Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is making a comeback on the Nintendo Switch.
The developer of the classic game, Krome Studios, announced a Kickstarter to bring a remastered port of the 2002 platformer over to the Switch. Krome Studios is seeking $50,000 for the project, which has been fully pledged already at the time of writing. The original title came out on GameCube, PlayStation 2, and the original Xbox, but this remastered port will feature a slew of updates and new features.
The biggest change will be the new Switch controls allowing players to use the controls like "boomerangs to throw and glide." There will also be a brand new game mode called "Hardcore Mode" for that additional challenge. Other changes include an improved camera, improved particle effects, improved dynamic shadows, color correction, a stretch goal feature for new Ty character skins, and much more. A new gameplay feature will also be added if the Kickstarter surpasses $75,000.
For the time being, Krome Studios is only focusing on bringing the game over to the Switch, which is recently rumored to be getting an upgraded display. It'll also support the newly announced Switch Lite. It'll be a digital title set to be released sometime in the first quarter of 2020. The Kickstarter has multiple backer tiers. The basic $5 pledge will net you a name in the backer credits, with the $25 pledge featuring a download key for the game. There's a $100 pledge that comes with a special collector's edition soundtrack and a printed art book.
Check out the Kickstarter page for a full list of all the available pledges. The original game was well received at the time of its release, with outlets praising the character design for the titular Ty. The premise follows Ty, who must collect artifacts called Thunder Eggs to power the Talisman Machine. This teleportation device can locate five mystical talismans, which Ty has to use to free his family from the Dreaming.
This is great if you've always been a fan of Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, especially considering it's been one of the more obscure and forgotten 3D platformers of its era.