Reviews Featuring ‘Mars 2120’, Plus the Latest Releases and Sales – TouchArcade Leave a comment

Good day mild readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Spherical-Up for August sixth, 2024. In as we speak’s article, we’ve bought a bit little bit of all the great things. Some information for the news-lovers, a evaluate for the review-lovers, some new releases for the… the brand new release-lovers, and naturally some gross sales for the sales-lovers. Plenty of these on the market, I’m informed. These new releases are some spicy meatballs, too. I like all of them, which is a uncommon situation this point in time. Let’s get to the goodies!

Information

Verify Out Zelda’s Tiny Horse within the Newest ‘Echoes of Knowledge’ Video

I don’t have an excessive amount of so as to add to that headline. Look, there’s plenty of cool stuff on this newest video for the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge, however for me it’s all about that tiny horse. I find it irresistible. Give me an Amiibo of it, please.

Critiques & Mini-Views

Mars 2120 ($19.99)

This sport… is clunky. Very, very clunky. The animations look jerky, the collision detection isn’t fairly proper, the enemy AI is all around the map, the sign-posting is admittedly weak, and it doesn’t actually have a lot to supply in a style that’s crawling with very good entries on the Change. One has to marvel, is there room for a rough-around-every-edge Metroid-inspired sport on a platform the place sixty bucks and a Nintendo Change On-line subscription will get you six pictures of the true deal? Effectively, I’ll go away the reply to that query to you, pricey reader.

What I’ll say is that Mars 2120 has its moments. The ambiance is sweet. I like the combination of ranged and melee that you should utilize, regardless of the sport by no means doing a lot to push that exterior of the boss battles. It’s often cinematic. I like among the environments quite a bit. And I’ll say, I’ve performed worse Metroidvania-style video games. The sport features, even when generally it looks like it’s coming aside. Heck, in case you can hold your self from remembering the existence of Metroid, you would possibly actually have a little bit of enjoyable with it.

Mars 2120 is unquestionably bold in some ways, however I want that ambition prolonged to its design. For all the trouble put into the manufacturing values, the sport itself by no means fairly shakes off the sensation of being the Greenback Retailer Metroid. A bit extra polish for its fundamentals and possibly one or two fascinating twists may need made this one thing particular, however because it stands I believe it completely fails to make a case for itself towards its many sturdy opponents within the Metroidvania style.

SwitchArcade Rating: 3/5

Choose New Releases

Volgarr the Viking II ($19.99)

I’ll stage with you: I didn’t suppose this sport was ever going to get a sequel, and I’m past thrilled to see that it lastly has. Volgarr is an unapologetically powerful action-platformer, however not one that may’t be discovered by apply. There’s a precision and satisfaction to it that few video games in its style can match lately, and I can gleefully report that this sequel affords up one other heaping serving to of that great things. I’ll have a evaluate of this one early subsequent week, so do sit up for that.

Natsu-Mon: twentieth Century Summer time Child ($39.99)

Kaz Ayabe, the creator of Boku Natsu and that Crayon Shin-chan Summer time Trip sport from a few years in the past, is again. And this time, it’s… it’s one other sport about being a baby and having fun with a chill summer time trip within the Japanese countryside. Look, he’s good at it and there aren’t many individuals doing something prefer it, so I say let the person prepare dinner. On this one, you’re the kid of the ringmaster of a touring circus. You’ve pulled up in a small rural city and you must get pleasure from your summer time whereas the adults are working. There are all types of issues to do and see. I’ll be reviewing this one quickly, however I believe plenty of you already know if that is your factor or not.

The Legend of Darkish Witch Episode 2 ($9.99)

Wow, I didn’t suppose this was ever going to return. The primary sport hit the Change years in the past, however the second and third have remained MIA. For individuals who are unfamiliar with this sequence, it’s a barely Mega Man-inspired side-scrolling motion sport with a Gradius-like power-up system. It feels very indie in some methods, and… I imply, it is indie. Nevertheless it’s great things for Mega Man followers in search of one thing to chomp on.

Gross sales

(North American eShop, US Costs)

Effectively… I don’t know, not a really thrilling listing on the entire, however you will discover some good issues in there. Rush Rally 3 for 4 bucks? That’s candy. 505 Video games is ending up its newest sale over within the outbox, so in order for you something from their line-up now’s the time to behave. Verify these lists!

Choose New Gross sales

A Avenue Cat’s Story 2 ($11.89 from $13.99 till 8/12)
OverShoot Battle Race ($1.99 from $9.99 till 8/12)
Warhammer 40k: Dakka Squadron ($1.99 from $19.99 till 8/12)
Rush Rally 3 ($3.99 from $14.99 till 8/13)
Jello ($9.79 from $13.99 till 8/13)
Blood Traces: Magicians’ Chase2 ($8.39 from $11.99 till 8/18)
Oxide Room 104 ($4.99 from $24.99 till 8/19)
Timothy vs the Aliens ($2.20 from $16.99 till 8/19)
Lotus Reverie: First Nexus ($2.07 from $15.99 till 8/19)
Naught ($2.59 from $19.99 till 8/19)
Quest Hunter ($5.99 from $29.99 till 8/19)
Anima: Gate of Reminiscences ($2.59 from $19.99 till 8/19)
Chronicles of two Heroes: AW ($3.99 from $19.99 till 8/19)
Tropico 6 ($22.49 from $49.99 till 8/26)
Mortal Kombat 11 ($9.99 from $49.99 till 8/26)
We Must Go Deeper ($5.99 from $19.99 till 8/26)
Blair Witch ($5.99 from $29.99 till 8/26)
Jet Kave Journey ($1.99 from $19.99 till 8/26)
Dungeons of Dreadrock ($1.99 from $10.00 till 8/26)
Turnip Boy Robs a Financial institution ($9.74 from $14.99 till 8/26)
Strike Workforce Gladius ($1.99 from $9.99 till 8/26)

Gross sales Ending Tomorrow, August seventh

Afterdream ($6.59 from $10.99 till 8/7)
Anglerfish ($4.99 from $9.99 till 8/7)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night time ($11.99 from $39.99 till 8/7)
Buddy Simulator 1984 ($4.99 from $9.99 till 8/7)
Crypt Stalker ($1.99 from $6.99 till 8/7)
Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes ($37.49 from $49.99 till 8/7)
Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes Deluxe ($51.99 from $79.99 till 8/7)
Develop: Track of the Evertree ($12.49 from $24.99 till 8/7)
Horace ($5.99 from $14.99 till 8/7)
Indivisible ($7.49 from $29.99 till 8/7)
Journey to the Savage Planet ($8.99 from $29.99 till 8/7)
Madshot ($1.99 from $19.99 till 8/7)
RPG Time: Legend of Wright ($8.99 from $29.99 till 8/7)
Serial Cleaners ($7.49 from $24.99 till 8/7)
Shin-Chan: Summer time Trip ($27.99 from $39.99 till 8/7)
Stasis: Bone Totem ($13.99 from $19.99 till 8/7)
Tales from Candleforth ($7.19 from $11.99 till 8/7)
Terraria ($14.99 from $29.99 till 8/7)
Witch on the Holy Night time ($29.99 from $39.99 till 8/7)

That’s all for as we speak, pals. We’ll be again tomorrow with a typical Wednesday. Which means I may need to conjure up a evaluate to fill issues out, however I suppose we’ll cross that bridge once we come to it. I’m not fairly again to 100% but, however maybe by subsequent week my hospital woes can be over for a month or two. I hope you all have a terrific Tuesday, and as all the time, thanks for studying!