A Japanese Swap eShop unique referred to as Suika Recreation (Watermelon Recreation) has just lately gone viral due to its recognition amongst streamers and VTubers. Earlier this 12 months it began gaining traction with Japanese influencers, and now it is caught on right here within the West.
The puzzle sport, which has drawn comparisons to titles like 2048 and “Threes“, was initially launched on Nintendo’s digital retailer in December 2021 for 240 yen (lower than $2/£2) and requires gamers to put fruit in a container with out overfilling it.
The identical forms of fruits can remodel into greater fruits, with watermelons being the most important fruits within the sport. In every session, the goal is to get the very best rating you’ll be able to. You possibly can play a free model on-line in your internet browser (thanks, Polygon), however its physics and scoring system aren’t precisely the identical because the Swap launch.
Watermelon Recreation is performing so nicely, it is now dominating the Swap eShop charts in Japan and can also be charting on streaming web sites like Twitch. Downloads for the title have “elevated by greater than 50,000 instances” per day, based on its developer ‘Aladdin X’.
If you happen to’re concerned about attempting it out your self, you may want a Japanese Nintendo account and an eShop card for this area.