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Nicalis Announces Crossover Puzzle Game Crystal Crisis for Switch

Nicalis Announces Crossover Puzzle Game Crystal Crisis for Switch

Nicalis announced a puzzle-based fighting game called Crystal Crisis, that features an all-star cast of heroes to test their mettle. The game is a cute and chaotic new color-matching combat game for Nintendo Switch.

Check out the announcement trailer of Crystal Crisis, featuring some gameplay footage:

“Crystal Crisis is presented like a one-on-one fighting game, but instead of pressing buttons to kick and punch, you arrange falling gems into matching colors to clear them from the screen and inflict damage on your opponents. It’s the ultimate puzzle battle throwdown!

The game has 19 different playable characters, including your favorites from Cave Story+ and The Binding of Isaac and many other surprise entrants. Each character has his or her own “home” stage, musical theme, unique special attacks and extensive voice-acted exclamations. Here are the ones you might recognize:

  • Quote, Curly Brace and Ballos (from Cave Story+)
  • Isaac (from The Binding of Isaac)
  • Atom and Black Jack (from Tezuka Productions)
  • Princess Solange (from Code of Princess EX and Blade Strangers)
  • Aban, Tina and Jim Hawkins (from 1001 Spikes)
  • President Thompson and a Zombie (from The Tempura of the Dead)
  • Akuji (from Akuji the Demon)
  • Knight (from Hydra Castle Labyrinth)
  • Johnny Turbo (yes, the notorious TurboDuo spokesman)

Joining them will be four newly-created characters from some of our top-secret games in development. Three of these fighters will be appearing in Crystal Crisis for the first time anywhere:

  • Helen – A noble warrior inspired by Greek mythology (she’s also in Blade Strangers)
  • Hunter – A whip-wielding vampire killer
  • Elise – A bat-winged gothic vampire girl
  • Ninja – A mysterious and acrobatic shinobi

Crystal Crisis has a “burst gauge” that gets filled up when you match gems and unleash combos, and when you have enough burst you can unleash powerful special moves. Some are board-breaking attacks that leave your opponents in pieces, others are defensive moves that can repair or rearrange your own gem board. There’s also an innovative new “wrap-around” feature that lets you move a falling piece beyond the edge of the playfield to reappear on the other side. You can even divide it into two separate gems by allowing it to drop while the two halves are straddling the border!

A variety of different modes (including Arcade, Survival, Tag-Team and Training) accentuate the battle options, and of course there are local and online multiplayer modes that make it easy for you to play against friends, family members and Crystal Crisis warriors worldwide!

Crystal Crisis for Nintendo Switch will be available digitally and physically in Fall 2018 for $39.99. Like all of our previous retail games for Nintendo Switch, the launch edition of the physical version will include a full-color instruction booklet and a yet-to-be-announced bonus collectible (or two). Don’t miss it!”

For more information on Crystal Crisis, visit its official website. Fro more gaming news, visit our website.

Paúl Ordóñez

The Freddy Fazbear of Gaming Instincts, Paul was brought in by the editor in chief Luis to contribute with the news portion of the website along with Manuel, and together, they are bringing the daily news and content relevant to gaming for the viewers to enjoy. Paul is an avid Monster Hunter Fan, and an insanely commited gamer with lots of great insights and very open minded about new forms of games as well.

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