Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game suffered a bizarre set of delays just hours before it was released today, affecting its Xbox and Nintendo Switch versions. The hand-drawn, 2D fighting game garnered positive reviews across the board, with critics praising its mechanics while noting its wider slate of modes is a bit lacking. What appeared to be a slam dunk for Avatar games, which have been dodgy in the past, has now become a controversy, and fans are laying blame on the new film, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender.
The new animated sequel, which catches up with the Gaang 13 years after the original series' finale, will have its full release directly onto Paramount+ on July 25. Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game has launched two days prior, today, July 23. On the evening of July 22, however, the official Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Twitter account announced that two platforms are suffering various delays.
Avatar Legends' Xbox version has been delayed by up to about a month, and is now scheduled to release "by Sept. 3." Nintendo Switch players now only have access to the standard edition, do not have access to localizations other than English, and cannot use...
