‘Idol Showdown’ – A Ridiculous VTuber Fighting Game

Idol Showdown sees you throwing animals, operating people over with vehicles, and hopping right into a buying cart to wreck your opponents in its wild one-on-one fights.

This sport is a fan-made title about Hololive Vtubers, one thing I do know completely nothing about. That mentioned, not figuring out didn’t damage my means to benefit from the sport, as I are inclined to get pleasure from ridiculous preventing video games. This one positively has that really feel to it. While I really feel somebody who is aware of these characters most likely has a greater concept on why they need to respect seeing a personality hop right into a buying cart for an assault, that doesn’t make it any much less humorous for me. Many of the characters have these wacky assaults and assists that create all types of combo alternatives and conditions, making for some foolish, but additionally spectacular, battles.

Things are a bit unbalanced, however given the quirky nature of the sport, that feels applicable. The diverse nature of the assaults, in addition to the humor behind a lot of them, makes this really feel like a fighter I’m not speculated to take critically. It feels extra that it’s designed to be crammed with some inside jokes which can be nonetheless enjoyable and humorous for somebody who doesn’t know a lot about what’s happening. It’s extremely pleasant simply to see what you and your opponent can do, so even while you lose, it’s laborious to disclaim you had fun. Plus, the sport has some neat additions you will get that enable for auto blocking when not attacking, preserving meter between fights, and all types of small additions that make it welcoming for newcomers or that alter the way it performs.

Idol Showdown is extremely pleasant as a lightweight fighter to select as much as goof off with some pals. Its lighthearted nature provides plenty of enjoyable to discovering what everybody can do and the way the strikes work together, the customization choices give it some neat flexibility, and the pixel artwork is fantastic.



Idol Showdown is accessible now at no cost on Steam.

Joel Couture

Joel has been overlaying indie video games for numerous websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Magazine, and extra over the previous seven years, and has written e book-size research on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is continually looking out for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games will be, and seeks to delve into the artistic course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.