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Great gouts of steaming magma on a beeline for the orphanage! Sam & Max Save the World is getting a physical release! Skunkape Games, a studio founded by former Telltale developers to remaster the episodic Sam & Max games, have teamed up with Limited Run Games for three forthcoming physical products:
Nintendo Switch Standard Edition ($34.99) Sam & Max Save the World game cartridge in snap case
Nintendo Switch Collector s Edition ($74.99) big box with goodies plus Sam & Max Save the World game cartridge in snap case
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for April 12th, 2021. In today’s article, we’ve got a little slice of news to check out before heading into a pair of Mini-Views for some recent releases. We then check out today’s new releases, and I’ll be frank with you, friends: it’s not a pretty bunch. Not even a little. But we summarize them anyway, because that’s what we do around here. Speaking of things we do around here, we’ve also got the lists of incoming and outgoing sales for you to look at. It’s a big-pants start to the week, so let’s get going!
Shantae, the original Game Boy Color game, comes to Switch this month
It calls for a celebratory dance.
WayForward has announced that it will release the original Game Boy Color
Shantae game digitally on Nintendo Switch on April 22. The game launched in 2002 and fetches ridiculous prices on eBay, so you won’t have to put up with such things to play the game legally anymore. WayForward describes this Switch version as a “pixel-perfect adaptation,” and “Shantae hair-whips, dances, and transforms as she seeks out four elemental stones throughout Sequin Land to put a stop to the nefarious lady pirate, Risky Boots!” You have the option to play
Shantae has a release date set for the Nintendo Switch eShop on April 22, 2021. The game will also allow you to choose between the standard Game Boy Color mode or the enhanced Game Boy Advance mode. Despite its retro looks,
Shantae‘s release date trailer shows off her smooth animations as she whips her hair, transforms into animals, and jumps from platform to platform.
The trailer for
Shantae on the Nintendo Switch is available on the WayForward YouTube channel. You can view it here:
Shantae is a series of platform games that originally came out in 2002 on the Game Boy Color. It follows the titular heroine Shantae, who is a half-genie, as she works to protect Sequin Land from various nefarious forces. According to director Matt Bozon, initial sales were poor due to most gamers moving on to the Game Boy Advance. However, its reception was generally positive and it has since gained status as a cult classic. In 2020, WayForward and Limited Run Games teamed up to produce a brief
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