Curve Games and Turtle Juice have announced that MECHBORN is in development for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.
After a constant onslaught of Kaiju attacks leaves Earth on the brink of destruction, only one organisation can fight back. TITANCORE forges the MECHBORN, elite pilots who undergo a mech-synchronisation process to develop the skills required to protect Earth’s colonies and repel the invading Kaiju.
This roguelike deckbuilder experience has looked to blend ’90s mech anime with Greek mythology, with the twist that the mech is your deck. You can freely mix and match mech parts and unlock new pilots to craft devastating custom decks.
The developer has looked to reimagine traditional deckbuilding with a Conveyor Belt system, in which each card that is played is immediately replaced. This forces you to think ahead, positioning your cards strategically to chain your pilot’s abilities, forget mech-pilot synergies, and unleash attack combos to devastating effect.
“With MECHBORN, we wanted to rethink what moment-to-moment strategy feels like in a roguelike deckbuilder,” explains Turtle Juice lead designer Ernani Rocha. The conveyor-belt card system fundamentally changes how players plan, adapt, and position themselves every turn.”
The publisher has outlined the game’s key features, which include:
- Pilots: Play as one of 12 pilots with unique skills and backstories. Combining different pilots with different mechs can even lead to unique and devastating pilot-mech synergies to crush enemies.
- Adaptive Exploration: There are no fixed routes in MECHBORN – you can move and fight in any direction you choose across the three expansive continents. But beware! Fuel is finite, so mismanagement of resources might result in a stranded pilot ending up as Kaiju prey.
- Endless Builds: Players can freely mix and match mech parts to add new cards to their deck – either creating custom builds for deadly combos or fully matching sets for valuable perks.
- Conveyor Belt System: MECHBORN doesn’t use a traditional hand of cards. Instead, players start with 7 cards in their ‘Conveyor Belt’. With each card that’s played, a new one enters. Position support cards to unlock new abilities and combine with pilot skills to create combos that reshape the course of battle!
MECHBORN will be released digitally on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch worldwide in late 2026.
