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SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Spectacular Sparky’, ‘Sheepo’, and Today’s Other New Releases, Plus News and the Latest Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for October 20th, 2021. In today’s article, we’ve got several new games to check out. A few of them seem like they could be a good time, which is always a pleasant bonus. There’s a little bit of news to look at, and we round it all out with the usual lists of incoming and outgoing sales. Let’s dig into the sand and see what comes out!

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Punch It Up in ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ This Week

Even after Sora, Wednesdays are Wednesdays. And that means we’ve got an announcement of the next weekend event in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. I expected it would be Kingdom Hearts-related this time, but it surprisingly has nothing to do with it. Instead, it’s a Spirit Board event focused on… fists? Well, okay. Fist-related Spirits will be appearing more often, and you can beat them up for more gold than usual. The event kicks off this Friday and will run for the usual three days through the weekend.

New Releases

BATS: Bloodsucker Anti-Terror Squad ($9.99)

Perhaps a good one for the spooky seasons, BATS is a vampire-themed 2D action game about a squad of supernatural terrorist slayers. There are five levels to play through, multiple characters to use, some additional modes, and pixelated blood splatters everywhere. It’s all presented in a tongue-in-cheek style that evokes 1980s Saturday morning cartoons. Except for the blood, I guess.

Spectacular Sparky ($14.99)

Oh hey, FreakZone Games. There’s a certain rough charm to the games this developer puts out, and I have to say that Spectacular Sparky really is the best-looking one yet from them. It’s a run-and-gun about a psychotic bunny-like alien bounty hunter. It has twenty-four levels across five worlds, multiple weapons and vehicles, a variety of difficulty settings, voice acting, and a whole bunch of ways to die. It looks like a lost Genesis/Mega Drive game, but does it play like one? Only one way to find out, friends.

Sheepo ($10.99)

Sheepo is an odd Metroidvania-style game. You control a weird creature that the game description seems to think is sheep-like. I don’t know. Anyway, there’s no combat in this game. Nope! None. You explore the world, searching for eggs. When you find an egg, you gain the ability to change into that creature, allowing you to explore more of the world. The different creature types mix up the platforming gameplay, keeping things fresh as you go. Not bad.

JARS ($14.99)

This is an interesting-looking strategy game. You have two goals on each stage: destroy all of the jars, and protect your sarcophagus. You’ll need to make use of a variety of minions to achieve both of those goals, sending them out to do some smashing while also keeping some of them to protect the box from the incoming creatures. A bit of puzzle and a bit of tower defense, all wrapped up in a rather unique art style.

Crazy Gravity ($4.99)

Ah, now here is some good five-dollar Switch platformer vibes. This is one of those platformers that uses gravity-flipping as a chief gimmick, challenging you to clear thirty stages of action. There are a few other tricks and such to worry about, but nothing we haven’t seen before in other games. Still, for a fiver this seems like a good enough time for platformer fans.

Parasomnia Verum ($3.49)

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: low-cost, low-budget, first-person horror game about exploring a dark house. Why, yes! There are inventory puzzles, how did you know? Not my sort of thing, but if it is yours the price means this isn’t much of a gamble.

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

What’s in the bucket today, then? Oh, Dice Legacy. That’s an interesting one and it just got a big free update. NBA 2K22 has its first big discount, and might be worth looking at for basketball fans. As for the outbox, it’s big. Real big. Make sure you check it yourself, but if I had to pick some highlights they would probably be the Arcade Archives games (Puzzle Bobble 2 and Kiki Kaikai especially), Dungeon Encounters, and Sakuna: Of Rice & Ruin.

Select New Games on Sale

Lost Words: Beyond the Page ($9.74 from $14.99 until 10/26)
Perfect Traffic Simulator ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/26)
Fantasy Tower Defense ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/26)
Royal Tower Defense ($1.99 from $7.99 until 10/26)
Among Pipes ($1.99 from $7.99 until 10/26)
Gangsta Paradise ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/26)
Colorfall ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/26)
Fantasy Checkers ($1.99 from $7.99 until 10/26)
AnimaLudo ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/26)
Zoo Dentist ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/26)
Checkers for Kids ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/26)
The Legend of Ninja ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/26)
Fall Gummies ($1.99 from $7.99 until 10/26)
Trine Ultimate Collection ($9.99 from $49.99 until 10/26)
Silk ($1.99 from $12.99 until 10/26)


