WayForward has shared a launch trailer for Sigma Star Saga DX, its Nintendo Switch shoot ’em up and RPG hybrid. This game originally released for the Game Boy Advance and is back with improvements, new features, and bonus content.
Learn more about the title with the following details from WayForward:
Created by Shantae series director Matt Bozon, Sigma Star Saga DX combines top-down adventuring and exploration with side-scrolling space-shooter battles and an RPG-style experience system. As Allied Earth Federation pilot Ian Recker, players will become intergalactic double agents on a mission to infiltrate and defeat the invading Krill empire. On foot, Recker will investigate six planets and power up with high-tech weapons and gear that let him reach new areas, but when enemies attack, the action switches to pulse-pounding spaceship combat where he can customize his vessel with more than 70 explosive Gun Data items. An unforgettable cast and challenging boss battles will keep players on the edge of their seats as the epic story unfolds.
While Sigma Star Saga DX retains the graphics, gameplay, and audio of the classic Game Boy Advance Sigma Star Saga (released by Namco in 2005), the game also includes a number of upgrades implemented by the original WayForward development team, such as an improved map, decreased random encounter rate, rebalanced EXP system, adjusted auto-fire, additional save points, assorted bug fixes, and more. The console/PC version, ported by Mighty Rabbit Studios using Limited Run Games’ Carbon Engine, offers several brand-new extra features as well, not the least of which is an all-new vocal theme song, “Jet Among the Stars,” performed by acclaimed musicians DemonDice and Megan McDuffee. Other bonus content includes a concept-art gallery, a music player, multiple border art options, a rewind function, and save states.
Key Features
- The GBA classic returns after 20 years!
- Top-down RPG-style exploration mixed with action-packed space-shooter battles!
- Survive as a double agent for the humans and the Krill, and discover the secret of the six planets
- Stunning pixel-art graphics and fantastic soundtrack
- Explore using tools like the Scanner, Krill Boots, Wings, and more
- Customize your ship with more than 70 different Gun Data items yielding 15,000+ combinations
- Branching story with multiple endings
- The definitive DX version adds an improved map, decreased random encounter rate, rebalanced EXP system, updated script, various bug fixes, and other enhancements
- Bonus features: concept-art gallery, music player, border art, and more
Launch Trailer
Sigma Star Saga DX is now available on the Nintendo eShop. Further Nintendo Switch news can be found here.
