“it’s not just a quick and simple port over from mobile”.
Earlier this year we became enamoured by Retro Bowl, a simple, addictive American football game inspired by ’90s arcade classics from the team behind the hugely popular ‘New Star’ mobile series. While it may have been New Star Soccer which brought the team at New Star Games to our attention in the first place, the Switch port of Retro Bowl cemented our love for its arcade-inflected gameplay and clear appreciation of classic gaming.
It was therefore with much anticipation that we heard of the team’s plans to release a football (or ‘soccer,’ if you will) follow-up title, Retro Goal, on Switch this month — just in time for the World Cup, no less. Having previously played the title in its original mobile form, we were excited to see what New Star Games would do to ensure that the Switch port maintained all the retro joy of the original while updating things to work for its new console home.
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