Cowabunga, friends! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is out on Nintendo Switch today and, as you can see in the video above, Jim Trinca and I took an early look at the first 90 minutes of the game in two player co-op for yesterday’s live stream.
Splintered Fate has actually been available on the Apple Arcade for over a year now, where it’s recieved a lot of positive reviews. Many of these reviews liken its roguelike gameplay to a multiplayer version of Hades, and that’s the exact vibe we got when we took it for a spin. Splintered Fate is absolutely a Hades clone, but it does it well and it is fun to play, despite the fact that its mobile roots are fairly easy to see.
The Switch version does bring a few new changes though, the visuals and the audio have been improved for the console release and couch co-op for up to 4 players has also been added. Which is pretty cool considering that would only be possible on a mobile phone if you had either, like, a massive phone or a bunch of friends with tiny fingers.
But the real question is, is it really worth shelling out £26.99 for the Switch version (or the Steam version which has a Q4 release date) when you can get basically the same game on mobile for the price of a month’s Apple Arcade subscription? Well, in my opinion, that price does feel rather steep considering the actual Hades is a couple of pounds cheaper than this on the Switch store.