May2023
News Tetris The Absolute Grandmaster 2 Plus Slots Into Hamster's Arcade Archives Next Month
Line 'em up
Hamster has today announced that the second game in Arika's tough Tetris series, Tetris The Absolute Grandmaster 2 Plus, will be dropping down onto the Switch via the Arcade Archives collection on 1st June (thanks, Gematsu). The game's predecessor, Tetris The Grand Master, was
October2018
News Zerodiv Bringing Sengoku Cannon To Switch eShop Next Week
The entire 'Sengoku' series is nearly complete!
Zerodiv is back at it again, continuing its stellar effort to bring every single Psikyo game ever released onto the Switch. After the complete English localisation of Taisen Hot Gimmick last week, the Japanese publisher is releasing the third and last iteration of the beloved Sengoku Ace trilogy on...
March2018
News Double Dose Of Sengoku Arriving Next Week On Switch eShop
HAMSTER and Zerodiv, no relation
Next Thursday there is much to rejoice if you are looking to expand your virtual Switch arcade salon since there not one, but two, Sengoku games releasing on 29th March! But don't get confused: Both are not only from completely unrelated series, but they are are also top tier within their own distinct genres. Still...
News World Heroes 2 JET, Moon Patrol And Sol Divide Bring The Retro To Switch Next Week
Jet laggin', Moon patrolin' and Sol devidin'
Circle 22nd March on your calendars, NL retro enthusiast readers, because HAMSTER and Zerodiv are after your tokens. No less than three very distinct retro gaming choices await you next week (four if you have an American eShop account). With the upcoming release of World Heroes 2 JET ADK's curious...
February2018
News Zerodiv Will Unleash Samurai Aces On The Switch eShop Next Week
Great shot kid!
The wait for Strikers 1999 just got a whole lot easier since ZeroDiv is bringing Psikyo's brilliant 1993 Samurai Aces next week. We already knew it was coming, but we are pleased to see it land sooner rather than later on the Switch eShop. Know in Japan as Sengoku Aces, this was the first shmup Psikyo published after the team...
News Zerodiv Is Bringing Samurai Aces, Sol Divide And Taisen Hot Gimmick To Switch
Coining it
Japanese publisher Zerodiv has revealed that it is bringing three more Psikyo arcade titles to the Switch eShop. Samurai Aces, Sol Divide And Taisen Hot Gimmick are the trio in question. Samurai Aces (also known as Sengoku Ace) and Sol Divide are both horizontally-scrolling shooters while Taisen Hot Gimmick is a rather naughty...
January2018
News Zero Gunner 2 Stealthily Launches On Japanese Switch eShop
Zerodiv sneaks Arcade and Dreamcast shmup classic into Japan
We knew it was inbound, but out of nowhere Psikyo's cult shmup Zero Gunner 2 has appeared on the Japanese eShop. It's a pleasant surprise to see this blaster - which fetches a pretty penny on the Sega Dreamcast - pop up on Nintendo's console. If you have a Japanese account...
News Strikers 1945 II Drops Its Payload Next Week On Switch
TATE shmup fans rejoice!
Nintendo Switch shmup-heads are in for a treat next week when Zerodiv is once again blessing the eShop with another Psikyo classic. The follow up to Strikers 1945 will arrive January 25th and it will bring the Lightning and the Shinden back, but the rest of the squad will feature all new WW2 era airplanes: the Ta152...
December2017
News '90s Shmup Classic Gunbird Will Be Blasting Things To Pieces On Switch This Week
Zerodiv does the business again
Zerodiv is bringing Psikyo's classic shooter Gunbird to the Switch eShop this week, it has been revealed. Originally released in 1994, Gunbird was later ported to the Saturn and PlayStation and was followed by a 1998 sequel which saw release on the Dreamcast. More recently, the two titles were bundled together in a...
September2017
News Zerodiv Is Bringing Psikyo's Zero Gunner 2 To Switch
Sengoku, Gunbird and another Strikers outing also coming
Zerodiv has confirmed that it is bringing the cult shooter Zero Gunner 2 to the Switch eShop "sooner rather than later". Originally released in arcades in 2001 on Sega's Naomi system, the game was ported to the Dreamcast in the same year but never received a release outside of Japan. It is...
August2017
News Looks Like We Can Expect More Classic Arcade Titles On Switch From Zerodiv
More Psikyo shooters on the way?
Yesterday, publisher Zerodiv surprised everyone by releasing not one but two Psikyo arcade titles on the Switch eShop: Strikers 1945 and Gunbarich. It would seem that these are just a small part of a larger release schedule, as Zerodiv has now stated that it will release "more and more" games on the Switch...
News Strikers 1945 And Gunbarich Appear From Out Of Nowhere On Switch eShop
Both come with "TATE" modes, too
Two classic Psikyo shooters have launched on the Switch eShop, ahead of this week's official download update. Strikers 1945 is a vertically-scrolling shooter from 1995 which features classic WW2 planes facing off against a host of enemies - including transforming battle engines. The UK price is £6.99, but this one...
