Blaster Master Zero chases a frog down a hole and onto PC today

Blaster Master Zero

Mutant scum never learn! Blaster Master Zero makes its Steam debut! Blaster Master Zero is a 8-bit style top-down & sideview 2D action-adventure game that hearkens back to the golden age of the NES. The game features new gameplay elements such as improved gameplay, and a more robust scenario.

Blaster Master Zero, Inti Creates’s excellent re-imagining of Sunsoft’s NES classic, has made the leap from Switch to PC today. Having played through both it and its even more excellent sequel on Switch, I’m excited for more people to try it. It’s part side-scrolling Metroid-like where you mostly control a bounding future space-tank called Sophia III, except for the parts where it’s a top-down maze shooter, as you wander around on foot. It even launches alongside a little bit of DLC, letting you play as Shovel Knight and Shantae, with all their abilities intact. See the trailer below.

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