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Senran Kagura Peach Ball Switch NSP Free Download there is something nostalgic about playing pinball. Maybe it’s from time spent playing 3D Pinball on older versions of the Windows operating system, or the maybe trips to the local pub’s arcade. Regardless, Pinball machines hold a special place in the hearts of many. So when it was announced that the Senran Kagura series known for it’s well endowed anime girls would be getting a pinball spin-off I would be lying if I said I wasn’t interested. ROMSLAB.COM Best Switch Games

Senran Kagura Peach Ball Switch NSP Free Download Romslab

This outlandish idea comes to life in the form of Senran Kagura: Peach Ball for the Nintendo Switch. As with any spin-off in the series the title comes with a story to match that sees the girls this time getting together for a videogame tournament. Things quickly go wrong when Ryona, Murasaki, Yumi, Yomi, and Asuka turn into animals – so to speak – and it falls to the player and Haruka to round them up and turn them back to normal by using Peach Balls.

Story

Peach Ball features two modes of play. The first is “story” which is presumably designed for those who know the series because man does it take a long time to get to the pinball simulator. Each girl gets her own chapter that’s made up of stages with long passages of visual-novel-style screens of dialogue where they talk to each other about their previous adventures and friendships, and also how cute baby-talk is, especially when combined with talking like a half-dressed animal girl (HDAG). I am not joking. After these incomprehensible interludes, you finally get to the pinball. Your HDAG appears at the top section of the pinball field, usually on all fours. Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition Switch

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Your job? Sling those pinballs at her. Having completed the level (I’ll get to the gameplay next), the pinball machine releases an antidote to the potion that turned her into an animal. She then reverts to a teenage girl who is completely nude (though she covers herself). This goes on for five stages. Eventually, all the girls are freed and then they tie up the woman who made the potion and you get to shoot pinballs at her body over the end credits.

Gameplay

There are only two pinball levels and they’re both kind of lame. “Peach Land” is the more entertaining one, as it has multiple loops and a third flipper. The second one, Spooky Shinobi Park, has two large ramps that circle the back and not much else. The game also lacks a Tilt function (tapping the analog stick shakes the girl but doesn’t alter the path of the ball), and Peach Ball is extremely generous with pinball returns if you happen to drain. Good news, though. Despite being badly designed, gameplay is also extremely confusing. There are a lot of “missions” to complete which are presented on the side of the screen in very tiny text and also as pop-up screens that pause the game to explain which incompressible goal you’re supposed to be pursuing. Kaze and the Wild Masks Switch NSP

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Meanwhile, as I previously mentioned, there’s a mostly-nude anime girl flopping around at the top of the screen who either begs you to strike her with the pinball more or to stop. But unless you decide to put the game down and walk into a sunlit place, contemplating the decisions that brought you to writing this review, Bill, you must continue to accumulate “peach points” so that you can wear her down and enter THE SEXY CHALLENGE mini-games which typically involve whacking as many objects as you can in a limited amount of time while a giant version of the particular girl hovers over you. If you get to a third SEXY CHALLENGE you enter the SUPER SEXY CHALLENGE where you get to directly assault the girl’s breasts and butt with a barrage of pinballs.

EXTRAS

I know everyone was concerned that there wouldn’t be an extras mode where you can unlock and purchase additional outfits for the characters. And that these outfits wouldn’t include swimwear and tight-fitting schoolgirl outfits. And that these outfits wouldn’t be “tearable,” so that as the game progresses it wears away and you can see the lingerie they’re wearing underneath. Good news. There is, and they are! Yes, you can go into the shop and unlock different level variations (though not different levels), photos, and outfits, including a plethora of outfits, variations on lingerie, hats, and even switch the animal types and hairstyles among the girls just in case you were worried that they might not have any individuality at all. Katana ZERO Switch NSP

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But wait, there’s more. Peach Ball also features an “intimacy” mode where, after dressing the character up, you can stroke and grope her using the Joy-Con, and also spray her with water. This fills up her heart meter.Look, I’m no prude. I loves me some sleaze, provided it’s well-made sleaze. But Senran Kagura Peach Ball fails on every conceivable level. The characters are indistinguishable, the story feels like what I imagine licking a light socket must do to your brain, and the supposedly erotic moments are all based around hitting someone with a pinball. On top of that, the pinball game isn’t much fun to play. Luigi’s Mansion 3 Switch NSP

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