He’s baaaaaack

For a game about a disappearance,The Vanishing of Ethan Cartersure keeps popping up. Later this week, it’ll get its fourth launch in five years.

Polish studio The Astronauts has portedThe Vanishing of Ethan Carterto Nintendo Switch. It’s making its comeback on August 15 at the price of $20. As is the case with all versions of the game now, this is the redux edition which features some choice quality of life improvements over the 2014 PC release. The most notable improvement is a system that cuts out meticulous backtracking to see the ending.

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That is to say, this is the exact same game that has launched everywhere else. The only Switch-specific feature is enlarged text for handheld mode. Regardless of where it’s experienced, it’s always a fascinating and macabre game about the whereabouts of lil Ethan Carter (no relation to Chris, probably).

The ghost at the end of the hallway

Picking up the smiley face post-it off the broken mirror

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Looking at the ghost of Jackie inside the lighthouse