Iconic Action-RPG Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Isn't Out Today On Nintendo Switch After All - Nintendo Life

Update: And just like that, the Switch version has been delayed:.

Original Story: If you've been looking for more action-RPG games to sink your teeth into on the Nintendo Switch, you're in for a real treat today - with Interplay Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast re-releasing the "iconic" Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance on Nintendo Switch eShop for $29.99/£29.99/€29.99.

The original version of Dark Alliance made its debut on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2001 and was ported across to the GameCube.

This revival of the original Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance puts the ‘action’ back into the action-RPG genre, plunging players into the heart of Faerûn.

Featuring three customizable heroes, this epic adventure spans dozens of locations across three massive acts, through the dungeons beneath the city of Baldur’s Gate, to the peak of Burning Eye mountain, deep into the Underdark and beyond.

I was so bummed the 2nd game didn't come to GameCube back then!

I hope that comes to switch.

I've never played a Baldur's Gate game before but I've always wanted to.

A straight port of a game I played (and loved) in 2003?, for US$30 today it is too much.

For a straight port of a GameCube game.

I loved this one when I was a kid.

Also: very weird to release this when a new game that's very different in gameplay but with an almost identical name is just about to release in a few weeks?

Like others have said here I love this game, but £30 is a bit steep if its not a had much improvements beyond wide-screen support.

Otherwise, it's a wonderful game and I'm so happy they ported it.

€30 for a 2003 straight port, come on now.

I loved this on the GC but it is really short.

Absolutely loved this game - nostalgia is a huge draw?

Also, I loved this game on Gamecube.

I was just thinking about it literally about 2 days ago, and how it would be kinda cool on Switch.

Though, as many have pointed out, 30 is quite high for a pretty straight port.

It's unfair.

My partner and I absolutely loved this game on the ‘Cube, we played it through three or four times?

I’m glad co-op has survived the port.

Shame it's not 4 player.

I love this game so much and hope 2nd game makes it to the Switch.

@Liam_Doolan You forgot that this game has been released on GBA as well!

Absolutely love this game, so will purchase it to hopefully support the release of it's much superior sequel.

@samuraicop The other BG ports on Switch are fantastic, they are enhanced versions of the original game with expanded content, updated UI, and even the console versions got a lot of special love in regards to it's control scheme.

I played this game alot as a kid, liked it then but I feel like games of this type have improved a whole lot since this game was released!

I had my fill of this game back in the day so I don't really have any desire to return to it!

people complaining aren't noticing that it's widescreen - and 60fps - and we spent way more on Fortnite Skins that we never use anymore.

@aozgolo the 30 dollar price tag is for people like me that want the game and will pay it - whatever.

@neufel What game is that.

But as it's multi-platform the trailer's probably from current gen.

It'll be interesting to see Switch gameplay footage?

Dark Alliance is an ARPG spin off for consoles from the OG Baldur's Gate RPG from the late '90's.

This was a fun game back when it came out, but I can't see shelling out that much for a plain re-release!

It’s a straight port...

£15 tops for such an old game that already ran at 1024x768 on xbox and GC.

@gurtifus Intentional, it's not the same game.

The GC version was my favorite GC RPG, and that is now on the Switch.!

Had a great time with this game and the sequel on Xbox but I’m gonna hold off however as the price is just too steep for a digital game and it’s not even a remaster.

I'm glad they brought this back, even if it's just a re-release the smooth performance makes it worth replaying.

wow thats a bit steep for a straight port.

The game is set on the same "realm" as Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance with familiar characters like Drizzt.

The game won't release on Switch though.

My friends and I would get drunk and play this game.

So many people complaining about the $30 price tag don’t realize how much of a STEAL that is - the GameCube copy of this game still regularly sells for $40-$50 USED on eBay and has been for ages.

I just knew it as Baldur's Gate 3?

I played the Game Boy Advance port of Dark Alliance many years ago.

Probably won't bother with it on the Switch since I already have Diablo III, Torchlight II, and Victor Vran, so I'm pretty well set as far as action RPGs go.

@TSR3 That's yet another game in the Dungeon & Dragons Forgotten Realms universe, but this is not Baldur's Gate 3 either.

Baldur's Gate 3 is a single player game PC only for now?

Dungeon & Dragons : Dark Alliance is an online coop game for Playstation/Xbox https://darkalliance.wizards.com/en.

As I said: very weird to release this game when the names of other games are so similar and will get lost.

I used to love this game.

Game was just fine, nothing fantastic

30 is more than fair for having a team port a game over, a phenomenal game at that

@OorWullie This game isn't anything like the PC Baldur's Gate series though

Check Pillars of Eternity to get a better idea of what Baldur's Gate would be like on Switch

The Switch eShop game page for Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance should go live soon

Interplay ❤️💛❤️ It would be so cool to see MDK or Giant citizens Kabuto & amazying Shiny catalogue on switch one day…

I loved playing this on PS2

It's silky smooth graphics are still entrancing if played on a CRT or with the right video cable to your HDTV

@MJF Joke’s on you if you really spend money on an overrated f2p game

I choose waiting for a sale, however I have this feeling that by the time it happens, Diablo 2 gets a release date on Switch

It's the reason there wasn't a BG:DA3

@TSR3 dungeons and dragons: dark alliance, it's a third-person arpg, closer to looter shooters than a diablo-like game

Indie devs are out there paying for artists, designers, writers, and all sorts of other positions not needed for straight ports, and charging less, and we honestly have people defending a £30 straight port

MDK2 still feels like a modern game on PC, would love a switch remaster

A physical release when

@gurtifus It's live on the playstation network so it should be here soon on the eshop

I like the games but 30$ for a straight port is too much

It's been live on other platforms for hours now, why isn't it on switch yet

@ViridianVoodoo Black Isle just mentioned it's not coming out for the Switch today

They had an issue getting it on the eShop, and it's going to take them some time to get worked out

Someone forgot to push the button for Switch release

I remember being in love with Diablo 2 and Baldur's Gate, and then looking at this game and thinking "sooo which game are they trying to be

@SDSU619 It's not going up on PSN in the US until 5 PM Eastern (2 PM Pacific)

I love this game

This is actually what I was hoping for when I heard that Baldur's Gate I & II were coming to the Switch because I didn't know that neither one was Dark Alliance

@Flashlink99 joke's on you if you insult other people for buying a game and then you buy it when it's on sale

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