Penny-Punching Princess
"In a world ruled by capitalism, cash is king! Use the money you gather to bribe enemies to fight for you, activate deadly traps with your dough, and when all else fails, smash all that stand against you with…
Penny-Punching Princess is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Nippon Ichi Software, released 24 November 2016 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation Vita.
What Penny-Punching Princess is
Penny-Punching Princess is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Nippon Ichi Software and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation Vita. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Long ago, there was an era when :Might meant everything." Monsters threatened humanity... Lead by a tyrant who ruled through fear... But finally, a hero defeared those evil enemies... The law of the natural world was simple and absolute: Survival of the fittest. However, time inevitably yearns for change. And with the Never-ending flow of time, people's values will also inevitably change. In this case, it was the rise of capitalism. Money is power. Money is justice. A world where even love can be bought with money. In short, an era has come where even a Level 1 pleb can defeat a tyrant as long as they have money."
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Penny-Punching Princess holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Penny-Punching Princess launched on 24 November 2016, within three weeks of Dishonored 2, Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian and Watch Dogs 2. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Dishonored 2, Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Watch Dogs 2.
Official trailer
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