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Update: PR from PlayEveryWare:

We are so excited to announce that Elliot Quest is AVAILABLE NOW for Nintendo Switch, in North America, Europe, and Japan.

Quick-links

Our brand new trailer for Nintendo Switch
Nintendo eShop Page

Since we first started our console journey with Wii U, we've always felt that Elliot Quest was the most at home on Nintendo systems. It's been a long road getting here, including the work in rebuilding the original HTML5 game in C++. And to celebrate, we've made a few additions to the game, including a fast teleport system and an easy mode!

A Nintendo 3DS patch is also releasing today, which includes the same content updates!

Thanks!
Thomas @playeveryware

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I mentioned this in another thread, but one of my favorite games of all time, Elliot Quest, is coming to Switch this week and for fans of Zelda-likes, especially Zelda II-esque games, I can't recommend this game highly enough. $10 is a steal.

It's also available on PC, 3DS, Wii U, PS4 and XB1.

Info from Jonneh's thread about this week's eShop releases:

After Elliot's wife disappears, he falls sick and attempts to take his own life--only to discovers that he can't die. Plagued by nightmares and growing weaker by the day, Elliot seeks out a local Sage, who tells him that he's the victim of a rare curse. A demon called a Satar is slowly consuming Elliot's vitality. If Elliot can't find a cure to the curse before it's too late, he too will become a Satar. His only hope is to ask for the help of one of the island's Guardians, who have kept the Satar from taking over Urele.

Explore a vibrant open-world filled with hidden secrets and mysterious Guardians that can help cure Elliot's curse of immortality. Throughout this adventure you'll collect countless abilities and spells, quest through 5 dungeons and defeat 16 unique bosses along your way to unlocking multiple endings.

Here's a post I wrote on the game not long ago, in a thread about favorite game maps:

I really, really like the map in Elliot Quest.

When you encounter an exclamation point, that means there's an area there.

You don't get the sense of it too well in this pic, but traversing across it is reminiscent of Golden Sun for me, but really it's more like a modern Zelda II. Gah. It's so good. Traversing it just feels great with so many hidden secrets and areas. Here's part of my GOTY write-up for it:

Here's why this is such a terrific game. I've only played bits and pieces of Zelda II but if ever someone wanted to see how a Zelda game would work as a 2D sidescroller, Elliot Quest is their game. So, everything about this game is a wondrously emblematic of a lucid world brought to life. The character and enemy design is unique but has that unmistakable je ne sais quoi of the Zelda genre. The action is tight and thoughtful and responsive. The puzzles are bewitching but never frustrating. The music is delightful and memorably grand. The most important thing is game feel, though, and just playing EQ feels terrific. You become Elliot. This is what I want from a game. To be transported into a world, to be the character--to be the "Link" into their world, if you will. EQ offers and delivers this in spades. It's the best Zelda game Nintendo never published, and I can't recommend it heartily enough.

PC OT: Elliot Quest [OT] 1080pff. 60 frames per whatever. Who cares, play this game instead.

Wii U OT: Elliot Quest Wii U |OT| Elliot's Bizarre Adventure

 

[Moobabe]

This is what I'm talking about

 

[Beatofficer]

Another indie for me to get on my Switch, thanks for the heads up Max.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

I was planning on taking a break from the eShop this week, but for $10, I think I'm gonna' grab this on Thursday. I adore Zelda II. One of my favorite games.

 

[purseowner]

maxcriden thread? maxcriden thread.

He's right, you know. Get on it, Switch owners.

 

[Speely]

Welp. My Switch is officially drowning me in games, but $10 for a low-key Zelda II? IN.

 

[Burt]

Elliot Quest is awesome

 

[phanphare]

$10? I mean, shit, how can I not?

thanks for the heads up

 

[Renna Hazel]

Zelda 2? Well perhaps I'll have to consider another game for next week.

 

[Kouriozan]

I does look appealing, thanks for the recommendation.

 

[Shift Breaker]

Ctrl + F: "Procedurally Generated"

"No Results"

Yessssss. Straight onto the wish list.

