Strikers 1945 And Gunbarich Appear From Out Of Nowhere On Switch eShop

How do you stand the Switch vertically?

@riChchestM you get the Hori stand, detach the joycon and you're done.

I mean this one: https://www.amazon.it/gp/aw/d/B01N9RTMWS/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr1_1?__mk_it_IT=ÅMÅZÕÑ&qid=1501752025&sr=8-1-fkmr1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=switch+hori+stand

Just like an RKO! These are very welcome, big fan of the whole "Strikers" series, hopefully other tate shmups will follow!

Awaited by all shooting game fans indeed!

How do you stand the Switch vertically without the Hori stand?

@setezerocinco Use your 3DS stand from "Kid Icarus".

@riChchestM I just sit with my legs up and sit it against my thighs,playing with split Joy-con and it's awesome.I think the charging stands can hold the Switch in portrait mode too

I've bought Gunbarich so far and will buy Strikers 1945 as soon as it appears on the US Eshop.It's coming today though according to their website.

Gunbarich comes with an OorWullie recommendation.If you enjoyed Arkanoid as a kid,you'll love it.It looks great,has lots of variety,fast gameplay and cool bosses.Unfortunately it doesn't have online rankings.I recommend playing these games with no continues and just aim for beating your score and see how far you can get.That's how I've been playing Namco Museum and it's a great way to get the most out of them.

It's funny that Strikers 1945 arrives on the same day as Aero Fighters 2,the original AF was made by the Strikers guy,Shinsuke Nakamura.

@Damo But those solutions aren't, clears throat, officially supported.

(ahthanyew)

@Damo Hardcore portable tate mode: Engage!

Forgive my ignorance guys, what does TATE actually mean, or stand for? BTW I love little random releases like this, often earlier than when the eShop officially updates.

@MartyFlanMJFan TATE is Japanese for vertical.I just learned that earlier.There were loads of arcades back int he day with narrow vertical screens but they're not ideal for playing on a horizontal screen.The Switch is perfect for them though as I found out in Namco Museum.The developer of these games Psikyo made loads of TATE shoot em ups so hopefully this is just the start.

Beaten to it by Damo

@Damo I'll take the engineering challenge of the century over either a Switch breaking after falling to the floor, or snide comments.

@Damo nice one, thank you both, that's what I was curious about where the word came from, cheers @OorWullie

Saw these on the eshop earlier, complete with their engrish game descriptions. Looks like someone just used google translate for them.

@OorWullie
Well it looks like Nakamura will have impressed me more than once this week then. A win over John Cena plus some eShop releases? is there nothing he can't do?

@Damo I think you missed my clearly signposted "joke".

@Rafx He can hit free kicks into moving kebab vans too.

Shunsuke Nakamura
https://youtu.be/dE7_2YHzrq8

Great player, he played for my club Celtic and was one of the best free kick takers around.

is there nothing he can't do
https://youtu.be/2ilOSbu1Fjw
used to play for celtic aswell

Grabbed them both, love them both!

Still remember as it was yesterday when I picked up the Japanese retail release for Stikers 2945 on Sega Saturn.
Hope we'll get the sequel as well!

@Pahvi Aye. There are some nice monitors about that have rotatable screens.

@OorWullie stares in Japanese lol

Bloody hell. I love how they weren't announced! If this is a Psikyo revival, my wallet is ready. With a bit of luck, Zerodiv will follow the hamster launch schedule...one a week! Hahaha Loving how versatile the Switch is.

Oh, Strikers on switch; wait...WHAT!!!

Kaching! eShop Credit Get!!!

This and Aero Fighters 2 will give my Switch another Shm'up boost!

On Gunbarich's Eshop page it says "Psikyo Revival! Play the good old game".Sounds like there's more Psikyo titles to come.The Switch just keeps getting better and better!

Gunbarich is a "puzzle shmup"?? How does that work!?

@Mr_Horizon That's what it says on the game's Eshop page but it looks like they just used Google Translate as it's a pretty bad description.Really,it's just an Arkanoid /Brick Breaker type game.Maybe it evolves into something different later on though.

My poor wallet this week :'-)

Picked up Gunbirach. Its a fun game. Am looking forward to Retro City Rampage DX in an hour or so too!

