A true throwback to hardcore shoot-em-ups will finally be landing on Nintendo Switch this month.

Protoculture Games’ Devil Engine is hitting the Switch eShop on 21 February 2019, with a price still pending. Take the skies with various weapons of aerial destruction, and save Earth from the monstrous Devil Engine!

Check out a new trailer below.

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デビルエンジンは2月21日に #NintendoSwitch と #Steam にて発売予定です！ #devilengine #STG #shmup pic.twitter.com/CvVzPQKcng

— DANGEN Entertainment (@Dangen_Ent) February 2, 2019

Story

A last ditch effort to destroy what was once to be our savior. A final mission to eliminate a disastrous future. A single ship against Earth’s entire military. The Andraste is the only hope to defeat…the Devil Engine.

Gameplay

Devil Engine is a high octane, classic styled side scrolling shoot-em-up heavily influenced by the best in the genre from the 32-bit era, featuring a variety of incredible locations, hand drawn pixel art, and a blood-pumping soundtrack that brings the dark future to life.

Features

• Use 3 shot types with unique bombs to destroy everything in your path.
• Build a point multiplying combo with careful play and expend it with a bullet absorbing burst.
• Compete across 8 game modes for score supremacy.
• Leave a wave of carnage across 6 incredibly detailed stages.
• Points aren’t just for collecting! Spend your accumulated points to unlock in-game shaders, additional music, stages and playable ships.
• Featuring pulse pounding music tracks composed by famed shmup composer Hyakutarou Tsukumo.