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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for November 17th, 2022. In today’s article, we’ve got a cool new trailer for Fire Emblem Engage to watch before we head into the numerous new releases of the day. Admittedly, tomorrow is looking like the bigger day this week, but there is still plenty to consider here. After summarizing those new games, we’ll head on over to the latest sales and outgoing discounts for the day. Let’s get to work!

News

Check Out the Latest ‘Fire Emblem Engage’ Trailer

We’re well into November now, and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are out tomorrow. That means the next big bullet in the first-party chamber is Fire Emblem Engage, due out in January of next year. And that, in turn, means that the marketing is going to start rolling out. So here we are, with a cool new trailer to watch. Well, I’ll leave that to you. I’m trying to keep as much of the game a surprise as I possibly can.

New Releases

Wobbledogs ($19.99)

Here’s a weird one for those who like weird ones. Maybe even weird ones who like weird ones. It’s a virtual pet simulator with mutating dogs who are created all the way down to their guts. You set up the habitat they live in and breed them as you like to create new genetic horrors. No, you can’t fuse them with your daughter in some last ditch attempt to prove your experiments have borne fruit. Why would you even ask that?

Pixel Game Maker Series VERZEUS ($11.99)

Oh hey, the Game Buddy series is back. This seventh entry in the line is a horizontal shooter that I would guess is paying homage to Konami’s Nemesis. Power up your weapons and take on the alien threat. No Moai statues in this one, but it does have some Haniwa statues. Close enough, I’d say. I get a kick out of the faux-Game Boy games from this developer, so I’ll be picking this up for sure.

Arcade Archives Metal Black ($7.99)

Taito’s 1991 horizontal shoot-em-up is the latest addition to the Arcade Archives line-up. It was originally under development as part of the Darius series but somewhere along the line it became its own thing. That didn’t stop it from making its mark on Darius, however. The special beam attack in the game ended up inspiring the beam dueling in the amazing G-Darius. This game was somewhat panned in its time, but it has picked up its fair share of fans over the years, including yours truly. If you like Darius, you’ll probably have fun with this.

The Closed Circle ($10.99)

An adventure game of sorts where eight girls have been trapped in a closed circle and need to escape. Travel through the rooms, solve puzzles, and try to find a good ending amongst the multiple outcomes. It uses an isometric voxel-ish art style, which seems to be somewhat trendy with indie adventure games these days. This was previously released on Android under the title Escape from the Closed Circle.

Ultimate ADOM – Caverns of Chaos ($19.99)

Ancient Domains of Mystery, or ADOM, was one of the big roguelikes from the era before roguelikes became trendy. Ultimate ADOM – Caverns of Chaos is the official sequel to the game, arriving nearly a quarter of a century after the original. It attempts to bridge the hardcore sensibility of the original with a more accessible approach to the genre, and if the response from players of its Steam version is anything to go by, it missed the mark by some measure. Well, I’m sure some Switch owners will have fun with it anyway.

Chompy Chomp Chomp Party ($9.99)

What sinful creatures humans are. We already got Garfield Lasagna Party earlier this week, and yet here is another party game? Will our thirst never be slaked? This one can be enjoyed by up to eight players via local multiplayer, and as near as I can tell you need to battle each other to chomp everything that can be chomped, in an effort to be the chompiest chomper of chompable things. It looks cute, and eight-player support is rare enough to be notable.

Extinction Eclipse ($14.99)

Oh, it’s one of these. I know lots of people who are happy when one of these comes out. It’s a space action strategy game where you have to explore, gather resources, build up your fleet, and battle aliens. You’ve got a story mode with multiple campaigns, plus a skirmish mode to mess around with after you’ve exhausted that. It looks decent enough, but I haven’t had a chance to dig into it yet so I can’t say for sure how good it is.

My Fantastic Ranch ($39.99)

This is a management sim and while it may seem like yet another farming game, there’s actually no farming here. Rather, you’re managing a ranch full of unicorns and dragons. Take care of your steeds, entertain kids who come to the ranch, and upgrade your facilities to boost your popularity. This honestly feels like it’s coming in at too high of a price for what it is, but if you have a kid who loves cute unicorns and dragons I suppose forty bucks is getting off light in the grand scheme of things.

Starsand ($19.99)

A relatively standard take on the survival genre with the twist being that you’re in a desert. A space desert? It’s a desert. Earth-like, but not Earth. It has a similar vibe to Subnautica but it doesn’t execute things as well as that game. Still, that desert theme carries it far and when it starts to deliver on the ‘star’ part of the title it certainly takes some… interesting turns, to say the least. Survival game fans may want to take a closer look.

The Lost Labyrinth ($19.99)

Another port of one of Green Sauce Games’ mobile matching puzzle games. Instead of playing for free with ads, you get to pay twenty bucks and see no ads. You get one hundred and twenty levels to play, with a story being unfurled as you go. Personally, I would just play it for free on mobile and save the twenty bucks. But that is me, and you are you. So you do what you like.

In Extremis DX ($4.99)

A vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up from the folks at QUByte Interactive. It features co-op local multiplayer so you can bring a friend. There are eleven stages to blast your way through, each with its own theme, and twelve weapons to use on your enemies. The gameplay probably won’t win any prizes for novelty, but I give them credit for the bizarre style of it all.

World Class Champion Soccer ($10.99)

I guess with the World Cup right around the corner, seeing this kind of junk pop up is to be expected. Here’s our old pals at TROOOZE doing their best to try to make a hot buck with a genre they have almost no experience whatsoever with. Touch controls are required, so you’ll have to play in handheld mode. It’s just dribbling and free kick competitions too, so don’t expect to actually play a game of soccer. Put it in the bin where it belongs.

The Awakening of Mummies ($2.99)

A puzzle game where you need to guide the mummies to their totems to open the door to the next stage. You control all of the mummies at the same time, which makes it tricky to avoid traps. Seems fine for the meager price it’s selling for.

Happy Animals Mini Golf ($4.99)

Wow, that looks ugly. Okay, well. This is a mini golf game featuring animal golfers. There are thirty different locations set in a gigantic house for some reason, and you’ve got twelve different animal golfers to choose from. Up to four players can join in on the fun via local multiplayer. Seems like a good deal for the price but I really wish the art style was a bit better.

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

Not a whole lot yet, but there are some new low prices for Children of Morta and Moonlighter if you’re interested in those. Last call on that Eastward sale, too. Otherwise, you might want to hold off and see what tomorrow brings.

Select New Games on Sale

Pinball FX3 Core DLC ($3.99 from $9.99 until 11/21)
Pinball FX3 Williams 3 DLC ($3.99 from $9.99 until 11/21)
Deadly Days ($2.08 from $18.99 until 11/24)
Oxide Room 104 ($12.49 from $24.99 until 11/28)
Super Korotama ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/28)
Lotus Reverie First Nexus ($4.79 from $15.99 until 11/28)
The Savior’s Gang ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/28)
Steamroll: Rustless Edition ($3.99 from $9.99 until 11/28)
Stellar Interface Deluxe ($3.51 from $15.98 until 11/28)
Summer in Mara ($9.99 from $19.99 until 12/1)
Children of Morta ($5.49 from $21.99 until 12/7)
Children of Morta Complete ($9.44 from $26.99 until 12/7)
Moonlighter ($3.74 from $24.99 until 12/7)
Moonlighter Complete ($5.79 from $28.99 until 12/7)
This War of Mine CE ($1.99 from $39.99 until 12/7)
Power Racing Bundle 2 ($2.54 from $16.99 until 12/7)

Sales Ending Tomorrow, Friday, November 18th

Bones of Halloween ($3.99 from $4.99 until 11/18)
Eastward ($14.99 from $24.99 until 11/18)
From Space ($11.99 from $14.99 until 11/18)
Ghost Blade HD ($4.49 from $14.99 until 11/18)
H1.Jack ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/18)
Kawaii Deathu Desu ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/18)
Letterbox by POWGI ($3.99 from $7.99 until 11/18)
Mechanic Battle ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/18)
Monobot ($6.49 from $12.99 until 11/18)
Project Starship X ($2.99 from $9.99 until 11/18)
Sense: Cyberpunk Ghost Story ($7.99 from $19.99 until 11/18)
Synergia ($5.99 from $14.99 until 11/18)
Takotan ($2.79 from $6.99 until 11/18)
The Suicide of Rachel Foster ($3.99 from $19.99 until 11/18)
Venice Taxi Boats ($7.79 from $12.99 until 11/18)

That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with plenty more new releases, with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet leading the charge. We’ll have summaries of all those new games, plus what I’m sure will be a whole bunch of new sales. I hope you all have a thrilling Thursday, and as always, thanks for reading!

It’s time for another sequel to a previous list of Switch games, friends. We’ve recently made additions to our favorite JRPGs and fighting games on the platform, and the next one to get its update is our list of favorite 3D platformers. As with the other recent recommendations, this isn’t a replacement for the previous one but an addendum to it. All of those games on that original list are still worth checking out and will not be repeated here. Let’s give some newer or quirkier ones their time to shine.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury ($59.99)

This shows how long ago that first list was, I suppose. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury offers up two experiences in one package. One is a spiffed-up port of the Wii U Super Mario 3D World, an excellent platformer that is a blast to play in multiplayer. The other is the all-new Bowser’s Fury, a shorter and more experimental take on 3D Mario that has you earning Shines in a continuous open world. Being able to play with a friend or three helps this stand out among the other 3D Mario choices on Switch.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land ($59.99)

Here’s another one that can be fun to play with a friend. Kirby takes his first waddling steps into 3D, and it turns out Kirby takes to the third dimension quite well. Explore a brand new world and use Kirby’s new Mouthful mode to do some truly horrifying things. I mean, horrifying in a cute way, but still. As is always the case with Kirby games, you can make this one as chill or intense as you like depending on how you approach things.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time ($39.99)

This game, on the other hand, is the exact opposite of chill. Crash Bandicoot 4 is a very difficult game, and if you mean to actually complete it 100%? I hope you keep plenty of padding nearby to catch your controller when you throw it again and again. Setting aside the high level of challenge, this is a surprisingly faithful and well-constructed sequel to a series that had gone a very long time without one. It has lengthy, intricate levels with devilishly clever sequences that will test your skills, wits, and patience.

Sonic Frontiers ($59.99)

I know this might be a controversial one, but I personally think Sonic Frontiers is a unique, highly enjoyable take on 3D Sonic. It has a lot of flaws, but there’s a certain compelling quality to it that kept me coming back until I finished it. For better or worse, there aren’t many 3D platformers like this one. Will it lead to a new era for the Blue Blur? Probably not, but let’s enjoy the interesting games when we get them. One to nibble on little by little over a span of time.

It Takes Two ($39.99)

We’ve seen other multiplayer 3D platformers on this list, but this is the only one that requires a second player. You can’t play this alone, but the game does its best to provide you with every option for pulling in another player with support for online and local multiplayer and the ability for two people to play off of one copy. Given that the designers know that you’ll be playing this with another human, the level designs take full advantage by creating situations that require two people working together to solve. I’m not as enthused about the way the story works, but I can set that aside to enjoy the high-quality platforming on display here.

Pac-Man World: Re-Pac ($29.99)

Given that Pac-Man was something of a 3D game from the start, it was an easy shift to take the character faithfully into the realm of 3D platforming. This is a remake of a PlayStation game, and it feels like it in a number of ways. But there’s a real pleasure to its bouncy gameplay, and its more restrained level designs do some clever things to wring a lot out of some tight spaces. This was a big hit in its original form, and it’s not hard to see why even playing it today.

Tinykin ($24.99)

If you love collectathon 3D platformers, Tinykin is going to be right up your alley. Explore some massive levels, collecting all kinds of bits and bobs while solving various problems to open up new areas. The use of paper-thin sprites for the characters gives this game a distinct look, but the spot-on gameplay and carefully laid-out environments are familiar in all the best ways. An easy one to overlook, and I hope this list helps at least a few people find it.

Kao the Kangaroo ($29.99)

Despite having the same name, this isn’t a remake of the 2000 Dreamcast and Windows game. Rather, it’s a completely new installment, and one that manages to hit most of the same notes that made the original a cult favorite. This is another tough one, but its vibrant visuals, strong level designs, and unusual blend of beat-em-up and platforming challenges make it worth the squeeze. There are some rough edges here, but it makes the game feel like a new old game, if that makes sense. If you pine for the 3D platformers of the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 era, you’ll probably like Kao the Kangaroo.

