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title: "Vigil: The Longest Night announced"
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description: "At Taipei Game Show 2019, Glass Heart Games announced Vigil: The Longest Night is heading to Nintendo Switch."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2019-02-04 20:52:08"
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Vigil: The Longest Night announced | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Vigil: The Longest Night announced](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/vigil-the-longest-night-announced.jpg "Vigil: The Longest Night announced")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/vigil-the-longest-night-announced.jpg)At Taipei Game Show 2019, **Glass Heart Games** announced Vigil: The Longest Night is heading to Nintendo Switch.

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## [](#about-vigil-the-longest-night)About Vigil: The Longest Night

Vigil: The Longest Night is a 2D action game similar to Bloodborne and Salt and Sanctuary.

**Brutal Combat and Cosmic Horror**

Vigil: The Longest Night is a 2D action platformer with precise, technical combat and a strong narrative. Inspired by Salt and Sanctuary and Castlevania, Vigil: The Longest Night aims to challenge players with its difficulty while compelling them with a tale of eldritch horror.

Follow Leila on her quest to save her hometown from the creeping evil infesting the surrounding countryside. Navigate a world that wanders between dream and reality, sanity and madness, and uncover the secret of the longest night and the monstrous entities invading their world.

### [](#game-features)Game Features

- Experiment with 4 types of weapon and multiple varieties of each type.
- A number of unique items to suit how you play
- A fusion of Lovecraftian prose and Taiwanese culture
- Complex Skill Tree to create the ultimate warrior of light.
- Unique art style inspired by the art of Chinese Paper Cutting
- Brutal Enemies with multiple methods of attack and surprising attacks
- Explore dank caves, abandoned villages, and haunted forests
- Meet the residents of Leila’s hometown as they struggle in world of maddening darkness
- Battle a host of hideous bosses from the depths of your nightmares
- Multiple endings to unravel
- Music by the talented Jouni Valjakka of popular band Whispered/

### [](#release-date)Release date?

The Nintendo Switch version is currently planned for release, but there’s been no official word on a concrete release date at this time. It’s expected to launch around or after the Japanese localization is complete for the Steam version which now seems to be around Q3/Q4 2019.

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