is one hell of a classic

@Dom_31
Took me alittle while as a kid to figure out how to get past the first or second level because i didnt expect it to be a multi layered 2d game. I still dont understand the game, i usually just play till i get lost. I dont think i ever beat it.

@Serpenterror
They Probably dont even own the original mascot, Polygon Man anymore. Or they just stay away from it. Like they did with Pepsi Man, but Pepsi Man was Japan only.
What a stupid, hard and funny game lol

Absolutely getting this, been wishing it'd be added to PS Plus for awhile now. Does seem kind of odd not doing the sequel with it.

Never played this on PS1 back in the day, but heard good things about it. Glad to see this coming to Switch.

For anyone not familiar it felt like a Metroidvania meets Mario with a vibe you'd usually only get from point and clicks...but this time without clicking!

It's so amazingly unique and cool and beautiful. I'd just watch my best friend play this for hours and I'd never bore of watching it! (there are like 200 very small side missions with the answers to them all over the world. )

Awesome! The Tombi games are some of my favorite games on the PS1.

Ooo, that means you won’t be able to call it PlayStation exclusive anymore!

Would be great if it was a double pack but still happy to hear this. Tomba was an absolute gem released during the relatively charmless generation when we saw the majority of games go through their awkward teen phase.

Never played this on PS1, will probably check it out eventually on the Switch.

Amazing game full of soul. Physical PS1 copies are crazy prices now, so this is very welcome. I'm hoping there will be an option to switch between both soundtracks though.

I would really prefer if they'd be quiet...

about this untill some gameplay footage is there to be shown

Now I hope this Cargon engine (thought it was carbon?) will lead to the tomb raider games coming over

Holy *****. I played this to death as a kid. Amazing

This is hype, very underappreciated game.

I vaguely remember messing with pigs in this game.

Cool that emulation is being used to keep these old games alive.

@NinjaNicky Most people never beat it lol. The first levels are very appealing but later in the game the puzzles get too cryptic and some game mechanics are too frustrating.

Tomba is probably the highlight of the show for me because it was very unexpected and a great game. It’s a shame tho we aren’t getting both games packed together.

Hey, this is what I want.

Huh, interesting, this is a series I never expected to come back. I enjoyed Tomba 2 (Or tombi as it was called here in europe) as a kid. Never played the first one.

"I'd really prefer if you'd be quiet"

This and Gex?! What a day for underrated PS1 platformers!

By the time I got interested in trying this, the PS1 version was hard to come by. Now is my chance!

GREAT game! Possibly the first game i ever played with "quests," and i didn't hate the whole concept yet 😅

This is a very pricey cult classic. I've never played it, but I've watched gameplay footage many times over the years and it looks so unappealing to me that I'm genuinely shocked by how much people love it. Looks like a throw away iPad game. But I guess the experience of playing it is substantially different from just watching it.

SO HYPED!

LET'S GO!

(warning: gameplay can be very... janky)

i still have Tomba digitally for my Playstation 3 and PSP that i bought from the Playstation 3 PSN store 2 or 3 years ago when games like that were on sale for 99 cents.

Niiiiice! LOVED this and the sequel when I was little!
Hopefully it will be a good remaster, and the sequel will come over soon.

I had Tomba on a demo disc for my PS1 back in the day. I thought it was quite bizarre, and enjoyed the demo (though never bought the full version). Might pick it up if it's coming to Switch.

Its interesting what games you come across as a youth never knowing till years later something you played was unique or special, i remember this weirdo game as a kid we never got far but it definitely left an impression glad to see games being preserved and brought forward...someone out there will be super stoked for this and thats a good thing

@sketchturner no it is not haha it looks as it plays just weird and a bit unwieldy

Already wondered why they call it Tomba when I always remembered it as Tombi. Gave it a pass as a kid because I didn‘t really understand the controls I think. Maybe I‘ll give it a shot.

Yes! I'm so surprised to see this. I love this game and everyone forgot about it

@Rochelbaard I was wondering if someone was going to make that reference!

@Rochelbaard I'll do jumping jacks until they show some game play.

PSA: The original and its sequel are still available on the PS3 store.

It's such a wonderful game! There is so much hidden depth and charm.

Tombaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Funny to see that I'm not the only one, it's like everyone got stuck somewhere in this game

I remember being stuck for a long time in the very beginning. There's something with the windmill...

@sketchturner brain rot zoomer take.

also, "cargon"? who edits this stuff? lol

@zidane4028 I do remember some weirdness going on when the game was first released on PSN. Reportedly, Europe got the US version of the game, but the US itself got the Japanese version for some weird reason. I do remember they later said it was updated to the proper regional version in a update, but that had to be some kind of very weird licensing thing.

@KingMike I know next to nothing about Tomba's licensing situation (I don't think anyone does except the powers that be that are involved) but I think back then they had said it was some kind of emulation issue with the US version that took some time to overcome? I might also be talking out of my ass here but I wonder if licensing had to do with the different soundtrack for the US version? Like something had to be cleared?