{"id":20145,"date":"2018-05-11T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/get_ready_for_fantasy_tactical_role-playing_in_the_banner_saga_on_17th_may"},"modified":"2018-05-11T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T10:20:00","slug":"get-ready-for-fantasy-tactical-role-playing-in-the-banner-saga-on-17th-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/11\/get-ready-for-fantasy-tactical-role-playing-in-the-banner-saga-on-17th-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Ready For Fantasy Tactical Role-Playing In The Banner Saga On 17th May"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/get_ready_for_fantasy_tactical_role-playing_in_the_banner_saga_on_17th_may\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/get_ready_for_fantasy_tactical_role-playing_in_the_banner_saga_on_17th_may\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"The Banner Saga\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/the_banner_saga\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/the_banner_saga\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"The Banner Saga\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Stoic, an independent game development company, and Versus Evil, one of the leading independent video game publishers, have revealed that\u00a0indie role-playing strategy\u00a0hit <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/banner_saga\">The Banner Saga<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is coming to Switch eShop on 17th May.<\/p>\n<p>The Banner Saga is an epic single-player driven Viking saga, where a player\u2019s choice in travel, conversation and combat determines the outcome of their own personal story as well as the survival of an entire civilisation. The game features stunning 2D animation and art, a unique tactical combat system and a cast of unforgettable characters, all of which drive this epic journey forward.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what\u00a0Steve Escalante, General Manager of Versus Evil had to say about this impending release:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>&#8220;Launching The Banner Saga on Nintendo Switch is an exciting moment for us, as we gear up in 2018 to enter the third and final chapter of the series it\u2019s only fitting we give Nintendo players an opportunity to enjoy this award-winning Viking inspired saga where the journey begins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>John Watson, Technical Director at Stoic added to this:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve always strived to share this epic series and the narrative of the saga across a variety of platforms and we are thrilled to now bring the Banner Saga to a whole new community of console players on the Nintendo Switch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Well it all sounds rather lovely. Let us know if you plan to pick up The Banner Saga for your Switch when it arrives on 17th May.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stoic, an independent game development company, and Versus Evil, one of the leading independent video game publishers, have revealed that\u00a0indie role-playing strategy\u00a0hit The Banner Saga\u00a0is coming to Switch eShop on 17th May. The Banner Saga is an epic single-player driven Viking saga, where a player\u2019s choice in travel, conversation and combat determines the outcome of [&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-20145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20145","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=20145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}