Reviews Featuring ‘Skinny & Franko’, Plus ‘LEGO 2K Drive’ & Today’s Other New Releases – TouchArcade

Hiya mild readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Spherical-Up for Could sixteenth, 2023. In at present’s article, I’ve only one evaluate for you: Skinny & Franko: Fists of Violence. I’m nonetheless engaged on Zelda, sorry. There are a handful of latest releases, together with LEGO 2K Drive and a pair different odds and ends. Lastly, we’ve acquired some new gross sales to take a look at and a tiny record of expiring gross sales. Let’s get to it!

Critiques & Mini-Views

Skinny & Franko: Fists of Violence ($18.99)

This sport is outwardly a sequel to an Amiga sport, however I haven’t performed it and even heard of it till now. I’m due to this fact not able to say how trustworthy this sequel is or the way it builds on the gameplay of the earlier sport, or even when it does. I can on the very least say that like its predecessor it’s a beat-em-up that revels in its violence and grownup themes, and it definitely leans on the Polish heritage of its builders. You play as one of many titular characters (or each with a buddy) and principally make your method by means of the streets beating the heck out of everybody.

Your character has an honest set of strikes together with blocks and counters, and you may make use of all kinds of weapons and different objects that you simply’ll discover laying about. The enemies are available in a wide range of sizes and shapes, and so they’ve acquired some critical potty mouths. Additionally they come out with some actually bizarre stuff that I assume is being misplaced in translation. They’ll crowd you fairly effectively and double crew you in the event you allow them to, so… don’t allow them to. The degrees run reasonably lengthy, and are largely straight pictures with a couple of brief detours in the event you really feel like combating extra folks. The fundamental combating is pleasant sufficient, however the uninteresting and prolonged ranges see you combating the identical guys again and again for a lot too lengthy. And in the event you run out of lives, it’s all the best way again to the beginning as a result of there are not any mid-stage checkpoints.

Skinny & Franko: Fists of Violence is a reliable beat-em-up with some design points that hold it from being greater than that. It’s brash and doesn’t actually care who it offends, however is so odd about the way it goes about these issues that it virtually comes off as nonsense in English. I can at the very least say that by way of theme there’s nothing else fairly prefer it on the Change. It’s not match to even choose up Streets of Rage 4‘s dry cleansing, however these in search of a brawler with a unusual model and weird setting may need a adequate time right here.

SwitchArcade Rating: 3/5

New Releases

LEGO 2K Drive ($59.99)

Mikhail described this one to me as “Forza Horizon with LEGO” and that sounds fairly cool to me. Discover Bricklandia, be a part of races and different driving challenges, construct autos from bricks, and so forth. There’s a lot to get pleasure from by yourself right here, or you’ll be able to pull in a buddy for native multiplayer through splitscreen or wi-fi play. You can even head on-line and revel in races with as much as six gamers. Appears like a blast, supplied the Change port holds up its finish.

Kargast ($9.99)

A story exploration sport with slightly little bit of turn-based RPG tossed into the combo. Your character wakes up alone and has no thought the place everybody went. They’ll should discover a spooky location and check out to determine what’s going on. There are a number of endings to seek out primarily based on what you do. Nicely, you most likely know what sort of sport that is. They have an inclination to come back right down to how effectively the story is written, and I haven’t had sufficient expertise with this one to say by some means on that entrance.

Bubble Chicken ($0.99)

So that is just about Flappy Chicken however as an alternative of going between pipes, you’re passing by means of bars of coloration. Your chook can solely move by means of the a part of the bar that matches its coloration, so watch out. And that’s about it, however what are you able to anticipate for a buck?

Gross sales

(North American eShop, US Costs)

Wow, these are some crackerjack costs on the Metro Redux video games. For those who like first-person shooters, these are nice pick-ups at these costs. Assault Fits Valken Declassified is having fun with its first post-launch sale, and I believe it’s a extra agreeable value for what it provides. Arcade Paradise can be at a brand new low value, and that’s just about vital on this man’s books. Not a lot within the outbox, however do test these lists as ever.

