Smash-Like Indie Brawler Bounty Battle Gets A New September Release On Switch

There just aren't that many bug names and the combat look ok overall. Might pick it up on sale but probably not.

I'm still waiting on Rivals of Aether definitive edition.

Sounds like an interesting concept. No Undertale characters though. You'd think they'd have them given its massive influence

@Kalmaro never heard of that one, care to explain?

@MeowMeowKins Here you go!

Animations look a little stiff. Seeing the Headless fight here it's like locking Dead Cells at 30FPS.

It's a really cool idea but it's a shame about the 2D rigs rather than either fully 3D or fully hand drawn. I know both are a lot more work, but honestly I'd much rather a smaller roster with a steady flow of DLC additions at that quality than a large roster at launch done a bit cheaper.

Also, might just have been the choices shown in the trailer but they did all seem a bit samey. Smash works so well because it has characters ranging from sword fighters, to space gunners to just a little round pink blob with a quiff. They have a huge variety in their silhouettes and proportions, character and move sets. I'd love to see some weirder characters with a focus on fun and irreverence in here. I mean yeah there's Juan from Guacamelee, but he's looking weirdly serious and grizzled so I don't knwo what to expect from others I'd say were more 'fun' like Flinthook?

Another?

These indie 'Smash-like' games are becoming pretty regular, and most of them arent worth bothering with. I'm sure at least one of these characters have been in at least one other of 'these' games too, which takes away what little uniqueness it had for me.

This one in particular? The roster looks a bit better than most with far less "who the f is that?", but the gameplay looks very slow and stiff, with the animation looking fairly tacky. I dont quite get the Smash-like tag it has gotten since it looks absolutely nothing like Smash, crossovers alone or fighting games not being a thing Smash invented.

@Kalmaro thanks m8!

At first when i read the article i whas like; oh another brawlhalla haha. Until i saw the video, i really liked what i saw!!!

I thought Brawlout was pretty ok. My only regret in buying it was that it went on sale a few days after I got it and then not too far later, Nintendo announced Smash.

As mentioned above, I don't see immediate interest in this either but it definitely looks like something I would consider on sale.

I could see these smash clones selling on anything other then switch lol

@MeowMeowKins Google rivals of aether steam workshop

The game allows custom characters and stages now, and there are 100s from soooo many shows games etc already made. Def chk the workshop for it. Basically free dlc in a way made by fans. Imo more fun than the core characters.

@Travisemo007 wow, and the developers let them do that. That's so great! I know indies are typically chiller than AAA games, but that's awesome.

been waiting for this soo going to pick it up.

@Kalmaro @Travisemo007
Now I wish the Steam workshop was available on Switch, because watching Not-Fox getting blasted by Ronald McDonald made my day!

@Ulysses so, from what I heard, some moddwd characters will be allowed in somehow but that's just what I heard. I can't verify anything yet.

I hope it's true though, the mod characters for this game are fantastic some of the time and hilarious most of the time.

Pfft. Amateurs.