Asian gamers can look forward to owning The Colonists in physical form later this year!

Publisher Leoful has announced that it will be publishing its own physical edition of the Robot Colony Builder for Nintendo Switch within Asia, with a release date of 17 December 2021. This release of the title will feature improved Simplified Chinese and Korean localization adapted for Nintendo Switch, and (for the first time) support for Traditional Chinese.

You will be able to grab a copy from the NintendoSoup store over here (with free shipping worldwide).

Check out more details below, along with the game’s trailer:

October 27, 2021 – Video game publisher Leoful is excited to announce Codebyfire’s robot colony builder game, The Colonists, is coming to Nintendo Switch in Asia on December 17, 2021.

In The Colonists, you lead a team of adorable robots escaping Earth to settle on faraway planets. Harvest natural resources, produce food and tools, research technologies, and lay down the infrastructure for your rapidly growing robot colony. Expand your colony’s territory and wage war against others in various campaign missions.

The Asian version of The Colonists will feature improved Simplified Chinese and Korean localization adapted for Nintendo Switch, and for the first time support for Traditional Chinese. Other languages such as English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian are supported as well.

The Colonists is set to launch on December 17, 2021 on Nintendo eShop in Hong Kong and South Korea for HKD210 and KRW35,000 respectively. Starting today, pre-orders for The Colonists Nintendo Switch physical edition will kick off at select retailers in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and other Southeast Asia regions.

About The Colonists

Build a new home for your team of cute robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.

Take control of a team of self-replicating robots built to simulate human civilization. After escaping Earth, these cute robots are now free to roam the galaxy in search of a new home and construct their dream settlement.

Harvest natural resources, set up farming and food production, create expeditions to discover new lands and research new technologies. Advance through three different ages as you build infrastructure for your adorable robot colony by constructing road, boat and train transport systems. Create sprawling settlements in peace or race to compete against AI colonies in military winner-takes-all scenarios.

The Colonists is a relaxing settlement building game inspired by classic titles like The Settlers and the Anno series. Take on a series of individual campaign missions or build your colony unfettered by any constraints in the sandbox mode. Explore, research, manage, tweak and refine to your heart’s content.