Hey light readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Spherical-Up for Might seventh, 2024. It’s a surprisingly gradual day at the moment exterior of a bit of stories from Nintendo’s president saying that the corporate will speak about Swap’s successor someday this fiscal yr, however not on the June Nintendo Direct. I do have one overview so that you can have a look at, and there are a few Bin Bunch new releases as effectively. Gross sales? We’ve bought a couple of of them. Lists of latest and expiring ones are right here as ever. Let’s get to enterprise!
Opinions & Mini-Views
Cyber Citizen Shockman 3: The Princess From One other World ($5.99)
We’ve lastly hit the final of the PC Engine Shockman video games with this launch from Ratalaika, which implies we’re a mere single Tremendous Famicom launch away from having the complete collection accessible on Swap. Is {that a} good factor? Certain, I suppose so. Up till these Ratalaika releases the one entry on this collection to be localized for the West was the second recreation, which appeared to have been moderately popular with TurboGrafx-16 followers however didn’t do an entire lot for me personally. The primary recreation wasn’t all that scorching both. This third recreation definitely had a few of that forbidden import fruit vibes round it again within the day, pumped up by it being a CD-ROM recreation and having some actually handsome visuals in screenshots.
So is Shockman 3 the one which lastly breaks the sample of mediocrity? I want I may say sure, however you’ll should accept it being as shut as we’ve seen thus far. Simply as Shockman 2 was a dramatic departure mechanically from the primary recreation, so too is Shockman 3 completely different from them each. Whereas it’s nonetheless a side-scrolling motion platformer, the emphasis this time is certainly on the motion. It’s additionally simplified significantly from the second recreation, taking part in out extra like a Valis recreation than anything. Some gentle platforming and an entire lot of sword-swinging, with the occasional set piece to interrupt issues up.
You possibly can select between the boy and woman, who solely differ in look and dialogue. When it comes to strikes, you’ll be able to swing your sword, cost up a shot whose path you’ll be able to management to a level, and wall bounce. Oh, and you’ll duck and bounce after all. That’s it. No upgrades, and the one pick-ups you’ll discover are well being restore gadgets and cans that ultimately add as much as continues. It sounds prefer it is likely to be tough, however the well being gadgets are distributed regularly sufficient that the sport finally ends up being comparatively breezy. If you happen to want some extra assist, Ratalaika has included quite a few cheats you may make use of at your leisure. You even have the standard save states and rewind options seen in different Ratalaika retro reissues.
The graphics are fairly good as PC Engine video games go, so it has that going for it. The gameplay is okay, if somewhat bland. The cutscenes are cute, akin to they’re. It has that classic Turbo-CD really feel, and for some of us that may definitely rely for one thing. Not likely a recreation you’ll keep in mind in per week or two, however agreeable sufficient for a playthrough or two. When it comes to choices and extras, that is the standard Ratalaika wrapper with all that means, however there’s a minimum of a gallery that features scans of the unique packaging and handbook. A little bit of a plain brown bag as traditional, however at this value it’s high quality.
Cyber Citizen Shockman 3 closes out this quirky trilogy on as excessive of a notice as it could muster, and one which I suppose is suitable given what got here earlier than. I believe it’s the smoothest recreation of the three to play, however it’s a bit irritating that it kind of pushes out the fascinating parts of the primary two video games in favor of a really plain design. Nonetheless, there’s simply sufficient of that early 90s CD vibe right here to hold what’s in any other case a quite bland side-scrolling motion recreation. If you happen to’ve performed the primary two, you may as effectively see it via with this one.
SwitchArcade Rating: 3.5/5
New Releases
The Bin Bunch
Puzzlerio ($2.00)
Zombie Survival: The Strolling Pandemic ($4.99)
Gross sales
(North American eShop, US Costs)
Once I mentioned we had a couple of gross sales up there within the intro paragraph, I actually meant a couple of. A superb time to get pleasure from some rail shooters with Dakka Squadron and Fur Squadron I suppose? Over within the outbox, the newest Thunderful sale is ending up. It’s additionally your final probability to get Cruis’n Blast at half-price, if that’s a factor you need. Test these lists!
Choose New Gross sales
Stunt Paradise ($6.39 from $7.99 till 5/13)
Warhammer 40k: Dakka Squadron ($9.99 from $19.99 till 5/14)
Fur Squadron ($3.49 from $6.99 till 5/14)
Oxide Room 104 ($5.99 from $24.99 till 5/20)
Demon’s Rise: Lords of Chaos ($1.99 from $7.99 till 5/20)
Cleansing Queens ($3.99 from $5.99 till 5/20)
Chronicles of two Heroes: AW ($4.99 from $19.99 till 5/20)
Die Once more ($9.95 from $11.99 till 5/20)
Figment 2: Creed Valley ($7.49 from $24.99 till 5/27)
Gross sales Ending Tomorrow, Might eighth
A Tiny Sticker Story ($6.99 from $9.99 till 5/8)
Cruis’n Blast ($19.99 from $39.99 till 5/8)
Cursed to Golf ($6.99 from $19.99 till 5/8)
Home ($2.99 from $14.99 till 5/8)
Jurassic World Aftermath Assortment ($10.49 from $29.99 till 5/8)
kuso ($3.49 from $4.99 till 5/8)
LEGO Bricktales ($11.99 from $29.99 till 5/8)
PHOGS! ($8.74 from $24.99 till 5/8)
Supply of Insanity ($6.99 from $19.99 till 5/8)
SteamWorld Construct ($20.99 from $29.99 till 5/8)
SteamWorld Heist ($1.99 from $19.99 till 5/8)
Swordship ($4.99 from $19.99 till 5/8)
Togges ($6.99 from $19.99 till 5/8)
Wavetale ($10.49 from $29.99 till 5/8)
Worldless ($13.99 from $19.99 till 5/8)
That’s all for at the moment, buddies. We’ll be again tomorrow with some truly fascinating new releases, plus no matter information and gross sales roll in through the course of the day. I’m having a “unhealthy eyes” day at the moment, it appears. Arduous to correctly deal with objects. Some days are like that, however it positive doesn’t make my job straightforward. I must be high quality tomorrow, although. I hope you all have a terrific Tuesday, and as all the time, thanks for studying!
