Zero Gunner 2 Stealthily Launches On Japanese Switch eShop

I'd say you could play the Japanese version with no difficulty. But it would be better if it got released in other territories.

Strikers 1945 II is coming next week .I just posted about this in the forum so I'm going to copy and paste what I said

I wonder if Zero Gunner 2 will appear in tomorrows update. The first 2 Zerodiv games made a stealth appearance just like that. They released in Japan with no previous fanfare and hours later were on the UK Eshop. Fingers crossed the same happens this time.

Oh my!!

Getting closer to not having to play Dreamcast version anymore.

@Pahvi Dyslexia strikes 1945 again!

I have a Japanese account I've never used it to make a purchase yet though. Pretty sure it wouldn't accept my UK card though and I'd need to buy an Eshop code from Play Asia for a mark up or quickly learn Japanese and buy one from Amazon JP,if they indeed have them. I have no issues buying from the US Eshop but it required me to jump through and into some hoops, loops and holes to make it possible. I think I'll just wait and see if it appears in the west before I go down that route again.

@OorWullie Use paypal.

Oh please please PLEASE launch tomorrow on the European eShop! I absolutely love this game but only ever played a few times on my friend’s Dreamcast!!

@Shiryu Nice one, never thought of that.

@Shiryu I’ve tried my UK PayPal account for NA and JP eshop purchases, still doesn’t work ☹️

@The_Pixel_King Another flawless plan, down the drain...

Great game! Can’t wait to play it again!

Good, might check it out.

Looks sick.

North America please!!!!! 😊😊

@The_Pixel_King PayPal region locked on eshop. Same with PSN

Finally! Love it!

Yyyyaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssss

Ooh double Psikyo surprise today!
Grabbing it as soon as it hits the EU shop.
Still have some funds on my Japanese one but I'd like to keep those in case something doesn't come over to Europe.

Bloody hell, one of my favourite games ever! Don't be shy Zero Gunner 2. The West doesn't bite

I want this but I am not sure if I should create a Japanese eshop account just yet... especially since it isn't exactly the most simple thing to add funds.

Will keep an eye out on the UK eShop. Not one I have personally played but only heard good things.

Have the Arcade version of this and it's a blast, relatively easy 1cc also if you learn the pattern's, might double dip for some portability since a Sega Naomi can't be carried around easily ... playasia usually sends the code immediately after purchase.

I love these Psiyko ports, but they seriously need to add online leaderboards... the lack of them leads me to spend a lot more time with the Hamster games for my arcade/shmup fix.

@mozie thanks coz we are cool cats with our SegaNoamis.... And erm.... NETDIMMS Fanastic looking game on Noami! Laters bud Kev

Oooooooooooooooo! Shiny! I love a good shmup!

I literally gasped out loud in excitement. I'm a huge fan of Psikyo, and Zero Gunner 2 is one of my favorites of theirs. I might just buy this right away off the Japanese eShop.

Now if Zerodiv could just release Sengoku Blade, which is Psikyo's absolute best game IMO.

Awesome news!
Zero Gunner 2 is my second favourite Dreamcast shmup, only behind Psyvariar 2.

I hope it'll get released here in Europe tomorrow, can't wait to play this game on my Switch.

Now, i hope this means we'll see more Dreamcast/Naomi games on the Switch from Zerodiv!

No joke, I've thought about this game almost every day this month. Pathetic, maybe, but it seems to have paid off.

@EmirParkreiner I'd never heard of Psyvariar 2 until now. It looks superb. I wonder what the chances are of that making an appearance on Switch?

@EmirParkreiner I wouldn't be surprised if it got added to the EU shop tomorrow actually.
Just checked myself and the game supports both Japanese and English so it's only a matter of flipping the switch to make it available to buy here as well.
It's only 136MB as well so it takes it pretty easy on the SD card which is always a good thing.

Looks glorious. C'mon Ninty NA, hook me up!

@OorWullie Use Revolut. It's really easy.

They should re-release almost every Dreamcast game for the Switch with HD graphics and a similar low price tag.

Give me Power Stone 1 & 2, Shenmue 1 & 2, Ikaruga, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Jet Set Radio, Rez, Under Defeat, Seaman and of course

Chu Chu Rocket

Where is the Chu Chu Rocket Switch petition?

@OorWullie PAL eShop has a date - 24th January.

@FredBiletnikoff Cheers, I've heard Revolut mentioned before. How would that work though? If I have an account with them I can use their contactless Mastercard to make a purchase on the Japanese Eshop?

@antster1983 Cheers for letting me know. So both Zerodiv titles releasing the same week then. Apparently the Japanese version has an English option and the game is slightly cheaper there so I might just buy it from there if I can figure it out how to purchase direct from the Eshop. Playasia cards have too much of a mark up.

@OorWullie Yeah, you just pay money in to your Revolut account and use it like you would your normal bank card. I use it on the South African eshop all the time. It's just a virtual card.

UPDATE: It's coming next week to Europe and USA!

@FredBiletnikoff guarantee it works on Japanese eshop??

Yes!! Jan 25 confirmation for the west! Next week! Immediate purchase!! And along side Stikers II?? B-E-A-UTIFUL!!!

@FredBiletnikoff I just made an account, was very easy and looks really good. Unfortunately my virtual card is not being accepted on the Japanese Eshop. It says please check input details. Contacted support and funny enough I got a fellow Nintendo fan who tried to use it on Mexican Eshop and was unsuccessful.

Sweet! I can get Zero Gunner 2 without tapping into my Japanese eShop reserves!

I can wait a week...

Maybe...

(rumblings of internal struggles)

One of my favorite shmup games of all time. Love the Dreamcast version!

Oh yeah!!!! Stikers 2 and Zero Gunner 2 in the same week??? Im pumped!!!

Don't miss this one. Zero Gunner 2 is awesome.

@EmirParkreiner Psyvariar 2😍 that would be outstanding. They should also add Borderdown.

@OorWullie thanks for trying

Nice! Still got my Dreamcast and the original of this game. Will double dip just to support an excellent software house!

@kobashi100 Yeah it was all going so well too. That Revolut is a great app to use though and will come in very handy for me in everyday life so all was not lost. Going to buy Double Dragon today from the South African Eshop with the funds I have in there, it's slightly cheaper than it is in the US.

Playing this at the minute and its a decent port with a nice screen filter option. The awesome soundtrack has went missing a couple of times though but restarting the game seems to fix it.

talking to guys on the shmups.com discord and apparently this a bad port. Animation missing and gameplay balancing issues. Not a perfect Naomi port. Can anyone who's played both confirm this? (I mean, it's only 7 quid so whatever, but this news just suddenly really dulled my excitement.)

@Chrismakem
Watching videos of the Switch version and comparing it to my DC version is enough for me to see that it's not 100% accurate, which is likely the result of Zerodiv optimizing it for widescreen, but in the end of the day i'm not under the impression that this will change anything about it being a great shmup.

Don't think a boss's energy going down too quickly is widescreen optimization. But I guess the animation issues could be. Altho I've read that Zerodiv had to code from scratch parts of the game due to no access to sourcecode. Let's hope that you're right however.