{"id":10498,"date":"2018-01-16T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/01\/unleash_some_80s_nostalgia_as_saturday_morning_rpg_swaggers_onto_switch"},"modified":"2018-01-16T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:15:00","slug":"unleash-some-80s-nostalgia-as-saturday-morning-rpg-swaggers-onto-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/01\/16\/unleash-some-80s-nostalgia-as-saturday-morning-rpg-swaggers-onto-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Unleash Some &#8217;80s Nostalgia As Saturday Morning RPG Swaggers onto Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"news26.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/01\/unleash_some_80s_nostalgia_as_saturday_morning_rpg_swaggers_onto_switch\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/01\/unleash_some_80s_nostalgia_as_saturday_morning_rpg_swaggers_onto_switch\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"news26.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>With its Saturday morning cartoon visuals, episodic setup and bags of nostalgia for &#8217;80s pop culture, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/saturday_morning_rpg\">Saturday Morning RPG<\/a><\/strong> will be making its way onto Nintendo Switch this spring in both digital and physical forms. Publisher Limited Run Games has teamed up with developer Mighty Rabbit Studios to support the boxed edition which, like all of its published titles, will have (you guessed it)\u00a0a limited run before it sells out for good.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saturday Morning RPG from our development partner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMightyRabbit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheMightyRabbit<\/a> will be coming to the Nintendo Switch both digitally and physically in Spring 2018!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The physical release will be available exclusively at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rZI6STrUid\">https:\/\/t.co\/rZI6STrUid<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uZ8ADdi8H8\">pic.twitter.com\/uZ8ADdi8H8<\/a>\u2014 Limited Run Games (@LimitedRunGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LimitedRunGames\/status\/952993794529611776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never played SMRPG, it&#8217;s an active turn-based RPG that follows the antics of Martin &#8216;Marty&#8217; Michael Hall, a high school student who goes on fantastical adventure packed to the brim with references and call backs to classic cartoons and toys from that special decade. That nostalgia even extends to the soundtrack, composed by Vince DiCola (Transformers: The Animated Movie, Rocky IV) and his composing partner, Kenny Meriedeth (contributor for DuckTales, Power Rangers, X-Men).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The game actually first came out on iOS in 2012, but work on a potential port began in November last year when developer Josh Fairhurst tweeted a picture of it running on Switch.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Decided to try porting Saturday Morning RPG to the Nintendo Switch to learn the ins and outs of dev. Surprisingly smooth and easy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t take this as any kind of LRG announcement. This is all purely for learning the development\/publishing processes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hv45YRRAK9\">pic.twitter.com\/hv45YRRAK9<\/a>\u2014 Josh Fairhurst (@LimitedRunJosh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LimitedRunJosh\/status\/928631282061504512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Saturday Morning RPG arrives on Switch in spring 2018. Will you be giving this indie port the time of day when it touches down in Nintendo&#8217;s hardware of choice? Let us know below&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its Saturday morning cartoon visuals, episodic setup and bags of nostalgia for &#8217;80s pop culture, Saturday Morning RPG will be making its way onto Nintendo Switch this spring in both digital and physical forms. 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