Awesome, hopefully someday other shooters like Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga appeared out of nowhere on the eShop too.

@OorWullie I wonder if we may see the first ever console release of Strikers 1999?

Oh how I wish for a re-release of Zero Gunner 2; that game rocked on the JPN Dreamcasr.

I might pick up Strikers if and when it comes out on the North American shop. But it's not worth going out of my way to make another Nintendo account. I have an NA and a Japan account, that's plenty.

So many goodies showing up on the Eshop. It's going to be hard to decide what to play first. This is almost becoming too much.

More trash games. Well done Nintendo. How about some freaking ports/remakes from wii/u games that some of us that have been off the Nintendo boat for a while. Very disappointed in the game lineup so far. Thinking I was gonna be able to play some
Catch-up with Nintendo and finally in "hd". NOT

I just bought Raiden IV on PC...
Hopefully some more of these games I grew up with appear on the Switch. Don't remember this one, though.

@FX102A That would be great.I was a huge shoot-em-up fan back in the day but there's so many I missed out on.Tonight will be the first time I ever play Strikers 1945 and Aero Fighters 2,I can't wait.

Just watched a video of Zero Gunner 2,man that looks superb.There's a shoot em up I had on either Saturn or Dreamcast that I absolutely loved but I've long forgotten the name of it.I've had a look for it a few times but I always come up short.All I remember is you are a flying robot and the first level involves a train and the graphics were really great.Not much I know haha.Hopefully one day whatever it was appears on Switch.

@Damo "Or your Wii U GamePad stand."

BUT WAIT! I THOUGHT THE RHETORIC IS THAT NO ONE BOUGHT THE WII U!!

/sarcasm

@OorWullie Radiant Silvergun or Ikaruga?

Another shmup to add to the pile! Very welcome.

Strikers 1945 is an awesome surprise!!!!! It's on Nintendos North American website listed for release today at $7.99!!! I'm on that like white on rice!!! As a big retro guy this so far is the best surprise announcement for the Switch thus far!! Not familiar with the other game but I'll check it out. Keep em coming!!!!

@OorWullie Bangai-O on Dreamcast featured a flying robot...

@gatorboi352 only members of this site....and that one girl from down the block...jenny? 😉

I loved playing strikers 1945 on the ps1 back then! Please bring to the North American eshop!

@antster1983 It's neither of those unfortunately. I had Ikaruga on Dreamcast but barley touched it.I came across it for cheap in this German supermarket in the Netherlands . I didn't know at the time it was so highly rated and would later become rare and expensive .Really wish I'd gave it a chance. One of my big gaming regrets that.

@BionicDodo I'm familiar with Bangai-O but I've never played it. The one I had was a vertical shooter only . When I had a look before I thought if I just saw the name of it it would come to me but no luck. I think I'd need to see gameplay. I'm going to have a good look again over the weekend.

Cheers for the answers.

@Alikan Ah yes. Classic Jenny.

@Damo ha ha, exactly! Just use some common sense

I used to love this game as an arcade, for less than a tender it's a day one for me....

@OorWullie me and a friend got obsessed with ikaruga, to the point we had a nice spenny flat screen tv on its side

@KIRO Funny you say that, I just left a comment in the weekly download article. I've been thinking about turning my TV on its side all day. I'm not sure if it can damage the TV though?

@Shadowsaint If you're unsatisfied with a major release every month, supported by a steady stream of arcade/indie titles...you didn't think through your purchase decision.

Two great games. Hopefully I'll be able to play them on a Switch on this TATE mode.

And hopefully I'll be able to TATE my 40" LCD TV as well one day.

Liking how the Switch eShop is becoming a small heaven for space shooters thanks to the Neo Geo releases, indie games and stuff like this.

Here's hoping Konami get tempted to put the Turbografx and all its space shooters on the Switch as well. :3

@OorWullie Assault Suit Laynos 2?

Another e shop masterpiece!!! I need more memory!! I loved 1945 first time out, the game not, the year and read this article at 3pm and bought it at 5 past!!!! I love the Switch!! I love the blooming Nintendo Switch!!!

