Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for September 29th, 2021. In today’s article, it’s a bit of a lighter bite. We have a handful of new games to check out, though on the whole it is not a particularly thrilling bunch. Don’t worry, as you’ll practically be drowning in new games tomorrow. I promise. We’ve got a little news to look at, and some decent sales to sort through as well. A whole bunch of Square Enix stuff, mainly. Let’s get to it!
News
Fly High in the Next ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ Event
Another Wednesday is upon us, and that means it’s time to hear about the next weekend Super Smash Bros. Ultimate event. This time around, it’s a tournament event where only characters with wings can participate. Some of those are obvious, but don’t forget that the likes of Steve and Banjo have external wings they can rely on. The more you win, the better the quality of spirits you’ll earn. The event kicks off on Friday and runs for the usual three days through the weekend.
New Releases
Centipede: Recharged ($9.99)
If you liked the original Centipede or the recent Missile Command: Recharged, this may be of some interest to you. It applies a similar graphical overhaul as the one we saw in the Missile Command reimagining, and like that game adds in a lot of new elements like power-ups, challenges, and local multiplayer modes. I didn’t mind Missile Command: Recharged and I still enjoy a game of Centipede now and then, so I’ll be checking this one out for sure.
A Juggler’s Tale ($17.99)
This is a sharp-looking puzzle platformer where you control a marionette named Abby. You have to use her strings to solve puzzles and get past obstacles, which could make for some very clever set-ups. Poor Abby just wants her freedom, but can she achieve it? Or will her strings always control her? The presentation on this one is dynamite, but I haven’t had a chance to play it so I can’t say much more than that.
Math Classroom Challenge ($9.99)
So, you’ve got these math problems floating in the air, right? And you use a water hose to spray the correct answers. This is aimed at younger kids, and I suppose trying to sell them on practicing math problems by dressing it up as a simple first-person shooter is one way to do that. It’s quite low-pressure, at least.
Meteoroids 3D ($9.99)
Not to be confused with Metroid. This game doesn’t try to hide that it’s inspired by Asteroids. In fact, it is downright enthusiastic about it. Except instead of simply copying the idea as many other games do, it moves things to a first-person view. This is the same developer as Math Classroom Challenge and I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if they’re sharing an engine and a lot of assets between these two games, by the way. It adds a lot of elements and the whole thing just seems way too busy. The eShop description is a must-read, though. I’ll let you enjoy that with no spoilers.
DroneRidge ($9.49)
This simple action game sees you guiding your ship through twenty winding levels, carefully thrusting through narrow passes and taking out enemies with your weapons. Nothing too fancy, but it seems to do what it wants to do well enough.
Sales
(North American eShop, US Prices)
Not a huge list of new sales today, but Square Enix is having a dandy of a sale on many of its titles. Even NEO: The World Ends With You, which is somehow a whopping 30% off only a couple of months after its release! That… that means it sold really well, right? Anyway, most of those games are well-worth the prices they are going for, so it’s up to you when and where you want to pull the trigger. Some of yesterday’s new releases also have their launch discounts in effect as well. There’s quite a lot in the outbox as well, so make sure you have a look through that. Don’t forget to save some money for tomorrow!
