Boomerang Fu (Switch): all the updates (latest: Hide & Seek Update)

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various Software updates for Boomerang Fu on Nintendo Switch (originally released on August 13th 2020 in Europe and North America)!

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HIDE & SEEK MODE

 

Scramble to find the perfect hiding spot or hunt down your friends in this tense new game mode.

Each player gets a turn as the seeker and closes their eyes while everyone else hides. After 10 seconds, the hiders transform into nearby props and the seeker has to figure out which bamboo is real and which is a donut in disguise.

The time limit and number of seek attempts can be changed in the Modifiers menu for people who want an easier or harder hide and seek experience.

FALL PROTECTION

Are you tired of stumbling into the water by accident? Fall Protection is our brand new accessibility setting aimed at younger players and people who just want to throw boomerangs without worrying about walking off cliffs.

You can now find Fall Protection in the Modifiers menu. It has 3 settings:

• Off: the classic Boomerang Fu experience
• Gentle: subtly nudge players away from edges (default)
• Extreme: completely stop players walking off edges

NEW MUSIC

Two new tracks have been added to the match playlist: “Just Desserts” by Paul Kopetko and “Hide and Seek” by Zorsy.

IMPROVEMENTS

• When new characters are unlocked, they are highlighted in the Choose Characters screen
• Bamboozled is never the first powerup collected in a match, so new players don’t get confused by what the books do
• Died out of bounds with your hat on? Now your hat stays behind so you can see what happened more easily.

BUG FIXES

• FIXED: bots had trouble navigating on and off floating platforms
• FIXED: frozen decoys sometimes left hats behind on the playfield
• FIXED: jittery collision with moving obstacles
• FIXED: occasional wonky controller assignment in the Pause menu
• FIXED: invisible colliders in two levels
• FIXED: using teleport boomerangs or portals could extinguish players on fire too soon

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Cranky Watermelon (Steam)

• Release date: ???
• Patch notes:

• Release date: ???
• Patch notes:

 

NEW POWER-UP:

• Decoy: make your enemies question reality itself by dashing to create an illusory doppelganger

BOT IMPROVEMENTS:

• Added “bots wear hats” setting in the Options menu
• Bots now revive fallen teammates!
• Bots now get surprised when enemies teleport on Easy and Medium difficulty

NEW FEATURES:

• Characters in the Character Select screen now remember the last hat they were wearing
• Added Traditional Chinese language option

BALANCE TWEAKS:

• Reviving unarmed teammates now automatically gives them one boomerang
• Made alt characters slightly more obvious in character select screen

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed disguised players wearing two hats when killed
• Fixed alt character button prompt not showing for Players 2-6 on character select screen
• Fixed revive UI still showing after round end
• Coffee can no longer wear Captain’s Hat (because the brim clips with Coffee’s rim)
• Updated Korean translation

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Cranky Watermelon (Steam)

• Release date: May 14th 2021 (North America, Europe)
• Patch notes:

FEATURES:

• Added unlockable outfits!
• Added new playable character to unlock: Hot Sauce
• Added new playable character to unlock: Burger
• Added 6 new arenas!

BALANCE TWEAKS:

• Sudden Death: the final position when Sudden Death activates is now on a random location on the map instead of dead centre
• Coffee looks 5% smaller (but physics and damage colliders are still the same)
• Golden Boomerang: golden timer fills up at 1/3 speed while players are out of bounds (to nerf players running straight out of bounds to buy more time)
• Golden Boomerang: maximum cap on collected power-ups increased by 33%
• Golden Boomerang: maximum cap on collected power-ups continues to increase with every round

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed players with Move Faster double-dashing in mid-air (and then falling through the floor afterwards as a result of these shenanigans)
• Fixed visible dead body after dying out of bounds while Disguised
• Fixed slightly wonky menu navigation for custom power-ups
• Improved collisions with rotating obstacles
• Stopped rotating obstacles squishing players at extreme speeds
• Switched “Taunt” button on single Joy-Cons from bumper to trigger to reduce accidental “Taunt” presses
• Fixed Watermelon’s double shadow

