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The Trail: Frontier Challenge

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC
Genre: Action/Adventure
Publisher: Kongregate
Developer: 22cans
Release Date: March 8, 2018 (US), Feb. 28, 2018 (EU)

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'The Trail: Frontier Challenge' (ALL) Comes To Nintendo Switch Next Week

by Rainier on Feb. 28, 2018 @ 4:10 p.m. PST

The Trail: Frontier Challenge is an exploration-driven simulation game that taking players on a massive journey through the beautiful and expansive American wilderness.

After choosing a character, players will throw on a backpack and embark on a stunning adventure through mountains and forests, collecting items to craft and trade with, while avoiding exhaustion from their travels. As they amass fortune and notoriety, they will work with others around the globe to build a thriving community and ultimately become the leader of the most successful town in the new American frontier.

The Trail: Frontier Challenge includes more strategy and challenges than ever before. Weather affects player progress in challenging and sometimes unpredictable ways. Extreme cold requires additional food, while muddy terrain can slow progress, but players can craft improved clothing & gear to receive various buffs to help counteract these effects. After reaching Eden Falls, travelers will have the opportunity to build a home as one of 5 professions: Explorer, Hunter, Lumberjack, Cook, or Tailor. Each profession has its own skill tree to progress through and can only be truly mastered when every skill is unlocked. Touch controls in portable mode have been added exclusively for the Switch release.


"The Nintendo Switch is a fantastic platform and one that is perfectly suited for The Trail: Frontier Challenge,” said Peter Molyneux, Creative Director, 22cans. “Whether players are relaxing at home, or off on their own travels, there’s a completely immersive and beautiful experience to pick up and play.

"Developing for the Switch has been a new and exciting process for our team," said Emily Greer, co-founder and CEO of Kongregate. "The Trail is a perfect debut Switch title for us; it's family-friendly and easy to put down and pick back up again. We think Switch players will really enjoy being able to take their cinematic adventure with them anywhere they go."

Key Features:

  • Race, collect and compete in a variety of fun challenges
  • Choose from five professions (Lumberjack, Hunter, Cook, Tailor, and Explorer)
  • Earn skill points and level up in your chosen profession to become a Master!
  • Learn to craft increasingly valuable items and amass a fortune
  • Customise your style with a variety of outfits and clothing items
  • Fill your backpack on The Trail, but be careful! Those who take too much can end up collapsing and losing precious items!
  • Settle down in the town of Eden Falls
  • Join other players and form your very own community
  • Make your house a home with a wide variety of furnishings
  • Get your very own pet dog to accompany you wherever you go
  • Upgrade your house to be the envy of all your neighbours
  • Trade and share with other players to expand your town for the benefit of all
  • Grow together, work together, and one day, perhaps you might even become mayor!

The Trail: Frontier Challenge, rated E for Everyone, is available beginning today in Europe and starting March 8 in the Americas on the Nintendo Switch ($14.99).


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