88 Heroes Will be Releasing on Nintendo Switch Early October

88 Heroes Will be Releasing on Nintendo Switch Early October

Rising Star Games, in partnership with developer Bitmap Bureau, announced today that their action platform game 88 Heroes is scheduled for release on Nintendo Switch early October, in a “complete” version called 88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition. The Nintendo Switch 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’.

Check out the Nintendo Switch trailer of 88 Heroes, 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 a further two playable characters and a collection of eight hardcore challenge levels to seriously test your platforming prowess.

Developed by Bitmap Bureau and globally published by Rising Star Games, 88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition is scheduled for release both at physical retail and digitally on 2nd October in American markets, and on 10th October everywhere else.

About 88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition

It’s 8:08am on 8th August 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!”

For more information on 88 Heroes, visit its official website.