{"id":86655,"date":"2019-03-05T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/03\/first-person_buddy_cop_shooter_rico_shoots_its_way_to_switch_next_week"},"modified":"2019-03-05T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T14:30:00","slug":"first-person-buddy-cop-shooter-rico-shoots-its-way-to-switch-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/05\/first-person-buddy-cop-shooter-rico-shoots-its-way-to-switch-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Person Buddy Cop Shooter RICO Shoots Its Way To Switch Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/20d642cb80d3b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/20d642cb80d3b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yxj9pkYbfl8?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>Rising Star Games and developer Ground Shatter have announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/rico\"><strong>RICO<\/strong><\/a> will be firing onto a Nintendo Switch near you next week.<\/p>\n<p>The game has players stepping up to be a member of the elite RICO taskforce, where you&#8217;ll have just 24 hours to solve a case and bring an end to organised crime. You&#8217;ll be kicking down doors and shooting your way through randomly generated levels that are said to make every case &#8220;new and unique&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll also be able to team up with a friend if you prefer, playing the role of a pair of loose-cannon police partners and supporting each other through urban shootouts. Both online and local co-op play is supported.<\/p>\n<p>James Parker, Director at Ground Shatter, has said the following in a press release today:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cGames can change people\u2019s lives, inform us about the human condition, and tell epic stories of love, life, and loss\u2026 RICO doesn\u2019t do any of those things, it\u2019s a game about kicking doors open and shooting bad guys, often in glorious slow motion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Game Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compete against the clock to solve a case in 24 hours<\/li>\n<li>Online Co-op and Offline split-screen play<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Daily play&#8221; with online leaderboards<\/li>\n<li>Randomly generated cases, operations, and environments<\/li>\n<li>Unlockable weapons, traits, and equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Rico2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/25bc9795e9706\/rico2.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/25bc9795e9706\/rico2.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Rico2\"><\/a><a title=\"Rico3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f6c1ed1525284\/rico3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f6c1ed1525284\/rico3.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Rico3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Rico4\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b3a30a0c2dcc8\/rico4.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b3a30a0c2dcc8\/rico4.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Rico4\"><\/a><a title=\"Rico5\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e704e07e25233\/rico5.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e704e07e25233\/rico5.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Rico5\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>With arcade-style tactical shooter action, weapon and equipment unlocks, and leaderboards to challenge, this could be worth keeping an eye on. You&#8217;ll be able to download RICO from the Switch eShop on 14th March.<\/p>\n<p><em>Is RICO going on your wishlist? Let us know if you&#8217;ll be buying a copy in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yxj9pkYbfl8?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Rising Star Games and developer Ground Shatter have announced that RICO will be firing onto a Nintendo Switch near you next week. The game has players stepping up to be a member of the elite RICO taskforce, where you&#8217;ll have just 24 hours to solve a case and bring an end to organised [&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-86655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86655","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=86655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}