Hey light readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Spherical-Up for Might seventh, 2024. It’s a surprisingly gradual day in the present day outdoors of a bit of stories from Nintendo’s president saying that the corporate will discuss Change’s successor someday this fiscal 12 months, however not on the June Nintendo Direct. I do have one evaluation so that you can take a look at, and there are a few Bin Bunch new releases as properly. Gross sales? We’ve received a couple of of them. Lists of latest and expiring ones are right here as ever. Let’s get to enterprise!
Critiques & Mini-Views
Cyber Citizen Shockman 3: The Princess From One other World ($5.99)
We’ve lastly hit the final of the PC Engine Shockman video games with this launch from Ratalaika, which suggests we’re a mere single Tremendous Famicom launch away from having the whole sequence obtainable on Change. Is {that a} good factor? Positive, I suppose so. Up till these Ratalaika releases the one entry on this sequence to be localized for the West was the second sport, which appeared to have been moderately popular with TurboGrafx-16 followers however didn’t do a complete lot for me personally. The primary sport wasn’t all that sizzling both. This third sport definitely had a few of that forbidden import fruit vibes round it again within the day, pumped up by it being a CD-ROM sport and having some actually handsome visuals in screenshots.
So is Shockman 3 the one which lastly breaks the sample of mediocrity? I want I may say sure, however you’ll should accept it being as shut as we’ve seen thus far. Simply as Shockman 2 was a dramatic departure mechanically from the primary sport, so too is Shockman 3 totally different from them each. Whereas it’s nonetheless a side-scrolling motion platformer, the emphasis this time is certainly on the motion. It’s additionally simplified significantly from the second sport, taking part in out extra like a Valis sport than the rest. Some gentle platforming and a complete lot of sword-swinging, with the occasional set piece to interrupt issues up.
You’ll be able to select between the boy and lady, who solely differ in look and dialogue. By way of strikes, you may swing your sword, cost up a shot whose path you may management to a level, and wall leap. Oh, and you may duck and leap in fact. That’s it. No upgrades, and the one pick-ups you’ll discover are well being restore gadgets and cans that finally add as much as continues. It sounds prefer it is perhaps troublesome, however the well being gadgets are distributed ceaselessly sufficient that the sport finally ends up being comparatively breezy. When you want some extra assist, Ratalaika has included numerous cheats you can also make use of at your leisure. You even have the standard save states and rewind options seen in different Ratalaika retro reissues.
The graphics are fairly good as PC Engine video games go, so it has that going for it. The gameplay is okay, if slightly bland. The cutscenes are cute, comparable to they’re. It has that classic Turbo-CD really feel, and for some of us that may definitely depend for one thing. Not likely a sport you’ll keep in mind in per week or two, however agreeable sufficient for a playthrough or two. By way of choices and extras, that is the standard Ratalaika wrapper with all that means, however there’s at the least a gallery that features scans of the unique packaging and guide. A little bit of a plain brown bag as standard, however at this value it’s advantageous.
Cyber Citizen Shockman 3 closes out this quirky trilogy on as excessive of a be aware as it could actually muster, and one which I suppose is suitable given what got here earlier than. I believe it’s the smoothest sport of the three to play, however it’s a bit irritating that it kind of pushes out the attention-grabbing components of the primary two video games in favor of a really plain design. Nonetheless, there’s simply sufficient of that early 90s CD vibe right here to hold what’s in any other case a relatively bland side-scrolling motion sport. When you’ve performed the primary two, you would possibly as properly see it by way of with this one.
SwitchArcade Rating: 3.5/5
New Releases
The Bin Bunch
Puzzlerio ($2.00)
Zombie Survival: The Strolling Pandemic ($4.99)
Gross sales
(North American eShop, US Costs)
Once I stated we had a couple of gross sales up there within the intro paragraph, I actually meant a couple of. A superb time to take pleasure in some rail shooters with Dakka Squadron and Fur Squadron I suppose? Over within the outbox, the most recent Thunderful sale is ending up. It’s additionally your final likelihood to get Cruis’n Blast at half-price, if that’s a factor you need. Verify these lists!
Choose New Gross sales
Stunt Paradise ($6.39 from $7.99 till 5/13)Warhammer 40k: Dakka Squadron ($9.99 from $19.99 till 5/14)Fur Squadron ($3.49 from $6.99 till 5/14)Oxide Room 104 ($5.99 from $24.99 till 5/20)Demon’s Rise: Lords of Chaos ($1.99 from $7.99 till 5/20)Cleansing Queens ($3.99 from $5.99 till 5/20)Chronicles of two Heroes: AW ($4.99 from $19.99 till 5/20)Die Once more ($9.95 from $11.99 till 5/20)Figment 2: Creed Valley ($7.49 from $24.99 till 5/27)
Gross sales Ending Tomorrow, Might eighth
A Tiny Sticker Story ($6.99 from $9.99 till 5/8)Cruis’n Blast ($19.99 from $39.99 till 5/8)Cursed to Golf ($6.99 from $19.99 till 5/8)Home ($2.99 from $14.99 till 5/8)Jurassic World Aftermath Assortment ($10.49 from $29.99 till 5/8)kuso ($3.49 from $4.99 till 5/8)LEGO Bricktales ($11.99 from $29.99 till 5/8)PHOGS! ($8.74 from $24.99 till 5/8)Supply of Insanity ($6.99 from $19.99 till 5/8)SteamWorld Construct ($20.99 from $29.99 till 5/8)SteamWorld Heist ($1.99 from $19.99 till 5/8)Swordship ($4.99 from $19.99 till 5/8)Togges ($6.99 from $19.99 till 5/8)Wavetale ($10.49 from $29.99 till 5/8)Worldless ($13.99 from $19.99 till 5/8)
That’s all for in the present day, mates. We’ll be again tomorrow with some truly attention-grabbing new releases, plus no matter information and gross sales roll in in the course of the course of the day. I’m having a “dangerous eyes” day in the present day, it appears. Exhausting to correctly concentrate on objects. Some days are like that, however it certain doesn’t make my job simple. I must be advantageous tomorrow, although. I hope you all have a terrific Tuesday, and as at all times, thanks for studying!
