Launching exclusively on Nintendo Switch later this year is Slice of Life, an arcade-style tennis game.
The game tells the story of Drake Lacasse who is rebuilding his life after an unfortunate mishap. Players are tasked with balancing their time between making new friends, getting in their essential tennis training and keeping up with their studies. There are a number of characters to encounter along the way, and forming strong bonds with them can help you to unlock perks which will help you on the court.
The game's story mode allows for drop-in co-op, should you want to invite a buddy to join you, and is said to feature "easy to enjoy, satisfying to mater" arcade tennis gameplay. Here's a quick feature list to tell you a little more:
Features:
-Experience a twisting narrative filled with interesting friends and foes.
-Fast-paced arcade-style tennis action.
-A deep perk-based customization system.
-Character driven storylines and social links.
-Tons of unlockable Sub-Games to mix up gameplay.
-A huge soundtrack to flavor your time at Rosegate.
-Local cooperative play with a partner.
The game's pencilled in for a Q2 2020 release on Switch, although we're expecting to hear more detailed release date news in the coming weeks.
What do you think? One to keep an eye on? Let us know with a comment below.
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Just give us GTA v or iv on the go.
Wow, there's no visual consistency in the graphical style at all, it's all over the place.
The fishing scene already has like four different things going on with the foreground, background, water, and UI.
And making the character portraits slightly transparent on dialogue scenes doesn't look right either.
I'd love an arcadey tennis game on Switch but have to say this doesn't look great from what they've shown so far. Will keep an eye on it though.
@RupeeClock that's what I was thinking, too
Maybe the game will be fun, but not the most visually pleasing overall
I’m totally in.
All tennis games are welcome.
Switch has now 3 decent-to-very-good ones: AO, Super Tennis and Smash Court.
Hope this one will be on the list.
Aa arcadey tennis game is certainly welcome but after three years why hasn’t a decent golf game ever been announced?
Looks too much like the current trend of cell style games. No thanks
I wonder if this is the first ever M-rated tennis game.
@galaxidion What, what, what?? What about Mario Tennis, the best tennis game of the generation?? I´m shocked you didn´t even mention it lol
When your 23 second game trailer only features 6 seconds of the actual game (and about 13 seconds of "We filmed this stuff in 45 minutes using our phones")... 🤦🏼♂️
@the_beaver That’s because I consider it more of a party rhythm game that an actual tennis one. In fact I didn’t even remember until you mentioned it.
Don’t know if it has gotten better after updates, but when I played, the normal mode with all the specials was nothing like tennis. And the mode without specials was... quite boring and not very real either.
@RupeeClock they’re all ghosts!
Oh wow exclusive shovelware!
@RupeeClock Hello! Developer here, I really appreciate your comment. We'll be taking a closer look at tying the style together in the coming months, and re-assessing some visual choices and ques.
We are a small team with a small budget, but we are dedicated to giving this our best shot! So, we really do appreciate the criticism. If you (or any other readers!) would like to send some more feedback our way, please drop me a line at [email protected]
Considering this game was made by one person, I think it looks really good! Having worked personally with the Creator, I can tell you a lot of love, time, money and patience was put in. It will be well worth the play, the ability to choose your own path story wise is phenomenal!
@JayJ I wouldn't go that far until the game is actually released. Lots of indies have looked like total garbage on the surface, only to show great results in the end.
@SmallraveMike Thanks for your input, Mike. And as a gaming community, please understand many gamers are very vocal (judging prematurely, etc). So please don't take certain comments personally (unless they're actual feedback)
Best of luck with your project!
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