After targetingiOS and Android devices in November,Hitman: Blood Money – Reprisalhas a new console on the hit list. The upgraded version of the 2006 stealth classic is coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop on January 25.
Like the iOS and Android versions, the Switch iteration will see vast improvements over the initial title that launched on PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Xbox 360 in 2006. Some of which you may notice in the Switch release date trailer below.
Feral Interactive handled the iOS and Android ports ofHitman: Blood Money – Reprisal, and they’re taking care of the Switch version as well. The game’s visuals haven’t changed much since 2006, but there are a lot of quality-of-life features being introduced to make Agent 47 feel a bit more modern.
Instinct Mode, something that was introduced to theHitmanseries later on, is incorporated intoReprisal. It helps players out by highlighting important mission objectives and targets on the level’s map so you have a clearer idea of what you’re being tasked with and where you should be headed.
2006’sBlood Moneydidn’t have a mini-map for players to utilize, but Feral Interactive implemented one to aid moment-to-moment gameplay inReprisal. It’s dynamic too, showing instant feedback for Agent 47 as NPCs grow suspicious of his actions.
The controls have been reworked too since the initial PlayStation 2 and Xbox/Xbox 360 releases ofBlood Money. This will surely make playing through the stealth title’s 12 replayable sandbox missions much smoother on Nintendo’s hybrid console.
While the iOS and Android versions of the game launched at $19.99, the Switch iteration ofHitman: Blood Money – Reprisalis being listed at$29.99 on the Nintendo eShop. But those who head over there and preorder before the game’s January 25 release will earn themselves a 16% discount, knocking the overall cost down to $24.99.
