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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night will now be coming to the Switch instead of Wii U

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night will now be coming to the Switch instead of Wii U

In a surprisingly turn of events, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night will no longer be a Wii U title. Instead, it's moving to the Nintendo Switch.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-based, side-scrolling platformer with elements of RPG. You play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist curse which slowly crystallises your skin, as you fight through a demon-filled castle.

The response since its campaign release has been phenomenal, not only reaching its goal of $500,000 but exceeding it dramatically - $5-million more, to be exact.

Koji Igarashi stated on the game's Kickstarter earlier this week: "During our Kickstarter campaign, the Wii U was at the height of its popularity, but the situation has drastically changed after the release of Nintendo Switch. This change made it difficult to receive the necessary support from the hardware maker, which has led us to drop the Wii U development and shift the development to Nintendo Switch."
However, Mr Igarashi gives backers of the Wii U version the option to pull out. "We are very sorry that it has come to this after all your support, but we hope you will understand. We would like to respond by preparing options for our backers, such as moving your pledge to another version or requesting a refund if you don’t want any other version."

The game will still come to PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Vita as originally planned.

Emily Sowden
Emily Sowden
Emily is Pocket Gamer's News Editor and writes about all kinds of game-related things. She needs coffee to function and begrudgingly loves her Switch more than she lets on.