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SwitchArcade Round-Up: Mini-Views Featuring ‘World of Tanks Blitz’ and ‘Endurance’, Today’s New Releases, and the Latest Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for September 22nd, 2020. In today’s article, we kick things off with Mini-Views of World of Tank Blitz and Endurance – Space Action. We take a look at the sole new release of the day, Worm Jazz, and finish things up with the usual lists of incoming and outgoing sales. SEGA has kicked off a huge sale starting today, so there are lots of great games to consider. Let’s go!

Mini-Views

World of Tanks Blitz (Free)

A little over six years ago I reviewed World of Tanks Blitz on iOS, which was the first release of the World of Tanks spin-off. Since then, the game has grown substantially both in content and popularity. It’s also become a bit more well-tooled for monetization. Nevertheless, it remains a highly entertaining multiplayer action game with plenty to offer even players who don’t pay a cent. The Switch port is solid, and looks and plays as good as you would hope. There are bits of the UI that betray its roots as a touch-screen game, but it works well enough. A bit of an old dog, but one that still has many good days ahead of it.

SwitchArcade Score: 4/5

Endurance – Space Action ($7.99)

The thoroughly okay RPG-lite action game Ailment gets a thoroughly okay prequel in the form of Endurance. You’re on a ship with fellow researchers when everything goes ca-ca and your fellow humans start attacking you. You’ll have to make your way through the maze like areas, collecting weapons and battling for your life. The presentation is pretty rough and the controls feel a little… mushy? Hits don’t feel solid and the action lacks punch as a result. Still, once you get used to the somewhat low-rent feel of it all, there are a few hours of fun to be had here.

SwitchArcade Score: 3/5

New Releases

Worm Jazz ($8.99)

This one hit mobile several months back as a free-to-play game with ads that you could remove for $4.99. Obviously, this Switch version does not have ads. The idea of this one is that you move your worm step by step through each stage, eating all the food you can en route to reaching the golden apple that sends you back to the main map. Hazards include mines and, more often, running into your own increasingly large body. There’s no penalty for using the undo feature, so this is a puzzle game with a very chill pace to it. It’s a decent enough game and it definitely plays better with buttons, but I’d recommend giving the free version a spin on your mobile device to see how you like it before buying it.

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

SEGA has put pretty much everything in its Switch library on sale, so pull your chair up to the table and dig into some tasty blue-sky dishes, friends. Aside from that, 10tons has put a few of its excellent twin-stick shooters on sale for fine prices, with Crimsonland being a particular favorite of mine. Both of Butterscotch Shenanigans’s games are on sale right now as well, with decent discounts on Levelhead and Crashlands. There are some other goodies in there, so be sure you have a good look. In the outbox: Resident Evil games, Undertale, and a whole lot of games whose names I’ll have to type up again when they go back on sale a week from now.

Select New Games on Sale

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA ($27.57 from $39.39 until 10/5)
Catherine: Full Body ($34.99 from $49.99 until 10/5)
Puyo Puyo Tetris ($14.99 from $29.99 until 10/5)
Puyo Puyo Champions ($3.99 from $9.99 until 10/5)
Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz ($23.99 from $39.99 until 10/5)
Sonic Mania ($9.99 from $19.99 until 10/5)
Sonic Forces ($9.99 from $19.99 until 10/5)
Team Sonic Racing ($19.99 from $39.99 until 10/5)
Mario & Sonic at the 2020 Olympics ($39.99 from $59.99 until 10/5)
SEGA Genesis Classics ($14.99 from $29.99 until 10/5)
Shining Resonance Refrain ($11.99 from $29.99 until 10/5)
Valkyria Chronicles ($9.99 from $19.99 until 10/5)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 ($17.99 from $29.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Shinobi ($5.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Gain Ground ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)


SEGA AGES Phantasy Star ($5.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Sonic the Hedgehog ($5.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ($5.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Thunder Force AC ($5.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Lightening Force ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Virtua Racing ($5.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Out Run ($5.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Wonder Boy: Monster Land ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Alex Kidd ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Fantasy Zone ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Space Harrier ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES G-LOC Air Battle ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Ichidant-R ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Columns II ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
SEGA AGES Puyo Puyo ($5.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)


SEGA AGES Puyo Puyo 2 ($5.99 from $7.99 until 10/5)
Two Point Hospital ($23.99 from $39.99 until 10/5)
Rock of Ages 2 ($5.99 from $14.99 until 10/5)
SolSeraph ($4.49 from $14.99 until 10/5)
Citizens of Space ($4.49 from $14.99 until 10/5)
Dusty Raging Fist ($4.99 from $9.99 until 10/5)
Crimsonland ($4.19 from $13.99 until 9/27)
Neon Chrome ($4.49 from $14.99 until 9/27)
JYDGE ($4.49 from $14.99 until 9/27)
Story of a Gladiator ($4.39 from $10.99 until 9/28)
One Dog Story ($10.49 from $14.99 until 9/28)
Mystery Mine ($6.99 from $9.99 until 9/28)
Brunch Club ($3.62 from $14.49 until 9/28)
Hexagroove: Tactical DJ ($23.99 from $29.99 until 9/28)
BDSM ($15.99 from $19.99 until 9/28)


