Part 4 of 4.
As March continues to get underway, welcome back to our efforts to highlight some formidable games all releasing on the Nintendo Switch. this month. Having already covered the likes of Sokolor, Child Run – City Surfers Runner, Brave Dungeon -The Meaning of Justice- and Tin Hearts, it is time to showcase our final selection of upcoming titles for April:
[Guide] 16 Games Releasing on Nintendo Switch this April (Part 4)
Smile For Me (April 24, 2023)
Publisher: Serenity Forge
Genre: Adventure, Puzzle, Role-Playing, First-Person
No. of Players: 1 (Single System)
File Size: 2.1 GB
Price: $14.99
Smile For Me is an unconventional Point-and-Click Adventure Game that puts you at the center of an abstract world! Nod and shake your head to chat with new friends, and solve their mysteries to cheer them up.
The People are bizarre, the Puzzles are Wack, and the World hides a sinister secret…
- Keep Your Chin Up – You may be silent, but you’ve got a lot to say! Nod-and-shake your way through the Habitat, with a host of funky and friendly characters.
- A Quaint Cast of Misfits – The Habiticians are full of juicy gossip. Learn their quirks and qualms, and cure them of their blues!
- Make your Choice… – Help only your favorite pals, or stay behind to save all the Habiticians.
Features:
- Explore a beautiful world
- Solve a mouthful of tricky puzzles
- Chat with 23 peculiar characters
- There are charming animations!
- Secret backstories!
- TOO much gossip!
- Emotional baggage!
- Alarming puppetry!
- A condescending narrator!
- Depressed clowns!
- Fear of mortality!
- The true meaning of friendship!
- Where am I?!?
Fairy Fencer F: Refrain Chord (April 25, 2023)
Publisher: Idea Factory
Genre: Role-Playing, Strategy, Adventure, Action
No. of Players: 1 (Single System)
File Size: 3.2 GB
Price: $49.99
Long ago, the people were given knowledge by the Goddess, and civilization flourished. They built towers stretching toward the heavens, and a weapon so powerful, they could pierce the gods themselves.
However, that civilization was decimated shortly after a violent conflict between the Goddess and the Vile God. Ages have passed since then.
Our story begins with a young man named Fang who had become a Fencer, a swordsman who has the ability to wield a special weapon imbued with a Fairy known as a Fury. Along with his companions, Fang is on a journey to find the Furies, and resurrect the Goddess
One day, he encounters a woman who can save people with her song, and another who can brainwash people with her song. Along with the mysterious power of the women who call themselves Muses, Fang’s destiny begins to unfold…
Features:
- FFF Tactics?! – Strategize to capitalize with an all-new Tactical RPG battle system! Use terrain, and objects such as rocks, boxes, and grass to your advantage. Strategic positioning on the battlefield can raise your evasiveness, or lower your movement speed, among other effects. Plus, Avalanche Attack and Fairize battle mechanics return!
- Fairies, Fencers, Furies…and Muses? – With the introduction of the two Muses, all-new battle mechanics are at your command. Use the power of their song to buff allies or combine both area of effect boosts for an even more DRAMATIC buff! But beware, enemies within the area can also benefit.
- Hidden Fairies, Locations and Treasure! – Break new ground with this fresh take on “World Shaping.” With “Location Shaping,” use your collected Furies by stabbing them in various locations of the world map. Doing so can unlock items, hidden locations, or even Fairies. Activate a chain to stab more locations without using up your limited Locate Energy!
- All-New Story With Multiple Routes! – Follow Fang and his friends through multiple routes in this all-new story, as they continue their search for Furies in order to resurrect the Goddess. Will you find harmony or dissonance when fate lies in your hands?
Desta: The Memories Between (April 26, 2023)
Publisher: ustwo games
Genre: Strategy, Puzzle
No. of Players: 1 (Single System)
File Size: 1.1 GB
Price: N/A
Fall into the dreamscape. Relive memories, rediscover friends and repair relationships in this turn-based exploration through surreal worlds.
Experience a story of broken relationships, words left unsaid and the chance to explore your dreams for answers in this character-driven roguelite!
Features:
- Play a surreal ball game: Make trick shots, land hits and perfect throws in turn-based sports-style encounters. As nights progress, Desta will become more experienced and attuned to this surreal world, discovering new abilities and ways to win.
- Explore unfolding dreams: Every night, Desta falls into the mysterious dreamworld, filled with shattered remnants of locations past, memories of regret-filled relationships, and powerful orbs that can change the course of conversation.
- Meet powerful characters: Follow Desta as they meet all sorts of strange and interesting characters with exceptional abilities, each with their own story to tell about their connection to this world.
- All players welcome: From beginning to end, this game is designed so players of all skill levels can experience the full journey.
- This game contains themes of self-reflection, anxiety, mental health, loss of parental figures and gender identity. Player discretion is advised.
Omega Strikers (April 27, 2023)
Publisher: Odyssey Interactive
Genre: Action, Strategy, Multiplayer, Arcade
No. of Players: 1 (Single System) | 1 – 6 (Online)
File Size: 14 MB
Price: Free
Smash opponents off the arena and score goals in this lightning-fast 3v3 footbrawler. Sling slimes, toss tofu, and rocket boost to victory as one of 15+ stylish Strikers. Squad up with friends and outplay your rivals to become an Omega Striker.
- No Match the Same – Blast, bounce, and bullrush opponents into hectic and electric map hazards. Sprint at breakneck speed on the Super Surge map, or grow to enormous size with the Gigantify game buff.
- Play Your Way – Earn credits to unlock powerful new Strikers, each with unique abilities. Create your custom playstyle with Trainings, then upgrade your look with skins and emotes.
- Big Seasonal Updates – Omega Strikers will continually evolve as each new season adds new Strikers, additional stages, fresh unlockables, and more ways to play.
All details regarding the games above were true at the time we sourced them directly from Nintendo’s own website. If there are any changes between now and each game’s eventual release, we apologize in advance and we hope you have enjoyed the selected titles so far. For even more games, we hope you join us again next month.
