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Cuphead (2017)

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By all rights, Cuphead should never have come to the Nintendo Switch. When the Moldenhauer family, also known as Studio MDHR, signed an exclusivity contract with Microsoft, it was clear that Cuphead would remain an Xbox and PC exclusive title for all time.

But, as MDHR worked on Cuphead’s DLC, The Delicious Last Course, they were contacted by Microsoft with an intriguing proposition. What if Microsoft published Cuphead on Switch? Would the Moldenhauers be happy to make a port of their game for the Nintendo platform?

It’s enough of a miracle that the boundaries between console exclusives crumbled enough to make this partnership between Microsoft and Nintendo work at all. But the fact that Cuphead is being celebrated as a flawless port to the Switch – a game that, if anything, works a bit better on the Nintendo device? That’s absolutely amazing.

So this is the story of how an unlikely partnership brought Cuphead to the Nintendo Switch, and how Studio MDHR managed to not only make an excellent port, but bring dozens of new improvements to the classic game as well.

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Sources for this video:
https://www.gameinformer.com/gdc-2019/2019/03/21/nintendo-and-cuphead-creator-on-growing-relationship-with-microsoft
https://gonintendo.com/stories/331523-switch-news-channel-features-a-nintendo-interview-with-jared-mold
https://nintendoeverything.com/cuphead-co-creator-on-the-games-inspiration-art-style-and-more/
https://twitter.com/XboxWire/status/1119226216710463489
https://blogs.unity3d.com/2019/04/18/cuphead-developers-tips-to-optimize-for-nintendo-switch/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mwu_global_generalpromo_2019-04-18_mwu&utm_content=blog
https://twitter.com/MajaMoldenhauer/status/1112030437176688640
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/04/19/studio-mdhr-interview-cuphead-localization/

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