Sega Ages: Ichidant-R (2019) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Sega Ages: Ichidant-R

A port of the arcade version of Ichidant-R, also known as Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R, it is the second game in a trilogy. The game has been exclusively released in Japan across multiple platforms since its…

26 September 2019

What Sega Ages: Ichidant-R is

Sega Ages: Ichidant-R is an arcade game developed by M2 and released in 2019. It was published by Sega. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A port of the arcade version of Ichidant-R, also known as Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R, it is the second game in a trilogy. The game has been exclusively released in Japan across multiple platforms since its original arcade release in 1994. "Ichidant-R pushes the limits of your brain as you hunt for hidden vampires, conduct an orchestra, shoot down UFOs, and much more across 20 wildly varied mini-games that can be enjoyed locally or online! Mega Drive Mode adds in an RPG-like Quest Mode, a unique Competitive Mode designed as a board game for up to four players, and a point-based Free Mode (Note: Mega Drive Mode is presented with Japanese text only)."

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Sega Ages: Ichidant-R launched on 26 September 2019, within three weeks of Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019). It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).

Official trailer