Our prolific eShop publishing chums at CIRCLE have given us a exclusive look at the English language trailer for Dark Witch Music Episode: Rudymical which all looks rather lovely. It's out this week - 11th May, to be precise - for $7.99 / €7.99.
The game - developed by Flyhigh Works - is a spin-off of the Dark Witch Story series that has appeared on 3DS eShop. If the video above didn't give you any clues, this is a rhythm action game where you press the buttons rhythmically in time to cut down Boing boings (bullets). You'll also need to jump at opportune times in order to avoid fiendish fire beams.
The game features a one-player story mode and a VS mode so you can compete against a friend in a battle to see who has the most rhythm. Last but not least there is a Co-Op mode where you can work together with a friend to clear each stage.
This all sounds like a lovely addition to the ever-growing Switch eShop. Will you be picking this up on Thursday?
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Hell yeah! I love Rhythm music games ( except Guitar hero lol)
We need Elite Beat Agents to be revived!
Not for me. Interesting though, I'll give it that.
"*User discretion advised: You may lose a friend"!
This sentence in the Battle Mode description alone makes me consider it...
Not for me either.Some rhythm games can have a funny effect on me,I can get rather tense when I play them and as the action speeds up the tension only increases.I have to stop playing or god knows what will happen.I used to have epilepsy as a kid but it's been 20 odd years since I last had any real symptoms.Not sure if it's related to that but it certainly could be.I'm probably best staying away from Thumper too.Funnily enough I'm fine with the BIT Trip games.
Oh Yeeyy!, I adore this kind of games, well, another more to add in my future collection, but first, need a switch... oh well...
@Pahvi
Pretty much this, yeah. I already got Theatrhythm Curtain Call for my rhythm game needs. Wish the game got a new entry on the switch too, or maybe Nintendo could jump in the bandwagon and we get a Rhythm game using music from various Nintendo games? Now that would be cool.
Don't like these games too much, but good there is so much support on the Switch (compared to Wii-U)
@JunkRabbit I chuckled at that too xD
Prolly get it unless reviews destroy it.
Also, if you like anime and rhythm games, it doesn't get any better than Hatsune Miku Project Mirai DX on 3DS.
One of the best indie series I've played, so of course I'll buy this
It depends how deep the game is...the price may be a little high. How much was kimiko?
I like rhythm games but I wasn't the biggest fan of The Legend of Dark Witch. Also, the trailer seems to be a bit lazily put together. If you're trying to sell a rhythm game, you should pay attention to the music. There are two songs in the entire trailer and neither of them are connected to the stuff that is shown. Watch any rhythm game trailer (other than EBA E3 trailer) and you can see how they play the music that is actually playing in the game and/or combine music and video in other ways.
Flyhigh Works is a publisher, not a developer. INSIDE SYSTEM is the developer behind the Dark Witch games.
The trailer looked interesting enough I guess, but the music didn't sound too good imo. Will probably wait for reviews before picking this up, but I will have to get through more Zelda before that happens.
@N8tiveT3ch kamiko was $5 and it looks like an amazing game. Will definitely pick up kamiko and shovel knight for a 3rd time once I am done with Zelda.
@SakuraHaruka
Best of luck in your hunt!
Sounds interesting, I'll keep an eye on it for now.
@PuppyToucher Right on I have both games. Spector Knight DLC is awesome and Kamiko is a decent time waster for the price.
I'll keep an eye on it if it goes on sale. I really like the Dark Witch games, but the second one pretty much already has a more simplistic version of this as a side-game.
Yes, I will get it. And I think CIRCLE is a group to watch...
@sinalefa Project Mirai is awesome. That's really all I need for rhythm games. I'm hoping for a sequel to that or a Project Diva port on the Switch.
If I ever do decide to get a switch (please get here soon mario odyssey) this will definitely be in the "to buy" list
@JasmineDragon I'd hunt down a Switch and throw money into its screen if they released a Mirai or Diva game on it.
@Pahvi idk if that was a serious question (as I think the game is viewed a bit negatively) but as a big DDR fan... it's not bad, I wouldn't recommend it for any serious DDR players as the hardest difficulty is cake compared to most DDR games on Heavy, but the music is quirky enough, it's not that bad of a game, depends if you like DDR (and are not too advanced to not be challenged).
@Expa0 as for Nintendo rhythm games we got the Donkey Konga series (had some Nintendo songs like a Zelda Medley) and Wii Music (which was arguably disappointing but it was Nintendo's biggest attempt to make their own music game). Honestly I doubt you'll see anything else, Nintendo tends to give their own quirky attempts at things and then if it doesn't sell much they just give up and move on. Though I'd love a "Zelda Theatrhythm" but I don't see that happening.
Not sure about this one yet. If it's any good I might pick it up, although perhaps wait for an eventual sale. I've been buying way too many Switch games than I can possibly find time for so I need to slow down a bit.
@JasmineDragon
Mirai hooked me on Miku games. When I completed the survey after buying Project Diva Future Tone on PS4, I actually requested for Mirai 3 on Switch.
Not sure I'm sold on this kind of music. Gonna wait for a few more gameplay vids and a few reviews.
@Pahvi yeah I mean I liked it when it came out even though it didn't challenge me, it was more of the principle of it (finally having DDR on a Nintendo console) as wel as the music being not half bad (especially for Mario fans). But yeah, I mean idk how it's doing in Japan but Konami has more or less given up on DDR in the West - we did get the latest arcade version (DDR A, the A is pronounced "Ace") but they literally put 30 machines in the entire US (only at certain Dave & Busters, none of which are within a 6 hour drive from where I live) which makes me question why even localize it. And the last few console versions have been prettt crappy, offering little to no classic DDR music and resorting to current Western pop music (be real, mainstream would rather play Just Dance than DDR these days, personally I have no interest in dancing DDR to stuff like One Direction). Sadly I have had to turn to Stepmania to get my fix, I wouldn't expect DDR to pick up again in the West anytime soon if ever. As for Mario Mix... well idk how pricy it is to get nowadays but it wasn't bad, as long as you like DDR gameplay, don't mind a lower difficulty, and like Mario music (with some classical music remixes thrown in).
Sold! Great music and cute graphics for the price of two Corona beers!
Gonna wait it out for reviews, but this looks like a nice little extra.
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