For a Switch port of a 3DS game, I feel like this is one of the better examples available. The frame rate actually feels improved on both of the included titles and the graphics do seem a tad sharper, although that's to be expected given the difference in quality between the 3DS and Switch screens. At its core, this is a love letter to Mega Man in all of the best ways with a nice sprinkling of grind and buy items/equipment to provide incentive for your efforts. I'm at the end of the first title and about 20% through the second one, and I love them both. Take this with a grain of salt because I grew up loving Mega Man.

I've only ever played the demo of the first game on 3DS and I knew for a fact it was definitely a great game. I copped the striker pack awhile ago and yeah, Gunvolt 1 is good, while Gunvolt 2 is GREAT.

The game definitely has a skill curve to it, but once you get things down, it all clicks, and the game rewards you for it. The story between the two games was fairly solid, a bit predictable at times, so I wasn't fully invested as I wanted to be, but the characters are all pretty charming and funny so I wasn't completely out of touch. Copen took a bit for me to click in GV2, but his play style is really fun and rewarding in it's own right.

I definitely recommend the Striker Pack as the best way to play these two games, and if you're into stuff like Mega Man Gunvolt will likely be up your alley. (I'm not sure if the GV1 Steam port got fixed so bear in mind if you wanna get the series on PC).

I finished Gunvolt 1 two days ago and then blasted through Gunvolt 2 just now and they are both very fun games. They took a short bit to learn but when you get the rhythm down, it's extremely enjoyable. There is also a very high skill ceiling for these games and the game rewards you for going above and beyond. The story was nice and had a nice set of twists to it that sadly didn't shock me while playing it only because I had seen entire playthroughs of both games before. Both games aren't extremely long either so you can honestly just pick this up and finish it in a day. All in all, they're both very entertaining games.

Striker Pack is a collection of the first 2 Azure Striker Gunvolt games, a pair of "jump n' shoot" platformers that take a lot of inspiration from series like Mega Man and Mega Man Zero (a series also developed by Inti Creates) but also manage to add their own spin to the genre thanks to the addition of the "tagging" mechanic. The series feature 2 playable characters: Gunvolt, whose gameplay focuses on shooting enemies to tag them and then attack from afar and Copen, whose gameplay focuses on dashing all over the place, tagging them by dashing towards them.

I got pretty addicted to the games' scoring system, which rewards clearing stages getting hit as few as possible (preferably not getting hit at all) and going for crazy combos by killing multiple enemies at once (as Gunvolt) or by never touching the ground (as Copen). Going for S+ ranks (highest possible) is very very challenging but also extremely rewarding.

Overall, I really loved the games and think they're quite underrated platformers. However, if you're not the type of person to go for challenge runs or stuff like that then maybe you won't enjoy them as much since I feel the games only shine if you're trying to go for high ranks.