Blaster Master Zero 2 Looks Amazing, And You Can Get It On Switch Today

Blaster Master Zero was one of the best early Switch games for me, definitely excited to give this one a try once I'm done with Turok.

Hopefully the soundtrack on this one will be as great as the first one.

DAY 1, THIS DAY, TODAY. IMMEDIATE PURCHASE.

I only played original blaster master on NES, this is a definite buy

Wow, I loved the first one! Next payday for sure

Big improvements right off the bat

Pretty excited for this!
You can download it now! If it doesn't show up on the eShop wait for the "News" post for it and it'll take you to the game's eShop page.

I’ll get it tomorrow on payday. First game was dope.

Brilliant. Really, really liked the first one. Love that it's keeping the still-frame comic-book style story sequences, too.

Whoooooa what a heavy shadow drop! Didn't tune into the direct ...but wound have flipped over this!

Mmmm. I need to revisit the first one. Can’t recall why i gave that one up

I wish I had money to get it, I just spent all my left over funds on PC spring sales. Damn you fanatical and humble bundle!

I never finished the first one, but I like these games a lot. $10 ain't a bad price either...

Wasn’t expecting that. My early Switch game was the first game. Getting the sequel is a no brainer.

Already purchased the game on nintendo.com and I'm not even home yet to play it!

Probably the best $10 ever.

The first one was solid fun.

Definitely going to pick this one up sometime soon. The first one was pretty great so this is a no brainer.

Best announcement today! Loved to play through the first one with every DLC character!! Inti Creates just rocks!!

Original was such a surprising gem of a game. First game I beat on Switch. Will probably download this immediately after work.

This is pretty good I am going to get this when I get home.

Solid first eshop purchase, for me.
Good fun, Nice mechanics...
Too many titles in the backlog for a day-1, will buy it someday.

@PBandSmelly Blaster Master Zero is an incredible game, I’d definitely recommend getting it in addition to the sequel.

Loved the first one so this is an immediate purchase

This game just went straight to the top of my backlog which is a testament to how much I like the first one, Blaster Master in general, and Inti Creates. I'm trying to fight the urge at the moment to get it because I can get it literally right now... Curse you backlog for existing!

Yup, I already bought it. I’ll play it sometime soon.

Honestly between Turok, this, and Final Fantasy 7, this month is on point. I bought Blaster Master Zero II as soon as it went live. It’s waiting for me when I get home and I am so excited. It’s my favorite series, even over Metroid. That’s right, I said it; being able to disembark is one of the coolest things

@GyroZeppeli
Will this help me master the spin?

Instabuy. Felt in love with the original when it came out 2 years ago.

@PBandSmelly No, since it’s all manmade. Only natural objects have the essence of the Golden Rectangle. Nice try though.

Definitely getting this, hopefully it doesn't bug me out of the true ending like the original did because it was a ton of fun otherwise

My backlog got DESTROYED today with all the sales... I downloaded 5 games on top of this one. This might move up to the top of the list after finishing Flipping Death (hopefully) this week as I imagine it's not super long and the first one was one of my hidden gems from two years ago.

I can hardly believe it's only ten bucks. I bought the original for the same price two years ago, and I can still hardly believe IT cost ten bucks, too.

I am playing the game right now. That mountain is not easy and... (better dont spoil). This game will let good memories from the bosses like the first one.

Anyone manage to beat it yet? Enjoyed the previous game but it was really too short.

@PBandSmelly Buy Blaster Master Zero before this one.

@Medic_alert If you're so short on time, why are you wasting it making random posts on Nintendo Life and reading articles about games you don't intend to play?!

I adored the first game and as luck would have it I finished a replay of it just last week! So as soon as I saw this I was straight onto the eShop to buy it.

Now if we could just get physical releases, the first game definitely deserves it.

I wonder if we’ll get a Mighty Gunvolt Burst sequel too now?

