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Rick Henderson

System: Nintendo Switch Release date: 31/08/2022

Paying homage to arcade classics and wrapped in nostalgic 16-bit graphics, Rick Henderson is an endless horizontal-scrolling shoot’em up with unlimited replayability. Twitch your fingers through five enemy factions and their bosses, upgrade your ship and try to survive unpredictable space events.

Rick Henderson features multiple difficulty modes to maximize accessibility, helpful tutorials to get you started and a deep scoring system with multipliers, grazing, ranks and perk bonuses. Choose a ship that suits your playstyle, equip 27 unique weapons, perform upgrades and test your skills against dozens of enemy types, all set to a blood-pumping synthwave soundtrack.

Features:

• Shoot, dodge and graze your way through infinite side-scrolling action!

• Choose from 3 ships with a vast array of armaments and upgrades.

• Take down 40 enemy types and more than 15 boss variants!

• Use Bullet, Energy or Missile weapons for different effects.

• Face hand-crafted enemy swarms, randomly arranged in each playthrough.

• Select standard or hard difficulty settings to customize your experience.

• Access one-color mode for visually impaired players.

• Enjoy nostalgic 16-bit pixel art presentation and a synthwave soundtrack!

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After your payment has been processed, the content will be downloaded to the applicable system linked to your Nintendo Account. This system must be updated to the latest system software and connected to the internet with automatic downloads enabled, and it must have enough storage to complete the download. Depending on the hardware model you own and your use of it, an additional storage device may be required to download content from Nintendo eShop. Please visit our Support section for more information.

In the case of games that use cloud streaming technology, a free launcher application or demo can be downloaded.

Please make sure you have enough storage to complete the download.

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The Nintendo Account Agreement applies to the purchase of this content.

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Categories

Action, Arcade, Shooter

Players

Single System (1)

Publisher

eastasiasoft

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Age rating

  • Mild Violence, Implied Violence

Nintendo Switch download software

System

Nintendo Switch

Release date

31/08/2022

Age rating

PEGI 7

Compatible controllers

  • Nintendo Switch Pro Controller

Languages

Japanese, English, Spanish, French, German, Korean, Chinese

Download size

356.00 MB