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Spark the Electric Jester 3, a platformer inspired by 3D Sonic the Hedgehog games, will be coming to the Nintendo Switch. Spark the Electric Jester 3 first launched on Steam in 2022 by indie developer LakeFeperd of Feperd Games. LakeFeperd is well-known for various Sonic the Hedgehog fan games, his claims to fame being Sonic: Before the Sequel and Sonic: After the Sequel. LakeFeperd would then go on to create Spark the Electric Jester, an indie game series inspired by Sega's own franchise.
Spark the Electric Jester plays similarly to other Sonic the Hedgehog games, focusing on building speed and navigating through a level as quickly as possible, while also adding power-ups and combat. The first Spark game had a focus on 2D platforming, similar to the Genesis games, while the second and third entries were 3D platformers, similar to games like Sonic Adventure or Sonic Colors. In the third game, Spark has to blaze through high-speed levels, avoiding various obstacles and fighting through enemies using a variety of movement and combat options. While this indie platformer was released only on PC, the Spark series will be making its console debut on the Switch.
This announcement was made by indie publisher FreakZone Games, who have partnered up with LakeFeperd in order to bring Spark the Electric Jester 3 to the Switch. FreakZone notes that they wanted to have the Spark series on consoles for so long, and were honored to help bring the indie platformer onto the Switch. They note the port took a "long time," as they wanted to do the game justice. This was accompanied by a gameplay trailer of Spark the Electric Jester 3 running on the Nintendo Switch console. No release date for the Switch version has been announced yet.
How Will Spark 3 Perform on Nintendo Switch?
LakeFeperd and FreakZone Games then noted that the Nintendo Switch port of Spark 3 needed to make some necessary concessions in order to run optimally on the hybrid system, as the game was developed for PC and not Switch. LakeFeperd notes that it is targeting a stable 30 FPS instead of the original's 60, but there are times the game will dip below that, especially when several enemies spawn at once. FreakZone Games chimes in about the performance, noting that Spark 3 will dip in performance in really heavy areas, but they are also working on updates that address the frame drops.
Despite Spark 3's performance being scaled-back on Switch, both LakeFeperd and FreakZone are confident about the port, with these claims backed up by the Switch gameplay trailer. Spark 3 is a great game for Sonic fans to check out when it releases on Nintendo Switch, if they haven't played it already.

After the series had been on hiatus after a controversial attempted reboot by Capcom and Ninja Theory. The series returned to it's roots with Devil May Cry 5, which was released in March of 2019 to both commercial and critical acclaim. 5 years later, the game continues to be successful, recently passing 7.8 million units sold in December 2023 and reports coming out recently about it’s figures now potentially reaching 8.16 million units worldwide since. Making it not only the most successful game in the franchise, but also one of Capcom’s most successful games period.
This is all great as Devil May Cry has never been more popular. But I don't think Capcom has really capitalized on the series new found popularity in a meaningful way yet, and here I'm going to go over what I think they've done well, and what they could of done better.

• DMC5 Supplementary Material:

DMC5 had supplementary material in the form of novelization, firstly there was "Before the Nightmare" a prequel book about what Nero and Dante were doing before DMC5. And "Visions of V" a manga that follows the DMC5 story from the perspective of V. These are both great additions to the story, however, there was not a lot of marketing present for either, both were only released in Japan, with no official localization seemingly planned. Missing a good opportunity to appeal to more western fans.

• Ports and Special Editions:

Since the release of DMC5, multiple DMC games have been ported to other consoles. Devil May Cry 1,2 and 3SE were all ported to the Nintendo Switch, marking the series first time on a Nintendo console, with the Switch version of 3SE including brand new features such as styles switching, all weapon switching and co-op Bloody Palace mode. This was a fantastic way to expand the series into a new market. Shortly after this DMC5 Special Edition was announced for the PS5 and Xbox Series X.... But no PC port.... WHY? The player base for DMC on PC is huge and PC fans would be more then willing to purchase the game again, so this felt like a massive missed opportunity by Capcom. Also I think 2020 was way to early to make a Special Edition for 5, as the game was only a year old at this point, if it had been delayed we may have gotten an even better version of 5SE down the road.

• Devil May Cry 20th Anniversary:

This is a very small one but, the series had it's 20th anniversary back in August of 2021. Capcom did basically nothing to celebrate it. Just a post up on Twitter, I'm not saying a company needs to go big for every anniversary. But anything would have been nice, especially after still riding the wave of 5's success, it actually might have been the best time to announce DMC5 Special Edition in hindsight, or....

• The Netflix Anime:

A Devil May Cry Netflix series had been revealed, before DMC5 had even released. nothing was heard from again about the series until September of last year when the announcement trailer dropped, and since then very little has been said, with no release date currently announced. They maybe having issues but it's not good to have fans wait so long with very few updates.

• Devil May Cry: Peak of Combat:

A Capcom approved Chinese developed mobile game that showed promise in it's earlier versions as Pinnacle of Combat, with a very impressive combat system for a mobile game. But once the game was available worldwide early on this year it was clear that the game had been gutted of it's original appeal and replaced with a hollow combat system filled to the brim with microtransactions in an attempt to reward the size of their wallet over the size of their hit counter.

• What's Next?

5 years after the release of Ninja Theory's DmC: Devil May Cry which many fans believed at the time had done irreparable damage to the series, Devil May Cry 5 was announced, 5 years after DMC5 release, which has become the most popular entry in the series, and there is still no word about a possible sequel. Current series director, Hideaki Itsuno has just finished the development cycle of Dragon's Dogma 2. Nothing is confirmed, but if Capcom have been waiting for Itsuno to be free before beginning DMC6's development. Then the likelihood of a new game before 2029 is slim. Because of this it feels like Capcom is just wasting a massive opportunity here to capitalise on the ever growing success the series has had and is still having with DMC5. I'm not saying we need a new game every year, but more content that supports the series would definitely be appreciated by fans and will help tie fans over until the next game. I'm just starting to feel like Capcom has caught lightning in a bottle here, then put the bottle down the back of the sofa and forgot about it.
These are just my personal opinions, what does everyone else think?