Since Nintendo held two different forms of face-to-face meetings in February and April, we were finally able to eat the first half of the pie that was drawn in May and the following June. Last month we flipped through the eShop to reluctantly give the "Switch April Buying Guide" to put together a few games, this May direct turn offensive, switch game library will usher in a small wave of blowout, both Nintendo first-party games, but also third-party classics, and many independent masterpieces, this May, temporarily put down the hunt, come to taste other tastes!
Enigma Tuobang
At the comprehensive face-to-face meeting on February 19, Nintendo brought us an old game port, "Miitopia", which was originally released on the 3DS platform on December 8, 2016, and now this game has not only ushered in a full Chinese after officially landing on the Switch platform, but also got a Chinese name "Mystery Tobon". However, seeing that it was released on the 3DS platform at the end of 2016, I believe you already know that only three months after the release of the game, the Nintendo Switch as a new generation of hosts has been officially released, so in the end, "Mystery Tuobang" only achieved global sales of 1.18 million copies on the 3DS platform, which is not a bad result, but obviously it is not excellent at all. In fact, from the name of the game can roughly guess its content, "Miitopia" is a combination of Mii and Utopia, Mii is the player's own virtual image on the Nintendo console, for example, on the Switch we can use the Mii image as an avatar, and Utopia is "utopia", that is, the ideal society that does not exist in reality, so "Puzzle Topian" is actually a virtual country composed of a Mii image.
The main goal of this game is still the standard old routine in traditional role-playing games, defeating the demon king to save the world. In the newly released trailer, we can learn about the characteristics of this game - we can freely pinch out our own character image (of course, do not have any dangerous thoughts), choose a class, and set different personalities, which will have different effects in battle. In addition, the favorability system of this game is also a major feature, regardless of the gender of the character, you can cultivate goodwill, and the higher the bondage, the stronger the performance in battle. However, because this game also has the setting of staying in a hotel with a partner after fighting together to improve the favorability and the setting of the favorability level is not limited to gender, it has been rated 18+ in Russia... Well, what about Nintendo for all ages?
"Famicon Detective Club The Girl Standing Behind/ The Vanishing Heir"
Among the works announced at the Nintendo Face-to-Face Conference in February, in addition to "Mystery Topian", there is another game also released by Nintendo that will be released in May, that is, "Famicom Detective Club Remake". Just by looking at the name, "Famicom Detective Club" was first released on the FC platform, of which "The Disappearing Heir" was released in 1988, and "The Girl Standing Behind" was released the following year as its prequel. The story of the former revolves around the protagonist, a detective assistant, who investigates the mysterious connection between the death of the rich family in the process of recovering memories, while the latter investigates the mysterious connection between the "girl behind the scenes" and the death of a female high school student. Because neither of these two text adventure games has ever launched an official Chinese, coupled with their age, their popularity in China is not high, but compared to the game itself, the production team behind it is a star. The original producer in the FC version was the famous Junpei Yokoi, and the scripts for these two games were also the script debuts of Kayo Sakamoto, who later developed series such as "Metroid", "Made in Vario" and "Rhythm Heaven".
The development of "Famicom Detective Club" began with Yokoi Junpei asking Sakamoto and another company to co-produce a game called "Famicom Junior Detective Team", but only gave a title, and after several twists and turns, it eventually became the "Famicom Detective Club" we saw. After flipping through numerous related books, Sakamoto took inspiration from "Serial Killings in Port Town" and finally brought a word adventure game with a tight story. Before officially starting the game, he also drew the scene book himself and explained the beginning and end of the story to the development team in detail. In addition, the plot of "Famicom Detective Club" also pays tribute to the works of Italian horror film master Dario Aquido, such as "The Girl Standing Behind", which borrows heavily from the sound-painting connection technique used by Aquido in "Crimson". Interestingly, despite being a detective-themed word-adventure game, Famicom Detective Club doesn't actually reference much of the traditional detective novels except For Shoshi Yokozumi's Inuyasha Family and Demon's Handball Song.
This remake was jointly developed by Nintendo and Mages Studios, which specializes in text adventure games, such as "Memories of Autumn" and "Gate of the Stone of Destiny", which are all masterpieces of Mages. The game will completely reproduce the picture and music without losing the flavor of the original work, and add some voices of the dialogue scenes, and invite famous voice actors such as Emi Ogata, Hiroko Minaguchi, and Akio Otsuka. In addition, at present, this game in the eShop supports the purchase of two games separately, and the physical version is a combination of two works, and accompanied by a survey file, an acoustic CD and a replica of the advertising flyer, etc., in short, compared to the digital version, the price of this physical combination set is still relatively high, it is best to weigh it carefully before starting.
