Night Striker Gear announced!

[Firehawke]

Everything I've seen with Operation Night Strikers on PC has me really scratching my head.

M2 puts out two collections on the same day. One is about as half-assed as you can get, the other is incredibly solid. My best guess is that Taito really didn't want to pay the going rate for a solid collection and just let it all go to hell. I can't think of any other reason for there to be such a difference in quality.

[AGermanArtist]

I haven't bought it yet. What's wrong with it? I watched a vid of it, looks OK. I like the Operation Wolf Gadgets.

[autoNamed]

Nothing about the Operation Night Strikers collection does not seem incredibly solid. It seems like a great effort from M2 from what I’ve played on Switch 2. Now I’m eyeballing the Sharp Cyber Stick reissue though. I’d like to play Night Striker and Night Striker Gear with it when it comes out.

[utsunderthesky]

I’m enjoying it. The physical edition comes with the console games, btw.

The gyro controls work VERY well with the games. It really sucked playing these on the Egret Mini, so these are the definitive home versions as of now.

[Sweatlord_STG]

Has anybody already tried out their MAC-10 that comes with the LE?

[it290]

Does the PC version support gyro controls as well?

[ojijo]

European Operation Night Strikers will be available from Clear River: https://shop.clearrivergames.com/produc ... ndo-switch.
Estimated ship date 16–23 Jan 2026.

[hamfighterx]

Nothing about the Operation Night Strikers collection does not seem incredibly solid. It seems like a great effort from M2 from what I’ve played on Switch 2. Now I’m eyeballing the Sharp Cyber Stick reissue though. I’d like to play Night Striker and Night Striker Gear with it when it comes out.

Unfortunate clarification, from everything I have seen, the Cyber Stick support that M2 noted for this one is specific to the PC/Steam version.

I am fairly sure the Cyber Stick USB does not work on any Switch/Switch 2 titles, at least not out of the box without some sort of custom analog converter. I do have the Cyber Stick re-release (the green logo one, I got the one that came in a bundle with the Egret 2 Mini Vol. 2 SD card with Night Strikers, etc.). Trying on both a Switch 1 OLED and a Switch 2, I have been unable to get it to work on any games or even to be recognized by the system. I'm not aware of anything like a newer firmware update for compatibility. If anyone is aware of ANY Switch games that do support it, and you can actually confirm it works, please reply.

FWIW, I do know that the PS4 versions of some Arcade Archives games such as Metal Hawk and Thunder Ceptor 1 and 2 support the Cyber Stick. I tried those on Switch, no luck. Haven't actually re-bought any of them on PS4 to test for myself on that system (nor am I positive whether the controller is recognized by a PS5). Actually, if anyone is aware of any other PS4 games that support the Cyber Stick, I'd love to know!

USB Cyber Stick does work great on the Taito Egret II Mini, and the supported titles on the Mega Drive/Genesis Mini 2.

[hamfighterx]

Also, cross posting from the Iuchi/Ubusuna topic since it's also relevant here. Interesting to see what Iuchi has been up to aside from Ubusuna. It's still coming, really! Really?


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[Firehawke]

I haven't bought it yet. What's wrong with it? I watched a vid of it, looks OK. I like the Operation Wolf Gadgets.

Reports say it defaults to windowed every time you load a game, no matter what you have your options set to. They completely mishandled the book DLC, which won't even install if your language is not Japanese. I'd have to go back over to the Steam forums to see what else was reported again.

[Sweatlord_STG]

I haven't bought it yet. What's wrong with it? I watched a vid of it, looks OK. I like the Operation Wolf Gadgets.

Reports say it defaults to windowed every time you load a game, no matter what you have your options set to. They completely mishandled the book DLC, which won't even install if your language is not Japanese. I'd have to go back over to the Steam forums to see what else was reported again.

I don't have the window problem, and I haven't noticed anything bad in general.

Nothing about the Operation Night Strikers collection does not seem incredibly solid. It seems like a great effort from M2 from what I’ve played on Switch 2. Now I’m eyeballing the Sharp Cyber Stick reissue though. I’d like to play Night Striker and Night Striker Gear with it when it comes out.

Unfortunate clarification, from everything I have seen, the Cyber Stick support that M2 noted for this one is specific to the PC/Steam version.

I am fairly sure the Cyber Stick USB does not work on any Switch/Switch 2 titles, at least not out of the box without some sort of custom analog converter. I do have the Cyber Stick re-release (the green logo one, I got the one that came in a bundle with the Egret 2 Mini Vol. 2 SD card with Night Strikers, etc.). Trying on both a Switch 1 OLED and a Switch 2, I have been unable to get it to work on any games or even to be recognized by the system. I'm not aware of anything like a newer firmware update for compatibility. If anyone is aware of ANY Switch games that do support it, and you can actually confirm it works, please reply.

FWIW, I do know that the PS4 versions of some Arcade Archives games such as Metal Hawk and Thunder Ceptor 1 and 2 support the Cyber Stick. I tried those on Switch, no luck. Haven't actually re-bought any of them on PS4 to test for myself on that system (nor am I positive whether the controller is recognized by a PS5). Actually, if anyone is aware of any other PS4 games that support the Cyber Stick, I'd love to know!

