#fighter
#fighter
by Amr (@siegarettes)
When Umihara Kawase Bazooka was announced, I was skeptical. The franchise has had its share of left field outings and cameos–to mixed success–and I wasn’t sure that the series’ signature wire action physics would translate to the hectic pace of a platform fighter. Well, after a strange, staggered release, Umihara Kawase Bazooka is finally here on the Switch and I can confidently say that my concerns were mostly unfounded–at least as far as the singleplayer goes.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
Take the elaborate bullet patterns of modern STGs, give them to adorable fantasy monster girls, then combine them into a fighting game and you get Maiden & Spell. A niche within a niche, Maiden & Spell is part of a line of surprisingly varied shooter-fighting game hybrids, following in the mold set by G-Rev’s Senko no Ronde. As you might expect from a combination of such obsessive niches, Senko no Ronde was a maximalist game, one with highly detailed mechanics and obtuse nuances that required serious effort before you could begin to understand what you were playing.
Compared to its contemporaries, Maiden & Spell is stripped down, focused on immediate communication. It turns an intimidating genre into an inviting one, one you can show to your friends and immediately have them understand.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
It took a lot of reprogramming for me to get into Override: Mech City Brawl. Out of the gate it reminded me of other arena fighters like Gundam Versus or ARMS. Override is slower paced, focused more on physicality than speed. If other arena fighters present their characters as nimble fighter jets, then Override’s mechs are thrashing heavyweight boxers, crushing the city underfoot as they battle. It’s awkward to start with, but as I adapted to it the game started to show promise.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
Curly returns to help me take a look at Lethal League Blaze, a fighting game where you bounce a ball around the stage until it builds up time distorting levels of speed through your volleys.
It’s a hell of a sequel with a hype soundtrack to boot.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
Curly joins me once again for a look at UNIST, a most excellent anime fighter that’s both very focused on fundamentals and the most extra an anime game can possibly be.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
Curly joins me once again for a look at Blade Strangers, a game where you can beat up Isaac (from the Binding of Isaac) with Shovel Knight, Gunvolt, and characters from Umihara Kawase, Cave Story and Code of Princess.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
Curly joins me to take a look at Roof Rage, a platform fighter in the style of TMNT Smash Up or Super Smash Brothers.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
Friend of the site Sam Howitt joins me to take a look at Maiden & Spell, a bullet-hell fighter in the style of Senko no Ronde, Acceleration of Suguri or Tohou Genso Rondo.