{"id":118721,"date":"2020-09-30T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/09\/macbat_64_brings_n64-inspired_3d_platforming_to_switch_later_this_week"},"modified":"2020-09-30T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T13:30:00","slug":"macbat-64-brings-n64-inspired-3d-platforming-to-switch-later-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/09\/30\/macbat-64-brings-n64-inspired-3d-platforming-to-switch-later-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Macbat 64 Brings N64-Inspired 3D Platforming To Switch Later This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/21e1ca3839e0e\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/21e1ca3839e0e\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n<p>Remember back in the &#8217;90s, when publisher after publisher decided to whack a &#8217;64&#8217; on the end of their game title when it appeared on the Nintendo 64? <em>Well, it&#8217;s now 2020 and the trend&#8217;s still going strong.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/macbat_64_journey_of_a_nice_chap\"><strong>Macbat 64<\/strong><\/a> is an upcoming Switch title from Diplodocus Games, obviously inspired by the many great platformers of the 64-bit era. It&#8217;s actually described as a &#8220;love letter&#8221; to those games, even sporting a familiar 4:3 aspect ratio for anyone feeling nostalgic.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Embark on a journey with the lovable bat Macbat, as he ventures through 9 colourful platforming levels to obtain the keys to the water factory to restore water production. Featuring a playful artstyle reminiscent of the 64-bit era, Macbat 64 will fly right to the hearts of all 90s platformer fans.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Macbat 64 Journey Of A Nice Chap Switch Screenshot01\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4981f27f452a2\/macbat-64-journey-of-a-nice-chap-switch-screenshot01.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4981f27f452a2\/macbat-64-journey-of-a-nice-chap-switch-screenshot01.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Macbat 64 Journey Of A Nice Chap Switch Screenshot01\"><\/a><a title=\"Macbat 64 Journey Of A Nice Chap Switch Screenshot02\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f30d6024957cd\/macbat-64-journey-of-a-nice-chap-switch-screenshot02.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f30d6024957cd\/macbat-64-journey-of-a-nice-chap-switch-screenshot02.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Macbat 64 Journey Of A Nice Chap Switch Screenshot02\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Macbat 64 Journey Of A Nice Chap Switch Screenshot03\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a91c310a7ff7c\/macbat-64-journey-of-a-nice-chap-switch-screenshot03.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a91c310a7ff7c\/macbat-64-journey-of-a-nice-chap-switch-screenshot03.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Macbat 64 Journey Of A Nice Chap Switch Screenshot03\"><\/a><a title=\"Macbat 64 Journey Of A Nice Chap Switch Screenshot04\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/493d677f77725\/macbat-64-journey-of-a-nice-chap-switch-screenshot04.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/493d677f77725\/macbat-64-journey-of-a-nice-chap-switch-screenshot04.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Macbat 64 Journey Of A Nice Chap Switch Screenshot04\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The game \u2013 with its full title of Macbat 64: Journey of a Nice Chap \u2013 is launching on Switch this Friday, 2nd October for just $1.99. It appeared on Steam back in 2017 and received &#8216;very positive&#8217; user reviews, so this may well be with a look for the price.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Would you be willing to spend $2 on a throwback to the N64 days? Tell us below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember back in the &#8217;90s, when publisher after publisher decided to whack a &#8217;64&#8217; on the end of their game title when it appeared on the Nintendo 64? Well, it&#8217;s now 2020 and the trend&#8217;s still going strong. Yes, Macbat 64 is an upcoming Switch title from Diplodocus Games, obviously inspired by the many great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}