Rune Workshop 5
Although the ranch operation simulation role-playing game "Rune Workshop 5" that players are looking forward to is scheduled to land on the Switch platform on May 9, it should be noted that this is the release date of the Japanese service eShop, and the Japanese service version does not contain Chinese, so if you have the conditions and do not mind eating raw meat, you can also start with the japanese service. However, fans of the "Rune Workshop" series do not have to worry, Sega previously announced that this game will be released on September 2 Chinese version, to experience the Chinese of "Rune Workshop 5", it may still have to wait for another four months. In addition, there are two points to note about this game, first of all, if you have the archive of "Rune Workshop 4" on your console, then you can get the costume of the protagonist of the previous game in "Rune Workshop 5", and all players who participate in the pre-order can also get the accompanying prince and princess swimsuit suit, there is a saying, this swimsuit is compared with Lesha... Sigh
Demon Wars 6
The previous Chinese version of "Rune Workshop 5" will not wait until September 2, while this "Demon World War 6", which was released on January 27 this year and has been expelled by many SRPG enthusiasts, will launch a Chinese version on May 27. Although this game has been released in Japan for a period of time, it seems that there is a slight decline compared to the previous game "Demon World Battle 5", and perhaps this is also a relatively niche game that has really withdrawn from the historical stage today. The biggest change made by "Demon World Battle 6" on the basis of the series of traditional gameplay is to add the function of automatic combat and automatic repetition of raider levels, so that players can brush the level through automatic combat when not playing the game, how much can make the game time by the life and work of the players easily enjoy the game, of course, in this game to train the character to 99999999 level and then by a variety of damage number science popular science mathematical units is still the fun of many players. As a distinctive SRPG series, the player base of "Demon World War" is becoming more and more centralized, and from the development direction of the past games, it can be seen that Japan is strengthening this feature, can this model adapt to the modern game industry? Let's wait and see.
Age of Discovery 4 Power Enhanced Edition
Speaking of adapting to the modern gaming industry, this 20-year-old classic, Age of Discovery 4, will also return to players on May 20 with Age of Discovery 4 Power Enhanced Edition HD. Originally released on PC in 1999, the game was launched a year later (very honorably and traditionally) with three main characters and a new storyline, and later ported to the NDS and PSP platforms in 2006 with the addition of some new content. Judging from the current official news, the HD version of this release will include all the contents of the Powerful Enhanced Edition and the Rota Nova Edition, and the screen has been fully hd-defined. Sentiments aside, Age of Discovery 4 is also the most popular game in this classic series, although the evaluation of the entire series in terms of historical evidence and gameplay is more opinionable, but the details of the music, character paintings and other details of various seas and cities still impress many players. Although it is only an original old game HD, and with the glorious current state of operation, it is difficult to see the orthodox sequel to this series. But I believe that the sign of "The Age of Discovery" alone can attract countless admirals to set sail again, anyway, I am ready to challenge Hedlam again not to buy a ship to clear customs ~
Angelique
Another game from glorious Tkumo, angelic luminaris, the latest game in the Angelico series, will also land on the Switch platform on May 20, which is another highly anticipated otome game on the Switch platform after the release of "Distant Time and Space 7" last spring, and the second bullet in the 25th anniversary of the new romance series. Back in the early 1990s, with the idea of "hoping for a game for women", a group of glorious female employees launched the "Angelico" project, but the project was not taken seriously by The Honor Company at that time, because at that time, the gamers should be men, and they basically launched serious historical games such as "Nobunaga's Wild Hope" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Despite this, Angelico was developed and released on the SFC platform in 1994. The work was well received as soon as it was released, and even appeared in mainstream Japanese newspapers and periodicals, and soon surpassed the original girlish positioning, attracting many married ladies and children to play "Angeliko". As a classic work that has pioneered women's games, Angelique has successively launched many derivative works such as comics, novels, fan works, music collections, radio dramas and so on in the past two decades. The protagonist of the latest "Angelique Luminaris" is a 25-year-old ordinary office worker who one day walked into a bar and received a strange transfer invitation, and after signing the contract without hesitation, he saw a young man riding a pegasus in the sky: "Queen candidate, you have signed a contract." I've come to greet you. "Your story with the Guardian Saints begins here
"The Dinner party in Olympia"
I have to say that perhaps the developer is also looking at the new Valentine's Day day of 520, and the otome game released on May 20 is not only from the glorious "Angelique Luminaris", but also from the new otome game "Olympia's Dinner" developed by Otomate. The Chinese of this game is still the Hong Kong GSE, which has successfully launched Chinese version of the "Evening Bell of the Pious Flower" and the "Phantom Café" two games, in addition, this "Olympia Dinner" is also the first of the three Otome games that the Hong Kong GSE expects to launch this year, and it seems that players who like Otome games this year can find their favorite games again. The story worldview of this work is on a Tiangong Island where color is more important than life, and a rare and special "white" girl is admired and feared at the same time. We, as the protagonists of the "White" Maiden, are free to choose any color on the island to spend the rest of our lives with." Although it is not difficult to understand the world view of this game, but such a setting seems to be relatively new in the Otome game, looking at these tools in the game men, I believe that players who like this game will definitely find their beloved husband!
