{"id":122886,"date":"2021-01-06T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2021\/01\/jalecos_rod_land_is_your_next_arcade_archives_release_on_switch"},"modified":"2021-01-06T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T13:30:00","slug":"jalecos-rod-land-is-your-next-arcade-archives-release-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2021\/01\/06\/jalecos-rod-land-is-your-next-arcade-archives-release-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaleco’s Rod Land Is Your Next Arcade Archives Release On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hamster has revealed that the next entry in its long-running Arcade Archives<\/a> series is going to be Jaleco’s Rod Land<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Known in Japan as Yousei Monogatari Rod Land<\/strong>, this 1990 release shares similarities with Taito’s Bubble Bobble<\/a><\/strong>. Lead characters Tam and Rit (player 1 and 2 respectively) zap enemies with a magic rod, but this doesn’t kill them \u2013 instead, they are simply stunned and the player has to slam them into the floor to dispatch them completely.<\/p>\n

The key difference between Rod Land and other titles of this type is that jumping isn’t possible; instead, the player must utilise a series of ladders to navigate each level.<\/p>\n

Like so many successful arcade machines in the early ’90s, Rod Land was ported to a wide range of home formats, including the NES, Game Boy and Amiga.<\/p>\n

The game will launch this Thursday globally, at a cost of \u20ac6.99 \/ \u00a36.29 \/ $7.99.<\/p>\n