Override: Mech City Brawl ($9.89 from $29.99 until 10/26)
Hyper Sentinel ($1.99 from $7.99 until 10/26)
The Mystery of Woolley Mountain ($1.99 from $12.99 until 10/26)
Dice Legacy ($15.99 from $19.99 until 10/27)
NBA 2K22 ($40.19 from $59.99 until 10/27)
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition ($7.49 from $29.99 until 10/27)
Ash of Gods: Redemption ($7.49 from $29.99 until 10/27)
9 Monkeys of Shaolin ($7.49 from $29.99 until 10/27)
Cultist Simulator: Initiate ($9.99 from $19.99 until 10/27)
Gnome More War ($1.99 from $2.99 until 10/31)
Grand Guilds ($4.99 from $19.99 until 10/31)
Towertale ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/31)
High Noon Revolver ($1.99 from $2.99 until 10/31)
The Legend of Tianding ($17.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Oxenfree ($3.99 from $9.99 until 11/2)


De: Yabatanien ($11.19 from $13.99 until 11/3)
Assault ChaingunS KM ($7.99 from $9.99 until 11/3)
AVICII Invector ($13.99 from $19.99 until 11/3)
Jump King ($6.49 from $12.99 until 11/3)
Close to the Sun ($9.99 from $24.99 until 11/3)
Death Road to Canada ($7.49 from $14.99 until 11/3)
LEGO Harry Potter Collection ($12.49 from $49.99 until 11/3)
Morphite ($2.99 from $14.99 until 11/9)
Storm Boy ($2.03 from $5.99 until 11/9)
Whipseey & the Lost Atlas ($2.03 from $5.99 until 11/9)
Projection First Light ($7.99 from $19.99 until 11/9)
The Wardrobe: Even Better ($6.79 from $19.99 until 11/9)
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/9)
Croc’s World ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/9)
Croc’s World Run ($1.99 from $5.99 until 11/9)


Airfield Mania ($1.99 from $5.99 until 11/9)
Jewel Fever 2 ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/9)
Jewel Rotation ($1.99 from $5.99 until 11/9)
Pacific Wings ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/9)
Yellow Fins ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/9)
Water Balloon Mania ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/9)
Birds and Blocks ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/9)
16-Bit Soccer ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/9)
Puzzle 9 ($4.79 from $5.99 until 11/9)
Nerf Legends ($39.99 from $49.99 until 11/12)

Sales Ending Tomorrow, Thursday, October 21st

#Funtime ($5.20 from $14.99 until 10/21)
0 Degrees ($2.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
32 Secs ($5.00 from $25.00 until 10/21)
64.0 ($1.99 from $2.99 until 10/21)
Abyss of the Sacrifice ($23.99 from $39.99 until 10/21)
ACA NEOGEO Puzzle Bobble 2 ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/21)
Aeolis Tournament ($2.24 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Agony ($1.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Almost There: The Platformer ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
AngerForce: Reloaded ($6.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Arcade Archives Kiki Kaikai ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/21)
Arcade Archives The Legend of Kage ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/21)
Arcade Archives The Tin Star ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/21)
Arcade Archives Water Ski ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/21)
Arrog ($2.79 from $3.99 until 10/21)
Bad Dream: Coma ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Bad Dream: Fever ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Bakumatsu Renka Shinsengumi ($24.99 from $49.99 until 10/21)
Bedtime Blues ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Behold the Kickmen ($1.99 from $3.99 until 10/21)
Binarystar Infinity ($2.49 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Black Paradox ($4.49 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Black Rainbow ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Bleep Bloop ($1.99 from $3.99 until 10/21)
Blue Rider ($2.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)


Bomber Fox ($2.49 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Breakpoint ($2.39 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Brightstone Mysteries: PH ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Candleman ($9.99 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Catch ‘Em! Goldfish Scooping ($2.39 from $7.99)
Cave Bad ($2.49 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Chalk Dash Carnival ($1.99 from $7.09 until 10/21)
Clock Simulator ($1.99 from $3.99 until 10/21)
Cooking Simulator ($1.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Country Tales ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Crowdy Farm Rush ($1.99 from $5.99 until 10/21)
Cruel Bands Career ($2.79 from $3.99 until 10/21)
Cube Blast: Match ($5.40 from $18.00 until 10/21)
Danger Scavenger ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Dark Veer ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Debris Infinity ($3.74 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Defentron ($3.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Deleveled ($3.92 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Delicious Pretty Girls Solitaire ($3.89 from $5.99 until 10/21)
Demon Pit ($2.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Desktop Baseball ($2.91 from $7.29 until 10/21)
Desktop Basketball ($2.88 from $7.20 until 10/21)
Desktop Bowling ($2.95 from $7.39 until 10/21)
Desktop Dodgeball ($2.98 from $7.45 until 10/21)
Desktop Rugby ($1.99 from $7.43 until 10/21)

