AlterNation Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 As previously announced, WWE 2K18 is in development for Nintendo Switch, but fans have been left wondering when they could get their hands on the game. The answer is finally here! WWE 2K18 will be available for Nintendo Switch this week as it rolls out worldwide in physical and digital formats starting December 6*. Those who pre-order the physical version of WWE 2K18 on Nintendo Switch will receive two playable versions of WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle: his WWE “American Hero” persona (2001) and his ECW “Wrestling Machine” persona (2006)‡. Digital WWE 2K18 customers will be able to download the Kurt Angle pack at no additional cost through December 13, 2017. The Nintendo Switch edition is a robust offering featuring the new grapple carry system, new weight detection, thousands of new animations, a massive backstage area, and up to six characters onscreen at once. Play on TV or in handheld mode with up to four people in online and local multiplayer. All of the big modes are included as well: MyCAREER The MyCAREER experience puts you on the path to greatness as you journey along on the road to WrestleMania. Explore WWE like never before through a free-roaming backstage, conversing with WWE Superstars, forming alliances, making enemies, seeking out quests, and strategizing for upcoming matches. Road to Glory Introducing the all-new Road to Glory! Compete with opponents online to improve your MyPLAYER by earning unlockables, boosts, and upgrades, all while securing your entry into special events that are held alongside real-life WWE special events, such as pay-per-views. Dynamic Creation Suite Customize WWE like never before with an even deeper set of customization tools and the new Custom Match option! The robust Creation Suite also offers even more detailed features for Create-a-Superstar, Create-a-Video, and Create-an-Arena. The Biggest Roster Ever Dominate the ring with TONS of your favorite WWE, NXT and legendary Superstars! We’re not kidding. WWE 2K18 offers the most complete roster of the biggest and brightest WWE and NXT Superstars and Legends to ever grace a WWE ring! Universe Recreate the WWE broadcasting experience in Universe. WWE Raw, SmackDown Live and NXT shows happen every week with Superstars competing against one another. Incorporate custom Superstars, tag teams, championships, arenas and shows to create your personal WWE experience. We have a variety of exciting options for Nintendo Switch players at launch. Physical pre-orders are available now from several retailers, while the digital version will be available this week. WWE 2K18 Standard Edition (physical and digital) Pre-order the physical version and get access to the Kurt Angle pack‡. Purchase the digital version and download the Kurt Angle pack from the Nintendo eShop at no additional cost through December 13, 2017. MSRP: $59.99 WWE 2K18 Digital Deluxe Edition (digital only) Digital copy of WWE 2K18; Kurt Angle pack; WWE 2K18 Season Pass digital content; Accelerator; Enduring Icons Pack; MyPlayer Kick Start; New Moves Pack; NXT Generation Pack; WWE 2K18 Cena (Nuff) pack, including two playable versions of John Cena (ECW One Night Stand and WrestleMania 26) and playable characters Batista and Rob Van Dam. MSRP: $89.99 DLC OPTIONS† WWE 2K18 Season Pass:Accelerator; Enduring Icons Pack; MyPlayer Kick Start; New Moves Pack; NXT Generation Pack. Available for purchase on launch day for $29.99, a savings of over 23% percent versus individual content purchases. Players will receive the items as they become available on the Nintendo eShop. WWE 2K18 Kurt Angle Pack:Two playable versions of WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle: his WWE “American Hero” persona (2001) and his ECW “Wrestling Machine” persona (2006). Available for purchase for $4.99 after December 13th, 2017. This pack is available at no additional cost to anyone that purchases WWE 2K18 prior to December 13, 2017. WWE 2K18 Cena (Nuff) Pack:Playable characters Batista and Rob Van Dam; Two playable versions of John Cena (ECW One Night Stand and WrestleMania 26); Available for purchase on launch day for $7.99. Accelerator:Players will gain access to all unlockable content available at launch in the game’s VC Purchasable section (excluding downloadable content); Players can also decide the overall rankings and attribute levels for all playable characters throughout the life of the product; Available for purchase on launch day for $4.99. Enduring Icons PackPlayable WWE Superstars: The Hardy Boyz; Playable WWE Hall of Famers: Beth Phoenix and The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express; Available for $9.99 at a later date. MyPlayer Kick StartPlayers will be able to unlock and boost MyPlayer ratings and attributes via a 50,000 VC starting bonus; Players will begin with 10 additional Attribute Points for MyPlayer and can boost any Attribute tower by 10 levels or spread the upgrades throughout multiple Attribute towers; Available for purchase on launch day for $9.99. New Moves PackExplore a wide variety of new in-game moves, including the Tie Breaker (made popular by WWE Superstar Tye Dillinger); the Crash Landing (made popular by NXT Superstar Kassius Ohno); the Pumphandle Death Valley Driver (made popular by NXT Superstar Akam); and the Swinging Sleeper Slam (made popular by WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page); Available for $3.99 at a later date. NXT Generation PackPlayable WWE and NXT Superstars: Aleister Black, Drew McIntyre, Elias, Lars Sullivan and Ruby Riot; Available for $9.99 at a later date. *Release date may vary by territory.