Nocturnal getting 'Enhanced Edition' as its final update

Indie developer Sunnyside Games, in partnership with Dear Villagers, is adding the final major update to their acclaimed flame-welding platformer Nocturnal later this year on Switch. With a plethora of new features including updated optimization and accessibility features, conquer the Mist and use your fire to uncover what secrets lay hidden beneath it.

This Enhanced Edition update adds:

• A redesigned experience, from the ground up
• A new extended moveset and talents tree with the ability to burn down everything (including 6 new active talents!)
• Extended levels with brand new challenges
• New enemies: The Swarm and Shielded
• New accessibility feature to reduce the game’s difficulty
• An additional 7 lore letters, and a new reading animation for lore items
• New music and improved SFX
• Visual and lighting enhancements, including new rooms and vistas, and Improved melee combat FX
• Destructibles and new types of platforms
• New level selection menu and U improvements
• Global game rebalance to make the game more intense
• Redesigned storyline and dialogue
• New tutorials and tips in loading screens
• Strong optimization improvements and a new performance mode accessible through the options menu

Nocturnal encourages challengers to brave its beautiful ruins with a host of optional trials. Those seeking the glory of a true challenge can enable a host of speedrunning features, like faster transitions, skippable cutscenes, and a pausable timer. Only the fiercest warriors will try their hand Permadeath Mode, where you only have one life to undertake the entire journey.