Publisher Red Art Games, along with developer Banana Bytes, have confirmed Sophstar for Switch. The vertical arcade shoot ’em up will make its digital debut on October 28, 2022 for $12.99 / €12.99.
Also planned are a couple of limited edition physical releases. On Switch, the standard edition will be limited to 2,900 copies and costs €29.99. A double-sided poster will be included in every box as a bonus.
Red Art Games is also selling an extremely limited €44.99 Sophstar Arcade Edition on Switch, and there’ll only be 99 copies available. Each units contains an exclusive poster inspired by Japanese arcade posters, measuring in at 120 x 80 cm (31.5 x 47.24”) and comes in a separate poster tube.
Here’s some information about the game:
Sub-Lieutenant Soph has lived in Galanian for her whole life, having no memory of when her existence started, and no idea of how she developed her teleporting powers. But after being sent for a recon mission, all of what she knows about herself is about to change.
Sophstar is a vertical arcade shoot’em up with heavy inspiration from the best games of the genre from the 90s, while adding new-exciting features and regular game modes for both casual home players and hardcore arcade fans.
Key Features
- Proper arcade 240×320 resolution.
- 6 Different game modes.
- 8 Stages on Arcade/Story mode.
- 60 Stages on Cadet School mode.
- 9 ships to choose from, each one with different main weapon, subweapon and teleport. Pick the one that suits you style better or just go the extra mile and master all of them!
- Tons of unlockable features.
- 6 Difficulty levels
- Different endings depending upon player skills.
- More than 20 bosses/mid-bosses to fight.
- Smooth controls with “Focus Movement” which allows for pixel-perfect movement.
- Approachable score systems for both new and veteran shmup players.
- Full control support, supporting both digital DPads and Analogue Sticks (But allowing only 8 way constant speed movement).
- Vertical (Tate) screen mode for authentic arcade feeling.
- Innovative teleport system .
- Score Attack, Timed Challenge, Endless Mode and Ultimate Challenge are some of the modes that give you extra content and hours of gameplay.
We also have the following trailer:
Pre-orders for the physical versions of Sophstar are now up on Red Art Games’ website here.
Source: Red Art Games PR
