“One of the Best Nintendo Switch Games of the Year”: Japanese Famitsu Magazine Verdict Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

In a Japanese weekly Famitsu the first review of the action appeared Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, which will unfold a hundred years before the events The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Four Famitsu reviewers gave the game 9 out of 10. The overall score was 36 out of 40 possible. They noted that the Breath of the Wild story prequel turned out to be “very pleasant”

Reviewers appreciated the variability in attack styles for each of the playable characters. In their opinion, Age of Calamity is a pretty solid mix of elements familiar from Breath of the Wild and Dynasty Warriors.

Only one project for Switch received a higher score from Famitsu this year: Animal Crossing: New Horizons… The same final score (36/40) on the Nintendo hybrid platform was awarded to Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Paper mario: the origami king, eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2023, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, Gnosia, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 and Persona 5 scramble

Original Hyrule warriors also at one time received from the popular Japanese edition 36/40.

Release Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity expected on November 20 this year exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.

“The game takes you 100 years before the events of Breath of the Wild and allows you to see the lands of Hyrule before the Disaster of Ganon. Immerse yourself in a unique story that will be told on the battlefield and during cutscenes, and save Hyrule, preventing the Great Calamity, “- said in the announcement message.

Currently in a digital store eShop a demo version of the game is available that allows you to go through the entire first chapter. The progress obtained during the passage can be transferred to the full version.

The review scores of other Famitsu games in the new issue are as follows:

  • Cross Krush (PS4, Switch) – 8/7/8/6 [29/40]
  • Crystal Ortha (PS4, Xbox One) – 6/7/8/7 [28/40]
  • Disc Room (Switch) – 7/8/8/7 [30/40]
  • Freakout: Calamity TV Show (Switch) – 7/7/6/7 [27/40]
  • GreedFall (PS4) – 8/6/7/8 [29/40]
  • Replica (Switch) – 7/8/7/7 [29/40]
  • Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Switch) – 9/8/9/8 [34/40]
  • Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype Definitive Edition (PS4) – 7/7/8/7 [29/40]

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