Last week the SwitchArcade Roundup delivered info about the Master Trainers within the upcoming newcomer-friendly Pokemon Gen 1 remakes, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! There are 151 of these trainers, and each tasks you with a one-on-one battle featuring identical Pokemon. News Master Trainers have arrived in Pokemon: Let’s Go!
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That said, with over 40+ hours of satisfying exploring and combat, an awesome soundtrack–a hallmark for the Ys series and Falcom-developed games in general–and serviceable visuals (I’m guessing this Switch port was based off the Vita version), Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana is most definitely recommended and is spotlighted today as the week’s first Game of the Day. Up until then, the focus is more on the everyday happenings in Castaway Village and exploring the island before the stakes truly get higher. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana does take a little while for the main story to get going. I like the risk and reward system here, as it might just be better to stay back from enemies and occasionally go in for an attack here and there, if you can’t quite get the timing down on guarding and evading. These evades and guards must be performed with exact and proper timing, or else you’ll just get the receiving end of an enemy’s strike. A great offense is a good defense, and you can press one of the shoulder buttons to perform timed-blocks and evades of two types when an enemy attacks: the L button for a roll, which slows down time allowing Adol and his party to score extra hits on an enemy, or the R button for a guard, which boosts that character’s attack power for a short amount of time. Simple button mashing won’t win too many major battles. Thankfully, combat is involved as always in the Ys series, and Ys VIII continues this trend.
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This party system returns from Ys Seven and Ys: Memories of Celceta, originally released on the PSP and PlayStation Vita respectively. For instance, Sahad’s anchor is fantastic for taking out enemies with strong defense, while Laxia’s piercing attacks are perfect for defeating flying foes. Each can be cycled between with a press of the Y button, and this is necessary not just to give endangered characters time to breathe but also because certain enemies are weak to certain weapon types. Speaking of Adol’s party, for most of the game Adol has two other characters traveling alongside him. As Castaway Village’s population grows, more obstructions can be removed, allowing Adol’s party to explore more wonders (and dangers) of the cursed island.
He just needs a certain number of castaways to help him clear these obstacles away. While many of the areas of the island are inaccessible, when Adol finds more castaways, the ability to remove debris and other obstructions from paths is opened up. Ys VIII is very much a more expansive game with plenty of exploring to do. With this nugget of knowledge understood, Adol searches to discover others who washed up on the shore of this island and bring them back to a makeshift town that serves as a hub in Ys VIII, Castaway Village. Unfortunately, this island is one from legend–a cursed one where those who find themselves on it never get to escape. When a gigantic squid monster capsizes the luxury ship that protagonist Adol Christin and his adventuring partner Dogi are sailing on, everyone on board the ship finds themselves washed up on an island. However, thanks to NIS America, the latest entry in the series–and the first original entry in eight years–sees its arrival on the Nintendo Switch with Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana. It’s a rarity to see the Ys series hit a Nintendo system in the modern era of gaming (the last was a 3D remake of Ys I and Ys II on the Nintendo DS). Nevertheless, let’s stick to the present for now, and take a glimpse at the Game of the Day to start of this week of new SwitchArcade Roundups! Game of the Day Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana ($59.99) Your hardened adventurer Phil is back with more news and discounts pertaining to the Switch! This week is going to be extra spooky with impressions of Dark Souls: Remastered and Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption coming at you later. Welcome to your SwitchArcade Roundup for October 22nd, 2018.
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