Desktop Soccer ($2.84 from $7.11 until 10/21)
Desktop Table Tennis ($2.96 from $7.41 until 10/21)
Desktop Volleyball ($2.97 from $7.43 until 10/21)
Devil Slayer Raksasi ($9.99 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Diggerman ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Doggie Ninja Burning Strikers ($2.50 from $8.00 until 10/21)
Doggie Ninja Golden Mission ($2.00 from $8.00 until 10/21)
DragonFangZ ($12.49 from $24.99 until 10/21)
Duel on Board ($5.59 from $7.99 until 10/21)
Dungeon Encounters ($23.99 from $29.99 until 10/21)
Dungeons & Aliens ($1.99 from $3.99 until 10/21)
Emily Archer & Curse of Tutankhamun ($2.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Enchanting Mahjong Match ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Escape Trick: 35 Fateful Enigmas ($9.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Eternum Ex ($1.99 from $7.99 until 10/21)
Faircroft’s Antiques: THoGK CE ($2.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Fall of Light: Darkest Edition ($4.49 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Farm Mystery ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Fishing Universe Simulator ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Flood of Light ($2.49 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Foregone ($7.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Forest Home ($1.99 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Fracter ($3.35 from $6.99 until 10/21)
Fred3ric ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Frederic 2: Evil Strikes Back ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)


Frederic: Resurrection of Music ($2.39 from $5.99 until 10/21)
Frontline Zed ($2.39 from $11.99 until 10/21)
Future Aero Racing S Ultra ($2.79 from $6.99 until 10/21)
Georifters ($1.99 from $29.99 until 10/21)
Glaive Brick Breaker ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Go All Out! ($2.59 from $12.99 until 10/21)
Goetia ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Golem Gates ($7.49 from $24.99 until 10/21)
Grab Lab ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Grave Keeper ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Green Hell ($6.24 from $24.99 until 10/21)
Guild of Darksteel ($11.99 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Gunpowder on the Teeth: Arcade ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Gurgamoth ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Hard West ($1.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Heaven Dust ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/21)
Heroes of the Monkey Tavern ($4.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Hollow ($1.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Hot Shot Burn ($2.24 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Hyper Jam ($2.99 from $14.99 until 10/21)
IHUGU ($1.99 from $3.99 until 10/21)
Inspector Waffles ($12.59 from $13.99 until 10/21)
Jim Conception ($11.25 from $15.00 until 10/21)
Julia’s Sweets ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Kawaii Deathu Desu ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)


Kid Tripp ($1.99 from $3.99 until 10/21)
Legend of Keepers: Dungeon Manager ($11.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Letter Quest Remastered ($2.99 from $11.99 until 10/21)
Lines Infinite ($1.99 from $3.99 until 10/21)
Lines X ($1.99 from $3.99 until 10/21)
Lost Sea ($2.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Masky ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Merchants of Kaidan ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Micro Pico Racers ($1.99 from $4.49 until 10/21)
Millie ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Mini Island Challenge Bundle ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Mini Motor Racing X ($4.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Monomals ($16.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Monster Slayers ($3.74 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Moto Racer 4 ($1.99 from $14.90 until 10/21)
My Brother Rabbit ($2.99 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Mysterious Case of Jekyll & Hyde ($2.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Nefarious ($3.74 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Never Breakup ($6.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Nightshade ($28.79 from $47.99 until 10/21)
No Longer Home ($11.99 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition ($11.24 from $14.99 until 10/21)
NoReload Heroes ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Odallus: The Dark Call ($3.59 from $11.99 until 10/21)
Offroad Racing: BxAxM ($1.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)