Demon Turf ($24.99) & Demon Turf Neon Splash ($4.99)

Yes, I am cheating. Regular readers will know I am a rascal this way. While it is the newer release of the two, it’s perhaps best to consider Neon Splash to be a taste-test for the original game thanks to its low price and relative brevity. If you like what you get, you can grab its predecessor and dig into dozens of hours of fun. Those who enjoy perfecting runs to get through stages as quickly as possible will find plenty of potential here.

Lunistice ($4.99)

An affordable throwback to the 32-bit era, Lunistice parlays precise controls and some harrowingly tricky level designs into one of the biggest surprises of the genre in quite some time. While there aren’t a ton of stages here, each one is fairly lengthy and offers some secrets to uncover. The game also encourages replays, with some serious possibilities for speedrunning fans. Even if you just play through it normally and never touch it again, it’s hard to argue with the value being offered here.

And those are our “ten more” picks for the 3D platformer genre on the Nintendo Switch. Are there any we missed that you want to stand up for? Post them in comments for all to see, because it’s a win for everyone to have more great games to play. Thanks for reading!

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for November 16th, 2022. I’m pretty tired after Monday and Tuesday were bigger than usual days, so I guess I should be thankful that things are pretty quiet today. Only a handful of new releases to check out, plus the usual lists of new and outgoing sales. Nothing going on news-wise at the time of writing, and I’m all reviewed out for this week. Tomorrow will be a wild one, so I’ll enjoy the breather. Let’s get to what we’ve got!

New Releases

Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days ($69.99)

Vanguard has been kicking around for a pretty long time now, and here’s the latest digital version of it. Naturally, it has support for online play. There are over 1000 cards included in Standard format, and everything is all gussied up with animations and sound effects. Those who don’t want to play with others will find a proper story mode to play through. I hope the amount of content here matches the somewhat higher price tag, especially given this game does include in-game purchases.

Super Chicken Jumper ($4.99)

A goofy little run-and-game game starring a chicken. Since it’s from publisher eastasiasoft, it has some anime girls crammed in to add a bit of sex appeal. It features six different worlds to play through, and it certainly has a quirky sense of humor going for it.

Cronostase Electric Collection ($7.99)

A puzzle game with seven different flavors to enjoy, each with fifty levels to solve. There’s a circuitry theme to the game, but it’s more of a Sokoban-style crate pusher than anything. It seems to offer a fair bit of bang for the buck, provided you aren’t tired of such sorts of puzzles yet.

Bravery and Greed ($19.99)

This one calls itself a roguelite dungeon brawler beat-em-up, and I guess I can kind of see all that here. Up to four players can play together via local or online multiplayer, and you can either cooperate or compete as you see fit. There are four different classes to choose from, and you unlock new abilities and such through skill trees. There are also permanent unlocks you can get by collecting gold. It basically has all the boxes checked, and the action certainly seems enjoyably frantic.

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

A small list of new sales today, but one of them is Little Noah: Scion of Paradise. You can even get the DLC for the cheapest prices yet. I really enjoyed that game and I will shill it any time I have a chance. There are some interesting titles in the outbox, but I’ll let you go through that list yourself.

Select New Games on Sale

Little Noah: Scion of Paradise ($11.99 from $14.99 until 11/22)
Little Noah: SoP Special Edition ($15.99 from $19.99 until 11/22)
Little Noah: SoP DLC Pass ($3.99 from $4.99 until 11/22)
Railways ($3.20 from $4.99 until 11/25)
The Bounty Huntress ($3.99 from $4.99 until 11/29)
My Hidden Things ($2.09 from $6.99 until 11/30)
Princess.Loot.Pixel.Again ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/30)
Princess.Loot.Pixel.Again x2 ($1.99 from $3.99 until 11/30)
Galaxy Squad ($4.99 from $9.99 until 11/30)
Boris the Rocket ($5.99 from $14.99 until 11/30)
One Dog Story ($3.74 from $14.99 until 11/30)
Mainframe Defenders ($4.79 from $11.99 until 11/30)
Big Drunk Satanic Massacre ($5.99 from $19.99 until 11/30)
Amazing Breaker ($2.39 from $7.99 until 11/30)
RWBY Arrowfell ($26.99 from $29.99 until 12/6)

Sales Ending Tomorrow, Thursday, November 17th

Assault Gunners HD Edition ($4.99 from $9.99 until 11/17)
Battle Axe ($11.99 from $29.99 until 11/17)
Blasphemous ($6.24 from $24.99 until 11/17)
Brave Dungeon + Dark Witch Story ($7.19 from $8.99 until 11/17)
Conduct Together ($1.99 from $19.99 until 11/17)
Dead or School ($8.99 from $29.99 until 11/17)
EDF World Brothers ($27.99 from $39.99 until 11/17)
Evil Tonight ($13.49 from $14.99 until 11/17)
Final Vendetta ($19.96 from $24.95 until 11/17)
Fly Together ($1.99 from $15.00 until 11/17)
FUZE4 Nintendo Switch ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/17)
Gearshifters ($14.99 from $29.99 until 11/17)
Gerda: A Flame in Winter ($14.99 from $19.99 until 11/17)
Going Under ($4.99 from $19.99 until 11/17)

Headland ($1.99 from $19.99 until 11/17)
If My Heart Had Wings ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/17)
Master Sleuth Bundle ($35.99 from $89.99 until 11/17)
Monster Sanctuary ($6.79 from $19.99 until 11/17)
Omega Labyrinth Life Deluxe ($29.59 from $79.99 until 11/17)
Raging Justice ($2.99 from $14.99 until 11/17)
Savage Halloween ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/17)
Sherlock Holmes: Hound of the Baskervilles ($11.69 from $12.99 until 11/17)
The Legend of Dark Witch ($5.59 from $6.99 until 11/17)
The Pinball Wizard ($7.19 from $7.99 until 11/17)
The Sinking City Deluxe ($12.99 from $64.99 until 11/17)
Treasures of the Aegean ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/17)
Vasara Collection ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/17)
WARSAW ($3.99 from $19.99 until 11/17)
Winds of Change ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/17)
Worms WMD ($5.99 from $29.99 until 11/17)
Yoku’s Island Express ($4.99 from $19.99 until 11/17)
Yooka-Laylee & the Impossible Lair ($5.99 from $29.99 until 11/17)

That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with a deluge of new releases. It is Thursday, after all. I think my eyes are feeling a little better today. At least the double vision has chilled out a bit. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday, and as always, thanks for reading!

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for November 15th, 2022. Today I have another three reviews for you to enjoy. SNK’s NEOGEO Pocket Color Selection Vol.2, Thunderful’s Jurassic World Aftermath Collection, and Microids’ Oddworld: Soulstorm all get their time in the ol’ chair of judgement. After that, it’s time for the new releases. There are more of them than I expected, and we’ve got summaries of the lot. Finally, the usual lists of new and outgoing sales. Let’s get to it!

Reviews & Mini-Views

NEOGEO Pocket Color Selection Vol.2 ($39.99)

The numbering on the first NEOGEO Pocket Color Selection made it clear that SNK was going to be doing at least one more, and here we are. After seeing what is here, however, I’m not sure if we’ll be seeing a third volume. There just doesn’t seem to be enough gas left in the tank unless SNK splashes out for more of the third-party stuff, and I’m not even sure how much of that is possible. Well, problems for another day.

With two very notable exclusions, the first volume of NEOGEO Pocket Color Selection felt like it hit most of the well-known notes of the short-lived handheld. A bevy of excellent handheld fighters, a couple of Metal Slug games, the renamed NEO Turf Masters, and even an RPG for some extra spice. Fighter-heavy to be sure, but so was the NEOGEO Pocket Color. So where does that leave this second volume? Friends, we’re heading into the wacky zone, and that’s always a fun place to be.

First up, there isn’t a single traditional fighting game on here. SNK exhausted all of those in the first collection. You’ve got the four separate releases that have been put out since the first volume came out: SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters’ Clash, Big Bang Pro Wrestling, Biomotor Unitron, and Mega Man: Battle & Fighters. So that’s a card-battling RPG of sorts, a wrestling game, a Monster Rancher-ish RPG, and an arcade arena battler. The selection is filled out with six more games: Ganbare Neo Poke-kun, The King of Fighters: Battle de Paradise, Baseball Stars, Neo Geo Cup ’98, Pocket Tennis, and Puzzle Link 2. Three sports games, a party/board game, a virtual pet/mini-game collection, and a puzzle game. Certainly a variety pack.

I won’t dwell too much on the wrapper as it hasn’t seen too many changes from previous releases. There’s a new game selection menu with a catchy remix of the NEOGEO Pocket Color’s start-up jingle, but otherwise it’s all very familiar. You can look at the packaging, read full manual scans, play different region versions of each game where available, play on the hardware model of your choice, and make use of rewinds and resume saves as needed. Still no standard save states you can use to scum, but that’s probably not going to change. The emulation remains on-point. The Code Mystics do nice work and this is not going to buck that trend.

There is one major let-down with this package, however. Three of these games never saw release outside of Japan back in the day. Exciting! New games for us! Except that SNK for whatever reason has decided to give us these games as-is, which is to say in Japanese only. The manuals have been translated, which is a nice gesture, but The King of Fighters: Battle de Paradise in particular is very hard to enjoy if you can’t read the text. If the West is a good enough region to sell into, it should be a good enough region to localize for, SNK.

Alright, that’s my main gripe. On to the games. Card Fighters’ Clash is the highlight here. One of the best games on the console, and if you didn’t buy it separately it can carry a lot of price of this set alone. You get both Capcom and SNK flavors here, and can keep separate save files for each. Neat. The other three separately released games are… fine. Good to have on a set. I wouldn’t have strongly advised buying any of them on their own. Mega Man is a port of both arcade games, and just like those, it’s a bit thin on content. Biomotor Unitron feels like the bones of a solid RPG, but bones are all you get. Big Bang is fun, but hardly the greatest example of its genre.

Over to sports. Baseball Stars is excellent. One of those baseball games that even non-fans can enjoy, and fans will really enjoy. Neo Geo Cup ’98 and Pocket Tennis are decent takes on their respective sports, though not terribly outstanding. I think I enjoy the tennis game more than the soccer game, but I would. I’m just not that into soccer. Still, fun games with a good handheld vibe to them. They may all be sports games but they play very differently from each other and offer distinct experiences.

Finally, the potpourri category. Ganbare Neo Poke-Kun is a quirky game. You’re sort of taking care of a virtual pet, but also just messing with it and observing it. Neo Poke-Kun does all kinds of things, and sometimes it works on making games. Very simple games. When it finishes each one, you can play it. This one is Japanese only but you should be able to muddle your way through. I can’t promise you’ll understand it, though.

Puzzle Link 2 is a solid matching puzzle game. It reminds me of games like Puzzle Bobble and Magical Drop, though I wouldn’t say it’s quite as good as either of them. You basically have to make connections between matching pieces to remove them from the board. Every handheld needs its own puzzle game, and I suppose this can be the NEOGEO Pocket Color’s. Then we’ve got The King of Fighters: Battle de Paradise. It’s a Mario Party-style board game with mini-games, but unless you can read Japanese you won’t be able to understand what the items do or be able to read the many other messages that come up during events. Fire this one up on the monochrome model for a fun surprise.

I have my share of issues with NEOGEO Pocket Color Selection Vol.2. The untranslated games are a bummer. It’s extremely likely that if you’re interested in this, you’ve already bought some of the separately-released games. But as a whole, even counting out a few games for lack of translation or double-dipping, this is still a really strong set of games that show what the road less-traveled looked like on the handheld. The oddball nature of the line-up gives it a strong appeal for those looking for something a little different, warts and all.

SwitchArcade Score: 4/5

Oddworld: Soulstorm ($49.99)

In previous reviews of Oddworld games here at TouchArcade, I think I have painted the picture of my past with the series fairly well. At the time of its release, I didn’t really get into the original Abe’s Oddysee. I skipped on playing Abe’s Exoddus as a result. I wasn’t very into Munch’s Oddysee, and I thought Stranger’s Wrath was an absolute top-shelf game. I rather enjoyed New ‘n’ Tasty, and I don’t know how much of that came down to the quality of the remake or just my tastes changing over the decades.

