SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Tharsis’ and Other New Releases, the Latest Sales Featuring ‘New Super Lucky’s Tale’, ‘Slay the Spire’, and More
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to a holiday edition of the SwitchArcade Round-Up. Yes, it’s Easter Monday and I am kicking my feet up today and only spending half of it working. Only 12 hours of work for this guy! Fortunately, there was barely any news worth noting over the weekend, so my day of frivolity is well-timed. In this briefer-than-usual article, we’ll be looking a couple of new games that hit the eShop over the weekend, followed by the usual sales list. And that’s it! We’ll be back to full power tomorrow, don’t worry. Let’s go!
New Releases
Tharsis ($11.99)
This one has been out on other platforms for a while, and the reception to it hasn’t exactly been warm. It’s kind of a strategy board game where you need to land at least one of your astronauts on Mars within ten turns. Pretty much everything comes down to dice rolls and random events, and with the compact nature of the game it means that you’ll know whether you’ve got a potential winning run or not fairly early. There’s a lot going on under the hood here, and it’s possible my quick look at the game didn’t reveal its finer qualities, but as it stands I feel like this game leans a little too much on luck to keep my attention for very long. LASTFIGHT ($19.99)
You know, I can’t tell if this game already came out on the Switch in other regions last year or not. But it’s showing as a new release in North America, so I̵...
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