SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Shantae’, ‘Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion’, and Today’s Other New Releases and Sales
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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for April 22nd, 2021. There are a lot of new games today. Like… more than twenty-five. That’s what this article is all about, with a little time for the incoming and outgoing sales at the end. No time for the news, though if you need something to celebrate Capcom has announced The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles for release on Switch and other platforms on July 27th. Those are some super-cool games and I’m glad they’re finally getting a Western release. On with today’s show!
New Releases
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion ($14.99)
SwitchArcade Highlight!
It’s always risky to base a game on a meme. For starters, such things tend to be ephemeral. In the time it takes to make a game, memes tend to become ancient history. But even if the meme is fresh, trying to get the tone right without being annoying or inauthentic can be a challenge. Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is inspired by the Yoshi meme, and I’m happy to say that it’s only so in the loosest sense. A corrupt mayor has nailed poor Turnip Boy for not paying his taxes properly, so he sets out on a quest to get out of hot water. And rip up everything he can find that has anything to do with taxes. He really just keeps doing the tax evasion, friends. This is an extremely wacky top-down action-adventure, and I rather like it. Except for its vile mapping of ‘confirm’ to the ‘B’ button, anyway. I...
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