{"id":47056,"date":"2018-09-12T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/09\/shmup-platformer_velocity_2x_makes_its_nintendo_debut_on_switch_next_week"},"modified":"2018-09-12T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T16:30:00","slug":"shmup-platformer-velocity-2x-makes-its-nintendo-debut-on-switch-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/12\/shmup-platformer-velocity-2x-makes-its-nintendo-debut-on-switch-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Shmup-Platformer Velocity 2X Makes Its Nintendo Debut On Switch Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c4c71a05844d9\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c4c71a05844d9\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Curve Digital has announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/velocity_2x\"><strong>Velocity 2X<\/strong><\/a> will now be releasing on 20th September on Switch.<\/p>\n<p>A direct successor to the 2012\u00a0PlayStation hit <strong>Velocity<\/strong>, Velocity 2 marks the first time a game in the series has arrived on a Nintendo console. The game follows the story of Lt. Kai Tana, a brave pilot who has found herself stranded a long way from home after getting sucked through a black hole. Discovered and experimented on by an evil alien race called the Vokh, Kai Tana has recently escaped with her &#8216;Quarp Jet&#8217; and must outrun her captors.<\/p>\n<p>The game has already released on other platforms, scoring highly among critics on systems such as PS4, PS Vita, and Xbox One.\u00a0Its blend of &#8220;pulse-pounding 2D action platforming and fast-paced vertical-scrolling shmup action&#8221; has won over the hearts of players, too, gaining &#8216;very positive&#8217; user reviews on Steam.<\/p>\n<p>FuturLab Managing Director, James Marsden, has said the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is the ultimate version of\u00a0Velocity 2X<em>.\u00a0<\/em>On Nintendo Switch, players will get the complete, no-compromise home console\/PC version with all the graphical bells and whistles, whether playing at home on their TV at 1080p and 60fps, or on the Switch screen at 720p and 60fps.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Vel2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2c181e99bd26c\/vel2.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2c181e99bd26c\/vel2.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Vel2\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Vel3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a53ffef2cf800\/vel3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a53ffef2cf800\/vel3.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Vel3\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Vel4\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2a7c834e2464e\/vel4.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2a7c834e2464e\/vel4.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Vel4\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Vel5\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bde3dcaa677ca\/vel5.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bde3dcaa677ca\/vel5.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Vel5\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The game will be available on Switch on 20th September, with pricing still to be confirmed. If you happen to be attending EGX in Birmingham, UK later this month, you&#8217;ll be able to go hands-on with the game to see what all the fuss is about.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you been waiting for this one to arrive on Switch? Feel free to share your excitement with us down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Curve Digital has announced that Velocity 2X will now be releasing on 20th September on Switch. A direct successor to the 2012\u00a0PlayStation hit Velocity, Velocity 2 marks the first time a game in the series has arrived on a Nintendo console. The game follows the story of Lt. 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