Byte4Games, StarCruiser Studio and BadLand Publishing will bolster the shoot 'em up genre on the Switch eShop in the second half of November with the release of Mars Chaos Menace. No exact release date has been announced.
After "successfully reintroducing" the twin-stick shooter genre with Demon's Crystals - released on multiple platforms in 2016 and 2017 - the aim is to further revive the genre that brought fans iconic games such as Ikaruga.
The bullet hell shmup Mars Chaos Menace takes a "new approach to arcade shooters" with 3D graphics and all kinds of visual effects to charm even the most devoted fans. Like any other game within the genre, the story tasks you with saving civilisation from giant monsters that are attacking human colonies not far from Earth. Below are the main features mentioned in the PR:
- Neat aesthetics and design that you will be delighted with.
- Great variety of unique environments to be discovered in the missions.
- Impressive enemies that will make you suffer and excel your skills.
- Several different enemies with a unique behavior.
- Action and challenge guaranteed for arcade shooter lovers.
Can you fit another shmup on your Switch? Tell us in the comments.
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I just want Geomotry wars with twin Joycon motion controls lol. 😊
Doesn't look that different, and it doesn't great.
Can't wait to try this game! Yeah, Geometry Wars would be awesome on switch.
@cfgk24 When it comes to Geometry Wars is kinda hard to figure out what is going on with it at the moment, it did well but the company that originally made it, Bizarre Creations is no longer around. It was briefly turned into a iOS game by Activision, but the last version, Geometry Wars 3 Dimensions was made by Sierra, who came and went and then came back to make that as well as the King's Quest chapters games. I guess like the revived Sierra was Activision owned so it must be up to them to decide what to do with it. I would like to see it come back but who knows how or if that will happen, Activision has dropped a lot of popular franchises in the past for various reasons.
This trailer doesn't sell anything unique about it - on the contrary it shows a very generic and dull looking shmup with bland 3D models.
Hopefully I'll be good, but I'm not a believer based on this.
Ok, you got my attention. May be day 1 from me.
@cfgk24 Don't wait, go buy Debris Infinity.
We have a million shmups for the Switch and exactly 1 with a full 16:8 screen. C'mon man!!
Much, much more hyped for Astebreed.
@cfgk24 there is a very good geometry wars clone out already
@cfgk24 then you want Debris Infinity on Nintendo Switch https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/debris-infinity-switch
@60frames-please as mentioned, give Debris Infinity a try
Constant 60 fps at 720p handheld/1080p docked.
I love the horrible grammar in their talking points. Screams a lack of professionalism. They also remind me of the similarly jarring talking points on innumerable Chinese knock-off products on Amazon.
@SVC_Games I love Debris Infinity! Such a fun shooter! And yes, it has perfect graphics to go with it's excellent gameplay.
I also want to mention that Geometry Wars 3 would still be awesome on switch. Debris Infinity doesn't have sphere levels and such interesting and strange 3d shapes for levels like in Geometry Wars 3, unless I just haven't made it far enough into the game...
"make you suffer"
That's traditional...
I assumed this was a sequel to the game Mars Matrix released way back on the Dreamcast by Capcom at first.
@60frames-please no, not right now. But who knows, if the game does well maybe a sequel with a new twist is in order
A NintendoLife review would be great too, lol
Yeah, Debris Infinity totally deserves a nintendolife review! It's a wonderful game that deserves to be played.
That is looking like me dying a lot. I love it!
@60frames-please a review code and a press note was already sent but apparently it was dismissed due to too many games being released :/
Let's hope for a "late review". Anyway I'll try again once the planned update is released. Let's hope they manage to find a slot for it
Like the look of this !
The Switch is becoming THE console for shmups
Never tried these shooters before, so if I try such a shooter, the shooter I'll try is the shooter referred in comparison to the shooter of this article about a new shooter, and that shooter is Ikaruga. As it's regarded as the shooter with the best pedigree of this type of shooter, that's the logical shooter to try first.
@YANDMAN @SVC_Games @Shiryu Thanks guys! Downloaded! Missed this one somehow!
Made with Unity????? So it’ll be crap then
"Can you fit another shmup on your Switch?"
Not me. I'm all shmupped up.
I'm not particularly confident in this one, but i'll give it a chance anyway.
Now, last weeks Black Bird is really great and i strongly recommend it to anyone looking for a new shmup.
@hatch How did it take until the 13th comment for someone to say this!? They also mention Ikaruga, but I see zero inspiration from that gem. It also looks very easy.
This has "shovelware" written all over it.
Also hadn't heard of Debris Infinity, definitely checking that out. Same with Black Bird (@EmirParkreiner).
No one reviewed, and it was cheaper than Chipotle, so I took a dive.
The character controls like the Ice Cream truck in Twisted Metal.
I'm guessing the player is supposed to heavily incorporate the shield, since it recharges and bullets are very hard to dodge when you're floating around like a tugboat. I tried to give it a chance, but I don't do shields, so, I hated it, but ymmv.
@Kilroy
Well the good news is that I found out your answer to the question of what inspiration they drew from Ikaruga. That's the only good news.
Debris Infinity has a demo. Try before you buy.
@robr I see. Well, that's a disappointment... Thanks.
Debris looks a bit too much like Geometry Wars, so I think when I get the urge, I'll just boot up GW3 since my PS3 isn't packed away.
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