We first heard that the gorgeous ex-battler Thirsty Suitors would be coming to Switch in Annapurna Interactive's 2022 showcase, but now, one year on, the game appeared in this year's presentation and served up a release date of 2nd November to boot.
The all-new trailer does a pretty good job of showing the kind of action that will be in store, and we'll do our best to summarise it for you here too. Developed by Outerloop Games, Thirsty Suitors is a story-driven adventure game where you play as Jala, our young protagonist, who returns to her family home only to find her relationships in disarray. Her sister isn't talking to her, her parents seem disappointed, oh, and all of her exes are out to either fight and/or flirt with her — that last one feels important.
Through a series of turn-based battles, action-packed cooking sequences and Jet Set Radio-esque skateboarding (yes, really), you will have to help Jala mend these relationships and learn how to truly express herself along the way.
You can find a little more information on some of the game's features and a look at some screenshots from Steam below:
Combat
Turn-based, over-the-top combat with upgrades, special abilities, and a unique mood system that lets you take advantage of vulnerabilities. Take the fight to skate punks, random suitors, and ultimately, your exes.Skateboarding
Skate, grind, and wall-run across Timber Hills with intricate movesets, combos, and challenges. Unravel the mysteries of Bearfoot Park while battling skate punks and their leader, Soundie the Bear.Cooking
Try to impress your parents and repair your relationship with action-packed cooking segments, while exploring a rich menu of delicious South Asian inspired dishes.
We really like what we have seen of this one so far. Yes, we still have a little while to wait before it comes to Switch but, oh boy, November gets more stacked by the day...
Will you be taking this for a spin when it releases later this year? Skate down to the comments and let us know.
[source store.steampowered.com]
Comments 22
Lovely art style, skate, fight and flirt with cooking sim all works for me. Interesting characters. Not into turn based games, except if it is a deck of cards, so I'll skip. Was quite disappointed when I read "turn based". Looks like a good game.
This looks like such a hodgepodge. Is it all going to land?
uh, what just happened?? huh uh huh huh, yeah yeah
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@Chaotic_Neutral I'm not touching your ahem, views on minorities, but Scott Pilgrim wasn't as original as people like to think. It was fresh and different for movies but it mined anime, manga, games etc for it's glorious style (like Jet Set Radio is referenced in this article) rightfully so too since it's based on a manga with lots of video game talk so it's not shocking games look like Scott Pilgrim.
@Chaotic_Neutral Yeah, can't see me getting this either. But at the same time, the grandmother looks like a cool villain, so hope the gameplay is at least solid for whoever wants this.
This game is visually outstanding, and I like the plot and premise.
I hope the gameplay holds up, but Annapurna doesn't publish boring games.
So... it's a skating and dating game?
That's one of the more clever genre mash-ups I've seen lately.
@Chaotic_Neutral
plenty of games still featuring heteronormative, pale faced macho men to suit your particular fantasy 👍
@Chaotic_Neutral So white is normal and good, and everyone else is instantly political somehow. K. Did it occur to you that the devs aren't, in fact, straight white men?
@Chaotic_Neutral you forget the part where dividing yourself from youre family in the game is good thing.
Much respect if youre comment is allowed to stay.
@kfflscnt
Your*
"Much respect if YOUR* racist comment is allowed to stay."
FTFY
@Chaotic_Neutral "OUTERLOOP GAMES IS A MINORITY LED, FULLY DISTRIBUTED INDIE GAME STUDIO THAT CREATES ACCESSIBLE GAMES WITH DEPTH ABOUT UNDERREPRESENTED CULTURES AND THEMES" so yes you noticed the intention, which turns out to be their mission statement. You may not be the target audience! They also appear to have caps lock on.
I’m curious but will wait on reviews. Either this game will be a hidden gem or terrible. Likely no inbetween. I didn’t enjoy the characters personally so that killed the game for me. Thank goodness for gamepass.
I'm hoping to play it but fit they need to release a age rating...
@Moistnado You may not be the target audience.
So the creators are racist already.
LOL I have no idea what I just watched. I don't understand any hoopla about it. I'm a firm believer in that fact that money talks. If it reviews well and sells well then good for it. If not then better luck next time and make a better product while you're at it.
@kfflscnt This dude must think tampons are sexist. You can still use them, my man, no one will stop you and you may even enjoy yourself... but you're not the target demographic.
The demo I played on another system was pretty good. Will definitely be getting this one later this year.
Seems like they're all going through too much trouble when all they need is a glass of water.
I'm going to confess about a Nintendo Life pet peeve. It's when there's an article about a really interesting upcoming game, and it's not out, so I can't just go get it. Worse is when it's not even listed yet, so I can't wishlist it to get notified! Argh! Tell me about interesting games when they come out please!
@kfflscnt I don't know, I like lots of aspects about the game, just not turn based combat. I don't know why you think the creators are racist. Please don't put words into my mouth, especially inflammatory ones.
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