{"id":125080,"date":"2022-05-23T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-131850"},"modified":"2022-05-23T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:45:00","slug":"were-really-hoping-team-ladybugs-new-shmup-dranius-comes-to-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/23\/were-really-hoping-team-ladybugs-new-shmup-dranius-comes-to-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re Really Hoping Team Ladybug&#8217;s New Shmup &#8216;DRANIUS&#8217; Comes To Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fd48a212cbb93\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fd48a212cbb93\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fd48a212cbb93\/dranius.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"486\" alt=\"DRANIUS\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: WSS Playground<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Team Ladybug, known for its work on the <strong>Castlevania<\/strong> inspired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/record_of_lodoss_war_deedlit_in_wonder_labyrinth\">Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth<\/a>, has launched a brand new side-scrolling shooter called <strong>DRANIUS<\/strong>, and boy, does it look tasty. It&#8217;s a classic 2D shooter, but with hints of Ikaruga in the mix with the ability to absorb bullets.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem is that it&#8217;s not yet been confirmed for release on Switch. Boo. Still, we&#8217;re optimistic given the team&#8217;s past experience with the console, and we&#8217;d be remiss not to highlight the incredible looking gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some info on the release from the game&#8217;s Steam page:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which the player takes control of the &#8220;Drainus&#8221;, a ship that can absorb energy bullets, to take down the countless enemy ships zipping through space. Energy absorbed can be used to enhance the ship&#8217;s functions, such as adding new weapons.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;ve reached out to the publisher to enquire about a potential Switch release. In the meantime, check out the trailer below to catch a glimpse of some gorgeous looking gameplay.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"jhNCDYt4fAc\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Do you want to see DRANIUS release on the Switch? Let us know in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: WSS Playground Team Ladybug, known for its work on the Castlevania inspired Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, has launched a brand new side-scrolling shooter called DRANIUS, and boy, does it look tasty. It&#8217;s a classic 2D shooter, but with hints of Ikaruga in the mix with the ability to absorb bullets. [&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-125080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125080","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=125080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}