Now I kind of regret getting the first one on 3DS...but at the time I didn't have a Switch and wanted the free DLC...
I loved the game though, as am definitely gonna get the sequel, I just wish I didn't have to split up a series on multiple systems, but oh well...it's happened before.

I’m a fan, and Zero has many great aspects and moments, but it needed more playtesting and refinement. I just finished it after seeing the announcement of 02 and it was very apparent coming back to it after a long break.

There is one weapon that defeats most boss battles way, way too easily, for instance. Also, the top down stages varied from kinda boring strolls to cheap to why is this cave even here because there is nothing of value in it.

There was effort put into getting you to use more weapons in the second half and many clever parts. All the framework for a great game is there, and I still really like the game but they seem to have rushed it to the launch — probably the right business move.

So far, jumping right into 02 it is night and day difference. First stage is tightly designed teaching you something every screen keeping the play dynamic and interesting and the best part is that the top-down stages are vastly improved and fun to play. Super happy that they took there time with this and really looking forward to playing more!

@Medic_alert Hey, I was just curious. You're the one who brought up how little time you had. I honestly don't even know what you're talking about, scoring points off of you. If you really enjoy conversations about your hobby so much, maybe you shouldn't be so hostile when someone asks you a simple, harmless question. If you didn't want to answer, you could have ignored the question or politely declined instead of lashing out, insulting me and the entirety of the gaming community.

From my vantage point, you were the only problem in the community in this particular exchange.

@Mach_Rider It's not like it has some save data transfer system. I don't really see any downside on you not having it on Switch. And if you really need both, it's only $10 and goes on sale occasionally for half that.

@aaronsullivan I don't think the first one felt rushed at all. I just think some of their design choices, particularly the weapon increase system, was a philosophy that they probably liked in development and didn't realize it would be so easy for players in the long run. Some of those things you're not going to know how players feel until it's out in the wild and thousands or millions of players have had a chance to take a go at it. Also, they added so many new modes and ways to play it that mostly altered that balance any way.

Even though I didn't finish BMZero yet, I'm going to jump right on this.

@Medic_alert I asked how you use your time and I in no way indicated you had no business commenting. I literally asked you a question. If you inferred an unspoken meaning from text on the internet, that's on you. The implication wasn't there. It doesn't even make sense that anyone would mean that. How or why would anyone try to claim that you have no business commenting? What you do with your time is up to you. But if you have so little of it, I was curious why you'd spend it here with the rude people that troll the comments section. And you've spent plenty more being hostile. And after I even politely explained myself, which didn't need doing in the first place, you just doubled down and tried to make it my fault that you chose to be hostile.

@Deltath Yeah, I know, it's not a big deal at all, it's just one of those minor pet peeves I have

@Medic_alert I hear you. It's hard to know how people intend what they say online and most people like to come out swinging, so I get it.

This game is way, way better than the first one and has some fine-tuned level design. I don’t know how Inti always manages to deliver, they have such a flawless lineup on eShop.

@NintendoFan4Lyf You know earlier in the year after I bought Smash Ultimate I thought I wasn't going to buy any other games (they would just end up piling over my 100+ backlog). How wrong I was as soon as the first game for the Nindies Showcase was revealed.

@GyroZeppeli Gonna be shooting all of the Mutants Today! there's gonna be a lot of Saint Corpses on the ground!

@PBandSmelly No, but you need to play through the first game (Blaster Master Zero) if you want to master and unlock the secrets of the arrow, after-all this game is a REQUIEM of its former self!

@ap0001 Same here!
I was so annoyed to have a bad ending
Then figuring out what I had to do
An it wouldn't let you go back to correct everything if you were already at the Final Area!

@NintendoFan4Lyf Hmm..... Yoshi, huh.

@NintendoFan4Lyf I enjoy Yoshi as well!
I like your Gaming Zen thing too....
too bad I'm playing things like Enter the Gungeon and Cuphead (absolutely Zero Zen)!

@NintendoFan4Lyf well, I saw that FUZE4 Nintendo Switch got pushed back to May 31st so my rage levels are pretty high.