Intense twin stick shooter exclusively found on the eShop.
Story:
While there's no story told, you are a nano sized fighter ship that's sent to multiple cell clusters to purify them. A pretty unique setting considering games like these usually take place in space.
Visuals: 10/10
The first thing you'll notice about Nano Assault Neo is how amazing the game looks. The environments are highly detailed, along with the enemies you fight. Visual effects look sharp and the each cell looks very unique to each other. This game easily shows off the hardware capabilities of the Wii U.
Sound: 9/10
Along with the visuals, the soundtrack has a sort of electro vibe to it that suits the gameplay perfectly, although not highly memorable, it adds to the intensity of the game.
Gameplay: 9/10
Nano Assault Neo is a twin stick shooter. The left analog controls the ship while the right is used to aim and fire your shots. You can gain up to 4 satellites to increase fire power while also obtain special limited weapons (homing laser, bomb, and electric shock barrier). You start off with 2 lives but can purchase more inbetween each cell with credits that you gather. After you've defeated 90% of the enemies, the exit will open up, giving you 30 seconds to escape and if you so dare, destroy the remaining 10% for a 100% clear bonus (since it is an arcade style game). If you manage to collect the 5 "BONUS" letters, you'll be transported to a bonus stage in which you can collect more credits (tip: buy an attractor before accessing the bonus stage), the longer you survive the bonus stage, the faster it gets so make the most of it.
The game starts off fairly easy, although by the 3rd cluster, the game kicks up the difficulty by a great deal. Before you could just move around and blast everything and clear the stage pretty easily, by the 3rd cluster, you're forced to move carefully and strategize. While the clusters themselves get very challenging, all 4 bosses are pushovers, especially the last one (I took absolutely no damage from the final boss on my first try).
Value: 8/10
It's ultimately what you make of it, but with only 4 clusters, missions that if you want to complete, will keep you replaying the clusters and a survival mode that gets unlocked after, Nano Assault Neo is a pretty good value considering it's $10, this is only if you like arcade style games though.
Overall: 8.5/10
Nano Assault Neo is a stunning looking and very challenging twin stick shooter and a great entry in the Nintendo Wii U's eShop, I highly recommend it for anyone who loves arcade style games as well as intense shoot em up games.