The cute roguelike deckbuilder Wildfrost has landed a crossover with Balatro as part of the ‘Friends and Foes’ update.
This update appeared on Steam early this month, but has only just thawed out on Switch this week – just in time for the European eShop Summer Sale, we might add.
So, what is included? Obviously we’re happy to see Balatro content in this one, as a special Jimbo the Joker charm is now unlockable during your runs, but there’s a whole host of changes beyond that that promise to change the way we play. This includes 13 new enemies, 20 new player cards, a new pet, bug fixes and much more.
Publisher Chucklefish shared the full Switch patch notes on the official Wildfrost Wiki and we’ve collected them for you to check out below.
Wildfrost 1.2.0, ‘Friends and Foes’ (released June 10, 2024)
New functions
- 13 new enemies in 4 new battles
- 20 new player cards
- 13 new companions and 1 new pet
- 12 new charms
- 12 new challenges
- 4 new sun bubbles
- Zoomlins!
Changes
- Sun Bell of Fellowship now also increases Charm Limit
- Cards that make copies of other cards no longer copy negative status effects
- Tooltip for “copy” when inspecting a card with a “copy” effect
- “Increase by 1 when hit” effects now increase all application effects
- You now draw a full hand after the Crown Phase, even if you drew/created new cards during the phase
- Song removed from Lumin Vase with Lumin
- You now get a Sun Vault after the Eye of the Storm if you continue to the Heart of the Storm
- Blood Bell now reduces the health of your highest health card after each boss battle
- Added new Storm Bell to replace the Swarm Bell
Card balance
- Increased attack for Longshot leaders
- Chompom – Initial shell reduced to 2
- Dimona – Applies Demonize to enemies when hit by items. Attack increased to 2
- Tinkerson Jr. – Attack increased to 3
- Kernel – Reduced shell given to 2
- Pyra – Gives Spice to ally behind instead of forward, reduces Spice given to 4, reduces Health to 6 and counter to 4
- Devicro – Increased health to 7
- Shen – Increased overburn applied to 2
- Groff – Increased health to 6
- Kreggo – Attack increased to 2
- Tigris – Increased health to 5
- Foggy Brew – Removed aimlessly
- Spike – Health reduced to 7
- Loki – Increased attack to 3
- Numskull – Block reduced to 8 and health increased to 30
- Tenticle – Counter reduced to 4, attack reduced to 4
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where it was sometimes possible to purchase items from the store with a gamepad while the backpack was open
- Fixed Shade Wisp copying Frost Guardian and instantly giving attacks to allies
- Fixed Pootie not giving Frenzy to allies without attack value
- Fixed Shroominator’s effect not being affected by ink
- Fixed Faith not working with summons that have no attack value
- Fixed edge case with Leech + Teeth + Overburn
- Fixed “While Active” effects remaining when summoning the Ink’d unit
- Fixed an issue where you could place crowns on Lumin Goop and Broken Vase
- Fixed ink counting down in hand
- Fixed an issue with the Best Win Time metric
- Fixed an issue where “Trigger on Hit” would not interrupt Frenzy like Smackback does
- Fixed Spice being removed during recall
- Fixed Overburn dealing incorrect damage if applied at the same time health is reduced below the current Overburn amount
It all seems like a pretty good excuse to dive back into Wildfrost – unless this new Balatro content ties us to the chips again. Both games are now available at a discounted price on the European eShop during the Summer Sale.