The Alliance Alive HD Remastered

If you’re looking for a JRPG fix on your Switch and you’re not willing to spend cash on Dragon Quest XI or Ni No Kuni, then The Alliance Alive HD Remastered isn’t a bad idea. Just bear in mind that this isn’t a groundbreaking JRPG by any means. The story is passable and the production values aren’t impressive.

Even knowing that the only change of the new remastered version of Alliance Alive is the graphics, I still had high hopes for a better second experience. Some of the individual aspects I enjoyed, but as a full experience it still didn’t click. If you picked up Alliance Alive the first time around, whatever that experience was for you will likely be repeated on the Switch. To those whose main interest is the battle system, if grinding for moves and abilities is your thing, this remastered is a much prettier and convenient version to play.

The Alliance Alive is a slightly above-average game that’s dwarfed by the myriad JRPGs already available for and coming to the Switch. It can serve as a decent filler between them, but there’s nothing in this HD remaster to make it a better option than its original 3DS release. Save yourself some cash and go that route if you can…just be sure to rotate those save files.