Here we have the latest Oddworld game, Oddworld: Soulstorm, making its way to the Switch after debuting on other platforms a while back. It retells the story of Abe’s Exoddus, but it wouldn’t be correct to call it a remake because it really is doing its own thing almost across the board. And you know what? I respect that. Oddworld is going to get to a new chapter in the story at some point here, and the more practice the team picks up doing these revamps, the better. That said, at its core this is still a puzzle-platformer similar to the original two games and New ‘n’ Tasty. You’re once again playing as Abe, and you’re going to need to guide your fellow Mudokans to keep them safe from those who would prey on them.

So yes, lots of slightly awkward platforming, some stealthing about, and plenty of puzzles to solve. The story carries the usual Oddworld themes about the dangers of excessive consumption, environmental destruction, and exploitation. Well told, and sadly more resonant as time goes on. But this is also a more personal story about Abe and how he fits into everything. A way to solidify his character before the series moves into installments that aren’t just about him. The plot is easily the strong point of the game, even if it can be a bit heavy-handed at times.

On the less pleasant side of things, this game is sometimes hard for the wrong reasons. The controls are unwieldy, Abe’s movement is a bit stiff, and the AI is just sort of horrible. I don’t mind that the game makes some tough asks, but when you rise up to the challenge only to lose because of something stupid that was outside of your control, it’s not great. The Oddworld games of this style have all tended to suffer from this stuff to some degree or another, but it’s particularly bad here. Throw in a few of the expected technical issues that come from the transition to Switch, and you’ve got something that’s really just for the hardcore Oddworld fans with no other platform options.

I enjoyed Oddworld: Soulstorm more often than I didn’t. The moments of frustration were intense, but most of the time I was just having a good time rolling through this adventure. The performance issues are both expected and unfortunate, but I suppose it could have been a whole lot worse. This is still just about as playable as the other versions of the game. That said, if you have the option of a more powerful platform, I would take it. A decent enough game to not let down the series, but not one I would recommend to anyone but those who are all-in on the Odd.

SwitchArcade Score: 3.5/5

Jurassic World Aftermath Collection ($29.99)

I hope I’m not saying anything too controversial if I say that VR games thus far tend to lean heavily on the gee-whiz factor inherent to the technology. A game doesn’t need to be complicated to be fun when you’re playing with the kind of immersion VR offers. Indeed, sometimes it’s an issue if a game is too complicated. I suppose that is an ominous set-up for a review of a former VR game that has made its way to the Switch, but I think we need that to be out there. Being inside Jurassic Park/World is an amazing novelty that many fans have dreamed of for the last few decades, and this game does a good job of that. Take away the VR elements, and it loses a lot of its shine.

That being said, I think if you’re a big fan of the brand you might enjoy this anyway. Its stylish comic book-style visuals look great, the voice acting is top-notch, and you definitely get the feeling of being on a Jurassic Park adventure. What hurts the game is the overall lack of variety in the gameplay and how far it tries to spread what is here. The gameplay is just too simple. The cheap scares get a little old, and the cheap deaths get very old. Not a complete disaster, but ultimately only of interest to fans.

SwitchArcade Score: 3/5

New Releases

RWBY: Arrowfell ($29.99)

WayForward is the developer behind the latest game based on the RWBY franchise. Take control of all four main members of the team and use their unique skills in this side-scrolling action game. There are some light adventure elements here and the areas are fairly non-linear with some extra upgrades and such to find. I’ll be doing a full review of this one soon.

The Oregon Trail ($29.99)

The rather excellent Apple Arcade rendition of The Oregon Trail makes its way to the Switch. I’m happy to report that it did not die from dysentery along the way. I’m fond of this one, as I find it builds on the original game thoughtfully and respectfully. Is it worth buying for thirty bucks here over just subscribing to Apple Arcade and playing it there? I’ll be doing a review soon to let you know my thoughts on the matter.

Let’s Sing 2023 ($39.99)

It’s about that time of the year for another Let’s Sing, and here it is right on schedule. As always, you can download the smartphone app to use your phone as a mic if you don’t have one handy. You get thirty songs including hits from Ed Sheeran, Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish, BTS, and even Canadian Queen Avril Lavigne herself. Hard to get a more known quantity than this, which is why I won’t be reviewing it, but if it works it works.

The Bounty Huntress ($4.99)

A fairly middling Metroidvania-style action game. I’ve played worse, I’ve played significantly better, but this one is only five dollars so perhaps it’s the right one for you today. Explore a castle with seven different areas and rescue the kidnapped townspeople.

Garfield Lasagna Party ($39.99)

I suppose if one feels the need to shovel out a Garfield game, making it a party game isn’t the worst choice of genres. Up to four players via local multiplayer can enjoy thirty-two different mini-games featuring the popular characters from the long-running comic. There are three different modes of play, and the winner takes all (the lasagna).

Smurfs Kart ($39.99)

I suppose if one feels the need to shovel out a Smurfs game, making it a kart racing game isn’t the worst choice of genres. Up to four players via local multiplayer can enjoy twelve tracks of Smurfy racing action featuring the popular characters from the long-running comic. There are twelve different Smurfs to choose from, each with their own kart and special ability to use. I’m being a little cute here but this is actually a decent kart racer. Not a great one, barely a good one, but decent.

The Kingdom of Gardenia ($7.99)

Here’s another farming game. This one is coming in at the lower end of the price spectrum, at least. You take a job as the groundskeeper and interim steward of the West Garden of the Kingdom of Gardenia. The people are counting on you to grow plants and serve up some tasty food, and maybe show off a little of your decorating skills along the way. It seems to have a few fans over on Steam, so I suppose if you’re looking for a cheap life sim fix this could be what you’re after.

Martial Knight ($6.43)

That guy looks kind of like Marshall from How I Met Your Mother. Maybe this is actually Marshall Knight? Anyway, this is a rather shabby fitness game. You can’t play in handheld mode, like with most exercise games. Put the money towards Ring Fit if you don’t already have that. If you do… go play that instead of wasting your cash on this.

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

Some little lists today. Euro-shmup fans can get the Jets’n’Guns games at very low prices, and Kao the Kangaroo is as cheap as it has been since launch. In the outbox, dungeon crawling RPG fans should think about adding Demon Gaze to their library, while those who are riding a Platinum high from Bayonetta 3 may want to give The Wonderful 101 Remastered a go.

Select New Games on Sale

Jets’n’Guns 2 ($5.99 from $14.99 until 11/22)
Jets’n’Guns ($2.79 from $6.99 until 11/22)
Silent Sector ($11.04 from $12.99 until 11/22)
Attentat 1942 ($7.74 from $15.49 until 11/22)
Svoboda 1945: Liberation ($12.59 from $17.99 until 11/22)
Evoland Legendary Edition ($4.99 from $19.99 until 11/28)
Depth of Extinction ($3.74 from $14.99 until 12/2)
Kao the Kangaroo ($20.99 from $29.99 until 12/5)
Kao the Kangaroo DLC ($5.59 from $6.99 until 12/5)
Knights & Guns Extended Edition ($1.99 from $16.49 until 12/5)
Project Highrise: AE ($7.99 from $39.99 until 12/5)
Warhammer 40k Mechanicus ($9.99 from $39.99 until 12/5)
Outbreak: Contagious Memories ($10.49 from $29.99 until 12/5)
Outbreak: Endless Nightmares ($6.99 from $19.99 until 12/5)

Sales Ending Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 16th

3000th Duel ($4.49 from $14.99 until 11/16)
Battlloon ($3.49 from $6.99 until 11/16)
Chiki-Chiki Boxy Racers ($4.99 from $9.99 until 11/16)
Demon Gaze Extra Deluxe ($38.99 from $64.99 until 11/16)
Halloween Shooter ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/16)
Logic Pic ($5.19 from $7.99 until 11/16)
Necrosphere Deluxe ($3.99 from $7.99 until 11/16)
Ravenous Devils ($3.49 from $4.99 until 11/16)
Romeow: To the Cracked Mars ($1.99 from $2.99 until 11/16)
Supaplex Squares ($4.49 from $14.99 until 11/16)
Super Mabus Mania ($7.10 from $7.89 until 11/16)
The Wonderful 101 Remastered ($17.99 from $39.99 until 11/16)
Tiny Metal ($7.49 from $14.99 until 11/16)
Tokyo Dark Remembrance ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/16)

That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with more new releases, more sales, and perhaps a bit of news. No more reviews from me for this week, I need to rest my eyes. I hope you all have a great Tuesday, and as always, thanks for reading!

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for November 14th, 2022. In today’s article, we’ve got a bunch of reviews for you. Tactics Ogre: Reborn, Sonic Frontiers, Windosill, and Lunistice all get evaluated and scored. A pretty good bunch all around. We then look at today’s new releases, and they are mostly not so good. After that, we finish things up with a look at the new sales and expiring discounts. Let’s get going!

Reviews & Mini-Views

Tactics Ogre: Reborn ($49.99)

Do you like turn-based tactical RPGs? Do you like intensely political stories about class struggles? Do you like chucking rocks? If you answered yes to all of those questions, it’s very likely you’ve already played Tactics Ogre. If not, then you’ve almost certainly played its successor, Final Fantasy Tactics. If you’re in the latter camp, you should absolutely buy and play Tactics Ogre: Reborn. It’s that simple. While I don’t have the disdain for Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and it sequel that others do, I can at least say that Tactics Ogre is probably the closest thing to Final Fantasy Tactics you’re likely to find.

I’m going to swing back to the group already familiar with Tactics Ogre first. You’re probably wondering what is new here, and if it is worth picking up for someone who has already played the game. If the last version you played was on PlayStation (or Super Famicom), the answer is that there is a lot of new stuff and you probably should give this a go. If your last experience was on the PlayStation Portable it’s a bit trickier, but I would ultimately say yes.

Let’s touch on the changes from the PSP version. First, the presentation. All of the dialogue is voiced now and the soundtrack has been re-recorded with a live orchestra. The visuals have had a filter applied that you may or may not like. Equipment restrictions have been loosened with only class-based restrictions remaining, some new skills have been added and existing ones rebalanced, some moves that required reagents or TP now just use MP, and there are new charm items that give you greater control over character customization. You now have a party level which serves as the cap for all of your units, and it rises according to the story. That means there is a limit to how much you can grind.

Random encounters have been removed in favor of an option on the menu that lets you fire up a random battle anytime you want, and your units can’t be killed in those battles. The pre-battle screen now has a Scout feature so you can see what you’re facing before you set up your party, and you can save a handful of parties for quick-switching depending on the situation. The battles themselves feature something called buff cards that you can pick up for a boost that lasts until the end of the fight, and both enemy and ally AI is improved significantly. Fallen units behave more like Final Fantasy Tactics, giving you a chance to revive your units. Each battle also has bonus objectives you can clear for extra rewards. You know, I could go on here but I feel like I’m getting into the weeds too much.

I suppose the upshot is that while this is built on the PSP remake and at a glance looks a lot like it, some substantial changes have been made at almost every level to how it plays and how the difficulty works. It’s generally an easier game for all but the folks who like to massively over-level, and that’s not really a bad thing. It still has more than enough bite to it. My personal feelings as a veteran coming back to this game for the fourth time? I don’t care for the buff cards, and I wish I could turn off that filter. It’s not horrid but I’d prefer the chunky pixels here. The voices are doing their best with dialogue that was probably never meant to be voiced, and I can take or leave them. Everything other change I think is for the better.

Okay, that took longer than expected. Um, so if you’ve never played Tactics Ogre in any form before, this is a turn-based tactical RPG with a job class system. If you have played Final Fantasy Tactics before, this was its predecessor from the same team and has a lot in common with it. The story is similarly focused on class struggles and the people who get swept up when nations go to war, and it’s very good. It’s had an excellent localization, albeit one that uses a lot of flowery prose. I’m told some people don’t like that stuff; I love it. As a whole the game is built on the bones of a near thirty-year old game and it’s to its immense credit that it only sometimes feels it.

Tactics Ogre: Reborn is a excellent refresh of one of the all-time classics of the genre. Those who have any love at all for the genre owe it to themselves to play it if they haven’t before, and even those who have tried another version in the past will find enough improvements and differences to make it worth wading in again. A fine treatment of a game that only seems to get better with age.

