Ludosity explains why it took some time to bring Ittle Dew 2+ back to the Switch eShop

Back in Sept. 2019, Ittle Dew 2 disappeared from the Switch eShop following a dispute between developer Ludosity and publisher Nicalis. The game has only just returned to the Switch eShop as Ittle Dew 2+ just a couple of days ago. What took so long for hte game to make its way back to Switch? Ludosity CEO Joel Nyström explains in an interview with GamesIndustry.

"The issue was to then have a smooth transition for the players and transfer the ownership of the eshop entry to us. While we had the option from day one to issue a takedown for Nicalis' entry and republish our own, we wanted to transition the same entry so we, for example, could provide updates to the game people bought on release. But for a transfer, it requires the transferers' (Nicalis) consent. And they just didn't bother replying to emails."

It certainly sounds like a messy situation, but the important thing is that the game has returned to the Switch eShop. Now that Ludosity is publishing, there shouldn't be any availability issues going forward.