New locations, abilities, and friends await in Shantae’s biggest adventure yet!
Having previously announced the next game in the Shantae series back in March, we are proud to reveal the official title for the hotly anticipated action-adventure-platformer: Shantae and the Seven Sirens. Read More
Fill your prescription for fun in this unique, cooperative, bacteria-blasting experience!
Prepare for a big dose of excitement delivered in a microscopic package with Vitamin Connection for Nintendo Switch! Developed by WayForward and published physically by Limited Run Games, this Switch-exclusive one- or two-player action title will deliver thrills, laughs, and varied gameplay unlike anything else on the system. Read More
River City Girls arrives on September 5, allowing one or two players to hit the streets as hot-blooded heroines Misako and Kyoko and punch punks into the pavement until they’ve rescued their missing boyfriends, Kunio and Riki, in side-scrolling beat-’em-up action. But this is far from the first opportunity players have had to visit the mean streets of River City. Originally introduced all the way back in 1986, the River City series (known as the Kunio-kun series overseas) is one of Japan’s most prolific video game franchises, with around 50 titles released so far on more than a dozen platforms. So what’s it all about? Here’s a brief history lesson to get you up to speed. Read More
If you’ve been playing the recently released Mighty Switch Force! Collection on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or PC, you’re no doubt familiar with Officer Patricia Wagon yelling “Justice served!” and “Gotcha!” as she catches bad guys and engages in four games’ worth of puzzle-platforming action. The person responsible for verbalizing Officer Wagon’s trademark catchphrases is voice actress (and voice director) Stephanie Komure (@StephanieKomure on Twitter), who has been bringing the cybernetic peacekeeper to life since the series debuted in 2011. We recently caught up with Stephanie to talk about the Mighty Switch Force! games, her role as Officer Wagon, her experience as a voice actress, and more. Read More
In case you missed the news, Mighty Switch Force! Collection is available now, allowing fans to experience the series’s unique brand of puzzle-platforming action on modern hardware (Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC) and finally letting players enjoy all four mainline series entries — Mighty Switch Force!, Mighty Switch Force! 2, Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition, and Mighty Switch Force! Academy — on a single system.
If you’re a longtime fan of the series, then you already know what makes the adventures of Officer Wagon and her block-switching, enemy-crushing, fire-extinguishing, baby-booting antics so much fun. But where did the idea originally come from? Why did the series evolve the way it did?? And most importantly, does Officer Wagon have a nose??? To answer these burning questions, we turn to WayForward creative director Matt Bozon to provide some behind-the-scenes knowledge of this mighty series. Read More
Four-in-one compilation launches on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC!
Calling all fans of action, puzzles, platforming, and heroic hijinks: we are proud to announce that Mighty Switch Force! Collection – featuring four full games – is arriving today on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Not only does the value-priced compilation mark the debut of the fan-favorite franchise on the majority of these platforms, but it signifies the first time that the series’s core entries have been made available together on any single system. You can view the launch trailer here! Read More
Take a sneak peek at Shantae’s fully animated intro!
We are thrilled to reveal that the highly anticipated next entry in the Shantae game series will include an animated opening created by the widely revered Studio TRIGGER (KILL la KILL, Little Witch Academia)! TRIGGER producer Naoko Tsutsumi (Little Witch Academia) collaborated with Shantae creator Erin Bozon (Futurama) and Matt Bozon (series director) to bring the Shantae characters to life, this time through the lens of the legendary anime studio. Vocals for the opening were performed by Cristina Vee (Miraculous Ladybug), featuring an original composition by Mark Sparling and musical arrangement by Maddie Lim.
The game’s intro can be seen on the web here, with a public showing hosted by Studio TRIGGER at Anime Expo 2019, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 4 through July 7. Read More
Kick butt, take names, and pound punks in this all-new installment of the classic co-op beat-’em-up series!
We are ecstatic to finally lift the curtain on our upcoming co-op beat-’em-up, River City Girls! Developed here at WayForward and overseen by the fighting-game experts at Arc System Works, this latest entry in the long-running River City (AKA Kunio-Kun) franchise will offer a new generation of old-school action on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC when it arrives on Sept. 5, 2019. You can view the teaser trailer here!
River City Girls stars Kyoko and Misako, two street-tough high-schoolers who must fight their way through the six regions of River City to rescue their kidnapped boyfriends, series mainstays Kunio and Riki. Along the way, they’ll utilize an arsenal of combos, counters, throws, and special attacks; battle an assortment of enemies; accept numerous side quests; level up with experience points; interact with NPCs (including guest stars from past River City games); and shop for a variety of items, food, and gear to boost stats and unlock new abilities. The girls can even wield weapons and recruit defeated foes to join them in combat! Read More
Switch up the fun with four games in one on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC!
Grab your Pellet Shooter, turn on your Infinity Dousing Apparatus, and activate your Siren Helmet! Mighty Switch Force! Collection – featuring four complete games – is on its way to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, at last allowing players to enjoy the series’s core entries in one convenient package. (That’s right, we’ve finally put the “Switch” in Mighty Switch Force!) Comprising Mighty Switch Force!, Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition, Mighty Switch Force! 2, and Mighty Switch Force! Academy, this highly requested, value-packed compilation arrives digitally on July 25, 2019.
“Fans have been asking to see more of Mighty Switch Force! for a while now,” said WayForward creative director Matt Bozon, “so we’re very happy to finally answer those requests and bring the series to current platforms. With four games’ worth of content for less than $20, Mighty Switch Force! Collection will have more action, challenge, and savings than you can throw an Ugly Twitching Dog at!” Read More
We are very pleased to announce that WayForward is joining forces with the fantastic fighting-game folks at Arc System Works for a brand-new game based on a classic IP: River City Girls! While the full details won’t be disclosed until a later date, we can confirm that this project allows both ourselves and Arc System Works to bring the best of our talents to the latest official entry in the long-running River City (known as Kunio-Kun overseas) action series.
“This is a really wonderful opportunity,” said WayForward Tyrannical Overlord Voldi Way. “Arc System Works is an extremely talented gaming company that we’ve admired for many years, and we are incredibly happy to be working with them. This new take on the River City universe is going to be a lot of fun.”
“Everyone here is pleasantly surprised by the way the River City series is turning out,” added Takaomi Kaneko, producer at Arc System Works. “I think the River City series has a reputation as a 2D fighting-action game with a lot of male fans, but then River City Girls appears! WayForward’s enthusiasm for a female protagonist won me over.”
This partnership brings together a wealth of knowledge, an abundance of passion, and 60 combined years of video game experience across a wide range of technologies, genres, and intellectual properties. We hope that fans of WayForward, Arc System Works, and the River City series look forward to playing this exciting, fresh, and unexpected update to the beloved property. Additional information on River City Girls will be revealed later in 2019.