Fire Dragon Fist Master Xiao-Mei coming to Switch on May 19 in Japan
The retro Kung-Fu fighter Fire Dragon Fist Master Xiao-Mei is releasing for Switch on May 19, 2022. This game will be dropping on the Japanese eShop for 1700 yen, and while it will not support English language options, the core gameplay is easy to understand without translation.
This version of Fire Dragon Fist Master Xiao-Mei is a re-release of the 2019 PC game with enhanced audio, additional music, new characters, another story mode, and an art gallery. More information can be found in the official press release from the developer PiXEL, and a translation of this has been provided by Gematsu:
With music composed by legendary former Namco composer Norio Nakagata (Zombie Nation, Genpei Touma Den, Thunder Ceptor, Bravoman, etc.) and purposely limited colors and resolution, Fire Dragon Fist Master Xiao-Mei is a throwback to the 16-bit era.
The Switch version features a number of new elements not in the original 2019 release for PC, including new music and demoscenes by Nakagata, enhanced FM sound effects by Hirofumi Murasaki (Aah! Harimanada, Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master, Clockwork Knight, etc.), new characters, a “Xiaoying Mode” in which the story develops from the perspective of the protagonist Xiao-Mei’s older sister Xiao-Ying, a “Gallery Mode” with illustrations and character designs by Studio Vigor, and character voices by the girls unit Suika.
