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Years and years ago, when you could still play Flash games on the internet, the Rose & Camellia series ended up becoming an icon. Nigoro turned Victorian-era slapping into a very serious and dramatic sport. Now, with help from WayForward and Limited Run Games, this series is further saved from extinction via the Rose & Camellia Collection for the Switch. It’s exactly what a fan might want, though the control options might not always be ideal.

Rose & Camellia Collection features five games. The four Rose & Camellia collections are power struggles among women within or tied to the Tsubakikoji family. Players’ protagonists attempt to prove themselves by taking down the other . So Reiko is fighting to become the matriarch in the first game. Saori, her sister in law, strikes back in the sequel and attempts to dethrone Reiko. Rose & Camellia vs. La-Mulana features Mulbruk slapping other female characters from the series to become the heroine. Note that the Rose & Camellia vs The House in Fata Morgana isn’t present here, though. 

Basically, Rose & Camellia Collection is a compilation of boxing-style, gimmick games that actually had a lot of care and effort put into them. In each entry, your avatar will be pitted against an opponent. Your viewpoint is from behind them, with an over-the-shoulder look at the person in desperate need of a good slap. Each character has a certain number of health points, indicated by flowers. Attacks whittle them down, though there are also on-screen visual indicators of how well your enemy is doing. (They also have tells that let you know if they are about to actually hit you.) You take turns slapping each other, until one person’s health runs out.

So, as for those controls. Basically, the input options pay tribute to the fact that the original Flash game involved swiping with your mouse across the screen to slap or dodge. So, you have two options here. If your system isn’t docked or you are going through one of the campaigns, it defaults to the touch screen controls. You either swipe left or right in order to slap an opponent or dodge an attack. If you are docked or choose versus, I’ve found it defaults to motion controls. In that case, you hold the A button and flick your wrist to slap or hold the L or R trigger and flick to dodge. 

The issue is, the five games eventually end up demanding perfection. You only start with Rose & Camellia, the versus mode with characters like Reiko and Saori available, and Rose & Camellia vs La-Mulana if you tick the box in options. Gaining access to more games and characters means you actually need to slap everybody and live to tell the tale. Foes that appear later in campaigns are more difficult! If you aren’t precise and exactly dodging or hitting them, you’ll lose! Which means you don’t unlock more characters and games! 

So honestly, I feel like the lack of a more conventional control scheme as a third option does Rose & Camellia Collection a disservice on the Switch. Especially since there isn’t also a calibration options in the settings so you can better adjust inputs to ensure improved accuracy. It left me concerned that some people might not take a chance on it or make the most of the games. I do appreciate the “equal HP” option in the settings, however. Also, though it doesn’t tell you it is saving, once you unlock an opponent in one of the campaigns, you can then resume that story from that fight. 

Especially since this is such a gorgeous package. Nigoro really did a lovely job with the Rose & Camellia games originally, and this new edition with WayForward’s assistance really helps. The voice acting is great. The translations for all of the games, including the new-to-the-west Rose & Camellia 3 and 4, are so well done and often hilarious. The details for character designs, especially as you get further into the fights, are great. The music is lovely. It’s a complete package.

Rose & Camellia Collection is one of those collections of gimmick games that are way better than they have any right to be. There are some downsides to it, such as only offering touch or motion control scheme options and locking games behind the completion of other titles. It is incredibly silly though, and quite a fun title to play alone or with friends. 

Rose & Camellia Collection is available on the Nintendo Switch. 

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During the Limited Run Games 2023 showcase, WayForward announced Rose & Camellia Collection. This is a compilation of the five games in Nigoro's series about of high society fighting by slapping each other. There's no exact release window for the compilation yet. At the showcase, it was noted we could see it come out in either late 2023 or early 2024.

Here's the first trailer for Rose & Camellia Collection. WayForward noted it will include all four games in the main series, as well as Rose & Camellia vs La-Mulana. People can use Joy-Con motion controls or swipe on the touch screen to slap opponents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGrKUi11ZHg&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=WayForward

Prior to the loss of flash games, Nigoro discussed preserving this series with Siliconera. Part of this effort involved the games showing up on mobile devices in 2020.