SwitchArcade Score: 4.5/5

Sonic Frontiers ($59.99)

This game is a hot mess. Its inspirations are blatant and ill-fitting. The world often feels like someone just dumped a bunch of trash all over the place. The physics are all over the place. The map looks like someone vomited a bunch of Ubisoft map makers all over it. There are tons of repetitive tasks to complete. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… it works. It works really well. I think this might be the best 3D Sonic game? It… it kind of rules?

Just as it turned out that the big thing Spider-Man video games needed was a big open space to web-swing around in, I think the big thing 3D Sonic games needed was a world big enough to support Sonic’s speed without keeping the player confined to a bobsled track. Sonic Frontiers gives you that. There are huge tracts of land that you can speed around in as you like, scooping up rings and battling baddies while solving mini platforming and puzzle segments. Each area is stuffed to gills with little ramps and rails and springs that you can follow for extra goodies. There’s lots of interesting stuff to find and play with. It’s almost overwhelming, and it’s about damned time.

One other thing those areas have scattered about are entrances to “cyberspace” levels, which take the form of short snippets that will be very familiar to 3D Sonic fans. Here you have a few different objectives to check off, each of which will reward you with a key that you’ll need to make progress in the main world and story. They’re as wild as ever, but the brevity of each certainly helps them take their place in the overall concept. Like little palate cleansers that help break up the regular gameplay. Also serving in that role are the boss battles, which feel more than a little inspired by Shadow of the Colossus. Well, if you’re going to borrow, borrow from the best.

Speaking of, the vibe of Sonic Frontiers is hilariously similar to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I’m not the sort that compares every open world game to that one as though it was the first of its kind, but Sonic Frontiers really does hew closely to it in how it looks, sounds, and flows. Again, not necessarily a bad thing. I find this game shares the same sticky quality as that one, where I sit down to play a little and end up playing a lot. Just one more thing. Time to save and quit. Well, hang on. What’s that over there? Better go look. I’ll stop after that.

At least for me, Sonic Frontiers is a lot more than the sum of its parts. This game has a lot of rough edges and things that on paper shouldn’t work, but it completely sucked me in anyway. Its flaws mean I could understand anyone who bounces off of it, but I think even for those who don’t get into it the way I did, you have to at least respect the effort here. It tries something very new for the series, and if this is how good the first attempt at this style went, I can’t wait to see what comes next. What a weird thing to feel about 3D Sonic.

SwitchArcade Score: 4/5

Windosill ($9.99)

This is a cute little puzzle game that sees you moving through a series of rooms trying to figure out how to open the door to the next. Everything is as hand-crafted as it gets, and no room is like another. You can play with button controls but it’s actually best enjoyed in handheld mode using the touch controls. Every room is a delightful little toy, and the discovery involved in seeing what everything does and what you need to do to make it all work is pleasing. None of them take very long to solve, serving as nice little bite-sized puzzles. The problem is that there just aren’t many of them.

With a running time of about fifteen to twenty minutes, Windosill is a bit of a tough sell despite how high-quality everything here is. It ends too abruptly, and my immediate reaction at finishing it was to wonder if that was really all there was to it? Unfortunately, it is. I don’t want to be too harsh on the game for that, but it’s something to keep in mind if you’re considering it.

SwitchArcade Score: 3.5/5

Lunistice ($4.99)

I’ve played considerably worse platformers than this at ten times the price. Lunistice is a 3D platformer with seven worlds that have a couple of stages apiece. Your character can run, jump, and do a Crash Bandicoot-style spin to attack enemies or break objects. The stages feature plenty of gimmicks to keep things interesting as you go, and there are some satisfying secrets to uncover. Each stage has tons of collectible bits scattered about, and the game keeps track of these, how long you take to get through the stage, and how many tries it took you.

What makes Lunistice work is just how spot on the controls are. The gameplay here is very tight, which makes the platforming fun no matter how tough it gets. The stages can get a little long for my liking, but I appreciate how thoughtfully they are designed. You can find some very clever shortcuts if you keep your eyes open and have the guts to try. It’s not the lengthiest of games, but it’s a lot more substantial than most lower-cost 3D platformers on the Switch. If you like the genre, pick it up.

SwitchArcade Score: 4/5

New Releases

McPixel 3 ($9.99)

The quirky charm of McPixel is back with a whole new adventure. There are one hundred levels, tons of goofy gags, lots of items to mess with, a bunch of mini-games, and more. I’ll be doing a review for this one, but I think something as driven by humor as this is going to be incredibly subjective. If you liked the first one, you’ll probably be happy with this. But maybe not! Comedy, everyone!

Butterfly’s Poison; Blood Chains ($44.99)

Here’s an otome visual novel set in Tokyo in 1918. An aristocratic family is on the verge of ruin, and the daughter of the family is being courted by five young men. The Taisho era setting helps this one stand out a bit, but you’ll find a lot of familiar elements here. Make your choices and see which hunk you end up smooching in the end.

Corner Driver ($2.49)

Oh hey, Gametry’s back. I guess they had to wait for some new Unity Store templates to pop up to help spruce up their ol’ idea pool. This one is kind of like Rally-X or Pac-Man. Drive your car around, avoid police cars, and collect coins.

War of Ships ($2.49)

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this template kicking around before. Oh well, Gametry is going to Gametry. Anyway, it’s a basic ship battler for up to four players via local multiplayer. You can customize and upgrade your ships, so that’s something.

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

An interesting mix today, to be sure. I’m always up for a sale from ININ Games, especially on that sweet Taito stuff. The Cotton games are good, too. The outbox is also fairly substantial. Last chance to get those hot Viki Spotter games on discount! Have a look through both lists, your wallet, and your heart. Make the decision from there.

Select New Games on Sale

Supaplex Squares ($4.49 from $14.99 until 11/16)
A Sketchbook About Her Sun ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/19)
Will Die Alone ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/19)
Promesa ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/19)
Harmony’s Odyssey ($10.49 from $14.99 until 11/19)
Mermaid Story ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/20)
TaniNani ($3.49 from $4.99 until 11/20)
Hoplegs ($4.89 from $6.99 until 11/20)
Alumni Escape Room Adventure ($4.19 from $5.99 until 11/21)
Melty Blood Type Lumina ($32.49 from $49.99 until 11/21)
Melty Blood Type Lumina Deluxe ($45.49 from $69.99 until 11/21)
After Wave Downfall ($4.49 from $14.99 until 11/21)
Dyna Bomb 2 ($4.49 from $14.99 until 11/21)
The Skylia Prophecy ($2.09 from $6.99 until 11/21)

Metaloid: Origin ($2.09 from $6.99 until 11/21)
Rusty Spout Rescue Adventure ($2.09 from $6.99 until 11/21)
Treasures of the Roman Empire ($3.49 from $6.99 until 11/21)
An American Werewolf in LA ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/22)
Turrican Flashback ($11.99 from $29.99 until 11/28)
TAITO Milestones ($23.99 from $39.99 until 11/28)
Bubble Bobble 4 Friends ($19.99 from $39.99 until 11/28)
Space Invaders Invincible Collection ($23.99 from $59.99 until 11/28)
Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade ($17.99 from $44.99 until 11/28)
Darius Cozmic Collection Console ($23.99 from $59.99 until 11/28)
G-Darius HD ($14.99 from $29.99 until 11/28)
Dariusburst AC EX+ ($15.99 from $39.99 until 11/28)
WitchSpring3 ($19.99 from $39.99 until 11/28)
Ultracore ($3.99 from $19.99 until 11/28)
The Ninja Saviors ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/28)

Clockwork Aquario ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/28)
Spelunker HD Deluxe ($9.99 from $24.99 until 11/28)
Cotton Reboot ($15.99 from $39.99 until 11/28)
Cotton Fantasy ($19.99 from $39.99 until 11/28)
Cotton 100% ($11.99 from $14.99 until 11/28)
Panorama Cotton ($11.99 from $14.99 until 11/28)
Umihara Kawase BaZooKa ($5.99 from $29.99 until 11/28)
War of Ships ($1.99 from $2.49 until 11/29)
Corner Driver ($1.99 from $2.49 until 11/29)
Yum Yum Cookstar ($27.99 from $39.99 until 11/29)
Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf ($3.39 from $9.99 until 11/29)
Fantasy Blacksmith ($7.99 from $9.99 until 11/29)
Barn Finders ($7.99 from $19.99 until 11/29)
4×4 Offroad Driver ($7.79 from $12.99 until 12/2)
Inertia: Redux ($2.19 from $4.39 until 12/2)
Puzzle Plowing A Field ($2.09 from $2.99 until 12/2)
Labyrinth of the Witch ($7.49 from $14.99 until 12/2)

Sales Ending Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15th

Aquarist ($6.99 from $9.99 until 11/15)
Arise: A Simple Story DE ($6.99 from $19.99 until 11/15)
Artsy Pixel ($2.09 from $6.99 until 11/15)
Ashwalkers ($14.99 from $19.99 until 11/15)
Astria Ascending ($25.99 from $39.99 until 11/15)
Astrologaster ($5.49 from $9.99 until 11/15)
Beautiful Desolation ($1.99 from $19.99 until 11/15)
DEEMO -Reborn- ($15.00 from $25.00 until 11/15)
DEEMO ($14.99 from $29.99 until 11/15)
Demon’s Residence ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Double Kick Heroes ($12.09 from $21.99 until 11/15)
Extreme Bike X ($2.13 from $7.10 until 11/15)
Furi: Modore Edition ($9.99 from $24.99 until 11/15)
Gunslingers & Zombies ($4.49 from $8.99 until 11/15)
Japanese Escape Games Garden ($4.99 from $9.99 until 11/15)

Lost Dream: Memories ($3.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Moonlight ($2.79 from $4.99 until 11/15)
NeuroVoider ($3.49 from $13.99 until 11/15)
Pankapu ($2.39 from $11.99 until 11/15)
PictoQuest ($4.49 from $9.99 until 11/15)
Piczle Cross Adventure ($4.49 from $9.99 until 11/15)
Pinball FX3 Iron & Steel DLC ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Pinball FX3 Universal Classics DLC ($3.99 from $9.99 until 11/15)
Pink Explorer ($3.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Revita ($12.74 from $16.99 until 11/15)
Sacred Valley ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
ScourgeBringer ($9.34 from $16.99 until 11/15)
Steredenn: Binary Stars ($4.54 from $12.99 until 11/15)
The Vampires ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)

Timber Story ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Unichrome: A 1-Bit Unicorn Adventure ($11.99 from $14.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Around the World ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Megapolis ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Professions ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: School ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Shopping ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Space Mission ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Sports ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: The Farm ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Undersea ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Zoo ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)

That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with more reviews, more new releases, more sales, and maybe even some news. My eyes hurt from playing too much Sonic Frontiers. I will help them recover by playing more games. I think that’s how it works. I hope you all have a great Monday, and as always, thanks for reading!

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for November 11th, 2022. In today’s article, we’ve got a huge amount of new games to look at. I’m sorry to say that only a tiny handful of them are good, with the rest being varying degrees of dubious. Oh well! I’ve also got a full-length review of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration for you. It rocks. Finally, the mercifully brief lists of new and outgoing sales. I don’t think I would have had time for the usual big-pants lists. Let’s get to the good stuff!

Reviews & Mini-Views

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration ($39.99)

The retro compilation space has but a handful of regular developers doing their thing, and each of them has its own take on how best to present classic games. For the last several years, Digital Eclipse has been pushing for more context for the games in question. The Museum modes have been getting bigger, more fully-featured, and more impressive with each release. When I get a new Digital Eclipse collection, I generally fire up a few of the games I was most interested in for a short while and then head to the Museum to see what’s in it.

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration feels like the culmination of everything Digital Eclipse has been doing over the years. It includes games from several consoles, at least one of which hasn’t seen any emulated releases ever before. There are new reimagined games, conceptually similar to some of the games the developer did decades back. There are fun secrets to uncover. And the Museum, at first a background character and then a trusty sidekick, has now taken its position as the main star. When you fire the game up, it’s the first thing put in front of you. While you can hit a button to go right to the list of games, the intended experience for first-time players is to head to the Museum.