 

[Lutherian]

It is a very, very nice game but the Wii U version had some big problems (and I won't speak of the early Steam version where you couldn't buy bombs. AT ALL) :

- The morale meter was glitched so you never knew if you're going for neutral, good or bad ending
- Tons of freeze during gameplay, witch could make your character fall flat during a jump.

I really hope that the Switch version uses the last PC update, witch uses a completly new engine.

Oh, and while you play, try to count how many "hommage" there's to Nintendo soundtracks in Eliot Quest... soundtrack.

Anyway, I'll double... no, triple dip (yep, I liked the game this much).

Beware tho with your skill points : you can't upgrade everything to the max.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

I remember being so upset when the Vita version of this got canceled. Switch will have to do!

 

[maxcriden]

Ctrl + F: "Procedurally Generated"

"No Results"

Yessssss. Straight onto the wish list.

It's all handcrafted level design, yep.

It is a very, very nice game but the Wii U version had some big problems (and I won't speak of the early Steam version where you couldn't buy bombs. AT ALL) :

- The morale meter was glitched so you never knew if you're going for neutral, good or bad ending
- Tons of freeze during gameplay, witch could make your character fall flat during a jump.

I really hope that the Switch version uses the last PC update, witch uses a completly new engine.

Oh, and while you play, try to count how many "hommage" there's to Nintendo soundtracks in Eliot Quest... soundtrack.

Anyway, I'll double... no, triple dip (yep, I liked the game this much).

Beware tho with your skill points : you can't upgrade everything to the max.

There were definitely some serious glitches) problems with the Wii U version initially but I was under the impression they'd mostly or entirely been worked out with a series of patches. I was one of the players reporting lots of glitches on Miiverse at the time and it seemed like every patch would fix one issue and create another. It did seem to improve a lot after the patches. As to the music, I didn't personally notice any strong homages or rip-offs of Nintendo music, but I'll admit to being pretty tone deaf on that front.

Good tip on the skill points - it's tough not being able to max all stats, though it does make every stat decision more meaningful. I definitely would have wanted to know that going in though.

 

[Blackie]

FUuuuu ok now I have to purchase this game too? Looks good. Only 10$, damn. Switch is getting so many games I wanna play, *grumble grumble*...

 

[Airola]

This game is really really good even with some of the glitches it used to have (I remember one that teleported the player way further where the player shouldn't yet be and it was possible to get stuck).

It has so damn little hand-holding that it felt really fun to play.

It's underappreciated modern classic.

 

[butman]

Zelda?

 

[lestar]

Zelda?

OP means Zelda II

 

[maxcriden]

OP means Zelda II

Yep. And to be fair I did specify this in the first line of the OP. Link's Awakening also had sidescroller sections.

 

[czk51]

Watching a few older reviews on YT now, looks perfect for me. Thanks OP.

 

[hoverboarder]

I've never played Zelda II, but I really enjoyed the Zelda II-esque Adventure Time game that was on 3DS a few years ago.

Will look into this, thanks!

 

[Scalpel Knight]

I may get this thanks to this topic, and I was only planning to get Spelunker this week. I also just got Flame in the Flood. Argh. At least I'm done with Dig 2 and Golf Story.

 

[Zarovitch]

I skip it on WiiU, i'll probably buy it for Switch.

 

[Ruud_Luiten]

I remember being so upset when the Vita version of this got canceled. Switch will have to do!

Ha, same.

I’m all in for Switch now.

 

[abstract alien]

Ctrl + F: "Procedurally Generated"

"No Results"

Yessssss. Straight onto the wish list.

Thank goodness.

 

[HylianTom]

Thanks for the heads-up. (It also reminds me a bit of old-school Icarus.)

This and Thimbleweed Park might be the last two games I play before Mario blots-out the Sun on the 27th..

 

[tebunker]

Biggest issue I had with it originally was how easy it was to get lost and not be able to figure out what to do next even intuitively.

My wife made a lot of progress and just quit out of frustration. So those maps help a lot. Wish I had them earlier.

It is a fine game otherwise and worth playing.

 

[punkmaggit]

Added to my wishlist. Thanks OP.