Club At The End of the World
Speaking of Kotaka and Gang, perhaps the first reaction of many players will be "Projectile Theory", and when it comes to playing Kotaro, you may think of the "Extreme Escape" series and the "AI: Dream File" on the Switch platform, and in This May, the "World's End Club" produced by Too Kyo Studio will also meet players. One elementary school in Tokyo, there is a class called "Hard Work Class" where students who have fallen behind from all over the country are involved in a traffic accident one summer, and when they wake up, they find that they have arrived at an amusement park built in the sea. At this time, a mysterious clown appeared from nowhere and ordered them to start a "game of killing each other", and before they could figure out the situation, the group was caught up in this game of fighting for their lives. The game is designed in two stages, where players can move around and interact with other characters during the adventure phase, while in the action phase, players can complete a variety of different puzzle solving operations. This game has landed on Apple Arcade last year, but there are not many players in China, I don't know what kind of evaluation can this landing on switch bring? However, I believe that the names of these two producers can already attract a group of players.
"Ball Wins Base Camp"
At the Nintendo Face-to-Face Conference in February, EA announced the sports competitive game "Ball Win Base Camp" developed in collaboration with Velan Studios, which will land on the Switch platform on May 21. But to be honest, if you only look at the game screen, do you think it is a bit similar to Ninjala? The theme of this game is dodgeball, we need to fight with dodgeball to win the score, in simple terms, our goal in this game is to hit the opponent with dodgeball to get them out. Dodgeball itself is a very interesting sport, not only to dodge attacks, but also to grab the ball to counter the opponent. This game is not difficult to understand, but as a competitive game, this game also added some novel gameplay, such as the player's ball will have a variety of different functions, and some means should be used reasonably when grabbing the ball. However, despite this, after watching the internal test play video of this game, it is difficult to say how interesting it is, and perhaps the actual game experience will be different after the official release. This game is priced at $19.99 in the United States, and as a multiplayer competitive game, it is still a bit of a threshold.
Journey to Akihabara: First Memories
This is a game with a slightly dangerous graphics. Based on the Akihabata Monogatari PLUS released on the PSP platform in 2012, the full HD version optimized for this generation of consoles, "Akihabara Journey: First Memory" (aka: Akihabara Monogatari: Hellbound & Debrefed) will also land on the Switch platform on May 20, and the Chinese version will also be released at the same time. The gameplay of this game is the same as the name, which is essentially a game on the street (mistaken), well, the official saying is that we will fight vampires in Tokyo Akihabara, because vampires have amazing regeneration ability, ordinary weapons are ineffective against them, but they are afraid of sunlight, so as long as they cause damage to their clothing, look at the right time to take off their clothes and expose their skin to the sun to make vampires turn into ashes. However, although the HD version, the picture of this game has not changed much, and I don't know if it can still attract old players.
Deep Trek: Below Zero
Interestingly, if it weren't for The Deep Trek: Below Zero, which would have landed on the Switch in May, we probably wouldn't have remembered buying it on WeGame. "Deep Sea Trek: Below Zero" is a sequel to "Deep Trek", it also has an alias called "Beautiful Water World", but many players also joke that more than two hundred meters is still a beautiful water world, and below two hundred meters is a terrifying water world. "Deep Sea Trek" has been well received by many players at the beginning of its release, with a little fear, exploring the unknown underwater world, every time you find a new creature can feel excited and uneasy, this kind of horror and excitement is the most attractive part of this game. Set a year after Deep Trek, the protagonist is sent to planet 4546B for scientific expeditions and research, and due to the disaster, we need to find a way to escape again, and this game will show the cold climate and environment that have never been seen in the previous game, as well as new creatures, characters and challenges. But for the Switch platform, perhaps the most worrying thing is how the image quality will shrink, and... Do players with deep-sea phobia already feel bad about this?
