The theme park design of it is inviting and its layout is thoughtful and full of character, especially as you begin to learn the tricks of the table. Peach Land is the standout of the two tables. However, the pinball gameplay has enough features that repeated plays never grows rote, with plenty of bells and whistles to keep each run buzzing with excitement. Through all five hours of the campaign, it’ll just be the same two tables over and over, which can sound monotonous. Each table has different themes and backgrounds players can unlock, but nothing to quintessentially change how the table plays. Senran Kagura: Peach Ball has just two pinball tables: Peach Land and Spooky Shinobi Park. Most of the dialogue of the story mode thick in the cornball sexuality fans expect and the pinball gameplay of the Peach Ball can be exceptionally fun if frustratingly meager. Unlike the last time Honey∞Parade Games got its hands on the franchise, Peach Ball is an always light and airy experience. It’s a totally cheesecake set-up and the developers smartly lean all the way into it. Murasaki, Yumi, Yomi, and Asuka soon start turning into animals themselves, leaving it up to you and Haruka to change them back using the power of the Peach Ball. She then goes about licking the four other girls there with her, which she probably would have done even if she wasn’t sporting dog ears and a tail. One of her latest concoctions is Beastall, a liquid that turns anyone who touches it into an animal.Īs is wont to happen with this series, things go awry during a video game tournament when the heterochromatic Ryona mistakes the serum for soap and turns into a dog. Unfortunately, the place isn’t always busy and in her down time, she likes to do some chemistry. The game is set in the Honey Arcade where Haruka, the puppet master of Hebijo Academy, works part time. The Senran Kagura series is no stranger to ridiculous plots and eye-popping fan service, two things Peach Ball has in spades. Even something as over the top as Senran Kagura: Peach Ball is welcome on Nintendo hardware, which is great because it might be the best Senran spin-off to date.
Nintendo has been receiving of the Senran series since its inception. Of course, as I’m sure many have pointed out before, Takaki could just move the game over to Switch. While he is still attached to the announced Senran Kagura 7even, it’s unclear exactly what that game will end up being due to Sony’s recent prudish ways. Kenichiro Takaki, the creator of the franchise, announced in March that he was leaving developer Marvelous, feeling he was being restricted on what kind of content he could show in his games. For more Marvelous games, you can visit their official website, Facebook Page and Twitter account.The Senran Kagura series is in a bit of a tough spot right now. If you are in for some pinball action with plenty of fan-service, SENRAN KAGURA Peach Ball might just be the game for you. With customizable pinball tables, SENRAN KAGURA Peach Ball provides a story mode, special mini games and additional fan-favourite game modes such as diorama and Dressing Room. Like a regular pinball game, you’ll get to flip, bump, spin or ricochet the Peach Ball. In SENRAN KAGURA Peach Ball, you will act as Haruka’s assistant to operate the pinball table, bumping each shinobi girl with the Peach Ball until you undo the effects caused by the crazy experiments. When coming in contact with a subject’s body multiple times, the Peach Ball will reverse the effects caused by the experiments with proper vibrational force. She then finally devises a way to return her shinobi friends back to their senses, with the mystical Peach Ball. Follow a result, the infected group begins to cause chaos in and around the arcade as Haruka seeks to find a cure.