Japanese publisher Ninja Games Japan is set to release Snow Battle Princess Sayuki on Nintendo Switch this week.
The game tasks players with help Sayuki, a snow princess, to break an evil curse set upon her loved one by finding eight items scattered across eight lands. The journey will take you across Blizzard Mountain, Monsters Castle, and Hells Valley where you'll encounter mysterious yokai monsters including mummies, witches, comical ghost lanterns, and more.
You can use Sayuki's ability to control water to fight off the swarms of monsters with her icicle blast attack, collecting a variety of crystals to change and power up available shots such as 'rapid', 'three-way', and 'homing'. You'll really need these different options, too, as giant boss yokai appear at the end of each of the game's levels.
You can play through the game in single-player or join up with a friend who can take on the role of Sayuki's sister, Koyuki. Collecting snow fairies hidden across each land will also unlock a Boss Attack mode which can be played alone or in multiplayer.
Snow Battle Princess Sayuki launches on 28th March, with pricing set at $15.00 / 14.99€ / £13.49. If you pre-order the game from the eShop before that date, however, you can get a rather lovely 50% off.
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The Wii version was excellent and it was a remake of an old pc engine game that the name fails me of at the moment 🤔
Kiki KaiKai / Pocky and Rocky, are you?
well, really!
@Nessmissesmum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly_Guardian
The trailer looks interesting. Visuals are nice. Seems to be fun (and hectic in certain parts) with a lot of action. For $7.50, why not?
Looks ok but it’s no Elemental Master:)
this looks really cool and that 50 percent is a winner for me.got my baby due to be born tomorrow so think I be busy for a while😂😂.I pray for a safe and happy birth for rosie mae.💖💖💖
@SakuraHaruka well played 😀 love pocky and rocky as well!
Bought a physical copy of this on the cheap yonks ago; guess I’m glad I never opened it up now.
This just makes me want Cave’s Mushihimesama Bug Panic on Switch more than ever! Come on Cave, where are the likes of Deathsmiles, Espgaluda II and Dodonpachi Resurrection?
@ryobi85 Best of luck, buddy. That’s a beautiful name. Take lots of photos, because they don’t ‘arf grow up quickly. My eldest turned 23 recently. Where did all the years go?!
@The_Pixel_King @Nessmissesmum i was just aBOUT TO SAY I'M SURE I HAVE THIS ON THE wII Check out Rolling Gunner it's right up there with Cave's best.
@YANDMAN Will do, buddy! 🙂
This reminds me of Pocky and Rocky. Interesting.
Love the artwork!
Gotta play this on my Wii again someday! (Heavenly Guardian)
Looks like something I can get into. I may have to look into this.
@YANDMAN love cave shooters! Could do with a few more hitting switch starting with dodonpachi!! The Tate mode is well underused at present!
Nice, i hope this'll lead to a port of Steel Empire.
The Swich is such a great system for classic arcade shooters, i hope i'm not the only one here who has the Darius Cozmic Collection.
I have this game on Wii. It was called "Legend of Sayuki" back then.
It's a semi-sequel (original devs) to the SNES Pocky & Rocky series.
Of all Wii games it's weird to see this rarity coming to Switch.
@EmirParkreiner Thats a great compilation. Especially if you have an auto-fire gamepad.
@YANDMAN Talking of great compilations, Psikyo Collection Vol. 3 is now available for preorder on Play Asia.
Now i just have to decide between it's regular version and the Collector's Edition with the cheesy boob mousepad.
@EmirParkreiner Yeah i was on it yesterday.
I had that on the Wii. Its pretty challenging. A nice lil shooter in the same vein as Pocky and Rocky.
@The_Pixel_King thank you dude👍she was born Friday at 4.o'clock afternoon.she so cute.less time to play games but all worth it 😂😂.having a beer now with some mario kart online to unwind while wait for them to come home☺☺👍👍👍.glad she here all safe and sound
@ryobi85 Congratulations my brother! I’m so happy for you. Make the most of every single magical moment, as your new baby coming home is a kind of joy that even Nintendo cannot replicate! 🙂
The lack of a save system or password hurts it a little.
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