{"id":123892,"date":"2022-04-14T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-130233"},"modified":"2022-04-14T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T18:30:00","slug":"rogue-legacy-2-is-coming-but-not-to-switch-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/14\/rogue-legacy-2-is-coming-but-not-to-switch-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogue Legacy 2 Is Coming, But Not To Switch (Yet?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/58674c8d1b780\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/58674c8d1b780\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"uiV0oo7ZlH8\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/rogue_legacy\">Rogue Legacy<\/a>, which came out originally in 2013 and then on Switch in 2019, was a tongue-in-cheek take on the roguelike genre: Whenever your character dies during one of the dungeon-crawl segments, their role as the hero is taken up by one of their children. Each child will have a unique characteristic that maps roughly and crudely onto real-world genetic conditions, from colour blindness (which makes the game black-and-white) to dwarfism (which makes the character short), which significantly affect the run.<\/p>\n<p>The sequel, <strong>Rogue Legacy 2<\/strong>, was announced back in April 2020, and after almost two years in Early Access, it&#8217;s finally coming to console. Unfortunately for us, that console is the Xbox \u2014 but the fact that it&#8217;s Xbox One and Series X\/S only gives us hope that it&#8217;s merely a timed exclusive, and that we&#8217;ll eventually get Rogue Legacy 2 in our grubby, Joy-Con holding mitts as well.<\/p>\n<p>Since the game has been in Early Access for two years already, we can take a look at what people think of it so far in the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1253920\/Rogue_Legacy_2\/\">Steam reviews<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Already better than rogue legacy 1&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A great Improvement over the first game&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not quite a fun game &#8211; yet &#8211; but close!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Genuinely fun game bogged down by weird mechanics&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fair warning: It&#8217;s quite difficult, but over time you can also upgrade your stats and gear to make it easier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>New features in the game include the ability to take on &#8220;debilitating&#8221; traits in the game for greater rewards, new systems like Heirlooms, which are powers that &#8220;fundamentally change how you play&#8221;, and Relics, which range from special challenges to new abilities. Also, clowns? Clowns.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Clowns!\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5ae741c192196\/clowns.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA3Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5ae741c192196\/clowns.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Clowns!\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>New traits include Antiquarian (makes the graphics look a bit like a Game Boy game), Associative Agnosia (pixellates all enemies), Synesthesia (makes everything pretty colours, oooh), and Hyperflatulence (farts).<\/p>\n<p>The release date (on PC and Xbox) is April 28th, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you want to see Rogue Legacy 2 on Switch, or are you fine with missing out (or playing on another platform)? Let us know in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Rogue Legacy, which came out originally in 2013 and then on Switch in 2019, was a tongue-in-cheek take on the roguelike genre: Whenever your character dies during one of the dungeon-crawl segments, their role as the hero is taken up by one of their children. 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