Shoot ’em up Rolling Gunner coming west on June 20 digitally, physical edition launches late 2019
Six stages, three ships, and multiple difficulty settings.
Mebius-developed side-scrolling shoot ’em up Rolling Gunner for Switch is coming to North America and Europe via the Nintendo eShop on June 20, publisher Mastiff announced. A physial edition is planned for release in late 2019.
Here is an overview of the game, via Mastiff:
About
The year is 2061 and nearly three decades have passed since the new metallic element “Busterium” was discovered by the Lerman Matsunaga corporation at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Utilizing this new alloy, Lerman Matsunaga developed a new clean energy engine called the Buster Engine, which was globally adopted and quickly replaced fossil fuel and nuclear-based engines. With nearly all of the world’s engines now being centrally powered and controlled by a fully automated computer system called BAC, the unthinkable has happened: BAC has gained intelligence and has turned against humanity.
With humanity on the verge of extinction, a secret internal division of Lerman Matsunaga had the foresight to design a special weapon against BAC: the Rolling Gun. Operated and controlled via brain implant, humanity’s fate now rests in the hands of a courageous RF-42R STORK pilot who must set out to destroy BAC at the old Lerman Matsunaga building, which has been turned into a near impenetrable BAC fort. This is the last hope for humankind.
And now the final hope takes flight…
Key Features
- Navigate across six stages blanketed in a hail of bullets from an unceasing onslaught of enemies and screen-filling bosses.
- Choose from three different STORK ships to pilot, each with unique attributes and firing patterns.
- Multiple difficulty settings allow players of all skill levels to jump in and enjoy a true bullet hell experience.
- Save Replays and use Training mode to master the Rolling Gun and learn the intricacies of each stage.
- A pulse-pounding, high-energy original soundtrack composed by COSIO (Space Invaders Extreme, Groove Coaster) perfectly complements the gameplay.
- Beautifully animated cutscenes marry gameplay and story.
- A challenging risk-versus-reward point system will have seasoned players shooting for the top of the in-game leaderboard.