SEGA’s use of the Demon Slayer license for video games seems to have been a successful endeavor because following 2021’s Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba-: The Hinokami Chronicles, we’re now getting a Switch exclusive title called Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba-: Sweep the Board!
This title is a multiplayer party game in the style of a Mario Party entry. Up to 4 players can play on boards based on locations from the anime. Mini games can be activated on certain spaces and the game’s big gimmick is a day-and-night cycle that triggers demons to fight cooperatively when the action transitions to night-time. Check out the first trailer below:
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba-: Sweep the Board! will be a Switch exclusive launching on April 26th 2024. There is currently no information on who is developing it and if it is a digital-only release or not.
Another new Sonic the Hedgehog board game is on the way in the form of Sonic Roll which is due to release in January 2024.
This 1-4 player game from Kess Entertainment was designed by Anthony Thorp of Tome: The Light Edition fame, and it features a cover illustration from IDW comic artist Tracey Yardley. It’s a great piece of artwork that’s clearly meant to ape the look of a North American SEGA Genesis game.
The Sonic franchise has seen a surprising amount of board game adaptations in recent years. Sonic Crash Course from IDW Games and Sonic Battle Racers from Shinobi 7 both launched in 2019.
EGX Rezzed returned to the Tobacco Docks in London on the 4th to the 6th of April 2019, and as SEGA were an official partner at the event, we went along to see what SEGA stuff we could discover. Watch the video below to see what we found:
If one Sonic board game isn’t enough for you, good news there’s another on the way! IDW Games’ Sonic the Hedgehog: Crash Course is now available to pre-order from Game Nerdz.
The game takes a different approach compared to the recent Sonic Battle Racers board game – in that the theme is based around Classic Sonic, with rather cute minifigures of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Dr. Eggman included. There’s also some shiny new Classic Sonic art, and it all looks like it stepped right out of the 90’s. Essentially, whoever collects the most Chaos Emeralds in a game wins. It includes the following:
Contains:
60 Item Tokens
24 Chaos Emerald Tokens
12 Damage Tokens
4 Extra Life Tokens
10 Track Tiles
4 Character Tiles
1 Reference Tile
4 Pre-painted Miniatures
1 Rulebook
Currently the game is discounted on Game Nerdz site, down to $18.97. Unfortunately, the site only offers US shipping, so it remains to be seen whether the game makes its way to other areas in the future.
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A full overview of the game itself is provided by the Kickstarter page, but the gist of it seems to be a tabletop translation of the ring-collecting, badnik-bopping antics that Sonic’s known for. There’s also a slew of benefits for people who pledge certain amounts to the campaign, such as exclusive Badnik figures and a Super Sonic player piece; as well as Stretch Goals aplenty.
The minimum pledge, which gets you the game and the Super Sonic figure, will set you back around £36. That being said, the campaign mentions extra shipping costs for rewards.
When Tracker isn’t playing SEGA games, he’s talking about SEGA games. Or drawing about SEGA games. Or all of the above. You can also catch him over on Twitter.
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