Switch gamers, prepare to meet Klaus Lee – Thunderballs

He’s not the kind to kiss and tell

It’s not often we get press releases as “outrageous” as today’s announcement that the retro-inspired, 2D action platformer Klaus Lee – Thunderballs will be arriving on Nintendo Switch next week. So, when one comes in, we kind of have to share it.

The general gist is this:

Outrageously Retro

Outrageously Over the Top

Outrageously Nice & Easy to Use Built-in Level Editor

A Blaster That is Outrageously Simple

100 Outrageously Challenging Levels

Outrageously Stupid, Silly and Fun!

Can’t read that and not want to learn more, right? Well, we went to the eShop to do just that, and found:

You remember Klaus Lee, right?! No? Well, you should! He almost became a cop in Beverly Hills but then applied to be a private investigator in Hawaii and got bored waiting to find out if he got it. Moving back to Cali, he worked as an unknown stuntman while running a squad of troubleshooters that kept getting beaten to the clients by A much more successful Team. One time he barely missed his job interview at a New York startup and some dude named Zeddemore got the job as an exterminator of spirits.

Did you know that Klaus trained Maverick how to both fly his jet and play killer beach volleyball? This is only a glimpse of everything he experienced living life to the max. Klaus was a really busy guy!

No Airwolf reference? I am betrayed!

To figure things out, we had to go back to this announcement trailer from two years ago.

Well, at least we know he’s got a jetpack.

We also know he’ll be available for $12.99 in the Nintendo eShop on June 26th. Not adding it your wish list would be…well, I want to say “outrageous.”