Reviews Featuring ‘EGGCONSOLE Ys II’, Plus Today’s New Releases and Sales – TouchArcade Leave a comment

Whats up mild readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Spherical-Up for March nineteenth, 2024. It’s a comparatively quiet Tuesday this week, and I’m feeling like I ought to have held again one among yesterday’s evaluations as a result of I don’t have an entire ton of stuff for you right now. Properly, there are two evaluations to have a look at. EGGCONSOLE Ys II PC-8801mkIIsr and Kingdom Come Deliverance: Royal Version, if you happen to’re questioning. After that, now we have only one new launch to have a look at, however not less than it isn’t within the Bin Bunch. Then now we have some gross sales, together with a number of cool video games at low costs. Let’s get to work!

Critiques & Mini-Views

EGGCONSOLE Ys II PC-8801mkIIsr ($6.49)

Second verse, largely the identical as the primary. Not less than so far as my ideas on this specific launch of Ys II go, anyway. Following on the discharge of the unique PC-8801 model of the primary Ys sport a short while again, the EGGCONSOLE undertaking now gives up the sport’s sequel. Lately, the video games are sometimes packaged collectively since they’re actually two elements of 1 story and share a substantial amount of property and mechanics with each other. As such, if you happen to picked up the EGGCONSOLE launch of Ys and had a pleasant time going by it, I’ll go forward and advocate you seize this one as nicely.

For individuals who didn’t seize that first sport, know that every one the identical main caveat applies right here. A lot of the in-game textual content is in Japanese with no choice for English, so until you possibly can learn the language, are keen to comply with a information, or know the sport by coronary heart, you’re going to run into a whole lot of language obstacles as you attempt to full your quest. I’ll throw a further warning right here that you simply actually ought to play the unique sport earlier than shifting on to this one. As talked about, that is the second a part of one story. It builds not solely on its narrative but in addition its mechanics, and when it comes to problem it kind of assumes you’ve realized the ropes pretty nicely.

When you’re keen to tackle the not inconsiderable activity of taking part in by an action-RPG in Japanese, Ys II is a whole lot of enjoyable. The music is superb, and it’s surprisingly playable for a sport of its time and place. That mentioned, the language barrier is as soon as once more very actual with this launch, and that implies that regardless of this being an fulfilling sport and certain the one launch of Ys II we’re prone to see on Swap, I can solely give it a light-weight suggestion.

SwitchArcade Rating: 3.5/5

Kingdom Come Deliverance: Royal Version ($49.99)

There are a whole lot of evaluations of this sport round, so I’m going to simply converse to the standard of the port. This sport wasn’t precisely a looker on extra superior consoles, and it actually had its share of efficiency hiccups. This Swap model takes a whole lot of the hits you’d count on it to. The decision is decrease, and the general visible element is noticeably lowered. Nonetheless, it is a reasonably strong port all issues thought-about. The framerate is respectable relative to the opposite console ports, and it’s a really playable expertise even when issues get uneven in busier scenes. There’s a bit extra pop-in than you’d see in different variations, however in comparison with related video games on Swap it holds itself collectively admirably. Saber Interactive has pulled off some wild Swap conversions earlier than, and that is one other notch in its belt.

Kingdom Come Deliverance: Royal Version brings the sport to the Nintendo Swap in about pretty much as good a kind because the {hardware} is able to, because of the proficient and skilled of us at Saber Interactive. Whereas there isn’t a mistaking this for the variations on extra highly effective {hardware}, this isn’t a foul technique to play the sport in any respect. It’s one other “inconceivable port” to get pleasure from on the go for Swap house owners.

SwitchArcade Rating: 4/5

New Releases

MLB The Present 24 ($59.99)

Whoops, I forgot that the common version of MLB The Present 24 got here out yesterday. At any price, now you can get the most recent version of Sony’s well-liked baseball collection with out springing for one of many fancier variations. There are some new components right here, however by and huge this collection discovered its groove some time in the past and continues to work inside it. One of the best practical baseball sport you may get in your Swap, I’d say.

