Review by jlpurtell

Azure Striker Gunvolt is one of my favorite Nintendo 3Ds games because of its fun gameplay and wonderful playthrough. The moment I first played it was one that I got addicted to, since it pays as a homage to the Mega Man games (which I never was good at or I don't play them as much), especially the Mega Man Zero saga. Just tagging and zapping enemies is fun and facing the bosses are fun too. The plot revolves around a young adept boy born with an electrical septimal power named Gunvolt, or nicknamed by his friends as "GV", is ordered by Asimov, leader of the resistance organization known as QUILL, to destroy a program known as the "Muse", a project created by the evil organization, the Sumeragi Group. Overall, the story is good and the conversations that Gunvolt has with a girl named Joule are cute. I would say that characters are good, including the bosses who also have personality, and I think the voice acting is top notch. The music in this game is highlighted by its J-Pop music which is nice and matches the setting pretty well. It unfortunately an anime OVA which the story was pretty much the same but still had some solid sequels like the second game and Luminous Avenger iX. Azure Striker Gunvolt is a game I highly recommend if you happen to be a fan of platform-shooting games that are similar to Mega Man.