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  • Summary: Configure your own powerful weapons and master over 30 challenges to unlock more action. Discover beautiful worlds and frightening bosses in the most intense shooter available on the DS! Adventure: Unravel the story behind the mysterious Nanostray virus while experiencing beautiful cutscenes, extensive voice acting and new special effects. Arcade: Play through all Adventure Mode levels without the story. Added combos and extra statistics enable maximum high scores each time you play. Challenge: Master 32 challenges, each located in a unique environment. Complete a set of 8 challenges to unlock one of the four Simulator games. Simulator: Designed in a unique futuristic style, each of the four games is a completely new experience of arcade-style, high score hunting. Two Player Cooperative play (multi-card). Two Player Duel (single and multi-card). Blast your way through more than 16 gigantic bosses, 100 unique enemies and seemingly impassable obstacles. Unlock and configure your ship’s six different weapons to adapt your armaments to a particular challenge. Choose from three control styles: Classic (no Touch Screen necessary), Left Handed or Right Handed Touch Control. Compete in the N2 Championship. Upload and browse your scores online with the Nintendo Wifi connection to see how you rank against the best. Alternating vertical and horizontal view level styles add to the rich gameplay. All new Nanogauge lets you earn multiplier bonuses for each enemy shot. Fill the gauge as you eliminate swarms of enemies simultaneously. Features more than 30 energetic songs and over 200 unique sound effects. [Majesco Games]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Kombo
    85
    The shooter has been a genre in decline since 3D gaming became the standard, but games like Nanostray 2 are shining examples of why this type of game needs to kept alive.
  2. Game Chronicles
    82
    Nanostray 2 has shattered my ego and destroyed my confidence as a gamer, at least on the DS and in this genre. The staggering difficulty and blazing visuals may overwhelm the casual gamer, but anyone who takes the time to master the frantic gameplay model and memorize every level and every enemy wave and boss pattern will find a deep, strategic, and somewhat oppressive shooter.
  3. Game Informer
    73
    For a by-the-numbers space shooter, you can't go wrong with the second installment of this DS franchise. [Jan 2008, p.102]
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  1. hardcoreshooterfan
    10
    This is a 2d shooter that is challenging . Lets you play classic controls or lets you move the ship with the stylus . lots of special weapons to choose from and you can customize the angles of your guns . very cool . it controls perfect , looks pretty , lots of music, and extras. It is easily the best shooter that shin’en has made for a handheld . I cant wait for their next shooter . they seemed determined to become a household name for shooter fans .… Expand
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  2. MihailoDespotovic
    10
    It's been two years since amazing Nanostray, the long awaited sequel is finally here and Shin'en delivered again big time with eight tantalizing levels pushing your skills to their limits and DS sound and graphic capabilities to the extreme. The replaybility is guaranteed by being able to upload the scores (this time directly from DS via WiFi) and measure yourself against the best players in the world. Technically the game is brilliant and the music is outstanding, maybe even better than in the original game. Absolute must for any shmup lover and highly recommended title for any DS gamer!… Expand
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