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2020 · Nippon Ichi Software · Action role-playing · Adventure

Poison Control

Purge poison and raise Hell in this turf war style action RPG. Join forces with Poisonette to purify the Belle's Hells, a spiritual realm born from the sullied hearts of girls.

Released: 25 June 2020
Platforms: Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4
Genres: Action role-playing Adventure Role-playing Shooter
Developers: Nippon Ichi Software
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action
Country: Japan
Age ratings: PEGI 12 CERO C ESRB T
Languages: English, Japanese

About

Poison Control (少女地獄のドクムス〆, Shōjo Jigoku no Doku Musume) 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. It revolves around a gender-selectable human main character who must purify the individual "Belles' Hells" of various girls in order to escape Hell.

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Story

"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.

Reception

The Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 versions of Poison Control both received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received weak approval, being recommended by 17% of critics.

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.