Nintendo Switch gamers will have to wait a little while longer before they can die over and over as Dark Souls: Remastered will not release in May 2018 as originally intended.
Instead, its release date has been pushed back a little to “summer 2018”, which translates to South Africa’s winter season.
This comes from an official tweet which doesn’t explain much:
Due to the nature of causality, we must announce that the Nintendo Switch version of #DarkSoulsRemastered will be pushed back to summer of 2018, and with it, the release of the Solaire of Astora amiibo.
PC/PS4/X1 versions will maintain their May 25th release date.
— Dark Souls (@DarkSoulsGame) April 17, 2018
The Solaire of Astora amiibo (which is availbe to pre-order even locally) has also been delayed.
The Nintendo Switch Dark Souls server test will still take place at a later unannounced date and the PC/PS4/X1 versions of the game will retain their 25th May 2018 release date.
We will test the server performance of the Switch version apart from the others, and at a time closer to the Switch release. We will announce the dates when they are available.
— Dark Souls (@DarkSoulsGame) April 17, 2018
The backlash from this announcement is quite intense on Twitter with multiple users voicing their disdain about the delay. Ultimately though, the delay is to ensure that the final Nintendo Switch version of the game runs as smoothly as possible. We can wait.