{"id":40274,"date":"2018-08-14T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/the_bug_butcher_brings_action-packed_2d_side-scrolling_to_switch_this_summer"},"modified":"2018-08-14T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T10:30:00","slug":"the-bug-butcher-brings-action-packed-2d-side-scrolling-to-switch-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/14\/the-bug-butcher-brings-action-packed-2d-side-scrolling-to-switch-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bug Butcher Brings Action-Packed 2D Side-Scrolling To Switch This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b3dcd83764187\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b3dcd83764187\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>2Awesome Studio has announced its first game as a publisher, teaming up with\u00a0Awfully Nice Studios to bring <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/bug_butcher\">The Bug Butcher<\/a><\/strong> to Nintendo Switch this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Bug Butcher is an action-packed 2D side-scroller shoot &#8217;em up game where your main threat comes from above. The core mechanics are heavily inspired by classic arcade shooter <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/super_pang\">Super Pang<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0a game which tasked you with shooting\u00a0vertically, but is said to come with its own\u00a0modern day twists.<\/p>\n<p>You play as Harry, a brash and tenacious exterminator who has a knack for decimating bugs. The publisher has described the game as\u00a0&#8220;pest control with machine guns in space&#8221;, which we think is a rather nice way of putting it. Feast your eyes on the game&#8217;s feature list, as well as a couple of screenshots, below.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Features:<br \/>&#8211; Chaotic, fast paced action shooting inspired by the arcade classic Super Pang!<br \/>&#8211; Play solo or in local co-op<br \/>&#8211; 30 levels and 5 Merciless boss fights crammed with relentless waves of bugs<br \/>&#8211; Online leaderboards and 3 difficulty modes offer the ultimate challenge<br \/>&#8211; Upgradeable Weapons and Power-ups to make any trigger happy player smile<br \/>&#8211; Handcrafted 2D graphics with explosion animations galore<br \/>\u00a0-Developed by Awfully Nice guys, ported and published by 2Awesome dudes. Can&#8217;t get better than that!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Bugbutcher2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b977fb6b7551f\/bugbutcher2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b977fb6b7551f\/bugbutcher2.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Bugbutcher2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Bugbutcher3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b53b45594bc5c\/bugbutcher3.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b53b45594bc5c\/bugbutcher3.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Bugbutcher3\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The trailer sure does look like this could be a lot of fun, but no specific release date has been given just yet despite the mention of &#8216;summer 2018&#8243;. Hopefully it&#8217;ll land on the Switch&#8217;s eShop soon.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you like the look of this one? 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