Cuphead Reviews
“Cuphead makes a fantastic debut on the Nintendo Switch with all the charm, wit, and gameplay in tact”
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It’s such a rare thing for that perfect package of art, presentation, music and gameplay to come together and create something not just great, but truly special and imminently memorable. Cuphead is without a doubt a contemporary classic, sure to be heralded for decades to come, and it feels right at home on Switch. Make no mistake, this is the full-fat Cuphead experience, with no compromises or corners cut. It’s an incredibly impressive release of an already amazing game, and it’s a fantastic addition to your Switch library.
The conversion of Cuphead for Nintendo Switch shows the care with which the ports should be performed on Nintendo's hybrid console. Technically identical to its previously released counterparts, and accompanied by all the improvements added with the latest update, Cuphead offers a fast-paced, fun and respectful experience of the important origins it wants to celebrate.
Review in Italian | Read full review
If it isn’t already abundantly clear, Cuphead is an achievement of a game both for its inspired and delightful presentation and the refreshing difficulty of its cavalcade of characters, making this a swell shakedown from start to finish.
Cuphead’s exquisite visuals and jazzy soundtrack perfectly transfers over to Switch, though you’ll need to be up for the challenge to appreciate most of its rewards. Most importantly, this game may be the start of a beautiful friendship between Nintendo and Microsoft.
Cuphead is a stunning game that truly stands out from its peers on a presentational level.
Everything about Cuphead just feels right, even all these months after its original release. As it stands right now, this game is nearly flawless in its own right, thanks to its responsive controls and signature style.
The problem lies in the gulf between a good game with unbelievable art, and a work of art. Cuphead gets so close to being more than a cool-looking game, but the gameplay and art style don't merge in any meaningful way. It's still worth playing, and it's still the best-looking exercise in humility and frustration that you can find on the market today.
If you enjoy a game that takes delight in constantly kicking you in the nads -- while laughing hysterically -- then Cuphead is for you. The hardcore need only apply.
Challenge is prevalent, but with lovely visuals and sound coupled with a well-crafted, though still terse, difficulty curve, this is an adventure worth working your way through. My only real qualms are with the controllers on the Switch and some frustration found in the late-game bosses. This is a gem of an addition to the Switch library.
Cuphead's Switch port is, let's put this simple, BRILLIANT: it mantains the wonderful graphics of the Xbox One/PC version, with no sacrifices, and most important, all that made it a special game (coop, high difficulty level...). It also adds little improvements, like character selection or spanish translation, that rise the bar even a little more.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Cuphead was an absolute masterpiece when it launched on Xbox 18 months ago and nothing has been sacrificed in its move to the Switch. It's the same visually jaw-dropping, aurally delightful, knuckle-whiteningly difficult game it was on Microsoft's console and the Switch's library is all the better for its presence. Its focus on intense boss battles won't be to everyone's tastes, but as long as you know what you're getting yourself into we can't recommend it enough.
With a mix of brutal boss battles and challenging run and gun sections Cuphead is notorious for being a tough game...
Cuphead for Nintendo Switch is a completely successful experiment: the visual style, inspired by the 30s cartoons, combined with an absolutely ruthless and yet never frustrating gameplay, makes it beautifully both when enjoyed on the TV screen and in portable mode, which does not suffer at all from the miniaturization of the control system offered by the Joy-Cons. The game engine has been converted almost to perfection and only sporadically we have witnessed some slowdowns, probably attributable to individual loads following the countless deaths.
Review in Italian | Read full review
After the well-deserved success achieved on Xbox One and PC, Cuphead arrives from the parts of the Kyoto House with an exciting conversion: the already rich Nintendo Switch catalog is enriched with a prodigious instant classic ready to find a second youth where it is usually the stainless Super Mario to dictate the law. An unmissable masterpiece a couple of seasons ago and equally indispensable today, which deserves to be discovered for the first time by a new audience, or found in a walking version by those who had already adored it.
Review in Italian | Read full review
We will not deny that its graphic section does a lot for Cuphead to enter us by the eye; an artistic style worthy of an Oscar for best animation production. Still, let's not stray from the important thing: yes, we're caught by its graphic style, but still with everything, Cuphead is one of the best video games ever.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Cuphead is one of the best examples of a game that was “perfect for Switch” actually getting a port that is also perfect. I expected to see Cuphead on Switch (and even PS4) eventually but never thought I’d get such a fantastic conversion on Switch.
The developers have managed a technically flawless port to the hybrid console, which does not need to hide from the version on the more powerful console from Microsoft.
Review in German | Read full review
A beautiful and cruel shooter, intelligent but all too challenging. Unforgettable for some, ignorable for others.
Review in Italian | Read full review