USB Cyber Stick does work great on the Taito Egret II Mini, and the supported titles on the Mega Drive/Genesis Mini 2.

The stick seems to work for this person.

https://youtu.be/HUUPvZLVpFg?si=sFerBSfEV-aRJSYb

He seems to be playing on Switch, judging by what it says on the screen at the very beginning of the video.

[SuperDeadite]

I haven't bought it yet. What's wrong with it? I watched a vid of it, looks OK. I like the Operation Wolf Gadgets.

Reports say it defaults to windowed every time you load a game, no matter what you have your options set to. They completely mishandled the book DLC, which won't even install if your language is not Japanese. I'd have to go back over to the Steam forums to see what else was reported again.

I don't have the window problem, and I haven't noticed anything bad in general.

Nothing about the Operation Night Strikers collection does not seem incredibly solid. It seems like a great effort from M2 from what I’ve played on Switch 2. Now I’m eyeballing the Sharp Cyber Stick reissue though. I’d like to play Night Striker and Night Striker Gear with it when it comes out.

Unfortunate clarification, from everything I have seen, the Cyber Stick support that M2 noted for this one is specific to the PC/Steam version.

I am fairly sure the Cyber Stick USB does not work on any Switch/Switch 2 titles, at least not out of the box without some sort of custom analog converter. I do have the Cyber Stick re-release (the green logo one, I got the one that came in a bundle with the Egret 2 Mini Vol. 2 SD card with Night Strikers, etc.). Trying on both a Switch 1 OLED and a Switch 2, I have been unable to get it to work on any games or even to be recognized by the system. I'm not aware of anything like a newer firmware update for compatibility. If anyone is aware of ANY Switch games that do support it, and you can actually confirm it works, please reply.

FWIW, I do know that the PS4 versions of some Arcade Archives games such as Metal Hawk and Thunder Ceptor 1 and 2 support the Cyber Stick. I tried those on Switch, no luck. Haven't actually re-bought any of them on PS4 to test for myself on that system (nor am I positive whether the controller is recognized by a PS5). Actually, if anyone is aware of any other PS4 games that support the Cyber Stick, I'd love to know!

USB Cyber Stick does work great on the Taito Egret II Mini, and the supported titles on the Mega Drive/Genesis Mini 2.

The stick seems to work for this person.

https://youtu.be/HUUPvZLVpFg?si=sFerBSfEV-aRJSYb

He seems to be playing on Switch, judging by what it says on the screen at the very beginning of the video.

That user is actually using the original X68000 Cyberstick equipped with a USB adapter.
https://www.kadenken.com/view/item/0000 ... e_id=ct169

[hamfighterx]

Yeah, there have also been aftermarket adapters to allow the Cyber Stick USB (as well as stuff like the Egret II Mini trackball/spinner controller) to play on Switch.

Like this one from Far East Pinball, which is sold out and likely no longer in production: https://fareastpinball.booth.pm/items/4853119

Or here's a Cyber Stick (original) to Switch USB converter project using a Raspberry Pi: https://github.com/tamanegitaro/Cyberst ... _Converter

But I've not seen any evidence that a standard out-of-the-box Cyber Stick USB functions with any Switch game. Would love to hear otherwise if that's incorrect. Or would be interested if anyone is aware of converters that will allow it to work that are available for sale.

[Jonpachi]

Played through each game testing the single joy-con gyro controls in tabletop mode and it was unplayable. We messed with settings and distance for an hour but couldn’t find a sweet spot. Worse, it required constant recalibration during play lest the reticule drift far, far away from center. Maybe it’s better tuned for TV play?

[utsunderthesky]

I had no issue using gyro aiming on TV mode. Way better than playing with the Egret Mini 2 joystick controller lol

[BloodHawk]

I haven't bought it yet. What's wrong with it? I watched a vid of it, looks OK. I like the Operation Wolf Gadgets.

Reports say it defaults to windowed every time you load a game, no matter what you have your options set to. They completely mishandled the book DLC, which won't even install if your language is not Japanese. I'd have to go back over to the Steam forums to see what else was reported again.

I picked it up on Steam and although the windowed mode every time was an inconvenience at first (I posted a fix here) I am having a good amount of fun with it. I don't have a lightgun or CyberStick so I can't test those, however using a mouse or controller feels good.

It's not M2's best work, but they did put more effort into it than what the Steam forums would lead you to believe (it's 84% positive rating at the time of me posting this). They added a good amount of options for the games so you can find a look and control scheme that works best for you. Also, for those who are interested they included "easy" versions of the lightgun games as well. For some reason they don't mention those options on the Store Page though...

Similar to most compilations we have seen lately, if you love the original games themselves I think the current 10% discount price is worth it. If you're not sure about the original games, you may want to wait for the winter sale.

