Rising Hell (NSW)

Take the metal-fueled chaos of Rising Hell and put it on a cartridge you can carry anywhere. Rising Hell for Nintendo Switch is a Strictly Limited Games exclusive, individually numbered and limited to 2,200 copies worldwide. Portable permadeath has never sounded so aggressive.

The vertical rogue-lite formula translates beautifully to the Switch. Chain combos, leap upward through procedurally generated hellscapes, slay demons to the tune of shredding guitar riffs, and do it all on the bus if you want. Arok's bestial arm tears through hordes of abominations just as effectively on a handheld screen, and the pixel art pops in portable mode. Unlockable characters Sydna and Zelos add replay value on top of the already varied procedural generation, while boss encounters against Dagon and Beelzebub deliver the kind of escalation that keeps you gripping the Joy-Cons.

Campaign and challenge modes ensure the game has legs well beyond the initial run, and the persistent buff system means every failed attempt still pushes you forward. It's the rogue-lite loop at its most addictive, wrapped in a heavy metal aesthetic that never lets up.

This standard edition comes with the Switch cartridge and a manual. At 2,200 copies, it's the more widely available version compared to the Special Limited Edition, but "widely available" is doing a lot of heavy lifting when we're talking about numbers this small. Switch physical collectors know these Strictly Limited runs don't linger on shelves. A loud, fast, beautifully brutal addition to any cartridge collection.