Giles Williams, GIZORAMA - "With mobile gaming reaching new heights on smart phones and tablets and the rise of the indie developer, no one can count out the potential commercial success of mobile and indie titles in today’s ever-more perilous market. The huge successes of titles like Angry Birds and Plants Vs Zombies has not only opened up the idea of great financial and commercial success to the mobile market but have also brought with them another new development within the industry. For the longest time, mobile games and console/PC games were kept separate, however it is this line that has now begun to blur. The demand for these titles to make the leap from the small, portable screen to the larger, less casual one is where we find the retro-style platformer Shadow Blade: Reload."
Phil writes, "Plenty of mobile games have seen ports appear on the Nintendo Switch. Some have seen a nice and smooth transition, while others are overpriced and/or unsatisfactory. Dead Mage's Shadow Blade: Reload is of the former category. While the game is by no means on the cutting edge with its gameplay, story, or structure, Shadow Blade: Reload is an engaging 2D action-platformer all the same."
Gaming fads come and go, but Ninjas are forever. Shadow Blade: Reload is a great reminder of what action arcade platformers once were and can be again.
Dead Mage has announced that the action-platformer Shadow Blade is coming to Nintendo Switch on March 30, 2019.