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Cranky Watermelon (Steam)

• Release date: ???
• Patch notes:

 

NEW FEATURES:

• Added adjustable power-up spawn rate to Modifiers menu

BALANCE TWEAKS:

• Golden Boomerang: players don’t cause slow mo effect unless they are holding the Golden Boomerang
• Golden Boomerang: in matches with 2-3 players, players must hold the Golden Boomerang for longer to win
• Players spawn in slightly faster at the start of each round when there are 5+ players in a match

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed slow power-up spawn rate with default Modifiers
• Fixed friendly fire making teammates’ dead bodies disappear
• Fixed auto-balance shield replacing earlier power-ups after collecting a 3rd power-up
• Fixed pause menu freezing if opened during in the final second of a Golden Boomerang round
• Stopped Boomerang trails disappearing after several matches are quit early on rare occasions

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Cranky Watermelon (Steam)

• Release date: ???
• Patch notes:

NEW FEATURES:

• Added Dutch community translation
• Remapped Switch controllers so Y and A are both “Slash” and L/R are “Taunt”
• Updated fire and steam particles for a more cartoon look
• Updated leaf particles to look more like the hex plants

BUG FIXES:

• Dash Through Walls: stopped players changing direction while dashing through long walls
• Dash Through Walls: stopped players using slash attack while inside a wall
• Fixed players occasionally collecting 4 power-ups at once
• Fixed glitch in Watermelon’s death animation
• Fixed invisible collider in Clouds level

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS:

• Improved fire system performance
• Improved boomerang spawn performance
• Improved hex plant performance
• Improved explosion performance

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Cranky Watermelon (Steam)

• Release date: ???
• Patch notes:

NEW OPTIONS:

• Added Key Bindings menu to Options to let you configure custom keys. If you hate WASD + JKL, you’ll LOVE this!
• Added an option to the Team Up menu to make all bots join Team Chill. Recreate your favourite Terminator movies by fighting a team of 5 hard mode bots all by yourself!
• Added “disable slow mo” to Options menu. A lot of people requested this and I can only assume they thought Boomerang Fu wasn’t fast-paced enough.
• Moved “save replay” folder from Desktop to My Documents due to popular demand. Apparently I’m the only one who mainly uses their Desktop as a gif storage facility. Who knew!

 

BALANCE TWEAKS:

• Power-ups spawn 20% less often per power-up already collected. This is to avoid big power-up stacks in the early game.
• Power-ups spawn less often if fewer power-ups are enabled in Custom power-ups. This is to avoid everyone having the exact same stack early in the game.
• Reduced the revive time in Team Up mode so it’s a little easier to resurrect your fallen comrades
• Players can now only steal a boomerang off a dead teammate’s body if the dead body is holding two boomerangs. This is to prevent you accidentally disarming your teammate while you’re reviving them.
• Rotated Big Island level a little to make it more aesthetically pleasing.

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed the ironically broken “Ice Breaker” match award and achievement
• Disabling Bamboozled power-up in custom power-ups menu actually disables it now
• Fixed custom power-up selection getting mixed up in Golden Boomerang mode
• Removed Dash Through Walls power-up in Golden Boomerang mode
• Fixed players with Dash Through Walls be able to hide in garden beds in Pier and Temple levels
• Fixed rare cases where one power-up could be collected by two people at once
• Fixed z-fighting when milk and coffee get spilled in the same place. We fight with Boomerangs, not Zs.
• D-pad on dual grip Joycons and Switch Pro Controller can now navigate the Lobby
• Players with disconnected controllers now get kicked from the lobby

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Cranky Watermelon (Steam)

To download the updates for Boomerang Fu, you have three options:

• let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

• try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

OR

• select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.