Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel coming to Switch
Thanks to store listings, it’s been revealed that Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel is making a comeback. Ratalaika Games will publish the 1994 title on Switch on October 4, 2024.
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel is a spin-off to Aero the Acro-Bat. That game is about to re-release on Switch (read about it here) and the sequel is now confirmed to launch later in 2024 as well (details here).
We’ve got the following overview for Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel:
Who said bad guys cannot be heroes? Aero the Acro-Bat’s infamous enemy comes for some ninja squirrel action with an adventure of his own!
While working on Edgar Ektor’s evil plan, Zero receives a letter from his girlfriend telling him their forest is in danger and her father has been kidnapped. When he tells Edgar that he needs to go to protect his forest, Edgar refuses, but Zero’s leaves without permission.
Now Zero needs to head back to his forest as soon as possible, but the evil madman Edgar Ektor doesn’t take a no for an answer and is not planning to make it easy for the hero to go save his beloved forest…
Key Features
- Play through 15 stages full of ninja action, including stages with rides.
- Use Zero’s combat skills to defeat all kinds of enemies.
- Fight against powerful bosses.
- Choose between the English and the Japanese version.
- Rewind / Turbo function: repeat something till you achieve perfection or speed things up.
- Save state function: save wherever you want and restart from that exact point.
- Screen filters: select from several filters to modify the game’s looks (retro-style monitor, black-and-white, etc.).
- Gallery: check images from the original game’s illustrations, posters, box design, etc.
- Cheats function: activate several cheats that will make things easier (infinite energy, infinite lives, invulnerable, etc.).
