Rising Star Games, in partnership with developer Bitmap Bureau, announced today that the action platform game 88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition is now available worldwide as a physical retail release for Nintendo Switch. This “complete” edition of the acclaimed game features all of the frantic, fast-paced and funny action of the original release, plus the DLC pack ‘RSG Champions’ previously available on other formats, as well as the forthcoming DLC pack ‘H8 Mode Activate.’ 88 Heroes-98 Heroes Edition is available in retailers worldwide and will be available for digital release in Europe and North America on October 12.
Check out the Nintendo Switch trailer of 88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition, showcasing the games’ features:
“The ‘RSG Champions’ pack comprises eight playable heroes taken from other smash-hit indie games published by Rising Star Games, in a crossover of colossal proportions! Characters include Rusty from SteamWorld Collection, Gunborg from Zombie Vikings, and Conga Master, from, well, Conga Master. Meanwhile the ‘H8 Mode Activate’ pack offers up two additional playable characters and a collection of eight hardcore challenge levels to seriously test your platforming prowess.
About 88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition
It’s 8:08am on August 8, 1988, and the evil Dr. H8 has brought the world to the brink of total annihilation! His demands are simple: pay $88 octillion within 88 minutes, or Dr. H8’s 88 thermo-nuclear warheads will wipe out the Earth! But who will save us in our time of need? The bravest? The boldest? No… the 88 Heroes!
Prepare to infiltrate Dr. H8’s lair with the help of the strangest, dumbest and most pointless superheroes ever! With 88 levels between you and Dr. H8, only 88 seconds to complete each level and the 88-minute Doomsday clock already ticking, lead a unique band of heroes – each with their own special abilities – on a platform-hopping, enemy-smashing, danger-dodging mission to save Earth from complete destruction. And with ten extra heroes and a new mode featuring eight of the toughest challenges yet, 88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition for Nintendo Switch has everything you need to defeat evil once and for all!
Developed by Bitmap Bureau and globally published by Rising Star Games, 88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition is available worldwide for $29.99 with the digital release launching on October 12, in North America and Europe.
The retail packaged version of 88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition will be exclusively distributed in North America by Crescent Marketing Inc.”
For more information on 88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition, visit its official website.
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