{"id":19011,"date":"2025-06-03T09:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/survival-kids-proves-nintendo-switch-2-isnt-just-about-mario-kart-world\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T09:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:37:17","slug":"survival-kids-proves-nintendo-switch-2-isnt-just-about-mario-kart-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/survival-kids-proves-nintendo-switch-2-isnt-just-about-mario-kart-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Survival Kids proves Nintendo Switch 2 isn\u2019t just about Mario Kart World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone might be talking about the new title from gaming\u2019s favourite plumber, but there\u2019s at least one other interesting original launching with the new console this week<\/p>\n

The interesting thing about console launches is that you never know what unexpected treasures will emerge from the first batch of games. Who could have foretold that the hero of the PlayStation launch would be a fireworks simulation (Fantavision), or that the most joyous title in the initial GameCube lineup would involve simians racing each other in giant transparent globes (Super Monkey Ball)?<\/p>\n

The latest example could well be Konami\u2019s Survival Kids, the only new third-party game in the Switch 2 opening wave. It\u2019s the latest in the publisher\u2019s cult series of tropical island survival sims, which began on the Game Boy Color and, despite never really attracting vast global success, continued on to the Nintendo DS under a new name, Lost in Blue. Now it\u2019s back as a familyfriendly co-op survival adventure, in which groups of up to four players are shipwrecked on a mysterious archipelago, and must survive by gathering resources, crafting tools, finding food and exploring a series of lush, cartoonish environments. Four people can play online, but the game also supports Switch 2\u2019s game sharing, which lets one person who owns the game connect wirelessly with other consoles to play together.<\/p>\n

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\nEveryone might be talking about the new title from gaming\u2019s favourite plumber, but there\u2019s at least one other interesting original launching with the new console this week
\nThe interesting thing about console launches is that you never know what unexpected treasures will emerge from the first batch of games. Who could have foretold that the hero of the PlayStation launch would be a fireworks simulation (Fantavision), or that the most joyous title in the initial GameCube lineup would involve simians racing each other in giant transparent globes (Super Monkey Ball)?
\nThe latest example could well be Konami\u2019s Survival Kids, the only new third-party game in the Switch 2 opening wave. It\u2019s the latest in the publisher\u2019s cult series of tropical island survival sims, which began on the Game Boy Color and, despite never really attracting vast global success, continued on to the Nintendo DS under a new name, Lost in Blue. Now it\u2019s back as a familyfriendly co-op survival adventure, in which groups of up to four players are shipwrecked on a mysterious archipelago, and must survive by gathering resources, crafting tools, finding food and exploring a series of lush, cartoonish environments. Four people can play online, but the game also supports Switch 2\u2019s game sharing, which lets one person who owns the game connect wirelessly with other consoles to play together. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone might be talking about the new title from gaming\u2019s favourite plumber, but there\u2019s at least one other interesting original launching with the new console this week The interesting thing about console launches is that you never know what unexpected treasures will emerge from the first batch of games. Who could have foretold that the …<\/p>\n

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