Undertale
5 Indie Ports That Should Come to Switch
Practically everyone has heard of the indie darling Undertale, and its inspirations from Nintendo titles like Earthbound are clear to see. The game stormed onto the indie scene in 2015 with a mix of heartfelt storytelling, wacky characters, and unique twists on traditional RPG combat. In Undertale you play as a human child that falls into the Underground, an enormous, hidden section under the surface of the Earth.
The game is presented in a top-down retro style, bearing a resemblance to Earthbound. Battles aren’t quite what you’d expect, however, when you run into enemies or scripted events. Instead of traditional combat, Undertale gives you what is essentially small bullet hell levels, as you have to navigate your icon around obstacles and projectiles from the enemy. While you can attack and kill enemies, Undertale allows you to spare pretty much every enemy in the game, if you want to. On top of this there are multiple branching story paths and endings that change based on your decisions, and if you spare characters.
The most impressive thing about Undertale is that it’s developed by one person, Toby Fox. Besides some of the art, he did everything from the witty writing to the retro soundtrack. Undertale was almost immediately a cult classic, and it seems like an obvious fit for the Switch. The game is perfect for a handheld system, like Switch, and everything from the aesthetic to the music matches that Nintendo style. Don’t even get us started on the possibility of Undertale amiibo.
