NG-DEV's "Fast Striker EX" stg out on Switch finally.....

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Was browsing on the USA region Nintendo Switch eShop portal and came across NG-Dev's famed Fast Striker stg renamed as "Fast Striker EX" for the Switch out today, 6-26-2025. This is the same FS stg that was released on the Neo-Geo MVS back in 2010 and runs silky-smooth with an "arcade-spec" 60fps framerate as usual. Screen re-sizing, scanline filter option, customisable button remapping and even HD rumble effects are standard from the get-go -- how cool is that?

FS-EX is a mere 141mb d/l (same size allotted as with the Switch port of "Razion EX" sized at 141mb as well) at best and has a MSRP of $14.95 usd that is quite reasonable on the wallet/purse indeed. No on-board on-line leaderboard support whatsoever with this FS-EX Switch port but it does save both your high scores & high score initials for posterity.

It's about damn time that FS-EX appeared on the venerable Switch gaming platform at last -- the wait for it is finally over. Looks and plays awesomely on an OLED Switch setup -- be sure to increase the overall brightness of the Switch's screen if the scanline filter is enabled as it will be dim as a result.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[eatdogs]

Hopefully it'll get a physical release at some point

[LDigital]

Thanks for the heads up. Bought and played last night just as I was about to go to bed. Now I am tired. I definitely want a physical to go with Razion and Gunvein

[Faith]

Switch only @_@!~

Sometimes I wonder if we will get DOJ/SDOJ on PC first or anymore of NGDEV's work...

...I actually wonder... once you make a game for a console these days, how much harder really is it to bring it to PC too? Isn't all console mostly PC hardware anyway?

Of course OS software is a different issue I guess.

Grr!~

[CStarFlare]

Thanks for the heads up on this - Fast Striker was one of the few NG-DEV games that caught my eye, but I've never had access. I'm excited to check it out once I'm home with my Switch!

[AGermanArtist]

The PS4 version is going for pennies right now.

[Jonpachi]

This game is pretty balls. It's an early attempt at a hybrid 4:3 "verti-zontal" style, but they hadn't really figured out to make that work. It's cramped, ugly, and claustrophobic. Bosses are all just big walls of grey metal, and a lot of the late-game difficulty feels cheap and memo-heavy despite the game painting itself as a bullet hell.