Arkanoid 99

Arkanoid 99 is an upcoming Battle Royale game developed by Taito Corporation exclusively for Nintendo Switch Online members.

Like Tetris 99 and Pacman 99 this game puts 99 players into an Arkanoid battle where you must be the last player standing.

Gameplay and rules
Similar to the arcade classic, you must guide a small spaceship called Vaus in order to guide an energy ball to break different colored bricks. Sometimes power ups may appear from these blocks and if you pick them up you can enhance your Vaus or attack your opponents depending if you pick a power up capsule or a nuisance capsule.

There are two special blocks besides colored blocks, Silver blocks require to be hit more than once to be destroyed, the number of hits depends on the number of remaining players (99 to 61 players require 2 hits, 60 to 31 require 3 hits, 30 to 11 require 4 hits, 10 to 2 players require 5 hits) and gold blocks which cannot be destroyed. Like Tetris 99, Super Mario Bros. 35 and Pacman 99, players have a single life through the entire gameplay.

As another element there are enemies on the screen that will affect the energy ball direction when hit, each one with a different behavior.

Boats will just disappear when hit, pyramids will drop a power up when destroyed, molecules will break into 3 balls which can be destroyed by being hit again or touching Vaus, cubes will turn into a block if left on the playfield for too long, planets will explode and destroy bricks within their blast radius, and infinites will change the energy ball's direction if discharging electricity

Power ups
From time to time a power up capsule will fall from a colored block when hit

Below there's a chart with all power ups

Nuisance and attacks
In order to turn Arkanoid 99 into a battle royale game, different attacking strategies and nuisances have been included to attack your opponents by sending colored blocks and other disruptions to your opponents, as well as receiving blocks and disruptions from them, making a total of 16 possible combinations. Regular attacks will send colored blocks to your targeted opponents once their energy balls touch their respective Vaus

Game modes
Arkanoid 99 will come with some modes unlocked by default and others as part of DLC


 * Arkanoid 99 - The online battle royale mode
 * Team battle - Join forces with more players and fight in four different teams
 * Offline versus - Up to 8 players can battle on the same console
 * CPU battle - Train with 98 CPU players with adjustable settings (DLC)
 * Classic Arkanoid - Enjoy over 300 levels from classic Arkanoid titles (DLC)
 * Mission - Clear specific missions on each level (DLC)
 * Challenge - Complete a specific number of levels with a single life (DLC)

Arkanoid 99 is a free for all battle where the last player standing wins.

Team battle follows similar rules except for these changes: Before starting each player must select one of the four teams (Blue, Red, Green or Yellow) and the game is over when only one team survives, no matter how many players it has.

Offline versus allows up to 8 players to battle in three different rules: Clear all, clear color and battle royale.

CPU battle is the same as Arkanoid 99 but offline.

Classic Arkanoid plays like the arcade versions where you must clear all blocks to advance to the next round.

Mission mode lets you choose any stage and clear a specific mission based on it.

Challenge mode lets you play several stages with a single life, difficulty levels are Easy with 3 stages, Normal with 5 stages, Hard with 7 stages, Pro with 10 stages and Infinite which never ends.

Skins and DLC
Arkanoid 99 contains a DLC pack called "Multiverse pack" which unlocks every mode and skin

Below there's a list of skins, some of them are based on Taito IPs and other are new to the game


 * Arkanoid 99 (Default)
 * Famicom (Unlocked after winning a battle)
 * Vector (Free DLC)
 * Monochrome
 * Wooden
 * Jewel
 * Glass
 * Jelly
 * Arcade classic (Based on the original Arkanoid)
 * Space Invaders
 * Bubble Bobble
 * Elevator Action
 * Darius
 * Volfied
 * Groove Coaster
 * Cleopatra's Fortune
 * Puchi Carat
 * Densha de Go! (Known as "Let's go by Train" outside Japan)
 * Rainbow Islands
 * New Zealand Story
 * Cooking Mama
 * Plump Pop
 * Chase H.Q.
 * Don Doko Don