SwitchArcade Recap: Today’s Nintendo Direct, Full ‘EGGCONSOLE Star Trader’ Review, Plus What’s New and Sales

Hello, dear readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade recap for August 27, 2024. In today’s article, we’re starting with a bit of stories. Then now we have one review so that you can snack on. Just take a look at last week’s latest release and regulars probably understand how this may play out. Then we only have one recent release to have a look at. Fortunately, it is sweet. We end with the standard lists of latest and expiring sales, that are also high quality. I don’t know what shall be on Direct today, so perhaps that may make Tuesday more exciting? It’s a mystery I am unable to solve as I write, but you recognize the reply as you read. Let’s get into it!

News

Watch today’s Nintendo Direct/Indie World presentation

As savvy insiders have recently predicted occasionally, Nintendo scheduled a Nintendo Direct for August at almost the last minute. We get a complete of 40 minutes, divided between the Partner Showcase and the Indie World Showcase. Don’t expect anything first-hand, and definitely don’t expect anything from the Switch’s successor console. By the time you read this, the presentation must have been accomplished way back. You can watch it above, and I’ll summarize the important thing points tomorrow.

Reviews and mini-views

EGGCONSOLE Star Trader PC-8801mkIIsr ($6.49)

Two questions all the time arise relating to untranslated editions. First of all, what’s the game itself like? Secondly, are you able to enjoy it without understanding Japanese? it’s an interesting game, although not what I’d call it. Falcom combined the format of a Japanese-style adventure game with just a few stages of a side-scrolling shooter, and it doesn’t do either thing surprisingly well. At least some adventure games have nice graphics, and it’s interesting to see shooters attempt to tell a story this manner. You mainly talk over with people and give them tasks, the successful completion of which is able to mean you can earn money that you could use to enhance your ship. This is significant because it’s good to keep this money flowing in to remain on top of the stock segments.

As for shooters… well, the PC-8801 wasn’t superb at smooth scrolling. So you get a really uneven experience, and I’m unsure it will even be that great if the whole lot was at a traditional pace. I’m unsure which a part of the sport serves the opposite, but ultimately Star Trader is more interesting than good. Which naturally leads us to the second query. As you would possibly expect, adventure game segments are text-heavy and require some conscious input from the player to attain the very best results. If you do not understand them, not only will you lose half the sport, but you’ll likely be stuck for the second half because you will not earn enough credits to maintain your ship up so far. You can brute force it higher than some releases, however it won’t be a superb time.

is an interesting piece of gaming history, showing a developer working outside the lines we normally associate him with. Unfortunately, the fun you possibly can get from poking at this tidbit is seriously overshadowed by the indisputable fact that there is a ton of Japanese text that almost all Western gamers won’t have the ability to read. There’s still something to realize by fooling around with this, however it’s hard to recommend it with more enthusiasm.

SwitchArcade Score: 3/5

Select What’s New

Crypt Keeper ($19.99)

An motion adventure game with a top-down view, a couple of recently deceased cat named Pluto, who, after a failed meeting with the Guardian of the Underworld, is banished from the palace of the Underworld and sentenced to everlasting purity. Cholera. Explore, fight enemies with a brush, meet strange characters, fight bosses, develop your skills and so on. You understand how this sort of game works. You know what? This is pretty good. If you want this genre, I feel it is best to try it.

Turnover

If you want colourful shooters with quirky mechanics, I like to recommend testing games and . I liked all three. In the outbox buy. Do it. Other things to think about: games, and . Maybe a bit as a treat. Check out these lists!

Select New Sale

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($7.49 from $29.99 through September 9)
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($4.10 from $8.20 through September 16)
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($4.19 from $10.49 through September 16)
($6.79 from $19.99 through September 16)
($3.44 from $4.99 through September 16)

Sale ends tomorrow, August 28

($15.99 from $19.99 through 8/28)
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($14.99 from $29.99 through 8/28)
($5.99 from $19.99 through 8/28)
($28.00 from $35.01 through 8/28)
($14.99 from $19.99 through August 28)
($7.49 from $14.99 through August 28)
($9.99 from $19.99 through 8/28)
($4.99 from $9.99 through 8/28)
($7.49 from $14.99 through August 28)
($7.49 from $14.99 through 8/28)
($7.49 from $14.99 through August 28)
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($4.49 from $17.99 through 8/28)
($9.99 from $19.99 through 8/28)
($17.99 from $19.99 through August 28)
($22.49 from $29.99 through August 28)

That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow to speak a bit about what was on this Direct, in addition to highlight some recent games, sales, and perhaps a review or two on top. I hope you all have an exquisite Tuesday and as all the time, thanks for reading!