Devil May Cry for Switch releases next week
Capcom confirms launch date for $20 remaster
Capcom has announced a June 25 release date for Devil May Cry on Nintendo Switch.
Revealed last month, the game is a remaster of the first entry in the action adventure series, which launched in 2001 and has gone on to sell over 19 million units.
Marking the first time a game in the series has been released on a Nintendo platform, the digital-only title will cost $19.99 and weigh in at 9.2 GB.
The original Devil May Cry was released for PlayStation 2 and directed by Hideki Kamiya, who went on to helm Okami, Viewtiful Joe and Bayonetta.
It centres on the demon hunter Dante, the descendent of a devil race out to avenge the death of his mother.
Devil May Cry famously started life as a fourth Resident Evil game with faster, action-orientated gameplay before director Kamiya convinced his bosses to break off the concept into its own series.
The original game has been remastered for PC and various consoles, most recently via 2018’s Devil May Cry HD Collection for PS4 and Xbox One.
The most recent series entry, Devil May Cry 5, released in March to strong reviews and shipped two million copies in a matter of weeks.
