![]() It can be a bit difficult to parse what you are seeing during gameplay thanks to this unique visual style, which hurts the playability somewhat. There are eleven levels to play through, and you also get some nice cheesy FMV scenes now and then. It’s done up to look like an old black-and-white sci-fi movie, and it really does nail its aesthetic. I can’t say I’ve ever seen a shoot-em-up that looks like this one. There are one hundred levels to play, so you definitely get your money’s worth as long as you dig the mechanics at play. You have to know when to link them and when to leave them be, and as the levels get more convoluted the challenge spikes up pleasantly. You can control the main cube, and you can link up with other cubes to move them at the same time as the main cube. You have to get all the cubes to the goals in each stage. Is that enough for three and a half bucks? That’s something you’ll have to ask yourself. It’s at least a little pretty to look at, I suppose. The other character is controlled by the AI, and I’m sure that all goes very well. This is an adventure game that feels like it was built to be played by two players, but only actually supports one. Very much Thunder Ceptor with some extra stuff bolted on, making the original game’s presence in the line somewhat redundant. No joy on that front here on the Switch, though the PlayStation version will apparently get support for PlayStation VR later. ![]() There are some extra obstacles, your ship is a different color, and in the arcades this could be played in stereoscopic 3D. It’s one of those Afterburner II kind of situations where the number in the title is probably best taken as a version number. So, you remember how Arcade Archives did separate releases for Rally-X and New Rally-X, and then Sky Kid and Sky Kid DX? This is another one of those. Arcade Archives 3D Thunder Ceptor II ($7.99) We’ll have to see how Acram expands this over time, as part of the fun of the board game comes from its expansions. A nice, relatively quick game to play with others. So how is Unmatched itself? It’s an odd one, kind of a fighting game in board game form. Which is to say, it could probably be better but it does what it needs to. And yes, this is fairly consistent with Acram’s usual work in adapting board games. Here’s Acram Digital’s video game take on the tabletop board game Unmatched. If you like music games, you’ll have a good time here. The Switch version has a new Adventure Mode to play and some tweaks to optimize the game for the Joy-Con controllers. As the song goes on the gate will open, allowing more lanes and spicing up the challenge. You get over one hundred songs to play, and the unique gate mechanic helps it stand out. This game is beloved over on Steam, and it’s easy to see why. Hello, did you order another pretty amazing rhythm game? If so, order’s up. I’ll have a review of it soon, but I imagine those who come for what it’s advertising itself as will find what they are looking for. It’s not the greatest of games, but I suppose it’s fairly honest about what it is. There’s a bit of single-player content here that you can grind through again and again to unlock all the costume bits and such, and you can play with up to six players via local wireless or online multiplayer. This is a 3D arena battler starring characters from a F2P mobile game. Alice Gear Aegies CS Concerto of Simulatrix ($29.99) If you’re looking for something a little different today, this is a good choice. The presentation is solid, and the 1990s theme is definitely going to speak to some players. There are forty levels in total to complete, and it’s quite the zesty challenge to do so. You basically control each of the four band members along their various time lines, choosing where to advance things and taking advantage of interactions to do what you need to. Finally, on Game Boy we’ve got Data East’s cool BurgerTime Deluxe, a fine sequel that more people need to play, and Nintendo’s Kirby’s Dream Land 2, a fine sequel that many people have already played. The Super NES gets Data East’s popular pool game Side Pocket. On the NES, it’s Namco’s influential shoot-em-up Xevious. Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can update their NES, Super NES, and Game Boy apps to get access to four newly-added classic games. Especially when they add NES and Super NES games, which are about as rare as hen’s teeth these days. I don’t do a lot of news stuff on Thursdays when I can avoid it, but my hand is forced when Nintendo goes and adds some new games to Nintendo Switch Online.
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