In the first level, she uses it (together with a kiss!) to partially seal Gunvolt’s dragon form when she discovers his location deep in the facility.īut instead of waking up as his own twink self, Gunvolt appears as a small dog that honestly looks more like a Pokémon than anything else. Kirin’s Septima is Radiant Fetters, which gameplay-wise is incredibly fun and deep, and story-wise serves as her way of sealing away other Septimas entirely. Here’s some context for Shadow Yakumo from Kirin. She’s our new protagonist, and I love her. They sent one of their agents, Kirin, to investigate. Sumeragi has been keeping him a complete secret even from Shadow Yakumo, an organization that keeps an eye on Sumeragi’s shadier side. As decades passed, his energy started radiating slowly to other Adepts, which also transformed them into Primal Dragons as well. While Gunvolt was sealed, Sumeragi used his excess energy as a literal power supply, which backfired really badly. His power got so strong that he is not even considered an Adept at this point, but a Primal Dragon instead (he even looks the part).
That made him get sealed away by the formerly completely hostile, now partially allied Sumeragi Group.
So… what exactly happens in Gunvolt 3? Well, Inti ripped away Gunvolt’s happy ending from the second game by making his powers uncontrollable. Copen’s story branched off into the Luminous Avenger iX side games in another timeline, but even though he’s still in action on the main series’ timeline, you don’t get to see him at all in Gunvolt 3.
You can get it on the eShop for $30.Īzure Striker Gunvolt 3 Review – Gunvolt loves saying sheesh for some reason.Įven though it takes place on the same timeline, every possible storyline you could think of to follow Gunvolt 2’s events was ignored in favor of a decades-long time skip.
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The question here is: How does Inti balance out its numerous changes in direction without losing the grip on what makes the series special? Well, let’s try to unwrap it now.Īzure Striker Gunvolt 3 is an action-platformer game developed and published by Inti Creates exclusively for the Nintendo Switch (multiplatform versions will follow this winter). The new protagonist is Kirin, who once again features a completely different playstyle from Gunvolt, and surprisingly, isn’t even a full-fledged character in this entry. Now, in the third main entry in the series, Inti has done it again. Not only that, but they like to switch up protagonists very often as well. What’s different in Gunvolt is that series (and former Mega Man Zero) developer Inti Creates likes to experiment with controls, characters, and themes.Įvery time you boot up a different Gunvolt game, you get greeted with different views on the Adepts (people with supernatural powers, basically), Muses, and the Sumeragi Group, which is at the forefront of most conflicts portrayed in the stories. You run and gun through levels and fight bosses at the end to eventually reach the fortress stages, which are meant to put all your skills to the test. It began as one of the many attempts at passing the torch from the Mega Man franchise while it was on hiatus, but it has now become a completely different beast in Gunvolt 3. At this point, Azure Striker Gunvolt is a series defined by stark changes in direction.