Developer Kindermann Corp, in partnership with publisher Whisper Games & Treasure Boy, have today released Shikon-X: Astro Defense Fortress digitally onto the Nintendo Switch and is priced at £7.29 with a 20% launch discount available. The game offers retro-styled visual, with anime-inspired, aesthetics and just looks rather bizarre if not at least a little interesting.
The press release we received describes it as a “A hard-to-describe – let alone categorize – game in that, as a story-rich drama, intergalactic point-and-click adventure without any actual pointing or clicking”, but the game itself will see the player epic quest to unravel the mysteries behind the war against humanity.
About: Meet Major Daaia, the best pilot the Federation has ever seen! During a routine defense operation, Daaia receives a mysterious message from humanity’s mortal enemy, the Rolars. The message kick-starts her intergalactic adventure of epic proportions inspired by 80s and 90s anime. Visit alien planets, meet all kinds of weird and silly characters, and uncover the truth behind the war with the Rolars.
Shikon-X features a variety of playable arcade mini-games throughout the adventure as players will be able to fend off invaders from space in a retro-inspired arcade shooter, or flaunt their flipper skills in a fully-featured pinball table. Every mini-game serves a purpose, with certain story beats developing as a result of these mini-games.
Shikon-X is now available for the Nintendo Switch (via Nintendo eShop) and is available with a 20% discount for a limited time. A Windows PC version (via Steam) is also planned, with a demo available to download for Windows PC.
