Jade Warrior: Huntress of Dark

Jade Warrior: Huntress of Dark is an action role-playing game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Nintendo. It was officially announced at Nintendo's Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017 press conference as a Switch exclusive and new IP from Platinum produced by legendary producer, Shigeru Miyamoto and directed by Bayonetta series director, Hideki Kamiya with the goal of making it a platform seller.

Jade Warrior: Huntress of Dark is based on the Dracula mythos set after Bram Stoker's Dracula. The game follows the story of the titular damphir character, Jade Van Helsing, elder daughter of the late Abraham Van Helsing as she battles descendants of the fallen Count Dracula, serving as a subtle nod to Konami's famed CastleVania series.

It was released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on March 6, 2018.

Synopsis
Set in the late 20th century, damphir Jade Van Helsing, great granddaughter of the late Abraham Van Helsing finds herself in the middle of a grueling war between the militant cult Ministry of Light and Dracula's minions following the rise of the Kildreth castle. Little does she know her bloodborne disease has actually opened the gates between the human world and the Darkness Realm, Nocturnus and will soon merge the two worlds by activating the castle's Rite of Darkness ritual. Jade must battle through forces of light and dark as she finds herself in the crosshairs of the vampire hunter clan, Nightshade. Led by fellow vampire hunter, Alan Harker, elder son of Mina and Jonathan Harker, they are sent to hunt members of Dracula's own lineage who are out to avenge the loss of their great leader.

Meanwhile, Jade struggles with finding the secret and hopeful cure to her own condition which turned her into a damphir while placing the human world in danger of being overrun by vampires.

Gameplay
Jade Warrior: Huntress of Dark is a third-person, 3D action RPG. It features many elements from director Hideki Kamiya's predecessors, namely the Devil May Cry and Bayonetta series. While controlling Jade, the player may execute a wide range of melee and long-ranged attacks, complex combo strings and multiple weapons against various undead enemies. New melee techniques can be acquired as you progress through the chilling, Gothic, Lovecraftian-style environments of Transylvania with your AI-controlled partner, Alan, who can also be controlled by a second player in the game's Co-Op Mode either via linked play or online network. However, it utilizes them in an RPG style format, a notable departure from the action-based Devil May Cry and Bayonetta games it's inspired from. These new skills are earned through items and character-based level progression via XP points rather than purchased. In addition to XP, Jade Warrior: Huntress of Dark also has in-game currency, collected from cross symbols left by slain enemies in another nod to Bayonetta and DMC. It can be used to purchase enhancement and replenishment items and new weapons as well as weapon upgrades.

New to the game is the Blood Lust meter in which Jade is forced to regularly feed on enemies to keep her meter (and life force) intact as a result of her (half) vampirism-inducing bloodborne illness. As it fades, Jade's agility stats will increase (driven by her blood lust) at the expense of defense points, noting her resistance to pain. Additionally, the game also utilizes elemental magic attacks. They are divided into four classes: Ice, Fire, Lightning and Spiritual (where the player can summon a ghost or other supernatural being to perform assists). The player may pick up Tarot Cards during open-world navigation which equip him or her with new elemental magic attacks tagged with a Ki meter. They can then be combined with select Power Gems after leveling them up, granting Jade Ultimate Attacks, hybrid special abilities utilizing both types of Ki. Each Power Gem grants their own unique abilities based on the 4 elemental classes: