Rogue Legacy 2 is the sequel to the hit indie roguelike Rogue Legacy. Seven months after the full release update, Rogue Legacy 2 found its way onto the Nintendo Switch with all the updates intact. Like its sequel, Rogue Legacy was a unique take on the action roguelike genre with how a player would handle death and rebirth. In the original title, players are given a choice of three heirs when they die, with each heir having their own random classes, weapons, spells, and traits. The same remains true in Rogue Legacy 2, except with even more variety in what each heir spawns with.
Switch players who enjoy side-scrolling platforming action in their roguelikes will have a lot to love about Rogue Legacy 2. The game's platforming levels are the true key to its greatness as a whole. The game world players enjoy is made of many different room designs with many enemy, trap, floor, and loot layouts. Cellar Door Games doesn't pull the punches either, as the enemies found within these randomized rooms are as formidable as they are varied. However, the randomized castle players will be exploring has biomes that are one of the few static elements of each run's design.
Rogue Legacy's Breadth of Content Fits Well Within The Switch's Indie Catalog
Over the past two years, Cellar Door Games have consistently updated Rogue Legacy 2 with smaller patches introduced between more significant named updates. The larger named updates have been numerous since launch and have added several new heirs, biomes, bosses, spells, traits, and the list goes on. The latest named update, The Fabled Heroes, added many new weapons and spells to Rogue Legacy 2, with significant overhauls to the difficulty, biome generation, and NPC functions. Knowing Cellar Door Games, further patches and named updates are likely on their way too.
The Nintendo Switch is already home to many other indie games, especially other roguelikes, making Rogue Legacy 2 a perfect addition to the console's game lineup. Another valued benefit of Rogue Legacy and other roguelikes that usually see periodic updates is how well Nintendo supports online updates on a console like a Switch. The Switch can also run roguelikes like Rogue Legacy 2 at a similar resolution, frame rate, and graphical fidelities as the bigger consoles.
The Switch's Mobile Strengths Benefit The Console's Roguelikes and Roguelites
Rogue Legacy 2 is just one of many popular roguelike titles that have made their way onto the handheld gaming platform. Juggernaut titles like Dead Cells, Hades, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+, and Slay the Spire all had Switch ports developed, on top of any DLC any of those games have. Spelunky 2, Darkest Dungeon, and Enter The Gungeon have also appeared on the platform. Even smaller roguelike titles like Dicey Dungeons and Ship of Fools have found a comfortable home on the Switch system.
The Nintendo Switch has sold over 115 million systems to this day, and with that many consoles sold, roguelikes such as Rogue Legacy 2 are likely selling well alongside sales on other platforms like Steam. In fact, the Nintendo Switch has at least 20 roguelike and roguelite titles in its online store. Ultimately, the Switch and roguelike-style games work so well with each other because roguelikes and roguelites, turn-based or real-time, get straight to the gameplay. The mobility of the Switch lends itself to the strengths of roguelike gameplay.
Rogue Legacy 2 is available on PC, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.