Select New Games on Sale
NEO: The World Ends With You ($41.99 from $59.99 until 10/5)
Collection of Mana ($19.99 from $39.99 until 10/5)
Trials of Mana ($24.99 from $49.99 until 10/5)
Legend of Mana ($22.49 from $29.99 until 10/5)
Romancing SaGa 2 ($9.99 from $24.99 until 10/5)
Romancing SaGa 3 ($11.59 from $28.99 until 10/5)
SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitions ($11.99 from $29.99 until 10/5)
I Am Setsuna ($19.99 from $39.99 until 10/5)
Lost Sphear ($19.99 from $49.99 until 10/5)
Oninaki ($24.99 from $49.99 until 10/5)
Final Fantasy VII ($7.99 from $15.99 until 10/5)
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered ($9.99 from $19.99 until 10/5)
Final Fantasy IX ($10.49 from $20.99 until 10/5)
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster ($24.99 from $49.99 until 10/5)
Final Fantasy XII Zodiac Age ($24.99 from $49.99 until 10/5)
Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition ($11.99 from $29.99 until 10/5)
World of Final Fantasy Maxima ($15.99 from $39.99 until 10/5)
Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon ($15.99 from $39.99 until 10/5)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles ($11.99 from $29.99 until 10/5)
Dragon Quest ($3.24 from $4.99 until 10/5)
Dragon Quest II ($4.21 from $6.49 until 10/5)
Dragon Quest III ($8.11 from $12.49 until 10/5)
Star Ocean First Departure R ($10.49 from $20.99 until 10/5)
Balan Wonderworld ($19.99 from $39.99 until 10/5)
Spelunker Party! ($14.99 from $29.99 until 10/5)
Trine Ultimate Collection ($9.99 from $49.99 until 10/5)
Override: Mech City Brawl ($9.99 from $29.99 until 10/5)
Lost Words: Beyond the Page ($9.74 from $12.99 until 10/5)
Warp Frontier ($13.49 from $14.99 until 10/5)
UnMetal ($15.99 from $19.99 until 10/5)
Antonball Deluxe ($11.24 from $14.99 until 10/6)
Business Tour Deluxe ($7.99 from $9.99 until 10/8)
Steel Assault ($13.49 from $14.99 until 10/12)
Curious Cases ($7.99 from $9.99 until 10/17)
Escape First ($3.99 from $4.99 until 10/17)
Escape First 2 ($3.99 from $4.99 until 10/17)
Escape First 3 ($3.99 from $4.99 until 10/17)
The Experiment: Escape Room ($3.19 from $3.99 until 10/17)
Escape 2088 ($3.20 from $4.00 until 10/17)
World Soccer Pinball ($2.00 from $2.99 until 10/19)
Jurassic Pinball ($2.00 from $2.99 until 10/19)
8-Ball Pocket ($2.03 from $5.99 until 10/19)
Cardaclysm: Shards of the Four ($8.99 from $14.99 until 10/19)
Sales Ending Tomorrow, Thursday, September 30th
9th Dawn III ($9.91 from $15.99 until 9/30)
A Street Cat’s Tale ($6.39 from $7.99 until 9/30)
AER Memories of Old ($1.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
Amazing Brick Breaker ($1.99 from $4.99 until 9/30)
Apocryph: Old School Shooter ($6.95 from $14.95 until 9/30)
ATV Drift & Tricks ($1.99 from $34.99 until 9/30)
Battle Chasers: Nightwar ($11.99 from $39.99 until 9/30)
Battle Worlds Kronos ($10.49 from $29.99 until 9/30)
Black Book ($18.74 from $24.99 until 9/30)
Blitz Breaker ($3.49 from $4.99 until 9/30)
Bot Vice ($1.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Bullseye ($3.24 from $12.99 until 9/30)
Byakko-tai Samurai Boys ($13.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
Chronos: Before the Ashes ($22.49 from $29.99 until 9/30)
Clumsy Rush ($1.99 from $4.99 until 9/30)
Collection of SaGa FF Legend ($14.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
Cooking Simulator -Pizza- ($11.24 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Crawlco Block Knockers ($4.49 from $8.99 until 9/30)
Cyber Protocol ($1.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Darksiders Genesis ($17.99 from $39.99 until 9/30)
Darksiders II Deathinitive ($13.49 from $29.99 until 9/30)
Darksiders Warmastered ($13.49 from $29.99 until 9/30)
de Blob ($10.49 from $29.99 until 9/30)
de Blob 2 ($10.49 from $29.99 until 9/30)
Destroy All Humans! ($31.99 from $39.99 until 9/30)
Diamond Girl ($13.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
Discolored ($7.49 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Dotori ($2.00 from $11.99 until 9/30)
Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes ($3.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
Edna & Harvey: The Breakout ($3.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
Embracelet ($2.99 from $11.99 until 9/30)
Fairy Knights ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Felix the Reaper ($1.99 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Football Cup 2021 ($6.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Galaxy Champions TV ($1.99 from $6.99 until 9/30)