Omega Labyrinth Life ($27.59 from $59.99 until 10/21)
Omen Exito: Plague ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
OmoTomO ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Oniken: Unstoppable Edition ($2.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Our Flick Erasers ($6.48 from $12.96 until 10/21)
Pack Master ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders ($2.99 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Phantaruk ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Phantom Doctrine ($1.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Pixboy ($1.99 form $4.99 until 10/21)
Poly Puzzle ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Pool Billiard ($1.99 from $7.99 until 10/21)
Q-YO Blaster ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Qbik ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Realpolitiks ($2.49 from $24.99 until 10/21)
Red Crow Mysteries: Legion ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Rev Up! RCC Grand Prix ($6.63 from $13.26 until 10/21)
Reverse Crawl ($3.24 from $12.99 until 10/21)
Reversi Let’s Go ($3.49 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Rift Racoon ($2.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Risky Rescue ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Robothorium ($7.49 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Roundguard ($8.67 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Sakuna: Of Rice & Ruin ($27.99 from $39.99 until 10/21)
Seeds of Resilience ($2.09 from $13.99 until 10/21)


SELF ($3.49 from $6.99 until 10/21)
Semispheres ($4.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Shut Eye ($1.99 from $3.99 until 10/21)
Sinless ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Skatemasta Tcheco ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Skee-Ball ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Skyland Rush: Air Raid Attack ($2.79 from $6.99 until 10/21)
Slain: Back From Hell ($4.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Slayaway Camp: Butcher’s Cut ($3.74 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Slender: The Arrival ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Snakeybus ($7.19 from $11.99 until 10/21)
Sorry, James ($4.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Space Otter Charlie ($10.47 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Space Revenge ($8.79 from $10.99 until 10/21)
Sparkle 2 Evo ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Sparkle 3 Genesis ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Sparkle 4 Tales ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Sparkle Zero ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
SpyHack ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Star Drives ($2.49 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Star Story: The Horizon Escape ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Startide ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Sudoku Universe ($3.49 from $6.99 until 10/21)
Sunblaze ($8.99 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Super Blood Hockey ($7.49 from $14.99 until 10/21)


Super Chariot ($1.99 from $14.90 until 10/21)
Supersonic Tank Cats ($3.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Surfingers ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Tap Skaters ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Task Force Kampas ($1.99 from $5.99 until 10/21)
Teddy the Wanderer: Kayaking ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Teddy the Wanderer: Mountain Hike ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Tennis Open 2020 ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Terrorhythm ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
The Ambassador: FT ($5.89 from $14.99 until 10/21)
The Big Journey ($4.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
The Bridge ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
THE Card: Poker, Etc ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
The Casino: Roulette, Etc ($4.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
The Childs Sight ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
The Drama Queen Murder ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
The Golf ($3.49 from $9.99 until 10/21)
The Magister ($12.74 from $14.99 until 10/21)
The Mahjong Huntress ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)
The Men of Yoshiwara ($9.79 from $19.99 until 10/21)
The Pillar: Puzzle Escape ($4.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
The Seven Chambers ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
The Solitaire Conspiracy ($5.99 from $11.99 until 10/21)
The Sundew ($13.49 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Thief Simulator ($1.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)


Thomas Was Alone ($4.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Tiny Hands Adventure ($3.19 from $7.99 until 10/21)
Toki ($1.99 from $14.90 until 10/21)
Towaga: Among Shadows ($2.24 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Tumblestone ($2.99 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Ultimate Fishing Simulator ($1.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Ultimate Ski Jumping 2020 ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Undead Battle Royale ($6.30 from $9.00 until 10/21)
UnExplored ($4.50 from $15.00 until 10/21)
Valfaris ($11.24 from $24.99 until 10/21)
Verlet Swing ($5.09 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Violett ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Virtual Battle ($3.84 from $7.69 until 10/21)
VIRUS: The Outbreak ($1.99 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Voxel Galaxy ($1.99 from $7.43 until 10/21)
Voxel Pirates ($1.99 from $7.28 until 10/21)
Voxel Shot ($1.99 from $8.00 until 10/21)
Voxel Sword ($1.99 from $7.00 until 10/21)
Wanderlust Travel Stories ($2.24 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Wayout ($2.49 from $4.99 until 10/21)
Wenjia ($3.99 from $7.99 until 10/21)
Zombillie ($1.99 from $4.99 until 10/21)

That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with the typical hefty dump of Thursday releases including such titles as Monomals, Evertried, Super Fowlst, and Skul: The Hero Slayer. There are a couple of games I think are coming that aren’t on the schedule yet, so we’ll have to see what pops up. Anyway, I hope you all have a fantastic Wednesday, and as always, thanks for reading!