Headbangers: Rhythm Royale

Year: 2023

I played on: Nintendo Switch

Rating: Fun! 👍

So this one is like if you take the framework of Fall Guys, but you take out all the levels and stuff, and you replace them with WarioWare-esque rhythm games. And instead of lil bean guys, they're lil pigeons with wiggly heads. Maybe I should explain what I mean by "Fall Guys framework." Fall Guys is a battle royale type thing, you start with a team of something like 35, and you run through different challenges. Players are eliminated based on performance, until the last game where there's just a few players left and the first one to win wins it all. I liked Fall Guys but I didn't always like the games, they kinda got tedious for me. But I like these ones, they don't last too long and they're a good type of challanging for me. I have a music background so some things probably are more intuitive for me right on a first play and that might help boost my enjoyment of this. There's a few that do get pretty challenging for me, though, and conquering those will be rewarding. If this sounds cool to you, I recommend it! If not, then I can't say there's anything else about this that would appeal to you. Not much depth past basic minigames. I'm having a lot of fun with it though!

Suika Game

Year: 2023

I played on: Nintendo Switch

Rating: Fun! 👍

Yo this is my sh**. Okay so it's like 2048 in that two of a same type of unit (ie. a number 4, or a strawberry) can combine when touched, and when combined they upgrade to a hierarchicaly higher type (ie. a number 8, or a bunch of grapes). And it's fruit and not numbers. And the goal is to... actually I don't know the goal. In 2048 the "goal" is to get a 2048 square, and it goes infinitely past that until you run out of space, but I don't know what happens if you combine two of the biggest fruit. Is that the win condition? I dunno. So it's like 2048. But it's also like Tetris in that the pieces are dropped from above and you have to strategically place them and if you fill it up you LOSE. And the pieces drop at your leisure so it's not, and gravity and physics of round objects is a factor. It's fun! and like $2!