Gross sales

(North American eShop, US Costs)

A number of issues price noting in right now’s new record. Whats up Kitty might be higher loved at 5 bucks than it’s at twenty, the wonderful Siralim video games are on sale, Atelier Ryza 3 has by no means been decrease within the eShop, and Guardians of the Galaxy Cloud Model is nearly low cost sufficient to punt on and test how your web handles a cloud sport. Just about nothing within the outbox, so be at liberty to concentrate on these new gross sales.

Choose New Gross sales

Chasm ($6.99 from $19.99 till 3/25)
Whats up Kitty & Buddies Happiness Parade ($4.99 from $19.99 till 3/26)
Siralim 3 ($7.49 from $14.99 till 3/26)
Siralim Final ($9.99 from $19.99 till 3/26)
Atelier Ryza ($23.99 from $59.99 till 3/26)
Atelier Ryza 2 ($29.99 from $59.99 till 3/26)
Atelier Ryza 3 ($38.99 from $59.99 till 3/26)
SnowRunner ($19.99 from $39.99 till 3/29)
Brutalism22 ($4.99 from $9.99 till 4/1)
Anima: Gate of Reminiscences ($2.99 from $19.99 till 4/1)
Coronary heart&Slash ($2.24 from $14.99 till 4/1)
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cloud Vers. ($14.99 from $59.99 till 4/1)
To the Moon ($7.19 from $11.99 till 4/1)
Discovering Paradise ($7.19 from $11.99 till 4/1)
Shieldwall Chronicles: SotN ($1.99 from $7.99 till 4/1)

Proper and Down ($2.99 from $9.99 till 4/2)
Rev Up! RC Grand Prix ($1.99 from $13.26 till 4/8)
Conduct Collectively ($4.99 from $19.99 till 4/8)
Fly Collectively ($3.75 from $15.00 till 4/8)
inbento ($1.99 from $4.99 till 4/8)
Tremendous Dungeon Maker ($8.59 from $19.99 till 4/8)
Drive Drift X ($1.99 from $8.59 till 4/8)
Our Fantasy Quest ($3.99 from $14.00 till 4/8)
Desktop Soccer ($1.99 from $7.11 till 4/8)
Desktop Soccer 2 ($3.99 from $8.00 till 4/8)
Sushi Shot ($1.99 from $3.80 till 4/8)
Make It! Takoyaki ($1.99 from $3.00 till 4/8)
Geometric Brothers ($3.99 from $14.00 till 4/8)
Tremendous Planet Life ($2.49 from $9.99 till 4/8)

Fairy Tail ($35.99 from $59.99 till 4/9)
Deadly Body: Masks of the Lunar Eclipse ($34.99 from $49.99 till 4/9)
Deadly Body: Maiden of Black Water ($27.99 from $39.99 till 4/9)
Atelier Marie Remake ($34.99 from $49.99 till 4/9)
Ninja Gaiden: Grasp Assortment ($26.79 from $39.99 till 4/9)
Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening ($44.99 from $59.99 till 4/9)
The Medium – Cloud Vers. ($19.99 from $49.99 till 4/9)
Blair Witch ($5.99 from $29.99 till 4/9)

Gross sales Ending Tomorrow, March twentieth

Diamond Arms To The Moon ($5.59 from $6.99 till 3/20)
Hellstuck Rage With Your Buddies ($5.59 from $6.99 till 3/20)
Isle of Jura Fishing Journey ($1.99 from $13.99 till 3/20)
Swords & Bones 2 ($1.99 from $9.99 till 3/20)
Tiny Dragon Story ($1.99 from $12.99 till 3/20)
Worms WMD ($5.99 from $29.99 till 3/20)
Yoku’s Island Specific ($3.99 from $19.99 till 3/20)
Yooka-Laylee & the Unimaginable Lair ($2.99 from $29.99 till 3/20)

That’s all for right now, pals. We’ll be again tomorrow with extra new releases, extra gross sales, and maybe some information. I don’t assume I’ll have any evaluations prepared, however we’ll see. It was so windy yesterday {that a} piece blew clear off my father-in-law’s home. I’ll have to assist take care of that, I feel. Not right now, although. I hope you all have a terrific Tuesday, and as at all times, thanks for studying!