{"id":136733,"date":"2026-04-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-199364"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:00:00","slug":"one-of-switchs-very-best-indies-is-getting-physical-8-years-after-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/03\/one-of-switchs-very-best-indies-is-getting-physical-8-years-after-release\/","title":{"rendered":"One Of Switch’s Very Best Indies Is Getting Physical 8 Years After Release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Back in the heady beforetimes of 2018, we reviewed a little indie game from Berzerk Studio that did exactly what it said on the tin. Just Shapes & Beats<\/a>, a self-described ‘musical bullet hell’ , had you manoeuvring a little shape to avoid taking a beating from an environment keyed in to whatever banging chiptune track the level was built around.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t played it, you really should because it’s excellent (ergo the ‘Excellent – 9\/10’ on the end of our review<\/a>). If you’ve been waiting for an excuse to play it, here’s one: Eight years on, it’s finally getting a physical release.<\/p>\n

Fangamer<\/a> is putting out the Canadian team’s first Switch game in July, priced at $35\/\u20ac39. For your cash you get the game on cart, naturally, plus an instruction manual, poster, and sticker sheet.<\/p>\n

Here’s a little PR blurb and some better pics of the bits:<\/p>\n

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Just Shapes & Beats<\/em> debuted to rave reviews in 2018, and Berzerk has kept the party bumpin\u2019 ever since via several free content updates, delighting hundreds of thousands of players. Boosted by homages to other beloved titles through a Shovel Knight<\/em>-themed Mixtape, a remix of Undertale<\/em>\u2019s Spider Dance, and a face-melting rendition of the Mortal Kombat<\/em> movie\u2019s theme, Just Shapes & Beats<\/em> is a joyous blitz ready to make even the grumpiest goth kids crack a smile.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n