Following a launch on PC in February of 2023, Sunsoft has introduced that Ikki Unite will launch on Swap in North America in early 2024. Japan will get it barely earlier in 2023.

Ikki Unite is a little bit of a bizarre one. It’s primarily based on a 1985 arcade recreation that was ported to Famicom in the identical yr. The Famicom model is taken into account one in all Japan’s “kusoge no densetsu” or “legendary crappy recreation.” Nonetheless, relatively than attempt to duplicate the reviled gameplay of the 1985 “traditional,” Ikki Unite has much more in widespread with Vampire Survivors. Particularly, it entails hordes of monsters and powering up your auto-firing assaults. The massive wrinkle right here is that it’s 16-players on-line.

I performed a few of Ikki Unite again when it first launched on PC. It was enjoyable, however on the time it was unbalanced and buggy. Sunsoft has patched it a couple of instances since then, and I hold that means to leap again in to see in the event that they polished out the expertise. Its roguelite multi-player gameplay simply appeared form of fascinating to me on the time, however I recollect it being a really busy interval for me, so I didn’t get an opportunity to place a lot time into it.

Whereas particulars on the Swap launch is considerably sparse, Sunsoft is saying that it’s going to have full crossplay with the present PC model. That’s fairly essential. You wouldn’t wish to divide the participant base of such a distinct segment recreation.

Ikki Unite is obtainable on PC proper now. Will probably be coming to Swap someday in early 2024.