After a last-minute delay earlier this month, Batterystaple Games' Mega Man-style Roguelike 30XX has been given a brand-new release date for next month, and will now be blasting onto the Switch eShop on 1st September in North America, 12th September in Europe and 28th September in Japan.
The developers had previously apologised for the unexpected delay with a message on social media, but today shows that there isn't too much longer to wait... again.
We have been keeping an eye on this one ever since it first caught our attention with its Mega Man-like visuals and gameplay at this year's Guerrilla Collective Showcase. For a reminder of what the game is all about, you can find some of its key features and a handful of screenshots below.
- Reduce bad bots to nothing but bolts in a fight for the future as a dynamic duo: co-protagonists ranged-combat Nina and melee-focused Ace.
- Live, die, repeat, and succeed in classic roguelite fashion with Standard Mode, or retry with no regrets in the permadeath-free Mega Mode, complete with Assist options and save points to conquer challenges with confidence!
- Don’t go it alone – jump and shoot with a friend in online or local couch co-op, fusing potent Powers and chaining ruthless Techniques to stop mechanical menaces in their tracks.
- Combine Nina’s buster mods to create anything from giant shotgun blasts to rapid-fire death spirals. Rope opponents in with Ace’s Dolomite Link, then crush them with the devastating Lara hammer.
- Dash through fully customized levels hand-crafted by the 30XX’s PC Community, made using the very same level-creation tools as the game’s developers.
- Take on anything from full-fledged, labyrinthian Metroidvanias riddled with traps and sub-bosses to blink-and-you-miss-it speedrun gauntlets!
30XX was released on Steam earlier this month for £15.49 / $19.99, though we are excited to see how it handles on Switch — hopefully the delay has allowed the team the chance to iron out any errors.
Will you be picking this one up next month? Blast your thoughts in the comments below.
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This game wouldn't have released had Capcom actually made a new Mega Man X game. Anyways, I'm definitely looking forward to getting this at some point; the local Co-op, level designer, and rogue-like elements hit all the right buttons for me!
Good. Been waitin' for this
Nice to see this has a more classic mode. Definitely interested in trying it out at some point.
Good news. The game looks sick in all the right ways.
20XX was a lot of fun, and can’t wait to play this! For anyone waiting on 30XX that hasn’t played 20XX yet, get it, one of the best MMX style games around. It’s this and Mighty Gunvolt Burst for best MM style games.
Azure Striker series is also great, but that’s more MM Zero then MM or MMX.
@Dm9982 Play Gravity Circuit, I've heard a number of people call it the best Mega Man style game (it has a structure closest to the classic series, a tone closest to X, and gameplay closest to Zero from what I've heard, though 11 is the only Mega Man I've played) and I'd personally give it a 10/10
@PikaPhantom Its on my wishlist currently! I def plan on picking it up as I loved the trailer on the eshop and I’ve heard really good things.
I downloaded it when it was first released on the eshop and still playing it with no issues…loving the game.
So, to be clear, does the Switch release include the level creator? Or can it just play levels that people on other platforms have created?
Looking for opinions and consensus here. Would most say that 20XX is among the top tier Mega Man-likes, beating out various games like Venture Kid or MetaGal? 20XX quite impressed me, and apparently I'm a closet fan of Mega Man-like games, though I have not partaken in many other than Inti-Creates' takes.
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