Hamster Releases Its First Arcade Archives Switch Game Of 2025, Teases A Year Full Of "Surprises"

[ad_1] Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube 790k It is a new 12 months and Hamster Company is already again at it with extra weekly 'Arcade Archives' releases on the Swap eShop.

To kick issues off, it is launched Athena's 1989 side-scrolling motion title Citadel of Dragon. You will go forth with the "energy of affection" as two younger kings set out on a journey to save lots of a princess from a fortress inhabited by dragons. This is what you possibly can count on from the gameplay:

"Use your defend to defend towards enemy assaults, or transfer between the 2 traces of paths at the back and front to create an advantageous state of affairs within the battle"

This title will set you again $7.99 / £6.29 (or your regional equal) and as with all of Hamster's retro re-releases, it's "faithfully reproduced". You may also change numerous sport settings together with the problem, and reproduce the ambiance of basic arcade show settings. Together with that is the power to share your excessive scores with different gamers across the globe.

This explicit model of Citadel of Dragon makes use of the Japanese ROM for the primary a part of the sport, with the choices menu and guide out there in a number of different languages together with English.

Picture: Hamster Company, Nintendo Hamster's president and CEO Satoshi Hamada has additionally shared a brand new 12 months firm replace noting how the eleventh 12 months of the Arcade Archives collection can be a 12 months "filled with surprises and pleasure":

"Completely satisfied New Yr! That is Arcade Archives’ eleventh 12 months. We couldn’t have come this far with out the continual assist of our customers and everybody concerned. I wish to specific my heartfelt gratitude to all of you. On this eleventh 12 months, we can be taking up many new challenges. We intention to make it a 12 months that is filled with surprises and pleasure for you all! We stay up for your continued assist this 12 months."

You'll be able to see all of the Arcade Archives video games launched in 2024 on Hamster's official web site. There are actually properly over 400 video games.

Have you ever performed any of Hamster's Arcade Archives assortment on the Swap not too long ago? What different video games would you wish to see be a part of this evergrowing retro library? Tell us within the feedback.

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