Gear.Club Unlimited 2 ($7.99 from $39.99 until 9/30)
GLO ($3.99 from $4.99 until 9/30)
Gunma’s Ambition ($1.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Highschool Romance ($10.39 from $12.99 until 9/30)
Hotel Sowls ($6.39 from $7.99 until 9/30)
Inversus Deluxe ($2.24 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Kingdoms of Amalur: Rereckoning ($29.99 from $39.99 until 9/30)
Kuukiyomi 3: Father to Son ($3.74 from $4.99 until 9/30)
Legend of Kay Anniversary ($8.99 from $29.99 until 9/30)
Liberated ($4.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
MachiKnights: Blood Bagos ($7.49 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Mad Bullets ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Many Faces ($1.99 from $4.99 until 9/30)
MazM: Jekyll & Hyde ($8.99 from $14.99 until 9/30)
MazM: Phantom of the Opera ($10.49 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Mega Party: A Tootuff Adventure ($5.99 from $29.99 until 9/30)
Moero Crystal H ($25.99 from $39.99 until 9/30)
Monochrome World ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
My Bewitching Perfume ($13.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
NecroWorm ($2.49 from $4.99 until 9/30)
Nekopara Vol.3 ($5.99 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Nekopara Vol.4 ($11.99 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Nevaeh ($6.49 from $12.99 until 9/30)
Nirvana Pilot Yume ($1.99 from $4.99 until 9/30)
No More Heroes ($14.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
No More Heroes 2 ($14.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
Nyan Cat: Lost in Space ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
OMG Police: Car Chase TV Sim ($1.99 from $4.99 until 9/30)
Paint the Town Red ($13.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
Panzer Dragoon Remake ($6.24 from $24.99 until 9/30)
Paper Train ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Pity Pit ($1.99 from $4.99 until 9/30)
Princess Closet ($17.49 from $24.99 until 9/30)
Princess Maker Faery Tales Come True ($17.99 from $29.99 until 9/30)
Princess Maker Go Go Princess ($8.99 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Project Starship ($1.99 from $4.99 until 9/30)
QV ($7.49 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Rebel Cops ($3.29 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Red Siren: Space Defense ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Retrace: Memories of Death ($3.99 from $7.99 until 9/30)
Sacred Stones ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Shift Happens ($1.99 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Silence ($1.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
Silent World ($2.49 from $4.99 until 9/30)
Smash Rush ($1.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Solitaire Klondike Black ($1.99 from $4.99 until 9/30)
Space Marshals ($7.49 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Space Marshals 2 ($7.49 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Sphinx & the Cursed Mummy ($9.89 from $29.99 until 9/30)
Spitlings ($8.99 from $14.99 until 9/30)
SpongeBob Squarepants: BfBB ($20.09 from $29.99 until 9/30)
State of Mind ($1.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
Staxel ($17.99 from $24.99 until 9/30)
Stunt Kite Party ($2.99 from $9.99 until 9/30)
Super Star Path ($1.99 from $4.99 until 9/30)
Synergia ($8.99 from $14.99 until 9/30)
The Adv. of Elena Temple: DE ($1.99 from $4.99 until 9/30)
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 ($9.89 from $29.99 until 9/30)
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav ($3.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
The Dark Eye: Memoria ($3.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
The Long Journey Home ($1.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
The Raven Remastered ($9.89 from $29.99 until 9/30)
This is the Police ($8.99 from $29.99 until 9/30)
This is the Police 2 ($8.99 from $29.99 until 9/30)
Titan Quest ($13.19 from $39.99 until 9/30)
Wicce ($6.39 from $7.99 until 9/30)
Wonder Boy Returns Remix ($7.49 from $14.99 until 9/30)
Yesterday Origins ($1.99 from $14.90 until 9/30)
Yumemidori Nostalgia ($13.99 from $19.99 until 9/30)
That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with at least TWENTY FIVE new games to check out. Plus the sales lists. That’s all you get, as it will probably take me all day to write up. I’m going to start… now. I hope you all have a thrilling Wednesday, and as always, thanks for reading!
