Hiya mild readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Spherical-Up for April sixteenth, 2024. A reasonably commonplace Tuesday, by most measures. I’ve a few critiques for you, as I check out the most recent EGGCONSOLE launch and slightly Sokoban-style puzzler. There are a number of new releases, and so they’re all fairly first rate. I’ve bought summaries of all of these, after which the same old lists of latest and expiring gross sales. These aren’t very huge lists right this moment, so don’t get too enthusiastic about them. Let’s get to what we’ve bought!
Evaluations & Mini-Views
EGGCONSOLE Dragon Slayer IV DrasleFamily MSX2 ($6.49)
That is Legacy of the Wizard. You understand, the NES recreation. Effectively, perhaps you don’t know. Principally, this recreation was ported to the Famicom after which was localized for the West by way of Broderbund again within the day. It was a mainstay in Nintendo Energy’s Counselor’s Nook for a very long time, with readers sending in tons of questions on the right way to resolve its many difficult sections. An actual love or hate affair for many gamers, and its popularity runs the gamut from one of many console’s worst video games to an under-appreciated basic of the library.
You get the MSX2 model right here, and that makes this our first EGGCONSOLE MSX2 launch. There are a number of variations within the room layouts in comparison with the NES model, and it’s solely flick-screen in design. No scrolling rooms right here. Not a giant deal, actually. Regardless of this being an unlocalized Japanese model, many of the essential textual content is in English. You get the same old EGGCONSOLE choices right here, together with save states, display screen settings, button remapping, slightly starter information for the right way to play, and a gallery containing scans of the Japanese packaging and guide. No bookmarks right here, sadly. If you wish to see the entire recreation, you’ll should get there by your personal efforts.
And it’ll take fairly an effort. On this recreation you must use the abilities of the assorted members of the titular Drasle household to make your approach by means of a somewhat large dungeon and slay the dragon ready on the finish. Every member of the family has their very own distinctive skills and might equip gadgets that the others can’t, mainly giving them unique entry to sure sections of the map. You’ll should swap between them, gathering gadgets and defeating the bosses in every of these sections, every coughing up an merchandise that collectively will grant you entry to the weapon you’ll have to slay the dragon. An arduous job, to make certain, however a minimum of you will have save states?
Actually, by way of potential language limitations and quirky mechanics, this is likely one of the extra playable RPG-adjacent titles within the EGGCONSOLE line-up up to now. Notably for those who’re already acquainted with Legacy of the Wizard. However there’s one fly within the ointment right here past the sport itself. Specifically, the NES model of the sport is included in Namco Museum Archives Vol.2 together with ten different video games for $19.99, and it’s arguably the superior expertise. Meaning selecting up this launch is barely smart for those who particularly need this recreation and nothing else in that Namco set, or have a particular curiosity on this MSX2 take for no matter purpose.
Should you love Legacy of the Wizard for the NES and are interested by making an attempt a barely remixed model of it, then EGGCONSOLE Dragon Slayer IV is one thing you’ll need to try. Should you’re totally new to the sport, I’d most likely advocate the Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2 set as a substitute. The NES model included there’s simply pretty much as good as this one if not higher, and also you get extra video games to go together with it. With that mentioned, this isn’t a foul model by any means, and the language barrier is somewhat minimal by the requirements of those releases. An odd recreation to make certain, however not one that’s unattainable to like.
SwitchArcade Rating: 3.5/5
Mimi the Cat: Mimi’s Scratcher ($4.99)
Generally a recreation doesn’t should do something too fancy to fulfill, and that’s roughly the place I’m at with Mimi the Cat. It’s a reasonably simple tackle the Sokoban-style crate-pusher puzzle recreation. Mimi’s making an attempt to achieve her scratcher in every stage, and you might want to information her there. It will usually contain pushing containers round and stacking them in order that Mimi can cross gaps or climb as much as the place her scratcher is, and there are a number of stage gimmicks sprinkled in to maintain issues contemporary alongside the way in which. It’s not doing something new and it comes off as very low-budget, however for those who take pleasure in these sorts of puzzles it’ll scratch the itch.
SwitchArcade Rating: 3/5
New Releases
Grounded ($39.99)
A survival recreation developed by… Obsidian? Wow, that’s not that developer’s standard lane, however from what I’ve heard from Xbox gamers, this can be a actually good one. The actual query is how effectively this former Xbox Collection unique has made the transition to the far much less highly effective Change. I want I had a solution for you, however we weren’t given any early entry to the sport so I’m simply as in the dead of night as anybody on this. Fingers crossed, as a result of it appears like quite a lot of enjoyable!
Planet of Lana ($19.99)
Should you take pleasure in atmospheric puzzle platformers like Limbo or Inside, this would possibly attraction to you. Comply with the story of a stunning planet whose pure stability is threatened, and ensure it stays a fantastic place. Effectively, you know the way this sort of factor goes. Discover the stunning environments, do some difficult platforming, resolve some difficult puzzles, and benefit from the unfolding story. The reception to this was good on different platforms and I’ve little doubt it’ll discover a foothold on the Change as effectively.
Rose & Camellia Assortment ($19.99)
The favored Flash slappers from NIGORO, the developer behind the La-Mulana video games, come to the Nintendo Change on this useful assortment. You get the primary two video games, the all-new third and fourth video games, plus Rose & Camellia vs. La-Mulana. Should you haven’t performed these earlier than, they’re slightly like Punch-Out. You dodge the slaps out of your opponent and retaliate with slaps of your personal. It’s all introduced in a really foolish trend, and whereas this isn’t precisely the deepest factor you’ll play there’s a sure pleasure to it. This Change model permits you to use movement controls to make the slaps really feel that rather more actual. I’ll have a assessment of it quickly.
Gross sales
(North American eShop, US Costs)
Effectively, there’s a brand new low value on Commandos 3 there. The Duke Nukem Pinball DLC for Pinball M, too. Gee, that outbox is sort of nothing. Maybe we’ll get some huge gross sales quickly, however clearly right this moment is a wash.
Choose New Gross sales
Pinball M: Duke Nukem Pinball DLC ($4.66 from $5.49 till 4/23)
Summer season Daze: Tilly’s Story ($5.99 from $14.99 till 4/29)
Sakura Magical Women ($4.99 from $9.99 till 5/6)
Aeterna Noctis ($11.99 from $29.99 till 5/6)
Summum Aeterna ($11.99 from $19.99 till 5/6)
Commandos 3: HD Remaster ($22.49 from $29.99 till 5/6)
Mediterranea Inferno ($6.99 from $9.99 till 5/6)
Figment 1 + Figment 2 ($9.99 from $39.99 till 5/6)
Gross sales Ending Tomorrow, April seventeenth
RPG Time: The Legend of Wright ($11.99 from $29.99 till 4/17)
Sunny Cafe ($13.49 from $14.99 till 4/17)
That’s all for right this moment, associates. We’ll be again tomorrow with extra new releases, extra gross sales, and maybe some information. I’m slightly sleepy right this moment, which appears to be a typical affliction for me on Tuesdays recently. I can’t actually say why. Anyway, I hope you all have a terrific day, and as at all times, thanks for studying!