In this compilation, the Museum mode feels like an interactive history book. Or a little like walking through a real museum, albeit without a virtual space involved. Atari’s history, from its beginnings to the current day, is broken up into four different eras. Not much time is spent on the Hasbro or Infogrames years, but I’d imagine there isn’t a whole lot to talk about there anyway. The rise of Atari and its eventual fall are chronicled in captivating detail here, and at each step of the way you can hop in and play the games associated with those points in time.

Each game has its own material to peruse. 3D box renders, manual scans, sometimes marketing materials or interviews with the developers. Some games get more attention than others, but you never feel like you’re struggling to place it in history. The 104 games selected for this compilation do a great job of illustrating Atari as a game creator over the years. It’s by no means an exhaustive list, of course. Even setting aside licensing headaches, there’s really no way it could be given just how many games the company made. But most of the important angles are covered. There are only a couple of obvious holes, in my opinion. I wish there was some Atari ST representation, and it’s a shame Atari let go of Battlezone because it really ought to be here too.

My personal familiarity with each of the consoles varies, but the systems I know well certainly seem to be emulated correctly here (including the Atari 5200, which was a little off in the Atari Flashback Collection) and I can’t notice anything obviously off about the games on platforms I don’t know as well. Jaguar emulation has always been a bugbear of sorts, but the included games are running nicely. The controls have been mapped well, and the more button-heavy platforms use a radial wheel to access some features. It works. On top of that, select titles have even gotten a little extra attention, such as Star Raiders on the Atari 5200. It has M2 Shottriggers-style gadgets that make the game a lot easier to play, and the rumble effect when you enter hyperspace is magnificent.

There’s a lot to enjoy in the collection, and Star Raiders is one of my favorites. I also really enjoyed the arcade version of Food Fight, Tempest 2000 on the Jaguar, Dark Chambers on the Atari 7800, Ninja Golf on the Atari 7800, Super Asteroids & Missile Command on the Lynx, and Turbo Sub on the Lynx quite a bit. Not every game here is good, of course. But there’s something interesting about each of them. Even the familiar old arcade and 2600 games that have been endlessly re-released can be appreciated a little more with the extra info attached in this collection.

Finally, I want to talk about the new games, or as they are called here, “Reimagined”. We’ve been seeing some cool reimaginings of classic Atari games already via the Recharged line, but this is something a little different. Haunted Houses builds on what was one of the earlier examples of survival horror to okay effect. Neo Breakout is a fancy take on Breakout that would be more exciting if Shatter hadn’t just released on Switch. Quadratank is a cool update to Combat that is an absolute blast with four players. VCTR-SCTR is a very fun homage to Atari’s vector games, one I greatly enjoyed. Yars’ Revenge Enhanced puts a new coat of paint on top of the Atari 2600 classic, doing that nifty thing where you can shift between the original and remake at the press of a button.

The handheld toy Touch Me has been recreated here in virtual form, and that’s kind of neat. Then there’s Swordquest: Air World, which seeks to finally finish the Swordquest story as closely as possible to co-creator Tod Frye’s original vision. Sadly, there’s no cool comic book to accompany this one. I get it. Anyway, this does what it means to. If you enjoyed the previous Swordquest games, this very much follows in their line and brings things to a proper conclusion. It’s really great to see this loose thread finally taken care of. These new games certainly run the gamut in terms of how much I enjoyed them, but as part of the overall package I think they’re welcome. Oh, and you can even unlock a few more classic games by playing them.

I can’t find much to complain about in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. I wish there were online leaderboards here. Perhaps more than one save state per game would be good. And sure, I would like to see more games for the lesser-seen systems. But these are very, very minor nitpicks. They’re things I think of if I force myself to think of any negative points in this set. If that’s all I’ve got, I think that speaks loud volumes for how strong this is.

Can a retro game compilation get by solely as an educational look into gaming history? Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration offers the most compelling evidence yet that yes, they can. The nice thing about this set is that it doesn’t have to get by on that alone. There is a nice mix of games here that is worth diving into. That being said, the outstanding walk through history is the most impressive and fascinating part of this endeavor, bringing new life into the games it talks about. An essential work for all fans of gaming history.

SwitchArcade Score: 5/5

New Releases

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration ($39.99)

SwitchArcade Highlight!

There’s a whole review up there for you to read, but the short version is that this is an incredible celebration of Atari’s history and a masterful achievement by the folks at Digital Eclipse. With one hundred and four games covering everything from Arcade to Jaguar and even a handful of new games, there are tons of things to play here. The real star is the stunning amount of extra material that gives the context that is sorely needed to truly experience these games in the best possible conditions. I love it.

Tactics Ogre: Reborn ($49.99)

SwitchArcade Highlight!

For years, people have been calling out for a release of Final Fantasy Tactics on Switch. Well, this isn’t Final Fantasy Tactics, but it’s just as good in my books. Based on the PlayStation Portable remake released some span of time ago I’m not comfortable thinking about, this is an excellent turn-based tactical RPG with a lot of refinements to make it play the best it can. I’ll have a review of this soon, but if you like the genre this is assuredly a must-have.

Windosill ($9.99)

A brief puzzle experience where you guide a toy truck through ten hand-crafted environments. You’re meant to play it in one, maybe two sittings at most. The puzzles lean more into the sort of tactile toy end of things, and that’s just fine. We really loved this game when it came out on mobile, but how will Shaun find this Switch version? I’ll be doing a review soon so you can find out.

Lord of the Click III ($4.99)

The third Lord of the Click game, and one that closes out the trilogy’s story. It plays just like the previous games, albeit with a few new features to liven things up. By and large, you’ll still be clicking ’til you drop, and I think fans of this series wouldn’t have it any other way.

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk and Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk ($7.99)

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pair of games with such high ratings on Steam before. After checking these out, I can understand why. These are two very short visual novels about a girl who goes out to buy milk. You are prompted to make choices from time to time, and I’m going to stop here because I think the less you know, the better. Do note that it deals with some heavy mental health themes, so if you don’t want to see that kind of content, this isn’t for you.

First Time in Rome – Collector’s Edition ($11.99)

In case Montgomery Fox isn’t to your liking, Ocean Media still has something for you hidden object adventure game fans this week. Head to Rome and complete your assignment for a tourism agency by finding hidden object and playing assorted mini-games.

Puzzle by Nikoli S Slitherlink ($4.99)

Okay, here’s what I like to see. Slitherlink was one of those great Nintendo DS games that went largely unnoticed due to its limited availability. It’s a really great type of logic puzzle, and it doesn’t get ripped off very often either. This is a proper version endorsed by Nikoli and everything, so that’s nice. Give it a go if you’re looking for a good puzzler.

It’s Kooky ($9.99)

One of those “find the thing” sorts of games, with thirteen different maps and a quirky theme. Honestly, it’s not any stranger than the games it’s aping. But maybe if they assert that it is kooky, people will be more likely to believe it.

Kamikaze Vegetables ($12.99)

This is a third-person stealth action game about veggie warriors who are battling against communist veggies to save the world. It’s extremely silly stuff, and that humorous angle is probably the game’s best quality. Oh, and you can play co-op with someone else in local multiplayer. The gameplay itself is passable but not spectacular. I don’t know how seriously a person should take the game given how ludicrous it is, but the stealth mechanics in particular aren’t very deep. Could be good for a laugh.

Save Room ($4.99)

Resident Evil fans will probably be raising their eyebrows at that screenshot. Many players have said they have as much fun organizing their inventory in those games as they have shooting zombies. So here is a game all about organizing your inventory. There are forty different puzzles to play, and you’ll likely have had your fill by the time you get through them all.

Becoming a She~ ($19.90)

A visual novel about a dude who becomes a girl and enters a girls-only academy to try to learn how to live their new life. Don’t worry, there’s still romance. The translation looks to be pretty poor, but such is the case with these CyberStep releases. It’s probably not great literature anyway, if that’s any consolation.

– Isekai Bride Hunting – Chartier Edition ($7.99)

Another visual novel in this series. This one focuses on the vampire Chartier. She’s the queen of the vampire tribe, apparently. Can your businessman successfully woo her? The odds are good.

Fluffy Horde ($9.99)

There must be something in the water today. Um, so in this one you have to defend the crops of the Three Kingdoms against a bunny tsunami summoned by a rabbit-mancer. You have to use your forces to push them back. Basically a super-weird take on the tower defense genre. Reviews of other versions of the game are decent, so it’s probably at least a bit fun.

Chalk Gardens ($5.99)

A very simple puzzle game aimed at younger players. You basically talk to the different characters and choose from three different reactions using a trio of animal hats. The lion is brave, the turtle is calm and patient, and the owl is wise. A kid’s first adventure game? Sure, that’s fine.

Run Sausage Run! ($4.99)

A dubious running game for up to eight players via local multiplayer. Also featuring ketchup blood splatters. The first of two sausage-themed games today from QubicGames, who have suddenly decided to have a lovely yammy all over the eShop for some reason.

Sausage Wars ($4.99)

A dubious battle game for up to four players via local multiplayer. You’ll also be playing with a bunch of bots. Also featuring ketchup blood splatters. The second of two sausage-themed games in one day from Qubic. Alright, whatever.

Pocket Mini Golf 2 ($4.99)

Gee, QubicGames has like five games out today. This is a follow-up to Pocket Mini Golf. Up to four players can enjoy some mini golf together via local multiplayer. There are four different worlds with one hundred levels in total to play. Five different modes of play, too. I found the first game forgettable, but maybe this is better.

Arcade Machine: Gopher’s Revenge ($2.49)

A cheap whack-a-mole game for one or two players via local multiplayer. It takes the idea and really goes over the top with it, with a giant gopher boss, gophers armed with rocket launchers, and more. I guess if you’re going to do something like this, do it with aplomb.

Hot Tentacles Shooter ($4.99)

That was the cleanest screenshot available. Sorry. Gamuzumi doing what Gamuzumi does. This is a vertically-scrolling shooter and the gimmick is… well, you can see the what the gimmick is. Rescue the twenty ladies from space tentacles. Unlock new outfits for your main character. Get really good at hiding your screen so no one sees what you’re playing.

Jigsaw Puzzle: Belgium Through the Lens ($14.99)

Another jigsaw puzzle game, this time focusing on images of Belgium. You get a number of pictures across a variety of categories, and as with most games of this sort you can choose between different numbers of pieces for each.

Tempoknight ($7.99)

An endless action game. Enemies approach, you bonk them. They’ll come in greater numbers and faster until you cannot bonk them fast enough. Try to get a higher score next time. Weakfish continues to live up to its name, I suppose.

Brain Memory ($4.99)

Just a basic memory match game where you flip over cards looking for pairs. There are eight different card designs and multiple difficulty levels. Perhaps a young child might get something out of it?

WWII Tank Battle Arena ($3.99)

A junky single-player arena-based tank battler. It’s Pix Arts, so don’t expect much quality. At least it’s cheap?

Labyrinth: Classic Pinball Puzzle ($9.99)

Guide the ball to the goal. You can use the stick or motion controls to move the ball. Pretty similar to those old wooden labyrinth games but with a few extra gimmicks. I can’t see dropping a tenner on this, but maybe you’re more interested than I am.

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

As I mentioned at the beginning, there isn’t a whole lot to look at today in terms of sales. Particularly when compared to a typical Friday. The biggest thing worth taking note of is the conclusion of Thunderful’s latest round of sales. Check both of those lists anyway.