[Jonpachi]

I had no issue using gyro aiming on TV mode. Way better than playing with the Egret Mini 2 joystick controller lol

Did you have calibration problems? The main issue we had is that it would feel good for a few minutes, but you have to be sure to keep your hand perfectly in the same position and only pivot your wrist. If you moved the controller away from your center mass at all you had to pause and go re-do the calibration.

[AGermanArtist]

I haven't bought it yet. What's wrong with it? I watched a vid of it, looks OK. I like the Operation Wolf Gadgets.

Reports say it defaults to windowed every time you load a game, no matter what you have your options set to. They completely mishandled the book DLC, which won't even install if your language is not Japanese. I'd have to go back over to the Steam forums to see what else was reported again.

I didn't buy any DLC. It does default to Windowed, but it's simply a matter of tapping Alt and Enter. I've just bought this on Steam. I really like this, no issues with it whatsoever and looped Operation Wolf a few times with a mouse on my first go after bringing the sensitity down to the minimum.
I would go so far as to say it's one of M2's better efforts.

[BrianC]

I did buy the DLC. Operation Wolf FC and NES support mouse, but feel odd with awkward diagonals. I'm guessing it's based on the Hori Track rather than lightgun since the normal in game cursor is still there. Operation Thunderbolt SNES has most of the options in the option menu removed in favor of setting the mouse from the option menu, which I don't like since it doesn't seem to be the same as the SNES settings.

[AGermanArtist]

I tried MAME before I bought it to see if I could save €22, but no amount of tinkering with the settings would prevent the crosshairs from forced centering (unless I was being dumb). Anyway, it's very reasonably priced considering what's on offer.

[Sweatlord_STG]

I don't have a lightgun [...] so I can't test those

???

[BloodHawk]

I don't have a lightgun [...] so I can't test those

???

I should have clarified, the lightguns I referred to were the ones that are supposed to work with non-CRT TVs, like Sinden. To my understanding they control your mouse movement. I haven't researched them much and I don't own one so I could be wrong though.

[utsunderthesky]

I had no issue using gyro aiming on TV mode. Way better than playing with the Egret Mini 2 joystick controller lol

Did you have calibration problems? The main issue we had is that it would feel good for a few minutes, but you have to be sure to keep your hand perfectly in the same position and only pivot your wrist. If you moved the controller away from your center mass at all you had to pause and go re-do the calibration.

it felt like any other game that uses gyro. It wasn’t bad. I was using a Switch 2 joycon btw, as well as a Switch 2 Pro controller. Maybe they work better than a Switch ?

[AGermanArtist]

Does that work with JoyCon Mouse?

[utsunderthesky]

Does that work with JoyCon Mouse?

nope.

But it does have an option for a USB mouse. But the gyro controls feel good enough for me.

[AGermanArtist]

Been exploring some of the other games. I'd never played Space Gun before. It lacks some of the polish of Operation Wolf, but it's such a campy fun game to play and for the first time in any Shot Triggers/M2 Gadget game I actually found the Gadgets very useful, since the actual main screen lacked an element of clarity re ammunition types.

Does that work with JoyCon Mouse?

nope.

But it does have an option for a USB mouse. But the gyro controls feel good enough for me.

I thought maybe that was the reason for the Switch release so they could sell the game to Switch and Switch 2 owners. Likely an update at some stage, perhaps.

[Sweatlord_STG]

Has nobody tried out their MAC-10 that comes with the LE?

And what about the code for Night Striker Gear? Is it already possible to redeem it to ensure you get the game once it's out?

[Jonpachi]

Has nobody tried out their MAC-10 that comes with the LE?

And what about the code for Night Striker Gear? Is it already possible to redeem it to ensure you get the game once it's out?

I really wanted the LE, but it was nearly double the price for that paper Uzi and prototype code. Not saying I don't look at my normal edition copy with a bit of spite now thoug;I really want to play Gear.

[Sweatlord_STG]

Has nobody tried out their MAC-10 that comes with the LE?

And what about the code for Night Striker Gear? Is it already possible to redeem it to ensure you get the game once it's out?

I really wanted the LE, but it was nearly double the price for that paper Uzi and prototype code. Not saying I don't look at my normal edition copy with a bit of spite now thoug;I really want to play Gear.

So the code is for an early version of Night Striker Gear??? That people can play NOW?

Sorry but it's a MAC-10, not an Uzi

[Jonpachi]

Has nobody tried out their MAC-10 that comes with the LE?

And what about the code for Night Striker Gear? Is it already possible to redeem it to ensure you get the game once it's out?

I really wanted the LE, but it was nearly double the price for that paper Uzi and prototype code. Not saying I don't look at my normal edition copy with a bit of spite now thoug;I really want to play Gear.

So the code is for an early version of Night Striker Gear??? That people can play NOW?

Sorry but it's a MAC-10, not an Uzi

I'm only playing on Switch, so I don't have access to the Steam release.

I didn't realize they were doing a whole separate physical just for Gear, but then again it would be nice to have it on a cart.

https://www.play-asia.com/night-striker ... DVfDxuG0Th