
Release
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Critic score
83/100
Platform families
1
Connected releases
Editorial overview
What it is
Espgaluda II is a manic shooter originally released by Cave in the arcades in 2005 as a sequel to Espgaluda, and it has now found its way to Nintendo Switch.
The premise
The game takes place in a fictional land called Soma, three years after a massive war known as the Great Shinra War devastated the land and killed most of its plant life. Humanity is forced to pull their efforts together for the sake of survival and reforestation. Using new found technology, an alchemist named Hiodoshi spearheaded a project called Project Espgaluda, which gathered youths and used them as experimental test subjects for artificial armored wings. They were then called Galuda, named after the mythical bird of legend.
Ageha and Tateha were two of the subjects who escaped during the project. At the end of Espgaluda, they were reunited with their mother and lived peacefully after going into hiding. Espgaluda II begins when they are discovered.
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Game data from IGDB
Play styles
Single player · Multiplayer · Split screen
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Action · Fantasy
Languages
3 supported
Cinematic archive
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Nintendo Switch
Gen 8