Board 8 > There's a demo for Sushi Strikers up for Switch.

(+) Yeah! (+)

It's actually kinda fun.

It's got RPG/monster collecting elements, so it's not just pure puzzler. Honestly it's like if Pokemon Shuffle was a full fledged game and not just freemium with the timed hearts system. The game has a catalog of "sushi sprites" for you to collect (looks like 100), and they have different abilities, and you gain exp as you play the stages to level up and get stronger. The story so far is pretty charming in its ridiculousness.

It doesn't look like there's a demo for the 3DS version (yet?), but I feel like I'd prefer it on there with the stylus. Controlling with the joystick and buttons feels sub-optimal, but using my finger obscures a lot of the Switch screen. I guess my complaint so far is that the sushi on the plates kinda causes the colors to blend. It makes it harder to discern how many of each color there are on the field, thus it's harder to know which plates to pick to start chains. But I imagine over time you'll become more in tune with that?
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you're kind of selling this game that I previously had 0 interest in.

too bad I don't have the time to check out the demo!
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Finished the demo. It looks like there's a fair amount of depth to it. Seemingly a bunch of skill variety, and you get to level up both the sprites and their skills, and it looks like the sprites can evolve too once they're strong enough.

The demo cuts out once you try to start the sixth battle, which then forces you back to the title screen without any kind of saved progress, so I guess watch out for that if for some reason you just want to sit there and grind the initial couple sprites.
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mnkboy907 posted...

Honestly it's like if Pokemon Shuffle was a full fledged game and not just freemium with the timed hearts system.

This is exactly what Pokemon Battle Trozei was, for the record.
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-hotdogturtle-- posted...

mnkboy907 posted...

Honestly it's like if Pokemon Shuffle was a full fledged game and not just freemium with the timed hearts system.

This is exactly what Pokemon Battle Trozei was, for the record.

Trozei doesn't have the RPG mechanics though, does it?
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I guess bump.
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Man I'm seeing a lot of people who just seem to fundamentally disagree with the concept of a $50 puzzle game, regardless of how good the production values are or how much content they have.
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