The Legend of Grimrock It was released on PC in 2012. Now, twelve years later, this addictive first-person dungeon crawler will also be released in Dungeon Master. Nintendo Switch. when? January 15, 2024. It will be downloadable from the Nintendo eShop.
The development studio announced the release of this new version of the game Almost humanWhich also revealed some features of the Nintendo Swithc version, such as a modern user interface and improved Joy-Con.
For the rest it will be one The most faithful conversionwhich will not contain any additional content.
But why convert Legend of Grimrock after all this time? According to the developers, the main reason is to renew some interest in the two-episode series that has sold over 1.5 million copies overall. Another reason, told by Antti Tihonen, one of the studio's founders, is the availability of A Development group From Nintendo Switch, it was obtained from one of the programmers, who convinced everyone to devote themselves to the project.
According to Tiihonen, there are no economic or financial reasons behind this, but just the desire to have fun and the hope that Legend of Grimrock can introduce someone to the genre.
As for Legend of Grimrock 2, there are currently no plans to port it to other systems. Much will likely depend on the success or failure of the first chapter of the new platform.
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