Buy Changeable Guardian Estique Nintendo Switch Code

In 2413, ace pilots Mary and Kanon from the planet Petelgeuse pilot the transformable mecha Estique to defend Earth against the invading Van-De-Raus space pirates. This side-scrolling shooter features six stages themed after cities around the world, where the Estique can transform at any time between the Fighter Form with a small vertical hitbox and the Robot Form which nullifies terrain damage and excels at recovery.

Players collect items that alternate between Wave, which produces a wide three-directional shot, and B.I.T., which forms two orbital barriers that fire at enemies and block enemy shots. Each form determines Estique's health regeneration rate, with robot mode being faster than fighter mode, and health also regenerates if Estique does not take damage for a period of time. The game offers six stages each with a boss at the end, across three difficulty levels: Normal, Hard, and God of Game.

Directed by Takayuki Komabayashi who previously worked on the Sega Genesis Mini and Game Gear Micro, the game features former Compile staffers and a soundtrack composed by Ayako Saso, Sakuoki Kudo, Shinichi Sakamoto, and Shinji Hosoe. The game received generally favorable reviews from critics, with praise for its graphics, music, gameplay, and near absence of sprite flickering.

The console and PC version fully includes both the Japanese and North American versions with different stories and graphics, features rewind functions for accessibility, full controller support, and a CRT filter that recreates the nostalgic look of a CRT television. The game boasts technically impressive visuals and performance for a game developed with NES limitations in mind, featuring detailed backgrounds, solid performance, very rare instances of flickering, and responsive controls.