Select New Games on Sale

Monobot ($6.49 from $12.99 until 11/18)
H1.Jack ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/18)
COGEN: Sword of Rewind ($14.99 from $24.99 until 11/21)
Spice and Wolf VR ($12.49 from $24.99 until 11/21)
Spice and Wolf VR2 ($12.49 from $24.99 until 11/21)
Laid-Back Camp Fumoto Campsite ($13.64 from $20.99 until 11/21)
Laid-Back Camp Lake Motosu ($13.64 from $20.99 until 11/21)
Tri6: Infinite ($1.99 from $7.99 until 11/21)
Valfaris ($7.49 from $24.99 until 11/24)
Slain: Back From Hell ($2.99 from $19.99 until 11/24)
Odallus: The Dark Call ($1.99 from $11.99 until 11/24)
Oniken: Unstoppable ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/24)
HunterX ($10.49 from $14.99 until 11/24)
To the Moon ($9.59 from $11.99 until 11/24)
Juicy Realm ($11.99 from $14.99 until 11/24)
Moncage ($11.99 from $14.99 until 11/24)

Akinofa ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/25)
LIMBO ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/28)
INSIDE ($1.99 from $19.99 until 11/28)
Home Deco Puzzles ($2.99 from $5.99 until 12/1)
Help Will Come Tomorrow ($2.99 from $19.99 until 12/1)
The Amazing American Circus ($6.99 from $19.99 until 12/1)
Best Month Ever! ($12.99 form $19.99 until 12/1)
Castle on the Coast ($4.49 from $14.99 until 12/1)
May’s Mysteries TSoD ($7.49 from $14.99 until 12/1)
Orbit.industries ($11.99 from $19.99 until 12/1)
Dungeon Nightmares 1+2 ($1.99 from $12.00 until 12/1)
Space Warrior ($2.49 from $4.99 until 12/1)
Kuukiyomi 3: Father to Son ($2.49 from $4.99 until 12/1)

Sales Ending This Weekend

Anthill ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/12)
Brigandine TLoR ($29.99 from $49.99 until 11/12)
Curious Expedition ($4.49 from $14.99 until 11/12)
Cursed to Golf ($15.99 from $19.99 until 11/12)
Decay of Logos ($5.99 from $19.99 until 11/12)
Dying Light Definitive ($24.99 from $49.99 until 11/12)
Firegirl: Hack n Splash DX ($8.99 from $17.99 until 11/12)
Giga Wrecker Alt ($7.49 from $24.99 until 11/12)
Lonely Mountains: Downhill ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/12)
Pirated Code: Admin Edition ($9.89 from $10.99 until 11/12)
RICO ($5.99 from $19.99 until 11/12)
Rush Rally Origins ($7.49 from $14.99 until 11/12)
Say No! More ($6.74 from $14.99 until 11/12)
SteamWorld Dig ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/12)
SteamWorld Dig 2 ($4.99 from $19.99 until 11/12)
SteamWorld Heist ($3.99 from $19.99 until 11/12)
SteamWorld Quest ($8.74 from $24.99 until 11/12)
Trailblazers ($2.99 from $29.99 until 11/12)

That’s all for today and this week, friends. We’ll be back next week with even more new releases, including some new Pokemon thing. There will also be some reviews, some sales, and perhaps some news. This has been one heck of a week, so I’m going to go take a good rest. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and as always, thanks for reading!

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for November 10th, 2022. In today’s article, we dip in for a quick summary of the Indie World Showcase before heading into the massive list of new releases for the day. We’ve got summaries of all of them, plus the lists of new and outgoing sales for the day. Let’s dig in!

News

Nintendo Shows Off Upcoming Indies in Indie World Showcase

That’s the third day in a row I’ve posted that YouTube link. Well, that’s how it goes sometimes. So now we have seen the Indie World Showcase, and its delights are known. The big news is that Rogue Legacy 2 shadow dropped onto the eShop, and Sports Story finally resurfaced. Better still, it’s out next month! And it looks terrific. In all, more than twenty games made appearances in the presentation. Give it a look if you haven’t seen it already.

New Releases

Rogue Legacy 2 ($24.99)

SwitchArcade Highlight!

Well, as shadow drops go, this is a good one. The sequel to the immensely popular roguelite has arrived on Switch. It follows a similar structure to the first, seeing you control a series of heirs who broadly get stronger the more you play. There are new monsters, traps, classes, and layouts, with a totally new presentation and improved biome generation. There are a bunch of other new things here, but I don’t really have the space to list them all. Suffice it to say that if you enjoyed the first game, you’ll probably like this one too.

NEOGEO Pocket Color Selection Vol.2 ($39.99)

Here’s another collection of NEOGEO Pocket Color games, and like the first one it’s a mix of games that were already released individually and some we haven’t seen before. You get ten games in all: SNK Vs. Capcom Card Fighters’ Clash, Big Bang Pro Wrestling, Biomotor Unitron, Mega Man Battle & Fighters, Puzzle Link2, Baseball Stars Color, Pocket Tennis Color, NEOGEO Cup ’98 Plus Color, Ganbare Neo Poke-Kun, and The King of Fighter Battle de Paradise. One major caveat is that three of the games are only in Japanese, and at least one of them really does require being able to understand the text.

Once Upon a Jester ($14.99)

Two buddies decide to try to steal the Royal Diamond, but their plan is contingent on getting inside the Royal Palace. If they can manage to become the greatest improv theater show around, they’ll be invited in. Clearly, this is the best plan. So you’ll have to put on shows, which involve a bit of action and puzzle gameplay, trying to please the audiences as well as you can. There are also some adventure bits in here. It’s really hard to nail down, but I suppose I’ll have to do that as I’ll be reviewing this one soon.

A Little to the Left ($14.99)

This is a puzzle game that is more or less about tidying things up. There are more than seventy-five puzzles to solve, and each of them is a little different. Oh, and there’s a cat. It likes to mess with what you’re doing. Keep an eye out. On top of the built-in puzzles, there are also daily unique puzzles called The Daily Tidy Delivery. I think Mikhail is going to review this one for us, so do look forward to that.

Madorica Real Estate 2 -The Mystery of the New Property- ($18.99)

Don’t mind the screenshot, the game has English support. I’m just lazy. Anyway, this is the sequel to Madorica Real Estate and it works very much in a similar manner. Visit various properties and solve puzzles using a printed floor plan to drive out the ghosts that haunt them. There are twenty stages to complete, varying in complexity from fairly simple ones that can be finished in a half hour to more sprawling ones that can take over an hour. Remember: if there’s something strange in your neighborhood, don’t call the Ghostbusters – call your local real estate agent.

Aragami 2 ($34.99)

Aragami is back with more stealth action. You once again take the role of an Aragami, a special type of assassin that can control the shadows. You can play online or with up to three players via online multiplayer. Reviews weren’t exactly sparkling for the game on other platforms, but we’ll see how Switch owners end up feeling about it. I thought the first game was pretty neat even if it wasn’t exactly a must-have, so I’ll try to go into this with an open mind.

Orbital Bullet ($19.99)

Well, here’s a slightly different kind of roguelite shooter. Basically, all of the action takes place in a… what, a circle? I’m not sure how to properly express it. You’re on the outside of the circle, and the bullets travel around the circle. I’m messing this up badly. Oh well. Anyway, beyond the unique gimmick, there are a lot of familiar rogutelite elements here like permanent upgrades, skill trees, and so on. Go watch a video and you’ll get the gist in a few seconds.

Jurassic World Aftermath Collection ($29.99)

This is a collection of some VR games that previously released on other platforms. You’ve crashed on Isla Nublar after the fall of the Jurassic World theme park, and that’s not very good news. Lots of dinosaurs about, you see. Not very friendly. Definitely a little hungry. You need to explore the park and solve puzzles while trying to stay alive. Jeff Goldblum does some narration here, and if that’s not enough to pull in a Jurassic Park fan I don’t know what is.

Lunistice ($4.99)

An affordable 3D platformer with several linear stages to play through. It’s intended to be a tribute to 32-bit platformers, though I can’t say it takes after any one of them specifically. Like many other low-cost games in this genre, the lighter amount of content is compensated for via speedrunning targets and various secrets. If you want you can just clear the stages and you’ll certainly get your five bucks’ worth, but aiming for S-ranks on all of them really squeezes extra value out of the whole thing. I’ve played a couple stages so far, and I really like the way it plays.

Pixel Game Maker Series Angel’s Blood ($9.99)

I’m not fully sure, but I think this might be an auto-runner. You play as a mysterious young woman who can defeat androids in a single slice. She’s on a mission to destroy the Command Angel AI that has conquered the world. Her ally is a young man who is quite adept at hacking, and much of the story is about these two trying to figure each other out. It has an interesting art style to it, at the very least.

Arcade Archives Baraduke ($7.99)

Many Namco fans know that Mr. Driller’s dad is the main character of Dig Dug, but if you’re wondering who his mom is, then you’ll want to try this latest Arcade Archives release. 1985’s Baraduke is a run-and-gun action game starring a heroine named Kissy, and it’s pretty fun. I wouldn’t say it’s among the best games in Namco’s 1980s arcade line-up, but it’s on the better side at least. Hamster has done its usual fine job with the emulation, of course.

Montgomery Fox and the Case of the Diamond Necklace ($14.99)

Oh, we’re doing this, eh? Last week, Ocean Media brought out a hidden object game that was aimed at families featuring a detective named Montgomery Fox. Well, he’s back! In this one, a diamond necklace has been stolen and he needs to solve the case. Find hidden objects, play mini-games, and enjoy the story such as it is.

Montgomery Fox and the Revenge of Victor Draven ($14.99)

So yes, two in the same day. I don’t know who Victor Draven is, but he’s getting his revenge on Montgomery Fox by framing him for a crime. The detective must prove his innocence by finding hidden objects and playing mini-games. Maybe you need two of these right now? If so, here you go.

Geometric Feel the Beats ($4.99)

I’m not really clear what’s going on with this game. It says it’s paying homage to games from the 1980s, but I’m not sure which ones. You’re destroying enemies, I’m assuming there’s a rhythm component, and there are ship upgrades. You can play alone or with another player via local multiplayer. QUByte usually handles these small action games well, so whatever it is, I’m sure it’s amusing enough.

Space Ducks: The Great Escape ($4.99)

You know, it’s nice to see someone make a game inspired by Sokoban that isn’t just a rip-off of Sokoban. Space Ducks is indeed a game about pushing blocks to clear stages, but instead of getting those blocks to designated spaces, you need to push the right blocks with the right ducks so that they can all make their escape. So yes, if you like the sound of that kind of puzzle, here you go.

Cyber Velocity Run ($7.99)

A straightforward precision platformer with bite-sized stages on a tight timer. The art style is very simple, but if you call it ‘cyber’ no one will notice.

MULTIVERSEPOOL ($3.49)

Not Deadpool or Headpool or Gwenpool but Multiversepool. Well, it’s another billiards game. This one has a bit more personality to it than most, and its garish colors certainly help it stand out. Play alone or pull in a pal for local multiplayer.

Geometric Sniper ($2.99)

This game’s title sounds like a Mega Man X boss. Unfortunately, it’s just another one of those sniping games. This one differentiates itself by using a simple art style with geometric characters instead of normal-butt humans. The locations of targets and objects are randomized each time you play, so you can play this forever if that is a thing you wish to do. I will not judge. Where you can hear me.

Machinika Museum (Free)

A 3D puzzle game about weird machines. Nothing is free, of course. There are in-game purchases, so I presume the free part is more like a demo of sorts. Give it a try if you are interested. That’s the magic of ‘free’.

Lost Chiko ($5.99)

A relatively generic 2D platformer with some light puzzle elements. It looks cute in a certain sense, but nothing about it really stands out very much. Big five-dollar Switch platformer energy, but it costs an extra dollar. Maybe you want it anyway.

Advent Calendar ($24.99)

Mindscape is really going for it here. First of all, this isn’t just a basic Advent Calendar. That would be bonkers for twenty-five bucks. Rather, each day of the calendar gives you a little game or activity to play. Mostly simple puzzle games. Sudoku, 2048, Match-3, and so on. It supports multiplayer, perhaps for families who want to play this together?

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

Not much of a list yet, but enough to get us started. First, while I’ve only listed the titles with new low prices, a huge chunk of the Pixel Game Maker Series games are on sale right now. Golf Story is also available nice and cheap in case you want to catch up before Sports Story comes. Otherwise, I don’t have much to say about the inbox. The outbox has some fun games in it, but I’ll call attention to Owlboy simply because it doesn’t go on sale all that often.

