Games by Clear River Games
R-Type Delta: HD Boosted Switch
- 20th Nov 2025 (UK/EU)
- 20th Nov 2025 (NA)
- 4th Dec 2025 (UK/EU)
- 4th Dec 2025 (NA)
Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute Switch eShop
Clear River Games / City Connection
- 25th Apr 2024 (JPN)
- 21st Mar 2025 (UK/EU)
- 21st Mar 2025 (NA)
- 22nd May 2025 (UK/EU)
- 22nd May 2025 (NA)
RUSHING BEAT X: Return of Brawl Brothers Switch 2
Clear River Games / City Connection
- 19th Mar 2026 (UK/EU)
- 19th Mar 2026 (NA)
Omega 6: The Triangle Stars Switch eShop
- 25th Jul 2024 (JPN)
- 28th Feb 2025 (UK/EU)
- 28th Feb 2025 (NA)
Snow Bros. Nick & Tom Special Switch
- 19th May 2022 (UK/EU)
- 19th May 2022 (NA)
Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol.1 Switch eShop
Clear River Games / Bitwave Games
- 14th Aug 2025 (UK/EU)
- 14th Aug 2025 (NA)
Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol.2 Switch eShop
Clear River Games / Bitwave Games
- 14th Aug 2025 (UK/EU)
- 14th Aug 2025 (NA)
Reviews of Clear River Games Games
Review R-Type Delta: HD Boosted (Switch) - The Best R-Type? Possibly, And It's Never Looked Better
Playing with your balls
In the great pantheon of shoot-'em-up games, R-Type is both one of the greatest and one of the most excruciatingly difficult. Released in arcades in 1987 and drawing visual inspiration from the works of H.R. Giger, you pilot an R-9 fighter craft through spectacular alien worlds in a bid to destroy the Bydo Empire. Although...
Review Omega 6: The Triangle Stars (Switch) - A Fun Throwback Adventure From A Nintendo Veteran
Rock, Paper, Scissors...in space
Takaya Imamura has designed some of the most iconic characters across Nintendo’s history. Joining in 1989, his first major gig was creating the look of F-Zero’s Captain Falcon. Moving on to The Legend of Zelda series and Star Fox, he is also responsible for the unique art direction of Majora's Mask. After...
Review Under Defeat (Switch) - A Boldly Hardcore, Cult-Classic Shoot 'Em Up
About 15 pounds per square inch at sea level
Developer G.Rev may not be all that familiar to those who weren’t fully immersed in the shoot-'em-up scene of the early noughties. A boutique independent, it was assembled by former Taito employees who previously contributed to the likes of RayStorm and G-Darius. G.Rev’s most famous work, and the one...
Review Gimmick! 2 (Switch): A Fluid, Feel-Good Platformer That Lives Up To Its Name
A classic, continued
It’s fair to say that Gimmick! 2 was a sequel not on many people’s bingo cards before its surprise announcement in June 2024. Its 1992 predecessor, a retro gem and Sunsoft’s take on a mascot platformer, enjoys a cult reputation as one of the rarest games for the Famicom/NES owing to its limited release in Japan and, oddly...
Snow thank you
Don’t you think a gaming hero should have a sort of heroic name? Rastan! Sparkster! Astyanax! Right? Yet here we are with the Snow Bros, Nick and Tom. Nicholas Snow and Thomas Snow. Not bad names – we can foresee a gritty murder mystery series starring one Thomas Snow coming to ITV in the near future – but not names that inspire...
Latest Clear River Games News
Thursday20th Nov 2025
News R-Type Delta: HD Boosted Launch Trailer Is An Explosion Of Nostalgia
Is that... Mr. Biffo?
Clear River Games has released R-Type Delta: HD Boosted for the Switch, and to celebrate its arrival, a new launch trailer has hit the web, and it's a doozy. The live-action trailer stars none other than Paul Rose, who served as the editor for Digitiser, a video games magazine for Teletext back in the '90s and early '00s. You...
Friday15th Aug 2025
News "Get Your Act Together" - Something's Not Quite Right With Clear River's Toaplan Collections
Consistency is key with those spines...
