The Hundred Line – Last Defence Academy (Nintendo Switch) Review

I’ll admit I was a little nervous about reviewing The Hundred Line – Last Defence Academy. Considering my experience with the last experience with a Too Kyo Game, I was worried similar issues would impede my enjoyment, but seeing this game take the form of a Fire Emblem-style turn-based strategy game certainly put some of those worries to bed.

Unfortunately, my initial worries were confirmed almost immediately once I started playing, and while I’ll concede that The Hundred Line – Last Defence Academy is definitely a better experience than its predecessor, it possesses so much of what was wrong that I was almost never having fun.

The story is fairly simple and was essentially covered when the game was announced during the June 2024 Nintendo Direct. Players take on the role of Takumi Sumino, a teenager who has been living his whole life in a residential complex under a protective dome. However, one day, demonic (or possibly alien) forces invade his home and begin... Read more