After targeting iOS and Android devices in November, Hitman: Blood Money – Reprisal has a new console on the hit list. The upgraded version of the 2006 stealth classic is coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop on January 25.
Like the iOS and Android versions, the Switch iteration will see vast improvements over the initial title that launched on PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Xbox 360 in 2006. Some of which you may notice in the Switch release date trailer below.
Feral Interactive handled the iOS and Android ports of Hitman: Blood Money – Reprisal, and they’re taking care of the Switch version as well. The game’s visuals haven’t changed much since 2006, but there are a lot of quality-of-life features being introduced to make Agent 47 feel a bit more modern.
Instinct Mode, something that was introduced to the Hitman series later on, is incorporated into Reprisal. It helps players out by highlighting important mission objectives and targets on the level’s map so you have a clearer idea of what you’re being tasked with and where you should be headed.
2006’s Blood Money didn’t have a mini-map for players to utilize, but Feral Interactive implemented one to aid moment-to-moment gameplay in Reprisal. It’s dynamic too, showing instant feedback for Agent 47 as NPCs grow suspicious of his actions.
The controls have been reworked too since the initial PlayStation 2 and Xbox/Xbox 360 releases of Blood Money. This will surely make playing through the stealth title’s 12 replayable sandbox missions much smoother on Nintendo’s hybrid console.
While the iOS and Android versions of the game launched at $19.99, the Switch iteration of Hitman: Blood Money – Reprisal is being listed at $29.99 on the Nintendo eShop. But those who head over there and preorder before the game’s January 25 release will earn themselves a 16% discount, knocking the overall cost down to $24.99.
