I can’t imagine I’ve needed to attain this far again into the archives for this, however anybody who was studying the positioning again in 2008 (!) may keep in mind a sport referred to as Rose & Camellia, which was kinda like Punch-Out!, provided that everybody was straight out of a Jane Austen novel.
Right here is the pitch for the 2007 authentic, which makes it sound like a posh sport of intricate social and political intrigue:
The day after Reiko marries into the patrician Tsubakikoji household her beloved husband dies, leaving her with nothing however a rose and the scorn of his household. Regardless of her low origins Reiko is decided, as spouse of Shunsuke, eldest son of the Tsubakikoji home, to say her title as mistress. However the mocking aristocrats that make up the feminine members of the principle household department deny her rightful place. Clutching the rose given her by Shunsuke on their wedding ceremony evening she prepares to show her case, by drive if essential, and put the depraved blue-bloods of their place.
The gameplay, nonetheless, concerned slapping the shit out of everybody standing in your approach. The sport was nice, resulting in a sequel only a 12 months later, then in 2013 a 3rd entry within the sequence was launched, this time a tie-in with La-Mulana. I’ve not even considered this sport in over a decade, although, and sure none of you may have both, which is why it’s a wild shock to see {that a} port of the primary sport is on its strategy to the Nintendo Swap.
Not solely is that this bringing the thrill of the sport to an entire new technology, nevertheless it’s additionally including movement controls through the PleasureCon controllers, and for the primary time will permit for multiplayer so you’ll be able to slap a buddy as an alternative of the CPU. There’s no launch date or worth listed, or phrase of a Western launch (the unique was a Japanese sport, and this announcement was solely made in Japanese), however you’ll be able to (and may) try the trailer beneath: