Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 29th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got two full reviews: the grand strategy RPG Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia, and the blast from the alternate past Ultracore. There are a couple of Mini-Views to check out as well, along with summaries of the latest releases and a list of fresh sales to dig into. Plenty to see, so let’s get going!
Reviews
Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia ($49.99)

Everything about Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia is so odd to me. Its publisher, Happinet, has been around for decades but has rarely had anything to do with video games. It’s a sequel to a one-off PlayStation release from 22 years ago, one that while good didn’t have a whole ton of people clamoring for a follow-up. It’s developed by Matrix Software, who haven’t done much more than ports for the last several years. The scenario for it was written by Kenji Terada, who wrote the first three Final Fantasy games but has done very little work in video games since he wrote and directed 2003’s Batman: Dark Tomorrow. Why this" Why these people" Why now" And why is it so darned good" Mechanically speaking, the new Brigandine is so much like the old one that you could almost consider it a remake in that respect. It’s a game of grand strategy, like Risk, but with a healthy dose of RPG elements and a tactical turn-based combat system. It also has a soli...