Rain World (Switch): Software updates
On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various Software updates for Rain World on Nintendo Switch (originally released on December 13th 2018 in North America, December 27th 2018 in Europe, and July 18th in Japan).
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Rain World – Ver. ??? (Remix Update)
- Release date: TBA
- Patch notes:
No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:
- adds accessiblity options
- adds customization options
- fixes many bugs
- improves on some of the things that annoyed players, like the rain deer interactions
- The tweaked deer behavior option adds two ways that players can influence the direction the rain deer goes once on the antlers. Shaking on the antler will encourage them to change directions, or encourage them to move if they are idling in place. If the slugcat is holding a sporepuff while on the antlers, then the position of the slugcat will also influence their movement.
Some of the options include:
- Loading screen tips and extra tutorials will be added to help newer players with the mechanics that the game doesn’t normally teach you in game – like how to drop items or how to tell how much time is left in a cycle. Loading screen tips will occasionally give tips when the slugcat dies or when the slugcat survives the cycle. Extended tutorials will give in-game tutorial messages for certain mechanics and scenarios.
- Threat music visual pulse will give a visual indicator of incoming danger. In addition to the music going more intense as the slugcat gets closer to danger, the threat music visual pulse shows a heartbeat of red dots on the bottom of the screen. There are up to five red dots that can appear and the more red dots that show up the closer the slugcat is to danger.
- Slug Senses: checking the map with this option active will show the creatures that are near the slugcat in the room, including those creatures that are just off screen. On the map it will show the creature symbol and will differentiate if they are alive or dead. However, camouflaged creatures, creatures in darkness, or those underwater, will still obscure themselves from the map.
- Karma gates:
- the first option is that karma gates will have Monk style gates for all campaigns. Once you cross through the gate, that gate will continue to be unlocked and not require karma again
- the second option will disable all karma gate requirements – so even if you are struggling you can continue to go through the karma gates at the lowest karma.
- Speedruns: togglable in-game speedrun timer. Now a lot of speedrunners may be distraught to hear that Rain World Remix does fix a lot of speedrunning exploits like karma caching and guardian skips. We don’t want to hurt the speedrun community and make speedruns less consistent so we have put in a toggleable option that can be used to keep exploits and advantageous glitches that speedrunners use to get the fastest times.
- Red Lizards: If red lizards weren’t scary enough there is an Alpha Red Lizards option to make them stronger. This option gives them tongues to pull you close, and if you think that stashing a bunch of spears is a good idea, their tongue can snatch your spear and break it in half with their bite.
- List of options:
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Videocult (Steam)
How to download updates for Rain World for the Nintendo Switch?
To download the updates for Rain World, 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.
