When The House of the Dead first launched for arcade machines back in 1996, it became one of the most successful and iconic light gun shooters of the genre. This game and Capcom's Resident Evil series are commonly credited as being the pioneers of the zombie game franchise, which resulted in many House of the Dead sequels, spin-offs, and home console ports. While the series has been slumbering for the last few years, it seems like it is making a big comeback thanks to The House of the Dead Remake on the Nintendo Switch.
This remake of the classic light gun game was announced last year during Nintendo's indie showcase, with it being developed by MegaPixel Studio and published by Forever Entertainment. The gameplay of this House of the Dead remake will retain many of the original's gameplay features, with the player facing off hordes of undead monsters in a fast-paced thriller rail shooter environment. The game will also be boasting plenty of modern conveniences, which were all detailed in an exhaustive Q&A from the developers.
This Q&A was provided to Nintendo Everything, which went over the game's controls, options, features, and a lot more. For example, since the Switch doesn't have a light gun peripheral, The House of the Dead Remake will have both gyro aiming controls combined with analog buttons to function. The Gyro can work with a pair of Joy-Cons, one single Joy-con, or even the Switch Pro Controller. There are also a number of customizable options for this gyro aiming as well.
The Q&A also listed a number of options and playable modes for this remake of House of the Dead, with a classic scoring mode that is based on the arcade version and a modern version that contains more point multipliers. There are also a few difficulty modes with the amount of damage being dictated depending on the selected mode. The game will also have local multiplayer, with either a competitive or co-op mode available for the campaigns. The cooperative mode gives both players a shared point total, with continues after death costing 10 in-game credits. The competitive mode gives players their own point total and requires their own 10 in-game credit cost.
There are also a number of smaller features listed for The House of the Dead Remake that are retained from the original, such as the enemies and multiple endings that can be found in-game. Other features include a leaderboard with statistics, cheat codes, achievements, and a photo mode. The final thing of note is a post-release mode known as "cowboy mode," where one player can use two weapons at once by dual-wielding a pair of joy-con controllers.
The House of the Dead: Remake will be available on April 7 for Nintendo Switch.
Source: Nintendo Everything