Levelhead ($15.99 from $19.99 until 9/28)
Crashlands ($11.99 from $14.99 until 9/28)
Cloudbase Prime ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/28)
FRAMED Collection ($3.99 from $9.99 until 9/28)
Think of the Children ($2.59 from $12.99 until 9/28)
The Stillness of the Wind ($4.54 from $12.99 until 9/28)
Super Mutant Alien Assault ($1.99 from $9.99 until 9/28)
The Church in the Darkness ($4.99 from $19.99 until 9/28)
Neo Cab ($14.99 from $19.99 until 9/28)
In Other Waters ($11.24 from $14.99 until 9/28)
Ultra Foodmess ($2.79 from $3.99 until 10/8)
Wanderjahr TryAgainOrWalkAway ($3.99 from $9.99 until 10/11)
Infernium ($2.49 from $24.99 until 10/11)
MIND: Path to Thalamus ($1.19 from $11.99 until 10/11)
KORAL ($1.19 from $11.99 until 10/11)
Ghost Files: MoaC ($1.49 from $14.99 until 10/12)
Solitaire TriPeaks Flowers ($4.01 from $5.99 until 10/12)
Crowdy Farm Puzzle ($3.59 from $5.99 until 10/12)

Sales Ending Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 23rd

64.0 ($1.49 from $2.99 until 9/23)
Atomicrops ($10.49 from $14.99 until 9/23)
Awakening of Cthulhu ($5.99 from $11.99 until 9/23)
Black Paradox ($5.09 from $14.99 until 9/23)
Blacksea Odyssey ($3.24 from $12.99 until 9/23)
Bleed Complete Bundle ($4.19 from $27.99 until 9/23)
Break Dot ($3.99 from $4.99 until 9/23)
Cake Laboratory ($1.19 from $2.99 until 9/23)
CastleStorm II ($17.99 from $19.99 until 9/23)
Chameleon Run Deluxe ($0.99 from $5.99 until 9/23)
Colt Canyon ($10.49 from $14.99 until 9/23)
Couch Co-Op Bundle Vol. 2 ($9.19 from $45.99 until 9/23)
Dark Quest 2 ($4.39 from $10.99 until 9/23)
Demon Pit ($3.39 from $9.99 until 9/23)
Doodle Derby ($6.39 from $7.99 until 9/23)


Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher ($0.09 from $9.99 until 9/23)
Elena Temple Definitive ($1.99 from $4.99 until 9/23)
Fall of Light: Darkest ($4.49 from $14.99 until 9/23)
Flood of Light ($2.49 from $4.99 until 9/23)
Frost ($3.89 from $12.99 until 9/23)
Glass Masquerade Double Pack ($3.29 from $21.99 until 9/23)
Golem Gates ($7.49 from $24.99 until 9/23)
Here Be Dragons ($12.59 from $17.99 until 9/23)
Heroes of the Monkey Tavern ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/23)
Horror Bundle Vol. 1 ($6.09 from $30.49 until 9/23)
Indie Darling Bundle Vol.3 ($7.56 from $50.49 until 9/23)
Ink & HackyZack Bundle ($2.99 from $14.99 until 9/23)
Jigsaw Masterpieces ($0.09 from $0.99 until 9/23)
Letter Quest Remastered ($2.99 from $11.99 until 9/23)
Monster Slayers ($3.74 from $14.99 until 9/23)


Nefarious ($3.74 from $14.99 until 9/23)
Odallus: The Dark Call ($4.07 from $11.99 until 9/23)
Oniken: Unstoppable ($3.39 from $9.99 until 9/23)
Paint ($1.99 from $9.99 until 9/23)
Pixel Art Bundle Vol. 1 ($5.69 from $37.99 until 9/23)
Qbics Paint ($2.74 from 4.99 until 9/23)
Resident Evil ($12.99 from $19.99 until 9/23)
Resident Evil 0 ($12.99 from $19.99 until 9/23)
Resident Evil 4 ($14.99 from $19.99 until 9/23)
Resident Evil 5 ($14.99 from $19.99 until 9/23)
Resident Evil 6 ($14.99 from $19.99 until 9/23)
Resident Evil Revelations ($7.99 from $19.99 until 9/23)
Resident Evil Revelations 2 ($7.99 from $19.99 until 9/23)
Reverse Crawl ($3.89 from $12.99 until 9/23)
Rigid Force Redux ($14.99 from $19.99 until 9/23)


Rollin’ Eggz ($1.19 from $2.99 until 9/23)
Skelly Selest ($3.39 from $9.99 until 9/23)
Slain: Back From Hell ($4.99 from $19.99 until 9/23)
Slayaway Camp: Butcher’s Cut ($3.74 from $14.99 until 9/23)
Snakeybus ($7.18 from $11.99 until 9/23)
Solitaire Klondike Black ($0.99 from $4.99 until 9/23)
Straimium Immortaly ($5.99 from $11.99 until 9/23)
Sudoku Universe ($3.49 from $6.99 until 9/23)
Syberia 1 & 2 ($9.99 from $34.99 until 9/23)
Syberia 2 ($1.49 from $29.99 until 9/23)
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters ($10.49 from $14.99 until 9/23)
The Keep ($2.99 from $17.99 until 9/23)
Thumper ($5.99 from $19.99 until 9/23)
Undertale ($9.99 from $14.99 until 9/23)
UnExplored ($4.49 from $14.99 until 9/23)
Valfaris Full Metal Mode ($12.49 from $24.99 until 9/23)
Verlet Swing ($5.09 from $14.99 until 9/23)
Warp Shift ($0.99 from $9.99 until 9/23)
XenoRaptor ($5.09 from $14.99 until 9/23)

That’s all for today, friends. A little bit of a smaller one, but that’s how it goes some days. Tomorrow will have a few new releases that we’ll be taking a look at, and likely some news that isn’t just Microsoft buying one of the biggest third party publishers for an ungodly amount of money. We’ll also have whatever sales come along ready for you to read in convenient list format. I hope you all have a great Tuesday, and as always, thanks for reading!