Update: We've now got a trailer for the Switch version, which you can see (and hear) above. Check out that music!
Original Story [Wed 23rd Dec, 2020 16:00 GMT]: Developer Moss has revealed that it is bringing its 2007 shooter Raiden IV to Switch next year.
Raiden IV x Mikado Remix will arrive on April 22nd, 2021 in Japan, and will showcase new background music from various artists. These include "stages and boss tracks" which are "reborn through live performances and new arrangements."
The artists involved include the likes of Go Sato Band, Heavy Metal Raiden, Fantom Iris, O.T.K., Soshi Hosoi, Daisuke Matsumoto (Cave), Hirokazu Koshio and Keishi Yonao. You'll be able to switch to the original music, if you so wish.
A limited-edition version is being released in Japan which will include a soundtrack CD and a reprint of the original soundtrack CD. This will retail for 7,480 yen. The standard release will be 4,180 yen.
Here's some PR:
New Elements for Switch – With the ability to switch between the “Mikado Remix” background music set and the “Original” background music set, as well as the “Sound Mode” and “Stage Background Music Select” functions, you can enjoy the new sounds of Raiden to your heart’s content. Additionally, the game supports vertical screen play in both table and TV modes, recreating the full arcade experience.
A Full Suite of Game Modes – “Arcade Mode,” which is a complete port of the arcade game, as well as “Additional Mode” and “Overkill Mode,” which include the stages added for console, have been perfectly reproduced. Various other game modes are also available, including “Boss Rush Mode,” a series of battles against boss weapons, and “Score Attack Mode,” where you compete for the high score on a single stage.
Online Functionality – Compete against other players on the worldwide leaderboards in “World Ranking Mode.” You can also upload your gameplay online via “Replay Publish,” allowing you to show your recorded gameplay to the world and study the gameplay of your rivals. Use the online functionality to discover a strategy all your own.
Raiden IV was first released in arcades back in June 2007, and was ported to the Xbox 360 in October the following year. A PlayStation 3 release – entitled Raiden IV: OverKill – came in May 2014. You can view the trailer for that release below.
[source gematsu.com]
Comments (29)
Nice surprise. Dare I dream of a Switch Raider Fighters?
Hopefully will get a physical release. I enjoyed Raiden V but the story’s delivery wasn’t great. Nearly impossible to follow in the heat of it all.
Looks great!! A day one purchasefor me.
Right on. I'll get it someday...somewhere.
I've waited since June 11th for the original Raiden from Hamster. Won't be till next year. What comes first Raiden or the vaccine?
Gooood, gooood!
Can't wait for this
I already have this on PS3 so I doubt I'll buy the Switch version on day 1, especially if it's $30 or $40. I'd still like the option to play this on the go though.
Splendid!
Checks to see if my wallet is around...
2021 is going to be nuts isn't it.
Shhh...don't tell your wallets.
Just another early 2021 Japan-exclusive physical release to import. At least the price seems right, unlike what M2 is asking for the Aleste Collection.
@FX102A
Japan-only physical release thus far. Hard to tell if a publisher will pick it up for western distribution.
@TheLightSpirit
G-Darius is headed to Switch. It's being packaged as part of Darius Cozmic Revelation.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/06/darius_cozmic_revelation_will_include_g-darius_hd_and_dariusburst_another_chronicle_explus
No Tate mode ? awww..
Ok, great news. Too bad no tate, but that’s ok it should still be a fun time.
@TG16_IS_BAE @smashboy2000
I don't get what you're talking about, the press release clearly confirms tate mode:
"Additionally, the game supports vertical screen play in both table and TV modes, recreating the full arcade experience."
@sixrings Is there a date yet? I keep waiting and I want it!
@EmirParkreiner My mystake, I checked too fast (Ctrl+F "tate")
Thanks !
Maybe the last Switch release did well enough that UFO will pick this one up?
@smashboy2000
Also kinda surprising since Raiden V Doesn’t have a Tate mode. Excited that this one will have it!
@Low
Played Raiden Fighters Aces on 360 for the first time this year. Possibly my favorite sprite graphics shooters outside of Cave’s games! I would lovvvve this collection to come to switch.
@EmirParkreiner I missed that part, so sorry officer.
@Nermannn That's exactly the reason I juste made a research on the "tate" word in the first place, thinking this game would not have any anyway as Raiden V didn't have.
Such a great news !
@nilcam no date. And I'm looking for an arcade stick just for it.
@sixrings I have the Hori Real Arcade stick for Switch and it's awesome, probably the best stick I've ever owned.
@nilcam I'll probably buy the powera fusion arcade stick just because it's wireless and will like rarely use it.
Additionally, the game is also planned to be on the Exa-Arcadia platform, through the crowdfunding campaign Campfire (Japanese only). If funding goals are reached, then Raiden IV Mikado Mix will also be released to arcades worldwide again with new and exclusive content to distinguish from the home version.
https://arcadeheroes.com/2020/12/21/raiden-ivxmikado-remix-headed-to-arcades-worldwide-in-2021-on-exa-arcadia/
At least Nintendo switch is a good primary platform to choose for games like this, especially with vertical support.
Can't get enough of more shmups on Switch. Glad that it'll support TATE mode as well.
rAIDEN fIGHTERS PLEASE.
Oh looks great.. hope they don't make it messyt like raiden V directors cut, which just had to much background stuff to properly enjoy the shmup
@yandman. i have than on the ipad, and using the iCade with it is excellent
Cool. I personally would prefer Raiden II. There used to be an arcade cabinet of it where I used to work. It became highly competitive amongst some of the staff, the Hi Score table being a large focus. Is it a better game than this one? Who knows but it made me think how nostalgia and memory play such an important role in my gaming life.
I'll look forward to a review of this and will keep fingers crossed for seeing RII at some point.
Trailer looks promising!
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