 

[Axass]

Don't sleep on it guys, Elliot Quest is amazing, it's basically what Shovel Knight was for action platformers, but for adventure platformers and Zelda II-like games instead.

 

[Nocturnowl]

I keep telling myself "max raves about this, I should try it", I swear it'll happen eventually!

 

[Boy Wander]

This is one of those threads where I knew who started it without looking I must give this a try sometime just on the basis of criden's enthusiasm.

 

[_Isaac]

Well I am definitely interested now. Does the game have a good story? The premise in the OP seems really touching.

 

[Axass]

Well I am definitely interested now. Does the game have a good story? The premise in the OP seems really touching.

I'll be honest and brutal: no, absolutely not. The story is pretty much an afterthought, but the world is extremely cohesive and has nice lore to it. The morality system is also very shallow.

The gameplay, the feeling of adventure and dicovery are where it's at.

 

[Like the hat?]

Have the Wii u one but never finished it. If I can pull myself away from Stardew Valley I'll double dip.

 

[harriet the spy]

I’ll admit - I grew up around pixels and love them , but these last few switch games (little Barbarian dx and this) are just too ‘ugly’ for me to bite

 

[Jupiter_Shrooms]

I must be in the minority that didn't like this game much at all. I think it does the Metroidvania style gating all wrong. There were so many times when I crawled through a gauntlet of enemies and spikes only to be greeted by a hard block where I either don't have the right tool to proceed or the required number of crystals. It would have been better if the gating happened first, rather than after all that work.

To compound the issue, there would be a save stone right before the block, so now you can't just die and return, you have to make the return trip back through the gauntlet of enemies and spikes. And IIRC, when you die and get restored, you only have half health, and the enemies respawn. There were times where I thought I had screwed up my save, because it was too hard to make the return trip - I recall being really frustrated with these rock shooting giant worms that could kill me in 2 hits.

Played on the Wii U. Maybe it's fixed now, but you also couldn't get bombs anywhere, except by returning to the cave. It just seemed like a lot of unnecessary tedium to replenish my bombs.

 

[zenspider]

Saw this on the eShop 'coming soon' and wishlist-ed.

That price is perfect.

 

[Currygan]

such a charming game. I just can't find time anymore to play all these eshop games, goddamn

 

[maxcriden]

Well I am definitely interested now. Does the game have a good story? The premise in the OP seems really touching.

I'll be honest and brutal: no, absolutely not. The story is pretty much an afterthought, but the world is extremely cohesive and has nice lore to it. The morality system is also very shallow.

The gameplay, the feeling of adventure and dicovery are where it's at.

Seconding Axass on this. The story and morality system to me are not the draws for this game. As he said, the gameplay and adventuring are where it's at.

 

[Bate]

This game has been on my Steam whishlist for ages. Will buy it for a tenner.

 

[Fiendcode]

Will buy.

 

[Lemmy Caution]

Got fairly far into this on Wii U but read I was approaching a part with a major bug needing a patch.

Never got back into it but should do so now on Switch.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Um...why is this $10?

It's $14.99 on Steam.

What shenanigans are afoot here?

 

[maxcriden]

Um...why is this $10?

It's $14.99 on Steam.

What shenanigans are afoot here?

Steam tax.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Um...why is this $10?

It's $14.99 on Steam.

What shenanigans are afoot here?

Steam tax.

Edit:

Steam tax.

lol

 

[Skellig Gra]

Switch is killing me with all these cool indies. I just don't have the time.

 

[CharminUltra]

I just don't have the time.

Yup :/

Trying to catch up before Odyssey ends the world.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Steam tax.

lol it's weird, because it's 15 on 3DS as well, and 12 on Wii U...and now 10 on Switch.

Not complaining though!

 

[Shahadan]

Um...why is this $10?

It's $14.99 on Stea.

What shenanigans are afoot here?

He probably wants it to sell this time

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

I'm trying to finish Golf Story before Mario comes next week and consumes my soul for months lol.....this will have to wait, unfortunately. It looks good though! Will check out the reviews, and GAF feedback.