Toaplan rights holder Tatsujin has been busy over the past couple of years leveraging the company's enviable selection of arcades hits, with a wide range of collections appearing across multiple devices, including Switch, Evercade and Steam. The latest effort is a two-pron
Wednesday13th Aug 2025
News R-Type Delta: HD Boosted Gets A Western Launch Date On Switch
Hint: it's the same as Japan!
Clear River Games has announced that R-Type Delta: HD Boosted will launch on Switch in the West on 20th November 2025. That's the same date as Japan! Developed by City Connection Co. Ltd, the game will receive a physical edition in addition to the usual digital release on Switch, a whopping 27 years after its original...
Tuesday18th Feb 2025
News Tetris Forever Is Getting Its Own Collectable Handheld Console
Digital Eclipse's 'Gold Master Series' Goes Physical
Digital Eclipse has announced that its Gold Master Series will be going physical via publisher Clear River Games, with boxed editions available for The Making of Karateka, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, and Tetris Forever. The crown jewel of the collection is undoubtedly the collector's...
Tuesday10th Dec 2024
News Omega 6: The Triangle Stars Lands February Release Date
Based in Takaya Imamura's manga
Omega 6: The Triangle Stars, the adventure game based on Takaya Imamura's manga of the same name, finally has a Western release date Launching on the Switch on 28th February 2025 (thanks IGN!), Omega 6 blends the first-person adventure genre with RPG elements. You'll follow two humanoids who are searching for a new...
Friday6th Dec 2024
News Arcade Shoot 'Em Up 'Under Defeat' Blasts Onto Switch Early 2025
Update: A last minute delay slipped by
Published Tue 5th Nov, 2024 17:30 GMT Publisher Clear River Games and developer City Connection have today announced that the arcade shoot 'em up Under Defeat will be flying onto Switch on 5th December. Originally released in arcades in 2005 by G.rev, this shmup will see you taking to the skies to defend a...
Wednesday14th Aug 2024
News Surprise Sequel 'Gimmick! 2' Bounces Towards Release Next Month
Gimmick-free
Gimmick! 2 was only announced in June, but Bitwave Games' surprise sequel to Sunsoft's 1992 platformer has already got a release date, and it's less than a month away. Gimmick! 2 will be bouncing onto Switch on 5th September 2024 — as if September wasn't already packed enough! Yumetaro returns and continues to carry on the spirit of...
Tuesday13th Aug 2024
News Takaya Imamura's 'Omega 6' Gets Its First English Language Trailer
Title playable at Gamescom
Publisher Clear River Games has revealed a new trailer for Omega 6: The Triangle Stars from developers Happymeal Inc and Pleocene ahead of its playable appearance at this year's Gamescom. The trailer is the first English language showcase for the game, which is currently scheduled to release at some point in 2025...
Thursday18th Jul 2024
News Gimmick! 2's First Gameplay Trailer Is Packed With Platforming Puzzles And Toe-Tapping Tunes
Smile and (Bit)wave, boys
Publisher Clear River Games and developer Bitwave Games have revealed the first gameplay trailer for Gimmick! 2, the long-awaited (and somewhat surprise) sequel to Sunsoft's 8-bit platformer. Originally revealed with a teaser trailer at this year's Limited Run Games showcase, this is our first look at what the Gimmick! 2...
Wednesday20th Sep 2023
News Here's The First Trailer For Takaya Imamura's Manga-To-Video Game Adaptation
Omega 6: The Video Game is coming in 2024
Legendary Nintendo name Takaya Imamura's debut manga is being turned into a video game — in case you missed that announcement last year — and the first trailer has just dropped at the Tokyo Game Show. Coming to Switch and Steam in 2024, Omega 6: The Video Game sees the 2022 manga being adapted into a...
Wednesday30th Mar 2022
News Toaplan's Coin-Op Classic 'Snow Bros.' Is Coming To Switch This May
Update: Check out the new trailer!
Update: Snow Bros. Nick & Tom Special will release on May 19th, 2022. You can check out the new trailer above. Original Story [Wed 16th Feb, 2022 10:30 GMT]: Toaplan's Snow Bros. is coming to the Switch in 'reimagined' form later this year, it has been revealed. Originally released in 1990, Snow Bros. was...