Select New Games on Sale

Gerda: A Flame in Winter ($14.99 from $19.99 until 11/17)
Kokoro Clover Season 1 ($16.14 from $18.99 until 11/21)
PGMS Kingdom Fighter ($8.39 from $13.99 until 11/21)
PGMS Ninja Sneaking R ($4.79 from $5.99 until 11/21)
PGMS Clam Knight ($4.79 from $5.99 until 11/21)
Golf Story ($6.99 from $14.99 until 11/21)
Time on Frog Island ($14.99 from $24.99 until 11/23)
One Hell of a Ride ($4.89 from $6.99 until 11/23)
Devoured by Darkness ($4.19 from $5.99 until 11/23)
Cursed Island ($3.49 from $4.99 until 11/23)
Alexio ($3.49 from $4.99 until 11/23)
Richy’s Nightmares ($3.49 from $4.99 until 11/23)
Catana ($4.89 from $6.99 until 11/23)
Dr. Oil ($3.49 from $4.99 until 11/23)
Radioactive Dwarfs: EftS ($3.49 from $4.99 until 11/23)
Kao the Kangaroo Bundle ($24.49 from $34.99 until 11/24)

Sales Ending Tomorrow, Friday, November 11th

Charterstone Digital ($12.49 from $24.99 until 11/11)
Concordia Digital Edition ($14.99 from $24.99 until 11/11)
Dice Legacy ($4.99 from $19.99 until 11/11)
Eight-Minute Empire CE ($4.49 from $14.99 until 11/11)
Endling Extinction is Forever ($23.99 from $29.99 until 11/11)
Frightence ($1.99 from $5.99 until 11/11)
Gods Will Fall ($3.74 from $14.99 until 11/11)
Gunman Clive HD Collection ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/11)
Hot Wheels Unleashed ($14.99 from $49.99 until 11/11)
Istanbul Digital ($7.99 from $19.99 until 11/11)
Like No Other: TLotTB ($7.49 from $14.99 until 11/11)
Mechstermination Force ($5.99 from $11.99 until 11/11)
Mokoko X ($6.89 from $11.49 until 11/11)
MotoGP 22 ($15.99 from $39.99 until 11/11)
NeonLore ($1.99 from $5.99 until 11/11)
Nordlicht ($1.99 from $3.99 until 11/11)

Owlboy ($9.99 from $24.99 until 11/11)
Rush Rally 3 ($7.49 from $14.99 until 11/11)
Steam: Rails to Riches CE ($7.99 from $19.99 until 11/11)
Super Punch Patrol ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/11)
The Dresden Files Card Game ($8.49 from $16.99 until 11/11)
Ultra Mega Xtra Party Challenge ($14.99 from $24.99 until 11/11)
Unepic ($2.99 from $9.99 until 11/11)
Windbound ($3.99 from $19.99 until 11/11)

That’s all for today, friends. Today was just the warm-up, though. In an unusual situation, tomorrow is just about as big as today in terms of volume of releases. It also has more prominent games, with Tactics Ogre and Atari 50 leading the charge. We’ll have summaries of all of them, plus a review of Atari 50 and just about all the sales worth caring about. I hope you all have a great Thursday, and as always, thanks for reading!

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for November 9th, 2022. It’s another quiet Wednesday as I write this, so I took the opportunity to finish up a couple of Mini-Views for you to read. The biggest event today is the Indie World Showcase, but that’s still several hours in the future for me so I can’t say much about it or any potential shadow drops that came with it. We do have a couple of new releases to look at, and some new and outgoing sales too. Let’s check it all out!

News

Don’t Forget to Check Out Today’s Indie World Showcase

As mentioned in the introduction paragraph, I’m writing this before the presentation and you’re probably reading it after. I have no idea what was included in the twenty-five minute Indie World Showcase, but I’m sure we’ll talk about some of it tomorrow. If you haven’t caught it yet, you can give it a watch via the video above. I’m sure there are at least one or two things in it I’ll need to figure out how to pay for tomorrow.

Reviews & Mini-Views

Space Tail: Every Journey Leads Home ($19.99)

It’s a little rough around the edges, but Space Tail has a lot to offer fans of puzzle-platformers. You play as a dog named Bea who, through a series of events, ends up stranded on another planet. She’s separated from her friend and wants to find them, but it’s far from a point A to B exercise. Bea isn’t just an ordinary dog, but she is a dog. That means you’ll be using her senses and dog ways of communicating to get by, and that adds a novel spin to things. The puzzles are a mix of familiar and relatively novel set-ups, and I felt like years of mobile gaming set me up well to solve them. The presentation is really going for it, with decent visuals and a solid soundscape.

Space Tail tells an emotional story, offers up some fairly enjoyable puzzles to solve, and makes good use of its unusual canine protagonist. The occasional frustrating puzzle or out-of-nowhere death hampers things a little, and the interesting communication mechanics unfortunately tend to come down to simple trial and error. There’s certainly something a person could really connect with here, but you’re going to have to put up with some irritations along the way.

SwitchArcade Score: 3.5/5

Dragon Prana ($14.99)

This isn’t likely to come as a surprise to anyone, but KEMCO and EXE-Create have turned out another relatively inoffensive generic JRPG with Dragon Prana. Following loosely in the line that includes Dragon Sinker and Dragon Lapis, Dragon Prana has a faux-retro presentation and a very familiar story about various fantasy races having to overcome their differences to defeat an ancient evil. In addition to the usual framework of towns, dungeons, and turn-based battles, you’ve got a job class system with Final Fantasy X/XII-style unlock boards. Nothing we haven’t seen before in a KEMCO/EXE-Create joint, but it all works the way it should.

With so many great JRPGs on the Switch, it’s hard to recommend middling fare like this. I could understand if the price was more competitive, but as is I feel like you wouldn’t have to look too far or spend much more to find something more interesting on the eShop. That said, if you’re looking to try a KEMCO game or just want an RPG that isn’t going to make you think too much, there are worse things to buy.

SwitchArcade Score: 3/5

New Releases

ARK: Dinosaur Discovery ($9.99)

If I’m understanding it right, this is a semi-educational game that teaches you about the dinosaurs that inspired the ARK games. There are sixty-four dinosaurs you can find and interact with, and there are lots of scientific facts and other bits of information for each of them. I mean, you can ride the dinosaurs. That’s a big selling point all on its own. I can’t speak to how well it runs on the Switch, something that has been a concern with previous ARK games. If you like the sound of it, you might want to wait for some hands-on impressions before picking it up here.

Super Woden GP ($11.99)

This is an isometric racing game that calls back to 90s classics like World Rally. You can play through a campaign that sees you collecting more than seventy vehicles as you race your way around the world in various events, or pull in some friends for local multiplayer for up to four racers. This looks surprisingly decent, but I haven’t had a chance to play it yet so I can’t say for sure if it’s good or not.

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

A small list, but some good stuff in it. The DEEMO games are always worth grabbing, and the Fantasy Strike DLC is having a rare sale. The outbox is a lot bigger, with a wide assortment of indies wrapping up their latest sales. Have a careful look through both lists as always, folks.

Select New Games on Sale

DEEMO ($14.99 from $29.99 until 11/15)
DEEMO -Reborn- ($15.00 from $25.00 until 11/15)
Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 ($3.99 from $19.99 until 11/21)
Bass Pro Shops The Strike CE ($7.49 from $9.99 until 11/28)
Cabela’s The Hunt CE ($7.49 from $9.99 until 11/28)
Fantasy Strike Core Pack ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/29)
Fantasy Strike Collector’s Pack ($49.99 from $99.99 until 11/29)
Dadish ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/29)
Dadish 2 ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/29)
Super Fowlst ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/29)
Super Fowlst 2 ($2.00 from $10.00 until 11/29)

Sales Ending Tomorrow, Thursday, November 10th

Aery A Journey Beyond Time ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/10)
Ambition Record ($10.49 from $14.99 until 11/10)
ANIMUS ($2.55 from $7.99 until 11/10)
ANIMUS: Harbinger ($2.55 from $7.99 until 11/10)
ANIMUS: Revenant ($7.35 from $22.99 until 11/10)
Armed to the Gears ($2.39 from $11.99 until 11/10)
Asdivine Saga ($10.49 from $14.99 until 11/10)
BigChick ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/10)
Bite the Bullet ($2.99 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Blob Quest ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/10)
Blue Fire ($7.99 from $19.99 until 11/10)
Bugsnax ($12.49 from $24.99 until 11/10)
Bullet Battle: Evolution ($4.79 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Cooking Simulator ($1.99 from $19.99 until 11/10)
Counter Crossline: Crime War ($11.99 from $14.99 until 11/10)

Counter Delta: Bullet Rain ($6.74 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Counter Recon 2: New War ($11.99 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Counter Recon: The First Mission ($4.79 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Danger Scavenger ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/10)
Dark Water: Slime Invader ($4.79 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Darker Skies ($8.99 from $17.99 until 11/10)
Dead Rain: New Zombie Virus ($8.79 from $10.99 until 11/10)
Demong Hunter ($2.55 from $7.99 until 11/10)
Dungeon and Puzzles ($3.99 from $9.99 until 11/10)
Dungeon Limbus ($4.79 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Gas Station Simulator ($14.99 from $19.99 until 11/10)
Gigapocalypse ($6.99 from $9.99 until 11/10)
Girls Tank Battle ($3.51 from $10.99 until 11/10)
Green Hell ($2.49 from $24.99 until 11/10)
Haunted Dawn: Zombie Apocalypse ($4.79 from $14.99 until 11/10)

Haunted Zombie School ($6.74 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Hollow 2 ($1.99 from $19.99 until 11/10)
Innocence Island ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/10)
Justice Chronicles ($10.49 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Kuukiyomi 2 New Era ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/10)
Last 4 Alive: Escape from Zombies ($4.94 from $10.99 until 11/10)
Lila’s Sky Ark ($4.49 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Megaquarium ($9.83 from $24.59 until 11/10)
Mini Island Challenge Bundle ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/10)
Modern War: Tank Battle ($11.99 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Monster Viator ($7.49 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Nosferatu Lilinor ($13.71 from $17.14 until 11/10)
Octodad: Dadliest Catch ($2.99 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Ogre: Console Edition ($16.86 from $22.49 until 11/10)
Overcooked All You Can Eat ($19.99 from $39.99 until 11/10)

Panzer Dragoon Remake ($2.49 from $24.99 until 11/10)
Pawn of the Dead ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/10)
Piczle Cells ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/10)
Piczle Colors ($3.00 from $12.00 until 11/10)
Piczle Lines DX ($3.74 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Piczle Lines DX 500 More ($2.49 from $9.99 until 11/10)
Piczle Puzzle & Watch ($1.99 from $7.99 until 11/10)
REDDEN: 100denarii ($3.59 from $7.99 until 11/10)
Retro City Rampage DX ($7.49 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Ruinverse ($8.99 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Shakedown: Hawaii ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/10)
Sherlock Holmes: Devil’s Daughter ($14.99 from $29.99 until 11/10)
Signs of the Sojourner ($7.99 from $19.99 until 11/10)
Space Genesis ($6.74 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Space Stella: Unknown Planet ($6.74 from $14.99 until 11/10)

Superpanda 2 ($1.99 from $3.99 until 11/10)
THE Bass Fishing ($9.74 from $14.99 until 11/10)
The Enigma Machine ($2.39 from $7.99 until 11/10)
Thief Simulator ($1.99 from $19.99 until 11/10)
Train Station Renovation ($2.84 from $18.99 until 11/10)
Tunnel of Doom ($9.09 from $13.99 until 11/10)
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion ($5.99 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Warpips ($15.99 from $19.99 until 11/10)
World War: Tank Battle ($6.74 from $14.99 until 11/10)
Zombie Planting ($4.94 from $10.99 until 11/10)

That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with a bunch of new releases, the latest sales, and some sort of summary of whatever was in the Indie World Showcase. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday, and as always, thanks for reading!

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for November 8th, 2022. In today’s article, we’ve got a few reviews for you to read. The tense action game Sifu, the revived classic The Samurai Collection, and the whimsical farming adventure Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom all get their fair shake. After that, it’s new release time! Sonic Frontiers, Sifu (there it is again), Football Manager 2023 Touch, and more are summarized to help you get a bit more information on them. Finally, we take a look at the latest sales and outgoing discounts. Oh, and a bit of news too. Wow, let’s get to it!

News

An Indie World Showcase Has Been Scheduled for Tomorrow Morning

Nintendo, as it usually does, announced a showcase event out of nowhere yesterday. An Indie World Showcase will be presented on the company’s YouTube channel tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM PT/12:00 PM ET. It will contain roughly twenty-five minutes of information on upcoming indie games for the Nintendo Switch, and I’m sure we’ll see one or two shadow drops on the eShop as usual.

Reviews & Mini-Views

Sifu ($39.99)

Sifu is a great example of a game that gives back what you put into it, and not more. It is a relatively demanding experience, and if you want to defeat its final boss you’re going to have to master the rather complex dance of combat fully. If you can’t do that, you’ll never reach the ending. You’ll fall again and again, smashed to the ground in humiliating fashion, made to feel the pain of your failure to rise to the game’s level. On the other hand, if you can come to terms with what the game is asking of you and learn how it works, you will feel like a bad-ass in a way few other games can convey.

