Poison Control Explained

is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software, by the same development team as Penny-Punching Princess and The Princess Guide. It released in Japan on June 25, 2020, and in North America on April 13, 2021, and in Europe on April 16, 2021.^{[1] [2]} It revolves around a gender-selectable human main character who must purify the individual "Belles' Hells" of various girls in order to escape Hell.

Plot

"Belles' Hells" are spiritual realms created by the powerful emotions, or "Delusions", of various girls. However, the Delusions manifest as physical beings, or Klesha, who try to stop the protagonist and steal their body. One such Klesha is Poisonette, who steals the protagonist's body at the start of the game, but makes them work with her to purify the other Klesha and save the girls they belong to.^[3]

Gameplay

There are five major areas of the game that the player must beat.^[4]

Reception

The game has been compared to a fusion of a third-person shooter and Qix. Areas consisting of poison swamps must be rounded off to "purify" and beat them.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poison Control. 2021-02-06. RPGamer. en-US.
2. Web site: Poison Control. 2021-02-06. Metacritic. en.
3. Web site: Fuller. Alex. Poison Control Launching in April. 2021-02-06. RPGamer. 13 November 2020 . en-US.
4. Web site: 2020-06-18. Shoujo Jigoku no Doku Musume details world map, actions, and more girl of Maiden Hell. 2021-02-06. Gematsu. en-US.
5. Web site: Wong. Alistair. 2020-03-21. Shoujo Jigoku no Doku Musume Plays Like a Fusion of TPS and Qix. 2021-02-06. Siliconera. en-US.