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SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Pizza Tower’, ‘Castlevania Dominus Collection’, Plus Today’s Other Releases and Sales
TouchArcadeAugust 28, 20245 min read5 viewsTouchArcadeAugust 28, 20245 min read5 viewsTouchArcadeAugust 28, 20245 min read5 viewsHello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 28th, 2024. Gosh, that presentation yesterday sure had a lot of good stuff in it, didn’t it? A bunch of shadow dropped games, too.
That means our usually quiet Wednesday is anything but, and that’s not a bad thing. We’ve got a bit of news, a look at all the new games on the eShop today, plus the usual lists of new and expiring sales for the day. Lots to see, so let’s get going!
News The Partner/Indie World Showcase Had Plenty to Offer Sandwiching together two slightly smaller versions of the usual types of Directs was an interesting choice, and it means we got a bunch of announcements. I can’t go through all of them here, but highlights included some shadow drops we’ll talk about in the New Releases section, Capcom Fighting Collection 2 , the Suikoden I & II remakes, Yakuza Kiwami , Tetris Forever, MySims, Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition , new Atelier and Rune Factory games, and many, many more. I’d advise just setting aside some time and watching the video.
Skim if you must. Plenty of great games there for a variety of tastes. 99) One of the many cool shadow drops from the Direct was a third Castlevania collection.
This one includes the three Nintendo DS games: Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin, and Order of Ecclesia . It also includes the absolutely rancid arcade game, Haunted Castle , and as an extra, a remake of Haunted Castle by the folks at M2. It’s a lot better.
As you would expect from this developer, this is a top-notch treatment that features great emulation and pretty much all of the features you’d want. An absurd value for the price. 99) The Wario Land -inspired frenetic platformer dashes on to the Switch with this Direct shadow drop.
Make your way through the five massive floors of the Pizza Tower in order to destroy it and save your restaurant. If you miss Wario’s handheld adventures, you’ll really want to grab this. If you have no strong Wario feelings but like platforming, you should also give this a look.
We’re hoping to review this one, but we’ll have to see how things go. 99) The shadow drops continue. Look, it’s a Wednesday.
If it weren’t for these, we wouldn’t have much at all. Anyway, Goat Simulator 3 . You know how Goat Simulator works by now.
I can’t verify how this game runs on Switch, but I know more powerful consoles struggle with it in places. So, you know, proceed with caution. Though I suppose even if it does run badly, it might just play into the whole sh**post nature of the game.
Well, I leave it to you to decide. Silly goats doing silly things in an open world, may or may not make your Switch vomit blood. 99) I know it’s cliche to armchair quarterback and talk about companies leaving money on the proverbial table, but I genuinely think Electronic Arts made a giant mistake by not putting Popcap’s games on the Switch in some form or another.
Maybe even a collection? Well, they didn’t. They aren’t going to.
And so we must scratch that itch in other ways, and for my fellow Peggle fans I can’t recommend Peglin enough. This one has been available on mobile for a while, and it’s just as good here on Switch. It’s basically Peggle blended into a turn-based RPG roguelite.
We’ll have a review of this soon in case you need more details. 00) How can Kairosoft spice up its now incredibly well-worn formula for simulation games? Well, I suppose one way is to add a license to the mix.
That’s what we’ve got here with Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story, a standard Kairosoft shop sim featuring the characters from the popular Doraemon manga and anime series. A decent effort has been made to do the license justice, and you might even spot some characters from the manga artist’s other works popping in as customers. Cute.
99) More Pico Park for the Pico Park fans out there. Up to eight players can join in via local or online multiplayer, and this is one game where the rule of the more, the merrier is in full effect. Play through a bunch of puzzle stages that require some sharp thinking and cooperation to solve.
One for those who didn’t get their fill with the first game, but not really different enough to be likely to pull in anyone new. And that’s fine. 99) An affordable little rhythm game featuring music from Kamitsubaki Studio.
Hit the notes, follow the story, enjoy the tunes. Not the fanciest dining, but for that price it doesn’t have to be. 99) Yes, that’s a Sokoban -style crate-pushing puzzler starring a penguin, alright.
One hundred levels. You know if you want it or not. 80) More quirky physics-based puzzles, over three hundred this time around.
You’ll have to make use of your character’s abilities in addition to drawing to solve the problems now. Up to four players can get in on the fun, either via local or online multiplayer. Sales (North American eShop, US Prices) Mostly NIS America games in the inbox today, but you can also score some deals on Balatro, Frogun , and The King of Fighters XIII Global Match if you want.
The outbox has a fair bit in it, so you’ll probably want to have a careful look through there and see if there’s anything you want. 99 until 8/29) Bio Inc. 99 until 8/29) OnlyUP!
99 until 8/29) Spy Bros . 99 until 8/29) That’s all for today, friends. Tomorrow is Thursday, and that means we’ll have another pretty big day for new games.
The new Famicom Detective Club is among them, but there are other big names in there too. We’ll have summaries of the games worth summarizing, plus whatever sales and major news items roll in over the course of the day. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday, and as always, thanks for reading!
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