It’s your typical story of revenge. A man and his crew roll into your house and kill your father. You survive the attack thanks to a magical pendant and dedicate yourself to training in order to achieve your revenge. At the age of twenty, you set out on your mission. You’ll fight your way through five chapters, bringing your justice to each of the participants in the attack. Along the way, you’ll earn new moves to go with the small but efficient assortment of attacks that you start with. You’ll have to fight defensively, as many enemy attacks are capable of taking you out in one or two hits. But you can also dish out an impressive offensive should you find an opening. The environments you’re fighting in play a significant role in battles as well.

The unique gameplay hook of Sifu comes from that pendant that saved your life. It will do it again, but it has a cost. Each time it revives you, you’ll age a bit. When you finally hit your 70s, your next death will be your last. You’ll have to restart the chapter with the age you reached it at and see if you can do better. At least in the beginning, you’ll likely age at a rapid speed. The first time you reach the final boss, you’ll almost certainly fall. But as you practice, learn enemy patterns, get a knack for using the environment to its full potential, and get it through your head that the best offense is a good defense, you’ll improve. You’ll clear chapters at a younger age. Eventually you’ll win that last fight and get your revenge. And then?

Sifu doesn’t play like most other beat-em-ups. Its combat reminds me more of the likes of Assassin’s Creed or the Batman Arkham games, but a lot more demanding in terms of technique. It’s all designed to make you look super-cool if you’re doing things right, and like a jack-ass if you aren’t. You have a bunch of cool finishing moves, and defeating an enemy with them will reward you. But if the enemy turns that move around, you’ll be in a lot of trouble. It’s up to you if you want to take that risk. In a lot of ways, that’s how Sifu is. If you’re too bold, it will slap you down. If you’re not bold enough, it will drain you.

Unfortunately, I’m not familiar enough with other versions of Sifu to go into much detail about how this Switch port differs. My eyes work well enough to notice a visual downgrade, but taken as its own thing it’s nice enough graphically. It runs well, and that’s the most important thing for this kind of game. The art direction is strong, and the animation is excellent. When it’s all in motion, it looks like the kung fu movie it is trying to be.

If you’re looking for a cool action game and have both sharp reflexes and considerable patient, you’ll want to consider Sifu. It’s a lot of fun to learn, and while you will probably take your fair share of lumps, it’s all in service to getting your skills to the level they need to be to take you through the game. Once you’ve got everything down, it makes you feel like you’re Neo at the end of the good Matrix movie. Dodging and weaving around attacks that used to knock you out, and landing that vital counter-attack that sends your former tormentor flying, is the kind of feeling that hard games aim to deliver. And Sifu does indeed deliver.

SwitchArcade Score: 4/5

The Samurai Collection (QUByte Classics) ($9.99)

It’s time for another set of retro rereleases from QUByte, plucked from the eclectic catalogue of Piko Interactive. This one includes the Super NES port of First Samurai and the Genesis port of Second Samurai, a pair of action games that originated on home computers such as the Amiga. They’re probably quite obscure for our readers in North America, and I know in my case this was my first time playing the games. They were developed by a UK-based development studio named Vivid Image, and are side-scrolling action games with somewhat non-linear levels. They feel very Amiga, and I can only hope my readers know what I mean by that.

The usual QUByte wrapper is here, with all of the same features and quirks as ever. That means there’s a bit of input lag across both games, and the occasional audio issue crops up here and there. I actually found these games rather playable despite those issues, though. As always, you can use save states and adjust a few filters. Unfortunately, there’s nothing here to contextualize the games. No manual or instructions of any kind, either. It took me quite a while to figure out that I was meant to be collecting specific doodads to open the exit to each stage. I know improving emulation can be a long process, but I feel like simply putting some basic instructions for each game, even if they aren’t manual scans, would be really helpful and not resource-intensive.

First Samurai and Second Samurai aren’t exactly the best games in the world, but they’re reasonably fun once you get the hang of how they work. QUByte’s package also isn’t exactly the best in the world, but it serves well enough here if you just want to play the games. I do like playing classic games I’ve never tried before, and more’s the better if they don’t suck. The Samurai Collection doesn’t suck.

SwitchArcade Score: 3.5/5

Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom ($49.99)

There are getting to be enough farming games on the Nintendo Switch that even big fans of the genre are probably enjoying the luxury of having more to play than they have time to give. The quality certainly varies, but I think for many we’ve hit the point where a farming game can more or less get all the boxes checked and still not make the list because there are just so many good ones.

Like the first game, Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom dutifully checks all of the boxes. Okay, romances are replaced with friendships due to the ages of the characters, but mechanically speaking it does everything it needs to and does it well enough to make for a fine farming/life simulation experience. There’s a fun little story here about the kids shirking their homework and other responsibilities to head off into space on an adventure and getting caught up in a mess, and it feels like a proper Doraemon plot in that regard. The presentation is nice, and the game flows rather smoothly.

Given this is a Story of Seasons game, it also flows in a very familiar way. Too familiar, if I’m to be honest. It shares a great deal with other Story of Seasons games and the older Harvest Moon games, and there aren’t exactly tons of improvements or changes here when compared to the previous Doraemon Story of Seasons game. The biggest new feature is a system where you can have one of Noby’s friends accompany you to help you out with various tasks. It cuts down on the grind a bit since it basically doubles everything you’re doing. The game is also a lot better about giving you guidance, which might be a particular boon for younger kids playing it due to the license.

Even with all of that, the game can sometimes be a slog. The conversations are a lot longer than they need to be, and the dialogue just can’t keep things interesting in many of these cases. The grind has been reduced thanks to the buddy system, but there’s still a lot of banal work to be done even by the standards of the genre. Despite the new story and technically new setting, the novelty of having the Doraemon characters within this framework has faded somewhat and contributes to the feeling that you’ve done almost all of this before. Maybe that’s a problem for you; maybe it isn’t.

Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom makes some improvements on the first game and tells a reasonably engaging story involving everyone’s favorite robot cat from the future. It does what you would expect a Story of Seasons game to do, but it doesn’t do a whole lot more than that. We’ve already seen the trick of adding Doraemon and his wacky inventions to this kind of game, so it feels less fresh this time around. At the same time, it doesn’t significantly mess anything up either. While it’s lacking somewhat in inspiration, farming fans who need a reliable fix will find enough to enjoy here.

SwitchArcade Score: 3.5/5

New Releases

Sifu ($39.99)

SwitchArcade Highlight!

The slick kung fu revenge beat-em-up hits Switch with this release. After your family is killed, you spend years honing your skills until you are finally ready to seek your revenge. That journey begins now. This is one of those action games that just makes you feel like you’re flat-out awesome, at least until it busts its foot off on your butt. It’s an interactive kung fu movie where you get to be the one clearing rooms of opponents, so long as you’ve got the skills. Well, there’s a whole review up above that you’ve probably read, so I’ll leave it here.

Sonic Frontiers ($59.99)

SwitchArcade Highlight!

You know how long it has been since the last new 3D Sonic game? Five years. Half a decade. Granted it was probably a good idea to take a little break after Sonic Forces to rethink things a little. The question is whether or not that break will translate into something good for the beleaguered mascot. So far the early signs are that it’s better than Forces, but there’s a fairly big gap between “better than Forces” and “good”. I’ll be reviewing this one, so we’ll know soon enough.

Football Manager 2023 Touch ($44.99)

I won’t pretend that I know this series well enough to speak to any great detail about what makes this new version different, so I’m just going to sum up what the description says. Football Manager 2023 Touch includes improved Matchday controls, new Team Talks to pep up your players, a Dynamic Manager Timeline that allows you to easily see your accomplishments at a glance, and some stuff involving European clubs that I don’t really get. If you’re one of the many that devours every new installment of this series as it arrives, here’s the next plate of pasta.

Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising ($49.99)

QUIET! Cobra Kai is such a popular show, it’s little wonder the first game sold incredibly well. And when the first game sells, you know a second one generally isn’t too far behind. This time you can choose between three dojos: Miyagi-Do, Cobra Kai, and Eagle Fang. There are twenty-eight characters to play as, and you can probably expect the same general level of quality and tone here as you saw in the first game. There’s also a new online multiplayer mode where you can battle it out, but do keep in mind this is a beat-em-up rather than a fighting game so I’m not sure it will be making its debut at Evo 2023 or anything.

Police Sim 22 ($19.99)

As you can probably guess from the utter state of the graphics in those screenshots, this is a port of a rather middling free-to-play mobile game. Drive around and do police things in a variety of vehicles, use different officers, explore open world cities, and play eight different types of missions. It doesn’t look very good to me, but I’m sure many will love it.

Orcen Axe ($3.60)

This is a Metroidvania-style game featuring an orc hero who is looking to kill a wizard. As you would expect from the extremely reasonable price, this isn’t the longest or most involved of games, but you’ve got twenty areas to explore with a number of new abilities and upgrades to unlock. I’m not sure how well it plays but that buy-in price sure curbs the risk a bit, doesn’t it?

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

Some new low prices for the likes of Nobody Saves the World, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2, and… Viki Spotter? Oh no! Who put those there? Well, it’s done now. The list of outgoing sales is one of our shortest ever, so it will only take you a glance to sort it out. Gee, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 may not be as good as the first game, but for three measly bucks it’s worth it for superhero fans.

Select New Games on Sale

Nobody Saves the World ($16.24 from $24.99 until 11/14)
Nobody Saves the World + FH Bundle ($19.59 from $27.99 until 11/14)
Guacamelee! Super Turbo CE ($5.24 from $14.99 until 11/14)
Guacamelee! 2 ($4.99 from $19.99 until 11/14)
Severed ($3.74 from $14.99 until 11/14)
TFS Mutant Blobs Attack ($3.49 from $9.99 until 11/14)
Aquarist ($6.99 from $9.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Around the World ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Shopping ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Megapolis ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Space Mission ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: School ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Sports ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Zoo ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: The Farm ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)

Viki Spotter: Professions ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Viki Spotter: Undersea ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Pink Explorer ($3.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Gunslingers & Zombies ($4.49 from $8.99 until 11/15)
Lost Dream: Memories ($3.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Moonlight ($2.79 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Pinball FX3 Universal Classics DLC ($3.99 from $9.99 until 11/15)
Pinball FX3 Iron & Steel DLC ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Demon’s Residence ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Sacred Valley ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Timber Story ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Artsy Pixel ($2.09 from $6.99 until 11/15)
The Vampires ($2.49 from $4.99 until 11/15)
Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet CE ($8.99 from $59.99 until 11/21)
God Eater 3 ($8.99 from $59.99 until 11/21)

Dragon Ball Z Kakarot Ultimate ($42.49 from $84.99 until 11/21)
Deathrun TV ($5.99 from $14.99 until 11/21)
Fhtagn! Tales of Creeping Madness ($1.99 from $7.99 until 11/21)
Summer Paws ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/21)
Catie in Meowmeowland ($7.49 from $14.99 until 11/21)
Ping Pong Arcade ($5.99 from $14.99 until 11/21)
Slaycation Paradise ($11.99 from $19.99 until 11/21)
Timelie ($7.99 from $19.99 until 11/21)
War Mines Collection ($1.99 from $3.99 until 11/21)
Mad Experiments Escape Room ($6.99 from $9.99 until 11/21)
Monster Harvest ($6.99 from $19.99 until 11/21)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX ($6.99 from $19.99 until 11/21)
Hayfever ($5.99 from $14.99 until 11/21)
The Lightbringer ($5.99 from $14.99 until 11/21)
LEGO DC Super-Villains ($5.99 from $59.99 until 11/28)
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 ($2.99 from $29.99 until 11/28)

Sales Ending Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 9th

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water ($29.99 from $39.99 until 11/9)
Fatal Frame: MoBW DIgital Deluxe ($41.24 from $54.99 until 11/9)
Lamentum ($6.39 from $15.99 until 11/9)
MilkChoco ($17.99 from $29.99 until 11/9)
Unpacking ($13.99 from $19.99 until 11/9)

That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with more new releases, more sales, perhaps a review or two, and maybe even some news. We’ll see how it all goes. I’m heading outside now to go watch the Moon disappear. I hope you all have a terrific Tuesday, and as always, thanks for reading!