Reviews Featuring ‘EGGCONSOLE Dragon Slayer IV’, Plus the Latest Releases and Sales – TouchArcade Leave a comment

Good day mild readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Spherical-Up for April sixteenth, 2024. A reasonably commonplace Tuesday, by most measures. I’ve a few opinions for you, as I check out the newest EGGCONSOLE launch and a little bit Sokoban-style puzzler. There are a couple of new releases, and so they’re all fairly first rate. I’ve obtained summaries of all of these, after which the same old lists of latest and expiring gross sales. These aren’t very large lists at the moment, so don’t get too enthusiastic about them. Let’s get to what we’ve obtained!

Opinions & Mini-Views

EGGCONSOLE Dragon Slayer IV DrasleFamily MSX2 ($6.49)

That is Legacy of the Wizard. You recognize, the NES recreation. Nicely, possibly you don’t know. Mainly, this recreation was ported to the Famicom after which was localized for the West through Broderbund again within the day. It was a mainstay in Nintendo Energy’s Counselor’s Nook for a very long time, with readers sending in tons of questions on the best way to remedy its many difficult sections. An actual love or hate affair for many gamers, and its fame runs the gamut from one of many console’s worst video games to an under-appreciated basic of the library.

You get the MSX2 model right here, and that makes this our first EGGCONSOLE MSX2 launch. There are a couple of variations within the room layouts in comparison with the NES model, and it’s solely flick-screen in design. No scrolling rooms right here. Not an enormous deal, actually. Regardless of this being an unlocalized Japanese model, many of the essential textual content is in English. You get the same old EGGCONSOLE choices right here, together with save states, display settings, button remapping, a little bit starter information for the best way to play, and a gallery containing scans of the Japanese packaging and guide. No bookmarks right here, sadly. If you wish to see the entire recreation, you’ll need to get there by your personal efforts.

And it’ll take fairly an effort. On this recreation it’s important to use the abilities of the varied members of the titular Drasle household to make your manner by a fairly huge dungeon and slay the dragon ready on the finish. Every member of the family has their very own distinctive talents and may equip objects that the others can’t, principally giving them unique entry to sure sections of the map. You’ll need to swap between them, gathering objects and defeating the bosses in every of these sections, every coughing up an merchandise that collectively will grant you entry to the weapon you’ll must slay the dragon. An arduous job, to make certain, however no less than you’ve gotten save states?

Actually, when it comes to potential language obstacles and quirky mechanics, this is without doubt one of the extra playable RPG-adjacent titles within the EGGCONSOLE line-up up to now. Notably in the event you’re already acquainted with Legacy of the Wizard. However there may be one fly within the ointment right here past the sport itself. Particularly, the NES model of the sport is included in Namco Museum Archives Vol.2 together with ten different video games for $19.99, and it’s arguably the superior expertise. Meaning choosing up this launch is simply smart in the event you particularly need this recreation and nothing else in that Namco set, or have a particular curiosity on this MSX2 take for no matter cause.

In case you love Legacy of the Wizard for the NES and are interested by making an attempt a barely remixed model of it, then EGGCONSOLE Dragon Slayer IV is one thing you’ll wish to take a look at. In case you’re absolutely new to the sport, I’d in all probability suggest the Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2 set as an alternative. The NES model included there may be simply nearly as good as this one if not higher, and also you get extra video games to go together with it. With that stated, this isn’t a nasty model by any means, and the language barrier is fairly minimal by the requirements of those releases. An odd recreation to make certain, however not one that’s inconceivable to like.

SwitchArcade Rating: 3.5/5

Mimi the Cat: Mimi’s Scratcher ($4.99)

Generally a recreation doesn’t need to do something too fancy to fulfill, and that’s roughly the place I’m at with Mimi the Cat. It’s a reasonably simple tackle the Sokoban-style crate-pusher puzzle recreation. Mimi’s making an attempt to achieve her scratcher in every stage, and you have to information her there. This may usually contain pushing bins round and stacking them in order that Mimi can cross gaps or climb as much as the place her scratcher is, and there are a couple of stage gimmicks sprinkled in to maintain issues recent alongside the way in which. It’s not doing something new and it comes off as very low-budget, however in the event you take pleasure in these sorts of puzzles it’s going to scratch the itch.

SwitchArcade Rating: 3/5

New Releases

Grounded ($39.99)

A survival recreation developed by… Obsidian? Wow, that’s not that developer’s common lane, however from what I’ve heard from Xbox gamers, it is a actually good one. The actual query is how nicely this former Xbox Sequence unique has made the transition to the far much less highly effective Swap. I want I had a solution for you, however we weren’t given any early entry to the sport so I’m simply as in the dead of night as anybody on this. Fingers crossed, as a result of it appears like a variety of enjoyable!

Planet of Lana ($19.99)

In case you take pleasure in atmospheric puzzle platformers like Limbo or Inside, this would possibly enchantment to you. Observe the story of a stunning planet whose pure steadiness is threatened, and ensure it stays a phenomenal place. Nicely, you know the way this type of factor goes. Discover the beautiful environments, do some difficult platforming, remedy some difficult puzzles, and benefit from the unfolding story. The reception to this was good on different platforms and I’ve little doubt it’s going to discover a foothold on the Swap as nicely.

Rose & Camellia Assortment ($19.99)

The favored Flash slappers from NIGORO, the developer behind the La-Mulana video games, come to the Nintendo Swap on this helpful assortment. You get the primary two video games, the all-new third and fourth video games, plus Rose & Camellia vs. La-Mulana. In case you haven’t performed these earlier than, they’re a little bit like Punch-Out. You dodge the slaps out of your opponent and retaliate with slaps of your personal. It’s all introduced in a really foolish vogue, and whereas this isn’t precisely the deepest factor you’ll play there’s a sure pleasure to it. This Swap model permits you to use movement controls to make the slaps really feel that rather more actual. I’ll have a assessment of it quickly.

Gross sales

(North American eShop, US Costs)

Nicely, there’s a brand new low worth on Commandos 3 there. The Duke Nukem Pinball DLC for Pinball M, too. Gee, that outbox is nearly nothing. Maybe we’ll get some large gross sales quickly, however clearly at the moment is a wash.

Choose New Gross sales

Pinball M: Duke Nukem Pinball DLC ($4.66 from $5.49 till 4/23)
Summer time Daze: Tilly’s Story ($5.99 from $14.99 till 4/29)
Sakura Magical Ladies ($4.99 from $9.99 till 5/6)
Aeterna Noctis ($11.99 from $29.99 till 5/6)
Summum Aeterna ($11.99 from $19.99 till 5/6)
Commandos 3: HD Remaster ($22.49 from $29.99 till 5/6)
Mediterranea Inferno ($6.99 from $9.99 till 5/6)
Figment 1 + Figment 2 ($9.99 from $39.99 till 5/6)

Gross sales Ending Tomorrow, April seventeenth

RPG Time: The Legend of Wright ($11.99 from $29.99 till 4/17)
Sunny Cafe ($13.49 from $14.99 till 4/17)

That’s all for at the moment, mates. We’ll be again tomorrow with extra new releases, extra gross sales, and maybe some information. I’m a little bit sleepy at the moment, which appears to be a standard affliction for me on Tuesdays currently. I can’t actually say why. Anyway, I hope you all have a terrific day, and as at all times, thanks for studying!