{"id":77878,"date":"2019-01-24T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/steamworld_quest_wont_release_physically_at_launch_or_at_all_on_3ds_no_loot_boxes_or_microtransactions"},"modified":"2019-01-24T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T15:30:00","slug":"steamworld-quest-wont-release-physically-at-launch-or-at-all-on-3ds-no-loot-boxes-or-microtransactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/24\/steamworld-quest-wont-release-physically-at-launch-or-at-all-on-3ds-no-loot-boxes-or-microtransactions\/","title":{"rendered":"SteamWorld Quest Won&#8217;t Release Physically At Launch Or At All On 3DS, No Loot Boxes Or Microtransactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dea2800b631e5\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dea2800b631e5\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/steamworld_quest_wont_release_physically_at_launch_or_at_all_on_3ds_no_loot_boxes_or_microtransactions\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TAA5qzWlMUU?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Perhaps one of the most exciting reveals during yesterday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/video_watch_the_nintendo_indie_highlights_presentation_january_2019\">Nintendo Indie Highlights presentation<\/a> was Image &amp; Form&#8217;s latest project, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/steamworld_quest_hand_of_gilgamech\"><strong>SteamWorld Quest<\/strong><\/a>. Taking the SteamWorld universe we already know and love, and steering it in a completely new card-based RPG direction, this one looks like it could be a real winner.<\/p>\n<p>Details yesterday were slightly vague in places &#8211; intentionally so this early on &#8211; but we now know a little bit more about the game. First up, the developer took to Twitter to reassure concerned fans who suspected the presence of loot boxes or microtransactions. As Image &amp; Form says below, &#8220;it&#8217;s not that kind of game&#8221;. <em>We can hear the collective &#8220;hoorah&#8221; from you lovely readers already.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Many of you have asked us if SteamWorld Quest will have micro transactions, loot boxes, booster packs or similar available for actual money. Short answer: No. Long answer: Don&#8217;t even worry about it! It&#8217;s not that kind of game &lt;3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SWQuest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SWQuest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EsUsG6NQqR\">pic.twitter.com\/EsUsG6NQqR<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Image &amp; Form Games (@ImageForm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImageForm\/status\/1088181573411844097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The studio&#8217;s CEO, Brj\u00e1nn Sigurgeirsson, has also recently sat down with the folks at <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/miketendo64.com\/2019\/01\/23\/interview-steamworld-quest-the-reveal-the-journey-a-different-direction-and-no-plans-for-a-3ds-release\/\">Miketendo64<\/a> for a chat about the game. In the interview, Brj\u00e1nn was asked about the potential of a physical release on Switch at launch. Here&#8217;s what he had to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Probably not, we never do. That\u2019s for practical reasons \u2013 we typically have to work on a game right up to the very last minutes before it HAS to be approved by Nintendo, and the lead times for physical production is always way, way longer than that. But we love physical editions just as much as the next guy. We\u2019re likely to publish that at some point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also confirms that the game started development almost immediately after the conclusion of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/steamworld_dig_2\"><strong>SteamWorld Dig 2<\/strong><\/a> (you can read the full interview <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/miketendo64.com\/2019\/01\/23\/interview-steamworld-quest-the-reveal-the-journey-a-different-direction-and-no-plans-for-a-3ds-release\/\">here<\/a> if you&#8217;re interested) before responding to a question which asked whether or not SteamWorld Quest will come to 3DS:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s a very good question, and the very good answer is that Quest won\u2019t come to 3DS, unfortunately. We brought SW Dig 2 \u2013 and all the others before that, of course \u2013 to Nintendo 3DS. We were taken aback by how \u201cwell\u201d the Switch had replaced the 3DS in terms of digital sales. It\u2019s safe to say that although there are many 3DS owners, the ones that were tech-savvy enough to buy games from the eShop were also tech-savvy enough to switch to, well, Nintendo Switch. I track our sales meticulously, and you wouldn\u2019t believe me if I told you by how manytimes the Switch versions of our games outsell the 3DS versions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>What did you think of SteamWorld Quest&#8217;s announcement yesterday? Are you looking forward to this one? Share your thoughts with us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TAA5qzWlMUU?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Perhaps one of the most exciting reveals during yesterday&#8217;s Nintendo Indie Highlights presentation was Image &amp; Form&#8217;s latest project, SteamWorld Quest. Taking the SteamWorld universe we already know and love, and steering it in a completely new card-based RPG direction, this one looks like it could be a real winner. Details yesterday were [&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-77878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77878","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=77878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}