Hamster has announced that 2D beat-em-up Wonder Momo will be coming to Switch and join the Arcade Archives line-up. It will launch on March 31st (tomorrow!) for the price of $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29.
Originally released back in 1987, Wonder Momo was developed by Namco and featured a female protagonist - a rare occurrence back in those days - called Momo, who would high-kick her way through levels, building up her 'wonder' meter as she goes. Once she's built up enough energy, she can transform into Wonder Momo and use the 'Wonder Hoop' attack until she reverts back to her normal form.
Wonder Momo was originally ported to PC in 1989, with this same version releasing on the Wii Virtual Console in 2007. The original arcade version then followed in 2009. Reviews for the original title were middling, with Famitsu awarding the game 21/40.
Will you be adding Wonder Momo to your Arcade Archives collection? Let us know in the comments.
[source nintendoeverything.com]
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Empire city 1931 was supposedly released last Thursday, yet I can't find it in the eshop. Anybody else having that issue as well?
Sweet… it’s like a miracle we get access to so many amazing Japanese arcade games from the past… that alone makes the Switch worth owning. (Even if a lot of them are on other platforms too.)
@KnightRider666 Wow, thanks for the heads-up!
No, but I could go for Kung Fu Master.
@KnightRider666 Hamster's releases don't always show up with other weekly eShop updates (which I think is more their own problem than it is Nintendo's). They sometimes don't go up until the next week.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I love Namco partnering with Hamster to dig up old arcade games that don't always make it to their Namco Museum collections.
Great!!
Now, soon, very soon (XD): The Legend of Valkyrie.
@SakuraHaruka Just watched a streamer and it seems Valkyrie has at least one part that needs a translation.
@KnightRider666 @CharlieGirl i’ve had the game for almost a week actually. Grabbed it from the polish eShop. It’s a neat little game that I’m quite nostalgic over (arcade version, not the NES port).
Don’t really care for Wonder Momo although it clearly inspired Kamiya’s seminal Viewtiful Joe which I’d love to see ported to modern systems even tho I still have 1&2 on Gamecube and the NDS game.
I like that they release these, but I’m kind of holding out for a collection. Fingers crossed!
21/40?!? I completely disagree! More like 19/40. Clearly someone’s opinion was purchased with an advance copy. That review was a Momo promo.
@CharlieGirl like final lap?
@KnightRider666 I saw it in the PlayStation store and then it hit me that I never noticed it in the eshop….strange
@CharlieGirl
Even still, I can never turn away Namco museum when Digdug is available.
@CharlieGirl Let's hope both games appear later today. I have every arcade archives and aca neo geo game for the switch.
@joey302 Yeah, I thought of every way possible to search for it with no luck.
I'm in for all former Japan-exclusives!
@sixrings gosh I hope so
@SakuraHaruka haven't heard of it, but now I'm interested!
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