
She and the Light Bearer ( Mojiken Studio)

Rest your thoughts and enjoy the adrenaline of short yet highly replayable experience. With simple control and concept that is easy to learn but hard to master, the game focuses on bringing everyone together to enjoy moments of fun. Play it with your best buddies, rival, family, even your arch enemies.

Ultra Space Battle Brawl is a couch party game that mixes Pong, fighting game, and the spirit of having fun together in an 80s over-the-top aesthetic infused with steroid. Ultra Space Battle Brawl ( Mojiken Studio) Bet ya that’s quite the rarity nowadays!īut enough of that, as I’m sure you’re more than a little curious as to which titles they’ve managed to line up at the time of writing. Benefits to having Toge Productions onboard include support funding, consultancy, marketing, PR – pretty much the usual stuff you’d expect from a publisher, albeit one with experience from the other side too. In this case, it’ll be to act as a publisher, helping out lesser-known, up-and-coming Indonesian (for now) studios. See, while Infectonator 3 is still on the menu (yay!), sometimes… you gotta try something new. Then again, so long as they’re used in genuinely groovy games, ya know? But this is not about Toge Productions actually making games, so much as publishing them. Combined with a fantastic, upbeat musical score, it all comes together to provide an experience that comes highly recommended to all Switch owners.With eight years of experience in the video game industry, Toge Productions is not exactly a new studio, nor is it one without a title or two to its name, as surely you are at least familiar with the Infectonator franchise? From the main series, which involves killing lots of innocent civilians, Hot Chase, the endless runner, or the strategical Survivors spin-off, these guys certainly have a thing for the undead – not to mention diseases. Similarly, the stages are equally impressive and when the ‘ultra’ abilities are activated, the screen is filled with waves of colour flowing lengthways – it’s a gorgeous game, and it’s clear a lot of heart and passion was put into its visuals.
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The character sprites are full of life and the animation is wonderfully smooth. The presentation for USBB is absolutely top notch. Nevertheless, the matches remain brisk throughout and it can get incredibly tense when both opponents are down to just one health bar. This, combined with the impressive enemy AI, consequently means you’ll find yourself whacking the ball back and forth for long stretches of time – don’t be surprised if you find the match time running out on occasion. Whilst the gameplay as a whole is exceptionally fun, I found in my experience that it can often be difficult to actually aim your shots accurately. Again, experimentation is key to determine which character will give you the edge. Budi, on the other hand, sends waves of flies across the screen, which in turn makes the ball travel with them on their path, making it harder for the defender to block attacks. So for example, Dharwani gains additional strength, allowing him to defeat the bird minions in one hit. When these fill to the brim, you or your opponent can unleash a special ability unique to each character. Hitting the ball back and forth over a period of time increases its speed, so you’ll need to balance offence and defence well if you’re to succeed.Īs the rounds progress, so too will the characters’ ‘ultra’ meters. As mentioned earlier, you must hit a ball past your opponent to hit their shields (which are stylised as bird ‘minions’) and smash a crystal-like object which represents their health. The gameplay itself is very straightforward, but incredibly satisfying. There are many other characters, and experimenting with each to match your preferred play style is a delight. The characters all have their strengths and weaknesses: Dharwani is the game’s general all-rounder Budi is quick but lacks strength Brodin is a beast who possesses immense power but is rather slow. Much like classic arcade fighting games, you’ll watch a brief introductory cut-scene for your chosen character before facing one opponent after the next, each of which proving to be more challenging than the last. It’s got the heart of Street Fighter and the simplicity of Super Smash Bros to create a truly original title that I absolutely adore.

USBB is actually a clever spin on Pong in which two characters must whack a ball towards either side of the screen in order to wear down each other’s shields and health until just one emerges as the victor. I thought, ‘oh cool, so it’s basically a one-on-one shooting game set in space’. I’d only seen a few screenshots depicting a couple of wacky-looking characters and a projectile moving between them. Going into Ultra Space Battle Brawl (which I’ll be abbreviating to USBB going forward), I honestly didn’t know what to expect.