Man-Eating Shark
Speaking of the alien sea, and then look at the sea of the earth, if you are a Sony PlayStation Plus member, I believe that you have already experienced this "Man-Eating Shark" for free like me, and you can buckle 1 in the bullet screen. In this game, we will play a giant shark living in the Gulf of Mexico, strengthening itself step by step through exploration and hunting, and eventually becoming the top predator that dominates the entire water. The biggest fun of this game is the process of predation, at the beginning of the game we were just a weak baby shark, but as we eat along the food chain, the size and strength of the shark will increase greatly, and eventually grow into a sea overlord, which can kill marine life and unlucky humans on the shore in various ways. As an unconventional game, Man-Eating Shark can indeed make players feel the fun of being a ferocious shark when they first get started, but it is a pity that it is difficult to support the entire game regardless of the thin combat content or the simple evolutionary path, and it may be easy to disappoint the player after playing for a while. Considering that this game once joined the Plus club-free lineup, and launched a next-generation version with more powerful graphics and performance on the PS5 platform, the "Man-Eating Shark" version of this Switch version is not too cost-effective and is not very recommended.
《Sumire》
The fresh-style narrative adventure game Sumire, released at the Japanese Indie Games Face-to-Face Conference in April, confirmed that it will land on the Switch platform on May 27. The game is set in a magical mountain village in Japan. The little girl Sumire tries to complete the task given to her by the mountain elves before nightfall. We can explore in this game, collect all kinds of items, and complete large and small characters, but these must be completed in one day, and when night falls, everything will be over. Although we don't know much about this game at present, its excellent drawing style and quite fresh setting can surely attract some players.
《Aerial Knight’s Never Yield》
Also announced at the Indie Games Face-to-Face conference in April, Aerial Knight's Never Yield is a 3D side-scrolling game that resembles the classic Endless Parkour game. We are deeply in motion in this game, and need to complete the potential challenges in front of us through a series of actions such as running, jumping, sliding or sprinting. This extremely fast parkour game is obviously very targeted, and I believe that players who can match the radio wave will like it very much. However, this work is currently released in the eShop demo version, whether you are interested in this genre or not, you can download it first
"Mock Boss"
Created by the production team of Steam's legendary game "Goat Simulation", the elderly rampage sandbox game "Uncle Simulation" will land on the Switch platform on May 20, and this game will vividly explain: your uncle will always be your uncle. The nursing home is empty, the uncle and aunt are on the street, the pit is not interesting, touching porcelain is the last word. In this game, we will play a grandfather who has been kicked out of a nursing home, and in order to live, we must challenge those high-risk projects to obtain retirement vouchers. Well...... Accurately predicting the future of delayed retirement? As a nonsense game that is exaggerated and funny, I believe that this work will also bring a good mood adjustment effect, and occasionally be a boss and run away.
Snowscarf
The best-selling off-road game "Snowscares", which has landed on mainstream platforms such as PC/PS4/XBOXONE, will land on Switch on May 18, and Switch players can also enjoy up to 40 kinds of various vehicles to gallop in the wilderness. This game is an open-world simulation driving challenge game in a snow environment, which can be guessed according to its name, and unlike the traditional racing in the past, the game players will have to operate trucks in various environments in the snow, and this powerful vehicle can bring players a completely different simulated driving experience. The game uses top-of-the-line terrain simulators to create a rich variety of extreme outdoor environments, ranging from snow to a variety of pristine jungles and river valleys. However, as a racing simulation game, I believe that Switch players are most concerned about whether the picture quality of this game will be as high-definition as the picture promo, and how the optimization will make us wait and see.
Finally back to the side of the National Bank of China, at the end of April 27, the overseas version of "Super Mario Party", which has been on sale for more than two and a half years, has been updated in a major version, and after this update, the Mario Party mode, 2V2 mode and 70 mini-games in maju support online play, which is also the game is finally not only available in offline parties. In fact, the National Bank version of the "Super Mario Party" has also passed the review early, I don't know if the reason why it has not been officially released before is related to this, but just a day after the overseas version of the update news, the National Bank announced that the "Super Mario Party" will be officially launched on the Bank of China e store on May 11, the price is still 299 yuan, and the same as the overseas version is also the game exchange card and the limited version of Joy-con set, the set price is 799 yuan. At the same time, although the release date of the National Bank version of Ma Bao is later than the update time of the big version of the overseas version of Ma Bao, the release of the Bank of China version of Ma Bo did not add three modes of online mode, but promised to update to the game for free in the future, which may be somewhat regrettable. In addition, the domestic game "Candle Man" also received a version number in April, and it is expected to land on the National Bank Switch in the next period of time. For THE BANK OFC Switch, due to the limited number of games that have been reviewed at present, it may be true and cherished.
The above is our collated "Switch May Buying Guide", compared to April, May has a variety of large and small games, including many exciting hits, after watching the inventory, which one are you most looking forward to? Or is it that you're actually full of Resident Evil 8 right now? In the following June, there will be many masterpieces landing on the Switch platform, from Nintendo's "Mario Golf: Super Rush" to the glorious Tekumo's "Sengoku 5" and "Ninja Dragon Sword: Master Collection", as well as "Sky: Light Encounter" that is sure to land on the Switch platform, etc., let's "Switch June Buying Guide" goodbye.