Star Ghost arrived on the Wii U eShop in Spring 2016 and was a bit of a gem. On the one hand it has old-school space shooter vibes, and on the other it adopts a smart control scheme to switch up the formula - we described it as "basically the barrel-riding section in Donkey Kong Country Returns writ large".
Developed by Rare veteran Rhys Lewis it's now confirmed to be heading to the Switch eShop, with Rainy Frog stepping in to publish; you can check out the trailer below.
It should be another fun addition to the Switch download store; let us know if it's going on your wishlist.
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Great music (by David Wise) and a good game for a short run. I enjoyed it in Off-Tv-Play. Therefore, it fits perfectly for Switch.
... and great conversion. By me!
great game
Hmm.... yes, I will give this another go on Switch.
I’ll play the role of the naysayer here. Regretted this Wii U purchase. I suppose I was craving a hard core shmup and got this “keep your ship floating” game instead. Not for me...
This game is amazing. That is all.
I skipped this on Wii U as the thought of having to keep tapping boost to stay in the air for an entire game sounded unappealing and I'm still of the same opinion today . I enjoyed the barrel sections in DK and even Jetpack Joyride was fun on mobile when I played it but a whole game of doing this while still having to shoot enemies at the same time? Really not sure about that. If it ever goes on sale I may consider it.
I’ll wait for the NL but I’m enjoying the amount of shmups on the switch. On,y have one so far, 1945, so there’s plenty of room to grow my collection.
The game was beautiful on Wii U but for me personally, the control scheme put me off. They should consider adding an option for old school conventional controls. Otherwise this is still great news! Again the game is gorgeous!
This looks cool, without having too much chaos on screen. I’m interested.
I want to like this game, but the barrel riding for me makes it not fun. I was disappointed
I miss the old trailer where the voice over says "Our attempts to communicate with them have been ignored." and the cat takes a swipe at the kid's toy. I'll grab this again on Switch. It's certainly a nice pick up and play game. I am sure I speak for everyone here when I say, get this group back together and craft us a conventional shmup too!
One of the most flashiest game ever. Gives me that Geometry Wars vibes and I love it.
I definitely enjoyed this on Wii U. It isn't mind-blowing, but far from just another Flappy Bird type game. I may double-dip to support it, but finances are tight right now with holidays approaching.
One of my favourite Wii U games!
Definitely had fun on my Wii U with the game but can't say I'll double dip on this one. If only they hurried up with NOL service and could tie previous purchases to my account and offer a discount for ports that were already owned on Wii U I'd be happier. They should really implement something like that.
It's a way to incentivize owners of the Wii U to part with their cash and feel a bit better about it and would still be profitable in sales from the people that never owned a Wii U or didn't purchase the game.
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