Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch games with Sega Saturn vibes gameplay and/or graphics?



As a fan of the Nintendo Switch and the Sega Saturn I have noticed the Switch has had it share of games that resemble Sega Saturn in terms of gameplay/graphics/developers doing ambitious ports or bad ports that would not look out of place from the Saturn era here are some examples.

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Sonic Mania/Plus this game is what the Sega Saturn could have had for a traditional mainline 2D Sonic game and it does show considering the game has a very Sega Saturn like vibes in the gameplay and engine.

Freedom Planet series the series was originally a Sonic fangame before becoming it own things so that makes sense.

Panic Button id software ports they are the spiritual successor to Lobotomy Software who where famous for pushing the Sega Saturn to the limits with its ports and boy do they show for the Switch goes rather hand and hand, speaking of Lobotomy Software.

PowerSlave Exhumed the KEX Engine port is based on Sega Saturn meets the best elements from PS1 and the different PC version so this does fit well with the topic.

Blade Strangers this game has a very Japanese Sega Saturn Anime fighter vibes of namely Asuka 120% Limited Burning Fest. Limited which makes sense considering Fill in Cafe ex staff went over to Studio Saizensen and speaking of which.

Phantom Breaker: Omnia very much like Blade Strangers/Asuka 120% Limited Burning Fest. Limited which also makes sense considering this game was a spiritual successor to the Asuka 120% series and it sure has the vibes.

Grandia HD Collection (Grandia 1 portion of the collection) this port is a mix of the western PS1 and Japanese Saturn version best of as it uses the PS1 source code, but ports the best of elements of Sega Saturn as close as possible.

Cotton series namely Reboot! and Cotton Guardian Force Saturn Tribute Reboot! is very Sega Saturn like gameplay and Cotton Guardian Force Saturn Tribute collection is a custom SSF emulator for that was also infamous for being hacked to run other games no joke: [https://hackinformer.com/2021/10/10/hidden-sega-saturn-emulator-inside-nintendo-switch-cotton-guardian-force-saturn-tribute/](https://hackinformer.com/2021/10/10/hidden-sega-saturn-emulator-inside-nintendo-switch-cotton-guardian-force-saturn-tribute/)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Switch aka the spiritual successor to the infamous disappointing Sega Saturn port of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night which in itself a spiritual successor to Symphony of the Night the good versions because these where both the most disappointing ports of critically acclaimed Metroidvania games released for their respective eras and both where huge lets downs for critics and fans alike.

SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy and Ark: Survival Evolved both of these ports are very bad Sega Saturn era vibes releases not only looking and running inferior to the rival platforms but they are also handled by Abstraction Games who did a really bad job and boy does it show as these ports blow chunks!

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Their are many more examples I can think of, but I will leave it to the comments section to give me examples of what I am talking about and add them over time as this is a rather fun topic to do?