This November promises to be an exciting month for all aficionados of mobile gaming, with many new games appearing in the prelude to the festive season and the two games discussed below will provide players with a small taste of the excellence still to come in the run-up to Christmas.
Pokémon Shuffle will be the very first Android based Pokémon game to be launched outside the borders of Japan. It was developed by the same team responsible for all the Game Boy platform releases of the Pokémon RPGs, and now the Pokémon Company has released it as a free puzzle game. Players are required to match three game symbols much along the same vein as can be seen in the world annexing Candy Crush Saga, however in this game every stage becomes a battle to defeat one of the Pokémon characters. Players completing a level will be given an opportunity to capture the Pokémon they faced, with your chances much improved or worsened dependent on your performance during your battle for victory. As an example, players completing the stage with three moves in hand will see these converted into points which are then added level score, the higher points the very your odds of capturing your Pokémon. The style of gameplay reward is a great idea as it encourages players to think strategically and engage in smarter gameplay.
Card Crawl will see players dealt card hand illustrating potions, weapons, monsters, and coins all combine to form the obstacles in a dungeon they need to battle their way through. The object of the game being to capture a complete deck of 52 cards from the AI opponent’s card deck, this is accomplished by utilising the players’ dealt card hand to battle and defeat enemies or alternatively equip your own character with improved weaponry. To be successful at Card Crawl players will need to employ careful consideration as to which cards they will play and which ones to leave discarded on the table. Gameplay is free and offers a clever turn-based style of play where players are able to unlock all its features for a three buck one-time payment.