@OorWullie I looked into at the time and basically it's not recommended. That said, it didn't do our flatscreen any harm. Maybe try it with a tv you don't care much about

@OorWullie Only mech shm'ups I remember were Wolf Fang (sooo good), Hyper Duel (<salivates>) and that Mega Drive Aleste game (meh).

@Shadowsaint you mean like Mario Kart 8 and Pokken?

@faint Yes there are a few. I guess I'm just a bit salty we don't have more remakes like Xbox one did with a lot of its 360 games granted as someone who played all the 360 games I complained about all of those and not enough new stuff so it's hard to please everyone. I think for a lot of people including myself that have held off on Nintendo products for a while the switch seemed like the perfect jump back in purchase. I guess the software rate just hasn't met my expectations. Bayonetta 2? Monster hunter? Smash? Xeno? A Mario or Zelda hd remaster collection? BOWLING!?!? Something. Those would be estore gold. Not this kinda stuff. Just my opinion.

@Shadowsaint I mean we are getting at least one major Nintendo release a month.

@Shadowsaint
A large portion of gamers (particularly of the Nintendo fanbase) don't see these games as trash. Because so many of us grew up and witnessed the birth of video games with our own eyes as kids, and played all these retro games as kids and teenagers, be it at home or in the arcades.

Obviously some people- particularly younger gamers- won't have that same appreciation. But there's a difference between stuff like this and actual bad games. Nobody wants a bad game but a lot of people want good retro games.

Anywho, we've got an incredible lineup of games with a top-tier, must-have exclusive dropping every single month. I recommend getting in some time with Arms and Splatoon, and perhaps a Monster Hunter XX import come August 25th. Or check out that Mario Kingdom Battle- the motherlode of fall releases.

Holy Crap! This is amazing!!! This AND Aero Fighters! And it's my birthday! Best gift ever!!! Dang! More arcade shmups just like this please! Lol

If someone could answer this I would greatly appreciate it. Is Strikers 1945 ported to the Switch with a balanced lives and continues system? Or do they just give you unlimited credits, and you boringly slog your way through to the end without effort?

@faint I hear ya. But even then they are not created equal. At this point Zelda and Splatoon 2 are the only Triple A pure gold games for the switch. That's it. 2 games.

@JaxonH Arms fell flat for me and from what I hear a ton of other people barring the most devout players that are in a crazy minority right now. A proper Western release of a monster hunter remake would satisfy me but other than that I feel it's very slim pickings and Nintendo knows it. There is def an agenda or we would be seeing way more wii/u stuff porting over. We have one. ONE. Mario kart. Unkess I'm missing one?

@Shadowsaint pokken is next month.

@Shadowsaint
Um, there's no small minority. Arms is already on its way to 2 million copies sold. And I can personally attest it's crazy good.

I would love a western release of MH also, but, given the system is only what, 5 months old? I'll take what I can get. Thanks to Nintendo making the system region free, I'll be playing Monster Hunter on my Switch in just a few short weeks. Pretty awesome for a system that's only been out a few months.

Ya, there's only 1 Mario Kart. For the last 30 years, there's only ever been 1 Mario Kart released per console. And usually it takes years before it comes. The fact we got one not 30 days after launch is mind blowing. And it's definitely the best one ever released, without question.

Given consoles take years and years and years and years to build up good libraries, the fact we'll have Zelda, Mario Kart, Arms, Splatoon 2, Mario Kingdom Battle, MHXX, Pokken Tournament, Mario Odyssey, Xenoblade 2, Kirby and Yoshi all within the first 12 months is astounding.

I don't think I've ever seen a console get this many exclusive games this quickly, and certainly not this good.

Just a quick heads up that both these titles are 42% off until the end of tomorrow on the Japanese eShop

@Damo I make my girlfriend hold it for me.

@jbopatrick Could you not just impose a continue limit on yourself if that were the case?

@OorWullie ok thank you!

@OorWullie alright, thank you!

@ jbopatrick
The default setting is 3 lives, 2 continues. You can change these settings, but i think the game will not save your score if you use more, or what you get beyond that won't count.
Also, if you beat the game with one continue you get a different picture of the pilot (and in the japanese arcade version there is a third picture for beating the game with one life, but that usually gets censored for home releases).