{"id":117049,"date":"2020-08-21T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/switch_shmup_jet_lancers_getting_a_free_arcade_mode_update"},"modified":"2020-08-21T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T17:00:00","slug":"switch-shmup-jet-lancers-getting-a-free-arcade-mode-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/21\/switch-shmup-jet-lancers-getting-a-free-arcade-mode-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch Shmup Jet Lancer&#8217;s Getting A Free Arcade Mode Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d743a8902477b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d743a8902477b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/jet_lancer\">Jet Lancer<\/a><\/strong>, a Code Wakers-developed shoot &#8217;em up that launched on Switch back in May, is set to receive a mighty Arcade Mode update. The best news? It&#8217;s free!<\/p>\n<p>This new update includes a brand-new endless wave mode featuring rogue-lite elements and &#8220;nail-biting boss team-up battles&#8221;, as well as a few extra additions to the game. We&#8217;ve got a full rundown of the new stuff right here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>An endless wave-based score-attack mode.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Unique, stacking upgrades, making each run one-of-a-kind. The longer you survive, the more powerful you become.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Multi-boss battles &#8211; fight multiple bosses from the story mode at the same time.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Three new pilots with unique jets and handling.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>New Progressions system to unlock additional pilots and their jets<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Three new primary weapons<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Flamethrower: Immense repeatable damage at very close range.<\/li>\n<li>Railgun: Instantaneous precision shots.<\/li>\n<li>Coil Gun: Chain lightning between grouped enemies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The update has just gone live for players on Steam, with the Switch version of the update to follow. Hopefully we won&#8217;t have long to wait &#8211; the team tells us that it&#8217;ll arrive &#8220;soon&#8221; and is currently pending approval from Nintendo.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Jet Lancer Arcade MultiBoss\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6549cdd3bbcec\/jet-lancer-arcade-multiboss.original.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6549cdd3bbcec\/jet-lancer-arcade-multiboss.original.png\" alt=\"Jet Lancer Arcade MultiBoss\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Jet Lancer Arcade Pierce\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1574b7f3c7c17\/jet-lancer-arcade-pierce.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1574b7f3c7c17\/jet-lancer-arcade-pierce.original.jpg\" alt=\"Jet Lancer Arcade Pierce\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t tried Jet Lancer yet, we&#8217;d urge you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/jet_lancer1\">check out our full review to learn more<\/a>. If it&#8217;s for you, feel free to get it downloaded and enjoy the prospect of this new content arriving soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jet Lancer, a Code Wakers-developed shoot &#8217;em up that launched on Switch back in May, is set to receive a mighty Arcade Mode update. The best news? It&#8217;s free! This new update includes a brand-new endless wave mode featuring rogue-lite elements and &#8220;nail-biting boss team-up battles&#8221;, as well as a few extra additions to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}