Minimalism vs. VS-like and Retro-style Metroidvania - Random Game Diary - August 20th

Against Twilight
A VS-like game with a fairly simple structure.
Strengthen your equipment by leveling up!

Choose one out of three options to add unique characteristics.
A VS-style game with a simple flavor.

There are only 5 types of power-ups and nothing that feels like an Evolve system,
but if you focus on leveling up one thing,
it can become like an omnidirectional shooter,
and you can create some pretty interesting builds.

There are only 6 types of passive skills,
and incidentally, there is no Japanese language support.
It's not there, but if you're used to it, you can play it just fine.

The mechanics are easy to understand, and when you level up, experience orbs and such are cleared from the screen,
so there's no need to save them to pick up later...
which might be a convenient aspect.

Since there are no special movements like dashing,
there are many situations where you have to rely on basic movement performance to dodge,
making the back-and-forth with the swarming enemies quite intense.
List price 350 yen.

Legend of the Silver Flute
A Metroidvania with a PC Engine-like atmosphere.
The store description says it's a 'Retro pixel-style action adventure RPG'.

The system involves an adventure where you follow the protagonist who has lost their memory and the saintly girl who was kidnapped right before their eyes...
as you pursue them.

With magic, equipment, experience points, and hidden passages,
it feels like they've packed in everything they possibly could.

The stage structure consists of a village plus zones (stages),
giving the feeling of preparing equipment and learning magic in the village before challenging the stages.
The map functions properly, and there are quests too...

Since the protagonist has amnesia, 'Memory Crystals' are hidden in each stage,
and you collect them to unlock magic and skills,
while experience points can be allocated to Strength, HP, and Agility when you level up.

Memory Crystals and treasure chests are saved upon clearing a stage,
so it's a system where you don't need to re-collect them.
Therefore, the hassle of moving through hidden passages multiple times
is omitted.

When there is a quest that says 'Get 3 stars!',
setting aside the damage taken for a moment,
there is the task of searching for treasure chests and crystals during the stage,
but since a proper map is included,
the fact that you can generally guess where suspicious places are is a kind point.

You can play stage by stage, so it might be a good point that it's easy to set time intervals.

The controls feel much more solid than I expected,
and with collection elements included while you're in the action,
gaining experience points and going on an adventure... if you like that kind of experience,
I think you'll be able to enjoy this title.
The list price is 920 yen, with a launch price of 736 yen (until August 27th).

Today on X, there were rumors that a meteorite had fallen in Western Japan!
I wondered if it was really that big of a deal,
so I wandered around the internet to check.

An incredibly beautiful fireball was captured on video!

There were even scenes of the night looking like daytime...

It's not something you can see just by trying to,
and with various live cameras and dashcams becoming more widespread,
I thought it was quite wonderful to be able to see the records
and feel as if I had been there at that moment!

In the old days, I feel like it would have just ended with 'It's a UFO!'
🛸

I'll wrap it up here for today.

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