‡Physical edition customers will receive their pre-order codes on receipt or via email.†Nintendo account and Internet connection required. Copy of WWE 2K18 required to play. Season Pass content appears in the Nintendo eShop for download on WWE 2K18 product page when DLC item is made available. ATTENTION: A microSD card (sold separately) with free storage space of minimum 32GB is required to download this game, plus 1GB on the system memory. You must have your microSD card inserted before beginning the download. Pre-order WWE 2K18 on Nintendo Switch today! https://wwe.2k.com/news/entries/wwe-2k18-coming-to-nintendo-switch-starting-december-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King RyderFan Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 So. Switch gets all DLC on release day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-zero Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 So. Switch gets all DLC on release day? It looks like they will get the same stuff that released on release date for the other three. nXt pack for them doesn't say release date which is out for the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Strike Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 About bloody time. -_- Now to see if it was worth it. EDIT: Doesn't seem like it'll have split joy-con multiplayer from the sound of it. "The Nintendo Switch edition is a robust offering featuring the new grapple carry system, new weight detection, thousands of new animations, a massive backstage area, and up to six characters onscreen at once. Play on TV or in handheld mode with up to four people in online and local multiplayer. All of the big modes are included as well: " 4-players generally indicates everyone will need dual-analog (IE both joy-cons per player) & the Switch maxes out at 4 pairs of joy-cons. If split joy-sons were supported then they could've gotten 6-player local. It also worries me a bit the press release doesn't mention community creations or how many CAW slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anno Domini. Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Tbf, I'm quite surprised at how much stuff is being squeezed into this port. WWE games have been notorious for the past decade for porting to lesser hardware and stripping the game down to the bare minimum because of it, so respect to 2K on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FulGore Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Tbf, I'm quite surprised at how much stuff is being squeezed into this port. WWE games have been notorious for the past decade for porting to lesser hardware and stripping the game down to the bare minimum because of it, so respect to 2K on this one. Usually because said system isn't powerful enough. However, the Switch definitely is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Strike Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Tbf, I'm quite surprised at how much stuff is being squeezed into this port. WWE games have been notorious for the past decade for porting to lesser hardware and stripping the game down to the bare minimum because of it, so respect to 2K on this one. Usually because said system isn't powerful enough. However, the Switch definitely is. It's not always because of power, sometimes they plain just don't give a ****. For example '09 on Wii had online multiplayer but the subsequent games didn't. No reason they couldn't, they just didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senex Beast Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shindol Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 The Switch release has been handled so *censored*ing stupid. Its on the store now but I have to wait until next Tuesday to get my physical copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senex Beast Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 One more pro point for digital users I guess. This type of release usually only happens with films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shindol Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 Im kinda happy to wait now after seeing gameplay on twitch. Holy shit, the slow down was terrible. Graphically its what I expect on the Switch and it looks okay but they shouldnt have released it in the state its in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFly22284 Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 It is definitely running at a lower frame rate, but playing it feels consistent and I managed a five-star match with plenty of reversals and kick outs on my first go. For a portable version with near-full content - including DLC, which concerned me - this is pretty incredible. Again, its slower, but it was pretty consistent and fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 Tbf, I'm quite surprised at how much stuff is being squeezed into this port. WWE games have been notorious for the past decade for porting to lesser hardware and stripping the game down to the bare minimum because of it, so respect to 2K on this one. I think it's a complete waste of time. For years it was always current gen and PS2 which meant there was 2 separate versions being made so when that got ditched I was happy the team was only working on one game but now we have a Switch version which means all their time isnt being focussed on one game. Id rather just current gen PS4/X1/PC be made because there arent limitations like the Handheld/PS2 was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-zero Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 The Switch release has been handled so *censored*ing stupid. Its on the store now but I have to wait until next Tuesday to get my physical copy. Probably since it a lot harder to return a digital copy. A few places these year only had the digital at first on other systems as well which seemed kinda of odd. But I think it was done to hide some of the games issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 The Switch release has been handled so *censored*ing stupid. Its on the store now but I have to wait until next Tuesday to get my physical copy. They did the same thing with Portal Knights had it on Digital during Black Friday but to get a physical copy you have to wait till Feb which is just crazy. Tbf, I'm quite surprised at how much stuff is being squeezed into this port. WWE games have been notorious for the past decade for porting to lesser hardware and stripping the game down to the bare minimum because of it, so respect to 2K on this one. Usually because said system isn't powerful enough. However, the Switch definitely is. It's not always because of power, sometimes they plain just don't give a ****. For example '09 on Wii had online multiplayer but the subsequent games didn't. No reason they couldn't, they just didn't. I don't think Nintendo/Sony ever gave a damn about the Lego games because Vita/3DS were just crap yet funny enough Rayman Legends/Mortal Kombat were perfect ports to the console versions so if they wanted to Lego games should have run like they did on consoles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 I'll get this when it costs $15 or $20...but not before then. I already slowed down a considerable amount on playing the XB1 version of the game, and the only draw for the Switch version is that it's portable. I can easily wait awhile for that. Then again, Nintendo has this funny way of keeping even the most random games at high price points...so it might never happen. They might still be selling WWE2K18 for $50 when the rest of the world is playing 2K19 or even 2K20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar Mallen Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 I am really tempted to buy a Switch, something I can actually play with my wife and all the huge games I love (Skyrim for the 4th time) I can take on holiday with me, including 2K18. I might have to save a bit on the side and get one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushy. Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 Just saw the gameplay. Not impressed. Thing was like 20 fps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 Yup...and the graphics are reduced, and it's only 6 people in-ring instead of 8. It's still a fully playable WWE game on a handheld, which is nice. But...I'm sticking with my price point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xphen0m Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 10 frames an hour imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shindol Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 Physical is being launched at a considerable price reduction compared to digital. Im getting it for £28 from Shopto and its £55 on the eShop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 So the physical copy of the game you need to download a 24 GB file. WHY??? http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/11/physical_version_of_wwe_2k18_requires_a_24gb_download_to_play This is complete Bulls**t! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernez Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 So the physical copy of the game you need to download a 24 GB file. WHY??? http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/11/physical_version_of_wwe_2k18_requires_a_24gb_download_to_play This is complete Bulls**t! To be fair, this was posted EVERYWHERE a million times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shindol Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 I bought an 128GB SD card months ago in preparation of this. The download doesnt worry me. What does worry me is how shit the game is looking but I want a wrestling game to play handheld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Boy® Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 This is the lowest scored wrestling game in recent memory (on Switch) damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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