With the holiday season in the US in full swing, worldwide releases on the Nintendo Switch eShop slowed right down this week. However, the good-to-bad ratio was much higher than usual, with 4 of the ~25 new games definitely worth considering.
Death’s Door
Released: 24 November 2021
Price: AU$30.00 / US$19.99 / GB£17.99
Genre: Action / Adventure / Arcade
Developer: Acid Nerve
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous, but it’s honest work for a crow.
However, the job livens up when your assigned soul is stolen, forcing you to track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death–where creatures grow far past their expiry and overflow with greed and power.
Why this excites me
Taking inspiration from classic Zelda titles, this isometric action-adventure game sees you exploring the world as a Grim Reaper crow wielding a lightsabre-esque sword. The impressive visuals remind me of another favourite, Hob, and combined with the wonderful soundtrack, creates an enigmatic and ethereal atmosphere that I need to experience.
Annoyingly, it costs roughly $5 more in Australia than titles priced similarly in other regions, including others in this round-up 🤷♂️.
DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game
Released: 25 November 2021
Price: AU$25.20 / US$19.99 / GB£15.09
Genre: Action / RPG / Simulation / Adventure
Developer: Gibier Games
Publisher: PLAYISM
DEEEER Simulator is a game in which you take on the role of your average, everyday deer. Use your stretchy neck, your stabby horns, and everything a deer has in its arsenal to tear through the city. Frolic and play with the other animals or decimate the city till there’s nothing left in this “slow-life town destruction game”.
Get up to enough mischief, and you’ll have to face off against some extra-tough animal police, Kung fu master sheep, bears who transform into police cars, and rabbits with ridiculously over-developed ears.
Why this excites me
With a low-poly, glitchy aesthetic, ridiculous cast of characters and the freedom to cause wanton destruction using a reconfigurable, decked out deer like some kind of Cervidae Transformer, this ludicrous (and ludicrously short) game will come in extremely handy when I’m in need of some downright absurd escapism from daily life.
Despite the positives, and being more GTA than Goat Simulator, I’m not convinced it’s worth paying full price for though.
DoDonPachi Resurrection
Released: 26 November 2021
Price: AU$25.50 / US$19.99 / GB£15.29
Genre: Arcade / Action / Shooter / Shmup
Developer: Cave
Publisher: Live Wire
Six years after the battle in Lunapolis, the DonPachi headquarters sensed a turbulence in space-time… something something the bee’s feather sound hasn’t stopped yet! Look, I don’t know what that means, but it sounds like absolute nonsense. Can’t just blowing shit up be enough of a story?
Why this excites me
Cave are the undisputed champions of bullet hell shoot’em ups, and this upgraded re-release of the 2008 arcade classic should have hardcore score chasers giddy with excitement.
Featuring 8 separate modes, 3 playable ships and an intricate scoring system (that obnoxiously takes up a third of your screen), there should be enough here to keep you entertained for a while.
Little Bug
Released: 17 November 2021
Price: AU$19.50 / US$12.99 / GB£11.69 +40% additional launch discount
Genre: Platformer / Puzzle / Adventure / Action
Developer: Buddy System
Publisher: RedDeerGames
Nyah is a young city girl lost in a dangerous fantasy world inhabited by restless spirits. Controlling both Nyah and her spirit companion, you’ll use their telekinetic connection to swing across moonlit mountains, canyons and deserts while discovering items that reveal fragments of Nyah’s life.
Why this excites me
Little Bug has seemingly flown under the radar since its release on Steam in 2018, but this atypical, 2.5D puzzle platformer is really intriguing. Unlike every other platformer, there’s no jumping, wall climbing or combat, instead, every obstacle and enemy needs to be overcome with the help of a spirit light, which the player controls as a floating tether to help Nyah navigate the world, to get back home.
The dark, foreboding but cartoon-like aesthetic invokes feelings of the Ori games, or Max: The Curse of Brotherhood mixed with Badland; a winning combination in my books.
Even on quieter weeks, the Switch is still seeing great support from indie devs with a wide range of titles making their way to the console. Let’s ensure that continues by supporting these devs and publishers as much as we can, even if that’s just adding to your Wishlist. Until next week!
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