Have you ever watched a trailer for a game and undergone a complete emotional metamorphosis in a matter of seconds? You know, that quick inner exchange that goes on inside of your head as you watch that goes a little something like this: “Okay, what the hell is this — this look so stupi… Hold on, what’s going on here? Huh, this looks like it could be kind of fun… Wait, when is this coming out? I need this.” That’s what just happened to me when I watched the announcement trailer for De Mambo, which hits the Nintendo Switch on July 13. Check out the trailer above.
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Even after watching the trailer I felt dazed. What on earth was that? Developer The Dangerous Kitchen explains in a press release: “De Mambo is a chaotic and fast paced single-screen action platform game that lets players take control of up to four characters locked in infinite mambo! The aim of the game is to knock your opponent off the screen… and use your measly one button to attack with three levels of charge. Break the level however you decide (thanks to some flimsy architecture) to make your game marginally different each time you play.”
So we’re basically looking at a hyper-colorful, easy to access game of sumo that you and your friends can jump into and understand in an instant. These accessible “one-button” multiplayer titles (Divekick comes to mind) are wonderful for getting friends around the screen who might not usually play video games, because once their hand is on the controller they pretty much know exactly what to do, and the first time you run them off the stage, complex controls don’t have to get in the way of their seeking revenge.
Features:
- One Button Action – easy to learn, hard to master gameplay designed to use one action button and the Directional Buttons/Left Stick for movement
Mambo Multiplayer – roughhouse up to four of your friends/enemies in 25 stages of ‘Mambo’
Flimsy Architecture – breakable environment for reactive gameplay
Loser Rail – the feature designed to give you a second chance, for those of you not good enough to win
Solo Mode – 70+ Singleplayer stages designed to test your might
Survival Mode – Survive the endless waves of Personal-Space invaders as they try and breach your personal space
Play with up to four players on one Nintendo Switch system
Colour Accessibility – Enhance player visibility, by editing a palette of player colours that best suit you
For only $12.99, this could end up being one of the best investments you make this summer. Remember that when you bring your Switch around to show your friends, not everyone wants to see the game with the most advanced 3D visuals. The non-gamers aren’t going to care which game pushes the Switch to its technical limits; they just want to have fun, and this looks like fun. Stay tuned for our review.
