Ufo 50, A Brilliant Tribute To Retro Gaming, Is Out For The Switch Right Now

When UFO 50, nan dizzyingly eager fictional crippled compendium from nan creator of Spelunky, landed connected PC past year, a Switch larboard felt inevitable. We’ve had to hold astir 12 months for that to happen, but it’s yet here.

Rudely shadow-dropped into a sizzle reel astatine nan extremity of Nintendo’s (otherwise mostly underwhelming) Indie World showcase this morning, UFO 50 is disposable connected Switch (and presumably Switch 2, barring immoderate unusual compatibility issues) for $25 correct now. For those who missed it connected PC, you’re getting a wildly varied group of retro-styled games belonging to a console that ne'er existed, each designed by a made-up developer called UFO Soft from nan 80s. Confused?

The precocious conception fictional premise is fundamentally conscionable a bully excuse for nan six modern-day indie developers really responsible for nan crippled to salary tribute to nan 8- and 16-bit games they retrieve truthful fondly. The included games span conscionable astir each genre of nan era, from platformers and puzzle games, to turn-based strategy, axenic arcade titles and bafflingly fully-fledged RPGs. UFO 50 really is simply a singular achievement, and nan Switch is nan cleanable level for it.

The extremity of nan game’s PC exclusivity could mean that Xbox and PlayStation ports will besides get astatine immoderate point, but it arrives connected Switch arsenic a console exclusive for now astatine least.