{"id":137289,"date":"2026-05-22T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-193159"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:45:00","slug":"survival-horror-the-florist-looks-like-classic-resident-evil-in-all-the-right-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/22\/survival-horror-the-florist-looks-like-classic-resident-evil-in-all-the-right-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"Survival Horror &#8216;The Florist&#8217; Looks Like Classic Resident Evil In All The Right Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8711a199595ec\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8711a199595ec\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8711a199595ec\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"CswTl1Hwbus\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CswTl1Hwbus?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Update [<time class=\"dated \" datetime=\"2026-05-22T14:45:00+00:00\" data-format=\"D jS M Y, g:ia\">Fri 22nd May 2026, 3:45pm<\/time>]:<\/strong> Developer Unclear Games has confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/florist\">The Florist<\/a> will launch on the Switch 2 later in <strong>2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The accompanying gameplay trailer doesn&#8217;t show us a whole lot that we haven&#8217;t already seen, but we&#8217;re super keen to get our hands on this retro-inspired survival horror as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll keep you updated on the exact launch date as soon as this is announced.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Original Story:<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"Sbvgu1hnQkQ\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sbvgu1hnQkQ?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Capcom doesn&#8217;t seem to be in any rush to put its classic <strong>Resident Evil<\/strong> games on the Switch or Switch 2. And when we say &#8216;classic&#8217;, we&#8217;re primarily talking about the original PS1 trilogy, maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/resident_evil_code_veronica_x\">Code: Veronica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps2\/resident_evil_outbreak\" class=\"external\">Outbreak<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps1\/resident_evil_survivor\" class=\"external\">Survivor<\/a>, etc&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, developer Unclear Games is looking to fill the gap with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/florist\">The Florist<\/a>, a survival horror launching on the Switch 2 in 2026 alongside Steam and the PS5 (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2025\/10\/retro-resident-evil-fans-will-want-to-pay-attention-to-the-florist-on-ps5\" class=\"external\">Push Square<\/a>). Boasting fixed camera angles and a wildly unsettling atmosphere, it&#8217;s a blatant callback to classic RE in all the right ways.<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230; except one. In the description for the game on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3152440\/The_Florist\/\">Steam<\/a>, it notes that you&#8217;ll have access to an unlimited inventory \u2013 <em>&#8220;pick up anything and everything&#8221;<\/em> \u2013 and that just seems kinda wild to us. Having a limited inventory is a huge part of the identity of survival horror, and it&#8217;s something that Resident Evil has carried throughout its existence (to a much lesser degree in some entries, granted).<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re definitely concerned about this, but we&#8217;ll of course reserve full judgement for now. Otherwise, we&#8217;re really enamoured with the presentation here. The bold colours represent a pretty drastic departure from what you&#8217;d expect a survival horror to look like, and we suspect at least a bit of inspiration has been taken from Konami&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/silent_hill_f\" class=\"external\">Silent Hill f<\/a>. Not a bad thing at all, in our opinion.<\/p>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s check out the key features:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8211; Fixed cameras to evoke tension and showcase beautiful artwork<br \/>&#8211; Puzzles to test perception, deduction and creativity<br \/>&#8211; Powerful and explosive weapons to defeat enemies<br \/>&#8211; A world that grows and changes throughout the game<br \/>&#8211; Unlimited inventory &#8211; pick up anything and everything<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Unclear Games<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>Of course, Resident Evil fans will be well catered for in 2026, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/resident-evil-requiem\">Resident Evil Requiem<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/resident-evil-7-biohazard-gold-edition\">Resident Evil 7: Biohazard<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/resident-evil-village-gold-edition\">Resident Evil Village<\/a> all launching on the Switch 2 on <strong>27th February<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Rumours are also gaining pace that points to a full remake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/resident_evil_0\">Resident Evil 0<\/a>, with a voice actor including a now-deleted entry for a lead role in &#8216;Project Chamber&#8217; in his r\u00e9sum\u00e9, which is said to be the working title for the remake.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:192757,188518,186732 @ 1779466275 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What do you make of The Florist so far? Like what you see? Let us know with a comment.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Update [Fri 22nd May 2026, 3:45pm]: Developer Unclear Games has confirmed that The Florist will launch on the Switch 2 later in 2026. The accompanying gameplay trailer doesn&#8217;t show us a whole lot that we haven&#8217;t already seen, but we&#8217;re super keen to get our hands on this retro-inspired survival horror as soon [&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-137289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137289","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=137289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}