SwitchArcade Recap: ‘Castaway,’ ‘Elrentaros Wanderings,’ and More Today’s Releases, News, and Sales

Hello, dear readers, and welcome to the August 16, 2024 SwitchArcade Round-Up. It’s the top of one other week, and we’ve got a number of games to envision out as we clean up. But first, we’re going to dive into some latest releases as a treat. Then we’ll undergo the brand new releases in our usual style, and then we’ll wrap things up with lists of recent sales and expiring discounts. Let’s get the weekend began!

News

Get the Splatoon 3 theme in the most recent Maximus Cup “Tetris 99”

Hey, it’s Maximus Cup time again! This time the theme is , or moderately content, if we will be very specific. And we’ve got to be. The rules are the identical as usual. The event lasts from… a number of hours ago until the top of this weekend, and you will have that much time to earn 100 event points by playing. If you complete this herculean task, you will give you the option to maintain the theme and use it at your leisure. Or bury it in a pile with other unlocked themes when you proceed to make use of your classic Game Boy. Your call.

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Elrentaros Treks ($39.99)

I had really high hopes for this RPG, considering it was coming from a brand new team led by the creator. I wish I could say it lived as much as those hopes, but… it definitely didn’t. I’ll be writing a review soon, and I’m still sorting through my thoughts, however it’s hard to recommend this game based on what I’ve experienced thus far. It looks like the developer did not have the budget to match their ambitions, and consequently needed to water down the brew an excessive amount of. It’s a really grindy affair, and there’s just not much here that makes the grind enjoyable.

Castaway ($7.99)

I mean, Nintendo needed to approve it themselves, so in the event that they don’t care, I won’t. It’s a comparatively short action-adventure game that takes some obvious inspiration from , with the Game Boy games particularly almost actually serving as the first visual reference. The price is low enough to risk it if the sport sounds interesting to you, and that is probably what I’ll do, since I have not had a probability to play it myself yet.

Goodbye North ($23.99)

It’s a game during which you play as a border collie who goes on an adventure along with his human to try to revive color to a Scottish-inspired archipelago. As you play, you will unlock memories and clues about what happened to empty the colour from the world, and while I have not played the sport, I actually have a very bad feeling that the ending is one in all those where you’ll have a box of tissues. Our buddy Mikhail will probably be back with a review as soon as he can.

Sirena’s Journey ($5.99)

A brief, one-hour trip to the underside of the Mariana Trench, where a mysterious facility is positioned. What is its purpose? Who built it? Can you discover the answers to those questions? Do you should? A rather horror-filled puzzle platformer with an interesting low-resolution atmosphere. Maybe it’s definitely worth the dive.

Rewind or Die ($11.99)

Scary comedy? Comedy horror? This game puts you within the shoes of a video store worker within the 90s, and while it’s unclear whether you have to be there today, you will have to do your job while a serial killer is on the loose. Convoluted puzzles, over-the-top gore, multiple endings, and a crucial lesson for many who handle tape media: rewind… or .

Mute Crimson DX ($14.99)

This is a precision platformer where you play as a ninja who has to avoid wasting his city from monsters. You could have to run and jump through nine worlds, showing off your moves within the face of varied traps, enemies and bosses. There are also a number of secrets to find along the best way, provided you will have the abilities to find them. If you want this genre, then this can be a excellent game. It is difficult but rewarding.

Go to Mine ($9.99)

Go and experiment a bit with space mining on this puzzle game. Collect crystals and attempt to destroy enemy drones before they get to you. It’s a moderately unusual game mechanically, because sometimes you control your miners as if it were a real-time strategy game. Puzzle game fans in search of something different than the same old can enjoy what this has to supply. Not bad!

Murder Is Game Over: Streaming Death ($4.99)

The adventure mystery continues, this time putting you within the shoes of a social media star who has mysteriously died in a distant seaside village. But after all, nothing is so simple as it seems. Explore the village, interrogate suspects, find clues, and attempt to determine what really happened. Someone is guilty, and it’s as much as you to stop them before they’ve a probability to do it again.

Turnover

Sure, there are some cool sales on the market. You can browse and see what you want, because there are numerous weird games on the list. Not many within the weekend dropbox, but also they are rare enough that you simply might want to contemplate them.

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($11.99 from $14.99 through 8/23)
($8.99 from $14.99 through 8/23)
($13.99 from $39.99 through 8/26)
($4.79 from $29.99 through 8/26)
($13.49 from $14.99 through 8/29)
($2.49 from $9.99 through 8/29)
($5.99 from $9.99 through 8/29)
($3.74 from $14.99 through 8/29)
($3.74 from $14.99 through 8/29)
($2.49 from $9.99 through 8/29)
($2.49 from $9.99 through 8/29)
($1.99 from $2.99 ​​through 8/29)
($4.79 from $7.99 through 8/29)
($11.99 from $19.99 until August 30)
($9.89 from $14.99 until August 30)

($13.99 from $19.99 until August 30)
($7.49 from $14.99 until August 30)
($19.99 from $24.99 to August 30)
($3.99 from $19.99 to August 30)
($6.99 from $9.99 to August 30)
($6.99 from $19.99 until August 30)
($8.49 from $24.99 to Aug 30)
($13.99 from $19.99 until August 30)
($3.49 from $4.99 until August 30)
($9.99 from $19.99 to August 30)
($8.99 from $29.99 to August 30)
($2.39 from $7.99 until August 30)
($9.99 from $19.99 to August 30)

($6.79 from $19.99 until August 30)
($3.39 from $9.99 through Aug 30)
($2.49 from $4.99 through August 30)
($7.49 from $29.99 to Aug 30)
($5.99 from $11.99 until August 30)
($3.74 from $14.99 until August 30)
($16.74 from $24.99 through 9/4)
($3.35 from $3.95 through 9/5)
($19.99 from $24.99 through 9/5)
($3.74 from $14.99 through 9/5)
($5.99 from $49.99 until September 5)
($2.49 from $4.99 through 9/5)
($2.49 from $4.99 through 9/5)
($2.49 from $4.99 through 9/5)
($2.49 from $4.99 through 9/5)

($12.99 from $19.99 through 9/5)
($8.99 from $14.99 through 9/5)
($9.74 from $14.99 through 9/5)
($3.99 from $19.99 through 9/5)
($1.99 from $14.99 through 9/5)
($17.49 from $49.99 through 9/5)
($14.99 from $29.99 through 9/5)
($5.99 from $11.99 through 9/5)

Sale ends this weekend

($2.49 from $9.99 through 8/17)
($11.99 from $14.99 through 8/17)
($2.56 from $12.99 through 8/17)
($16.99 from $19.99 through 8/17)
($7.99 from $9.99 through 8/17)
($2.49 from $4.99 through 8/17)
($8.39 from $11.99 through 8/18)
($13.99 from $19.99 through 8/18)
($13.99 from $19.99 through 8/18)
($9.74 from $14.99 through 8/18)

That’s all for today and this week, friends. We’ll be back next week with more latest releases, more sales, more reviews, and a number of news items. It looks just like the highly anticipated typhoon that was purported to hit today has modified course, in order that’s nice. One less excuse to remain home and play video games, but I’ll consider something else. I hope you all have a great weekend, and as all the time, thanks for reading!