What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Sweet Witches (Switch)

February 12th, 2024

I was a little out of sorts yesterday, and wanted to play something relaxing. Because I'm a sophisticated adult, I redownloaded Selfy Collection: The Dream Fashion Stylist, onto my Switch. I played this a little when it first came out and was only in Japanese, since I used to play TinierMe, a now-defunct social game that used the same avatars this game does. Back in TinierMe, I was a free user, so it's mildly satisfying to play this over 10 years later and rack up the paid gacha style items.

Now that Selfy Collection has an English translation, I wonder if I might be better off playing it in Japanese. It's a story-based dress-up game, so it's not massively complicated. The translation is so bad, though, that some of the mission objectives are slightly unclear! I am going to keep up with this, since I like that it's got a steadier structure than Fashion Dreamer, and the chibi style is really cute. Still, the translation, at least so far, could be a lot better.

I also gave Sweet Witches, a game I picked up for a few cents without knowing a thing about it, a try. One of the witches you can play as has a chicken hat, so it is good. By more normal metrics, though, it seems fine. It's an arcade-y game where you have to cover specific ground tiles to plant flowers, and it moves quickly with some really nice sprite animation.