{"id":18504,"date":"2018-04-26T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/04\/blade_strangers_fights_its_way_to_a_physical_release_on_switch_this_summer"},"modified":"2018-04-26T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T13:15:00","slug":"blade-strangers-fights-its-way-to-a-physical-release-on-switch-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/04\/26\/blade-strangers-fights-its-way-to-a-physical-release-on-switch-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Blade Strangers Fights Its Way To A Physical Release On Switch This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/04\/blade_strangers_fights_its_way_to_a_physical_release_on_switch_this_summer\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/04\/blade_strangers_fights_its_way_to_a_physical_release_on_switch_this_summer\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/04\/blade_strangers_fights_its_way_to_a_physical_release_on_switch_this_summer\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"resize\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ES5uvEgHZLE?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nicalis has confirmed that its upcoming fighting game\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/blade_strangers\"><strong>Blade Strangers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is on track for a summer 2018 release on Nintendo Switch (with a physical edition and suggested retail price of $39.99), and will also be hitting arcade game centres in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The game embraces a traditional and streamlined four-button control scheme that offers accessible controls for new fighting fans, while also including intricate combos, counters, and special moves to provide tournament-caliber competitors with endless opportunities to hone their skills. There will be a story mode, missions, arcade and versus modes, as well as a highly competitive online mode for you to sink your teeth into.<\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s roster<em>\u00a0<\/em>includes newly-created fighters in addition to characters from previous Studio Saizensen games, Nicalis games (like\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/cave_storyplus\"><strong>Cave Story+<\/strong><\/a>) and four surprise guest stars yet to be announced. The current confirmed roster of playable characters\u00a0includes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Curly Brace (<em>Cave Story+<\/em>)<br \/>\u2022 Solange (<em>Code of Princess EX<\/em>)<br \/>\u2022 Ali (<em>Code of Princess EX<\/em>)<br \/>\u2022 Liongate (<em>Code of Princess EX<\/em>)<br \/>\u2022 Master T (<em>Code of Princess EX<\/em>)<br \/>\u2022 Kawase (<em>Umihara Kawase\u00a0<\/em>series)<br \/>\u2022 Noko (<em>Umihara Kawase\u00a0<\/em>series)<br \/>\u2022 Emiko (<em>Umihara Kawase\u00a0<\/em>series)<br \/>\u2022 Lina (all-new character)<br \/>\u2022 Helen (all-new character)<\/p>\n<p>So, what are your thoughts on this one? Will you be giving it a go?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Nicalis has confirmed that its upcoming fighting game\u00a0Blade Strangers\u00a0is on track for a summer 2018 release on Nintendo Switch (with a physical edition and suggested retail price of $39.99), and will also be hitting arcade game centres in Japan. The game embraces a traditional and streamlined four-button control scheme that offers accessible controls [&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-18504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18504","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=18504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}