03-21-2019, 05:22 AM
Cuphead Nintendo Switch Release Confirmed With Xbox Live Support
<p>Nintendo highlighted a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-spring-showcase-recap-all-the-game/1100-6465723/">ton of games</a> during Wednesday's <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/todays-nintendo-direct-style-spring-2019-showcase-/1100-6465639/">Nindies Spring Showcase</a>, but one of the biggest announcements came right at the beginning, when the company revealed <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/cuphead/">Cuphead</a> is coming to Nintendo Switch next month. The acclaimed platformer arrives in the Switch Eshop on April 18, but you can pre-purchase it from the digital store starting today, March 20.</p><p>Nintendo specifically thanked its "friends at Microsoft" for helping it bring Cuphead to Switch. The game first launched for Xbox One and PC as a Microsoft exclusive in 2017, garnering critical acclaim for its challenging run-and-gun gameplay and beautiful hand-drawn visuals, which evoke the style of classic 1930s cartoons.</p><p>On top of that, Microsoft announced that Cuphead on Switch will support Xbox Live, allowing you to unlock Achievements when you play the game on Nintendo's console. In a blog post on the <a href="https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/03/20/gdc-evolving-idxbox-program-for-developers/">Xbox website</a>, the company explained it is working with developer Studio MDHR on implementing Xbox Live features into the Switch version later this year as a post-launch update. This follows Microsoft's previous announcement that it plans to <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-live-coming-to-nintendo-switch-ios-and-androi/1100-6464772/">expand Xbox Live to Switch, iOS, and Android</a>.</p><div data-embed-type="video" data-ref-id="2300-6448836" data-src="/videos/cuphead-nintendo-switch-announcement-trailer/2300-6448836/" data-width="854" data-height="480"><iframe src="/videos/embed/6448836/" width="100%" height="100%" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p>GameSpot awarded Cuphead an 8/10 when it first launched on Xbox One. "Cuphead has been a longtime coming, and it's great to see that it lives up to its initial promises," critic Peter Brown wrote in GameSpot's <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/cuphead-review/1900-6416777/">Cuphead review</a>. "It's beautiful to look at, and with a pitch-perfect soundtrack, it flawlessly captures the era its developers so clearly revere. It's also an intense action game that pulls no punches."</p><p>An expansion for Cuphead titled <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2018-cuphead-gets-new-playable-character-and-bo/1100-6459613/">The Delicious Last Course</a> was announced during Microsoft's E3 2018 presentation. The expansion is slated to arrive sometime this year and will introduce new challenges, bosses, and another playable character, Ms. Chalice.</p><p>That certainly wasn't the only announcement to come out of the Nindies Spring Showcase; Nintendo also unveiled <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/switch-gets-zelda-themed-crypt-of-the-necrodancer-/1100-6465720/">Cadence of Hyrule</a>, a Zelda-themed <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/crypt-of-the-necrodancer/">Crypt of the NecroDancer</a> crossover coming to Switch this spring. You can check out <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-spring-nindies-showcase-watch-all-/1100-6465725/">all of the trailers from the Nindies Spring Showcase</a> here.</p>
<p>Nintendo highlighted a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-spring-showcase-recap-all-the-game/1100-6465723/">ton of games</a> during Wednesday's <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/todays-nintendo-direct-style-spring-2019-showcase-/1100-6465639/">Nindies Spring Showcase</a>, but one of the biggest announcements came right at the beginning, when the company revealed <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/cuphead/">Cuphead</a> is coming to Nintendo Switch next month. The acclaimed platformer arrives in the Switch Eshop on April 18, but you can pre-purchase it from the digital store starting today, March 20.</p><p>Nintendo specifically thanked its "friends at Microsoft" for helping it bring Cuphead to Switch. The game first launched for Xbox One and PC as a Microsoft exclusive in 2017, garnering critical acclaim for its challenging run-and-gun gameplay and beautiful hand-drawn visuals, which evoke the style of classic 1930s cartoons.</p><p>On top of that, Microsoft announced that Cuphead on Switch will support Xbox Live, allowing you to unlock Achievements when you play the game on Nintendo's console. In a blog post on the <a href="https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/03/20/gdc-evolving-idxbox-program-for-developers/">Xbox website</a>, the company explained it is working with developer Studio MDHR on implementing Xbox Live features into the Switch version later this year as a post-launch update. This follows Microsoft's previous announcement that it plans to <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-live-coming-to-nintendo-switch-ios-and-androi/1100-6464772/">expand Xbox Live to Switch, iOS, and Android</a>.</p><div data-embed-type="video" data-ref-id="2300-6448836" data-src="/videos/cuphead-nintendo-switch-announcement-trailer/2300-6448836/" data-width="854" data-height="480"><iframe src="/videos/embed/6448836/" width="100%" height="100%" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p>GameSpot awarded Cuphead an 8/10 when it first launched on Xbox One. "Cuphead has been a longtime coming, and it's great to see that it lives up to its initial promises," critic Peter Brown wrote in GameSpot's <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/cuphead-review/1900-6416777/">Cuphead review</a>. "It's beautiful to look at, and with a pitch-perfect soundtrack, it flawlessly captures the era its developers so clearly revere. It's also an intense action game that pulls no punches."</p><p>An expansion for Cuphead titled <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2018-cuphead-gets-new-playable-character-and-bo/1100-6459613/">The Delicious Last Course</a> was announced during Microsoft's E3 2018 presentation. The expansion is slated to arrive sometime this year and will introduce new challenges, bosses, and another playable character, Ms. Chalice.</p><p>That certainly wasn't the only announcement to come out of the Nindies Spring Showcase; Nintendo also unveiled <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/switch-gets-zelda-themed-crypt-of-the-necrodancer-/1100-6465720/">Cadence of Hyrule</a>, a Zelda-themed <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/crypt-of-the-necrodancer/">Crypt of the NecroDancer</a> crossover coming to Switch this spring. You can check out <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-spring-nindies-showcase-watch-all-/1100-6465725/">all of the trailers from the Nindies Spring Showcase</a> here.</p>