Battle Axe: Badge Edition
Inspired by the classic adventure games of the 80s & 90s, Battle Axe is an arcade top-down hack & slash created by veteran pixel artist Henk Nieborg. Battle Axe features high quality visuals, true to form game…
Battle Axe: Badge Edition is an adventure developed by Henk Nieborg, released 23 April 2021 on Nintendo Switch.
What Battle Axe: Badge Edition is
Battle Axe: Badge Edition is an adventure game developed by Henk Nieborg and released in 2021. It was published by Numskull Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
For as long as you and your people can remember, your homeland of Mercia has been held in the tyrannical grip of “Etheldred”; a despotic sorceress who resides in a seemingly impenetrable tower in the distant icy wastelands to the north. Every seven years she sends her armies south to handpick inhabitants from each township who will be subjected to a life of slavery, and they are never heard from again. A call is sent out to champions across the land pleading with them to put an end to her rule. An elf, a wizard and a marauder answer the call. Join this band of heroes on their quest the vanquish evil from the land and defeat Etheldred once and for all!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.
What it launched against
Battle Axe: Badge Edition launched on 23 April 2021, within three weeks of Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Mass Effect Legendary Edition and Returnal. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Returnal.
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