Did you enjoy peacefully navigating the spherical planets of Super Mario Galaxy? Then you might just love turning them into a battleground in Aniquilation, which releases in the Switch eShop on 27th July.
Far from relaxing galaxy-hopping, the first game for Colombian developer R-Next promises to be a high-octane spacecraft-based shooter, throwing players onto three-dimensional battlefields without a plumber in sight.
As you can see from the PC trailer above, the frantic shooting and spacecraft movement creates a frenetic style of gameplay with a terraforming focus in which anything can be turned into a weapon.
Aside from this standardised story mode, Aniquilation also contains some fun-looking couch co-op missions such as Defend the Base and Contagion, with the potential to ignite a new generation of sibling rivalries as you crash, smash and shoot your way through the onslaught of ships.
Alternative game modes may also pique the interest of Rocket League fans, with a football-based feature allowing players the chance to have a kick-about on the surface of their planet environment. We didn't have Mario Galaxy and Rocket League on our 'meets-meets' bingo cards, but colour us intrigued all the same.
You can check out the official blurb below to find out more about the game, but be sure to take a look at the following screenshots to get an idea of just how hectic this planetary shooter promises to be!
Terraform planets, upgrade your ship and find the ultimate weapon, the Aniquilation, to finally solve a mystery that almost led your civilisation to extinction.
Never mind planet exploring, Aniquilation looks to be all about planet exploiting! Never exploded a space mountain or played football on a moon? This could be your chance.
Are you excited to take your ship for a spin in Aniquilation next week? Let us know in the comments.
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it looks like nano assault
looks like a poor mans nano assault
You had me at Mario Galaxy (my favourite 3D Mario) and Rocket League
You heard it from the last two, it looks like nano assault lmao.
This looks nothing at all like Mario Galaxy or Rocket League
I’ll add that it looks like a bad version of nano assault.
Mario Galaxy was the reason I was looking... ehh, the planets reminds me of them.
@YANDMAN right!! an extremely janky, over zoomed in one at that.. no offense, but this looks awful!!
Super Stardust HD is the game that jumped to mind before Nano Assault. Looks great to me. I'm not sure what makes it look like a 'poor-mans' Nano Assault for some people.
Yes, it has nothing to do with Mario Galaxy! It seems like a not so good copy paste of Super Stardust HD (ps3). Perhaps Nintendo Life didn't know it because it was PS game. Stardust also had great OST!
"It's like Mario Galaxy plus Rocket League with guns!"
... or you could just say Nano Assault.
@chardir Have you ever played Mario Galaxy? Because those screenshots look incredibly similar…
@nkarafo A 1993 Amiga game!
How dare you sully Super Mario Galaxy's name with this hogwash! (I'm joking... partly.)
@romanista Yes of course, you are correct, I had forgotten about it. I liked Amiga games!
@BabyYoda71 It really doesn't. There are a few bits of Galaxy where you move around on small brown planets, but even those look nothing like this.
@nkarafo next week i'll be going to barcelona top play the world championship of Swos, on original a1200s!
Looks like if Nano Assault was stripped of all its polish and turned into a typical mobile port cash grab. It's honestly impressive how much it looks like it started on mobile, yet it never released for a phone.
Also, I'll parrot the rest; doesn't look like Mario Galaxy or Rocket League, author has clearly never played Nano Assault or just wanted that previous clickbait.
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