Playing as a band of treasure hunters, you set off to clear out dungeons in search of magical loot, returning to town in order to resupply and upgrade your stats between adventures. That can be something of a subjective term of course, and in this instance even the meatier of the two experiences is still pretty straightforward. Upon starting, the title menu recommends that players jump into Brave Dungeon first, and we suspect this is primarily because it's by far the more fleshed out of the two games. Previous Dark Witch knowledge definitely isn't necessary either as they're totally standalone, provided you don't mind missing out on some references. We'll be taking a look at both, as they're completely different experiences mechanically-speaking, but they do share some assets and are set within the same world. Brave Dungeon originally released on 3DS, and a remastered version is packaged here with an entirely new card-based adventure titled Dark Witch Story:COMBAT. The Legend of Dark Witch series is best known for its platforming action and Mega Man-inspired boss battles, but goes off-script in this case with a duo of titles boasting entirely different kinds of gameplay.

With two games for the price of one, is it a scarily good deal?

Unless you have a severe phobia of cute anime characters and turn-based battling, it seems unlikely that Brave Dungeon + Dark Witch Story:COMBAT will serve up any frights, but its RPG elements do fill a missing niche on the increasingly crowded digital marketplace.

Coming up to the Halloween season, one might be looking for something appropriately eerie on the Switch eShop, and the word 'witch' on its own might immediately get the spook sensors reacting.

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