Nano Assault

Where the previous titles followed a classic vertical and side-scrolling shmup formula, Nano Assault replaces this with three different shmup set-ups.

The bulk of the game is played in an overhead 360-degree shooter style similar to Geometry Wars where movement is performed with the analog nub and shooting takes place in all directions using the ABXY buttons in place of a second analog control.

These stages take place with the microscopic ship of series fame flying over giant cells fighting off infections and viruses (bad guys) and picking up DNA sequences.

The primary focus of these stages is to eradicate all enemies and to collect all DNA strands.

These are referred to as Twin Shooter, or Ground missions.

The Nanite ship fires three bullets per shot in this mode, and can utilize one of four secondary weapons with the R button.

The spread of the bullets may be modified with the L button.

The second gameplay style comes in the form of 2.5-D boss battles which take place on a large circular area with a boss character in the center.

From the perspective on-screen, the player moves the ship left or right along a 2-D plane and must fire into the background at the boss, or to either side against other attackers or pieces of said boss character.

The primary focus of this mode is simply to destroy the boss character.

These are a variation of the Twin Shooter missions.

The third perspective is that of a 3rd-Person, behind-the-ship view flying through 3-D corridors within an organic body firing on infections and other things.

Enemies move and swirl into the play area in typical shmup forms and patterns.

Players are tasked with dodging obstacles as well a

Nano Assault for Nintendo 3DS is currently worth €48.34 loose. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

Nano Assault has only a handful of tracked market sales, suggesting relative scarcity compared to more common Nintendo 3DS titles.

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. These are tracked as separate market values because the price gap between them can be significant, especially for older releases.

The PAL version of Nano Assault is currently worth €48.34 loose, versus €39.35 for NTSC-U. Regional price differences usually come down to print run size and regional collector demand.