In Kingdom Rush games, players oversee a medieval fantasy map, which they must populate with towers, in order to protect the pathway to their base from ever-expanding enemy armies.
The first trailer for the Nintendo Switch version of Kingdom Rush: Frontiers describes features exclusive to the console, including new enemies and tower upgrades. You’ll even have to deal with aliens at some point.
A combination of real-time strategy and building, Kingdom Rush players place mages, archers, barracks and artillery “towers” strategically around the map.
The original Kingdom Rush was a free-to-play in-browser game, released in 2011, but the tower defense series has exploded in the years since, winning widespread acclaim, expanding to tablets and even spawning tghe creation of a board game. The most recent game in the series is 2018’s Kingdom Rush Vengeance.
Abilities coming to the Nintendo Switch version include attacks like Reinforcements, Rain of Fire, Chill Wands and nukes, which can be deployed in environments ranging from deserts to jungles—even the underworld itself. The Switch version of Kingdom Rush: Frontiers will come with 16 heroes, which are powerful tank characters who can level to gain new abilities as you use them. The remastered game will also feature eight specialized tower upgrades—like Crossbow Forts and Earthquake Machines—plus more than 80 achievements to test your mettle over three difficulty settings.
Other announced features coming to the Switch edition of Frontiers include 60 enemies (sandworms, tribal shamans, nomad tribes and “underground terrors,” to name a few), boss fights and three different game modes: Classic, Iron and Heroic.
Ironhide has also announced that Kingdom Rush gameplay, which was originally tailored to PC and mobile players, has been optimized for Switch controller play.
“Prepare your tactics! This remastered version is more challenging than ever. But fear not! You will have the help of every frontier’s hero and tower to aid you on the perilous adventure,” developer Ironhide Game Studio said, in the announcement for the Nintendo Switch port. “Get ready to guide your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld—all with flashy towers, levels, heroes and more goodies to help crush your foes!”
Kingdom Rush: Frontiers will be available for the Switch in the Nintendo eShop beginning February 27,with pre-orders beginning February 13. The two other Kingdom Rush titles coming to Nintendo Switch are as yet unannounced.