Rose & Camellia Collection will come to the Nintendo Switch in either late 2023 or early 2024.

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The biggest slapfest of the Taisho era is nigh, as Playism has announced a Summer 2023 release for the Rose and Camellia Nintendo Switch port. This port will include the original Reiko campaign, as well as three new stories. You’ll be able to play as other Tsubakikoji family in these new scenarios. That means players will be slapping new characters in the game.

Indie World JP ed a trailer for the Nintendo Switch port of Rose and Camellia onto its Twitter . There is a very retro and grainy filter over the voice-over. It also notes that this version of the game will have voice-overs as well. Each girl will say a pre-slap line or cry out in pain.

https://twitter.com/IndieWorldJP/status/1649012787077677056

Rose and Camellia was originally a 2008 Flash slapping game that you could play on your browser. In 2020, it appeared on mobile phones as an app. The story of Rose and Camellia follows Reiko Tsubakikoji, who is the widowed wife of the Tsubakikoji’s eldest son. After his death, blood relatives of the family attempt to take her inheritance from her and she slaps them into submission.

The Rose and Camellia Nintendo Switch port (whose official title can translate to Rose and Camellia: Most Luxurious and Elegant Version) will come out in Japan in Summer 2023. There is no news on an English localization yet.

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It’s time for Reiko to dust off her dukes and ready her wrists for some more slapping action, as Playism has announced an Nintendo Switch port of Rose and Camellia. Not only will there be a new local multiplayer mode, but there will also be three new chapters to play through. There will also be a change to the combat system. [Thanks, DenFami!]

While it will still be turn-based, you will no longer be able to slap around your enemy as much as you want to. You can only slap once, though you can mix in feints. You can either swing your joycon to swipe, or use the touchscreen. Though you will be able to play as four different characters this time, the plot of each route will still focus on the internal power struggles of the aristocratic Tsubakikoji family.

You can watch the trailer for Rose and Camellia on the Nintendo Switch here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI8it7DOACw&t

This game originally came out in 2008 as a Flash game for Windows PC browsers, before appearing as a mobile app in 2020.

The story follows Reiko, the widow of the Tsubakikoji family’s eldest son. After his death, she quite literally fights the other of the family for the inheritance. Her story is the “Legendary Rose Bride” chapter. The Switch version will also have new stories “The White Camellia of Vengeance,” “World Youth,” and “A Quiet Camellia’s Daily Life.” Aside from new characters appearing as opponents, you will also be able to play as other of the Tsubakikoji family, such as Saori.

Rose and Camellia is in development for the Nintendo Switch. It is readily available for mobile devices. There is no news on a localization yet.

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One of Nigoro’s classic flash games has been preserved on mobile devices. People can now get Rose and Camellia on Android and Apple iOS devices. Room6 has ported the game. It is available on Google Play worldwide, while the App Store version is currently available in Japan. This comes after a Siliconera interview with Nigoro’s Takumi Naramura, where he confirmed the mobile version of the game was in development. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

The good news is, people who grab the mobile version of Rose and Camellia will have no trouble playing it. It s multiple languages, including English, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

Rose and Camellia relies completely on touch controls. When it is Rose’s turn to slap one of her opponents, you swipe toward your opponent. When your foe is about to slap you, you swipe away from them. As always, you must watch the gauge at the top of the screen to determine the strength of your slap.

In Rose and Camellia, players follow Reiko, who married Shunsuke Tsubakikoji. However, he died and the women in his family are taking issue with her because they are noble, she is not, and she married the family’s eldest son. So Reiko proves herself the only way she knows how, which is by slapping her way to the head of the family to prove her worth.

While the game is available everywhere, there might be issues people experience. For example, the loading screen wasn’t working properly when I confirmed its availability, so I suddenly was in the midst of a match against Saori with no warning. In addition, it seemed to have difficulty gauging inputs.

Rose and Camellia is available in browsers on PCs and for Android and Apple iOS devices. The browser-based version will no longer be playable on December 31, 2020, when Flash Player ends.

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