Choose New Video games on Sale

Metro 2033 Redux ($3.74 from $24.99 till 5/22)
Metro: Final Gentle Redux ($3.74 from $24.99 till 5/22)
Soccer Supervisor 2023 Contact ($26.99 from $44.99 till 5/23)
Meganoid ($5.39 from $8.99 till 5/23)
House Grunts ($8.39 from $13.99 till 5/23)
Heroes of Loot ($4.79 from $7.99 till 5/23)
Heroes of Loot 2 ($5.99 from $9.99 till 5/23)
Groundskeeper2 ($2.99 from $4.99 till 5/23)
Stardash ($5.99 from $9.99 till 5/23)
Gunslugs ($4.79 from $7.99 till 5/23)
Gunslugs 2 ($4.79 from $7.99 till 5/23)
The Home of Da Vinci 2 ($5.99 from $9.99 till 5/23)
Snake Core ($5.39 from $8.99 till 5/23)
A Day With out Me ($1.99 from $5.99 till 5/29)
Brotherhood United ($1.99 from $8.99 till 5/29)

Quest Hunter ($7.49 from $29.99 till 5/29)
Demon’s Rise Conflict for the Deep ($1.99 from $6.99 till 5/29)
Blipz ($1.99 from $9.99 till 5/29)
Assault Fits Valken Declassified ($14.99 from $24.99 till 5/29)
Sport Sort DX ($2.99 from $5.99 till 5/29)
Explosionade DX ($2.99 from $5.99 till 5/29)
Weapon of Selection DX ($2.99 from $5.99 till 5/29)
Pig Eat Ball ($7.49 from $14.99 till 5/29)
Shoot 1UP DX ($2.99 from $5.99 till 5/29)
Ni no Kuni II: RK Prince’s Version ($19.79 from $59.99 till 5/29)
My Hero One’s Justice 2 ($14.99 from $59.99 till 5/29)
SD Gundam Battle Alliance ($35.99 from $59.99 till 5/29)
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Collection ($19.99 from $39.99 till 5/29)
Taiko no Tatsujin Rhythmic Adv. 1 ($14.99 from $29.99 till 5/29)
Taiko no Tatsujin Rhythm Competition ($32.49 from $49.99 till 5/29)

Extremely Kaiju Monster Rancher ($34.99 from $49.99 till 5/29)
Naruto Ult. Ninja Storm ($4.99 from $19.99 till 5/29)
Naruto Shippuden Ult. Ninja Storm 2 ($3.99 from $19.99 till 5/29)
Dragon Ball Z Kakarot Deluxe ($29.99 from $74.99 till 5/29)
Captain Tsubasa RoNC Deluxe ($19.54 from $84.99 till 5/29)
One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 ($5.99 from $39.99 till 5/29)
One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 ($8.99 from $59.99 till 5/29)
JoJo’s Weird Adv. All-Star Battle R ($32.49 from $49.99 till 5/29)
Arcade Paradise ($12.99 from $19.99 till 5/30)
Tiny Troopers: International Ops ($14.99 from $19.99 till 5/30)
Tiny Troopers Joint Ops XL ($2.59 from $12.99 till 5/30)
Concord’s Odyssey ($7.49 from $14.99 till 5/30)
The Final Employee ($14.99 from $19.99 till 5/30)
Lumote: The Mastermote Chronicles ($8.99 from $19.99 till 5/30)
The Falconeer: Warrior Version ($10.49 from $29.99 till 5/30)

AVICII Invector ($4.99 from $19.99 till 5/30)
Infinite Golf 2 ($2.49 from $4.99 till 5/30)
Commandos 2 HD Remaster ($14.99 from $19.99 till 6/5)
Commandos 3 HD Remaster ($23.99 from $29.99 till 6/5)
TRIOS lofi beats ($2.79 from $7.99 till 6/5)
Feather ($3.49 from $9.99 till 6/5)

Gross sales Ending Tomorrow, Wednesday, Could seventeenth

Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo ($23.99 from $39.99 till 5/17)
Arkanoid Everlasting Battle ($17.99 from $29.99 till 5/17)
Asterix & Obelix XXXL TRfH ($23.99 from $39.99 till 5/17)
Garfield Lasagna Celebration ($23.99 from $39.99 till 5/17)
Overlanders ($1.99 from $24.99 till 5/17)
Retro Sport Pack ($1.99 from $4.99 till 5/17)
Stranded Deep ($17.49 from $24.99 till 5/17)

That’s all for at present, buddies. I’ll be again tomorrow with extra new releases, extra gross sales, at the very least one evaluate, and maybe some information. It’s enormously laborious to tear myself away from Tears of the Kingdom, and it’s hitting my productiveness laborious. Maybe it’s the identical for you. Nicely, there are worse issues to have. I hope you all have a terrific Tuesday, and as at all times, thanks for studying!