Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack

Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack (蒼き雷霆 ガンヴォルト ストライカーパック) is a compilation of the first two games from the main series: Azure Striker Gunvolt and Azure Striker Gunvolt 2. Additionally, the compilation includes a new title screen song by Lumen (Parallel World), and all of the Steam content for the first game, such as missing dialogue. It was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on August 25, 2016 and in North America on October 4, 2016. However, it remains unreleased in PAL regions.
At 2017 Bitsummit, Inti Creates announced a Nintendo Switch version of the Striker Pack, alongside Mighty Gunvolt Burst. This enhanced version has all the features of the original pack, as well as multiple new ones, including: a new title screen song (Tabula Rasa), all of the Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 DLC, HD Rumble support, high resolution event graphics and text, a 60FPS upgrade, adjustments to several gameplay features (e.g porting the ASG2 Kudos system, and the ability to dash jump on walls to ASG1) and more. It released worldwide digitally on August 31, 2017. A physical edition was released in the Autumn and published by Nighthawk Interactive.
The Japanese Limited Edition comes with the game, a DVD of Azure Striker Gunvolt: The Anime and a Drama CD adapting previously-published side stories featuring Copen, Joule and Quinn.
On January 31st, 2020, a PlayStation 4 version of the Striker Pack was announced to release later in the year as well, featuring all the enhancements of the Nintendo Switch version alongside new boxart and title screen music (Last Station). The game was released worldwide on April 23, 2020.
==Notes==
*The amiibo fight against Shovel Knight featured in the Nintendo Switch version of Striker Pack was removed in the PlayStation 4 re-release, due to amiibo being a Nintendo-exclusive add-on. As a result, the subsequent bonus equipment is unobtainable.
*Lore files during Azure Striker Gunvolt 2's loading screen were left untranslated before; in Striker Pack, all description slots are made blurred if the game language is set to Traditional Chinese or Korean. 
*For the Nintendo Switch/PlayStation 4 re-releases, Merak's second fight in Eridu features spiked floors instead of bottomless pits as a method to reduce the difficulty of casual playthroughs. Similarly, the upside-down section at the second part of Sinner's Row received difficulty adjust; the upside-down bottomless pits are blocked by wires while the Jewel location moved to the regular path of this room.
==Development==
Development of the Nintendo 3DS Striker Pack came at the expense of the original plans to make a Mighty Gunvolt sequel due to the team at Inti Creates being too small to realistically handle both projects at once.October 30th 2016 Nintendo Everything interview with Inti Creates (page 2)
Because the Japanese name of Gunvolt 2 has the kanji for claw, which can also mean nail, series director Yoshihisa Tsuda proposed including a nail clipper as a bonus item with the 3DS limited edition version, but this was rejected.https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/270/1270911/ 
During development of the Nintendo Switch version, Tsuda wasn't satisfied with simply bundling the games together again, and wished to include a new melee focused playable character, a sword wielding girl in the pack's version of Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 as a bonus for those who'd already played the games. Due to scheduling and many other reasons, this did not happen. This concept was later used for Kirin in Azure Striker Gunvolt 3. Tsuda can't recall if the name Kirin had been chosen yet, and Inti Creates CEO Takuya Aizu believes it was still undecided at the time.May 13th 2022 4Gamer.net interview with Aizu, Tsuda, and Inafune. (English translation)
Merak's wormholes using a special effect caused issues when porting from 3DS to Switch.Gunvolt Official Complete Works interview
== Version History ==
=== 3DS ===
Version	Date 	Details
1.0 	 	Initial release.
1.1 	October 7, 2016	
Gunvolt 2:
* Fixed a freeze that happened when defeating Teseo at a particular time.
* Fixed a freeze that happened in the instant Tenjian was defeated.
* Fixed a numerical error in Gunvolt’s items in the Clips category.
* Fixed a behavioral problem with Copen’s item “Shield Construct”.
* Fixed a defect in Score Attack’s score calculation.
* Fixed a problem with the player character’s controls.
* Fixed a problem with a specific enemy’s behavior.
1.2 	March 9, 2017 	
Gunvolt 2:
* Compatibility for DLC has been added.
* Icons that display a skill's effects have been added to the display on the bottom screen.
* The character status screen is now displayed on the customization screen.
=== Switch ===
Version	Date 	Details
1.0 	August 31, 2017 	
* Initial release.
1.1 	August 31, 2017 	
* Updated cut-in arts for skills to high resolution.
* Arranged UI elements.
* Fixed certain behaviors of playable characters.
* Fixed a freeze that could happen upon software reset.
* Fixed display errors.
* Fixed sound bugs.
* Fixed typos, missing characters, and display of text.
* Various other bug fixes
1.1.1 	September 7, 2017 	
* Fixed a bug that occurred while playing Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 in English, during Score Attack Mode, where the bosses in the following missions would cause the game to freeze: EX The Sewers, EX Data Facility, EX Babel, EX Mysterious Manor, EX Isle of Dreams, EX Highway
1.2 	October 5, 2017 	
* Added ZL and ZR as options for button configuration.
* Added the option to assign the R-stick to "EX Weapon" while playing as Copen in Gunvolt 2.
* Fixed a bug in Azure Striker Gunvolt where the quests "Bug Zapper" and "Mine Over Matter" could not be completed.
* Fixed a bug in Azure Striker Gunvolt where if the Mantis or Mantis Legion sub-bosses were defeated with a special skill, no bonus was awarded.
* Fixed a bug where best times would be displayed as double the actual time on the mission select screen.
* Fixed a bug where amiibos would become unreadable if the home button was pressed on the read amiibo screen.
* Various other bug fixes.
1.3 	November 21, 2017 	
* Patched to coincide with the release of the physical version of the game in North America and Europe.
* Fixed a bug that was causing amiibo to become unreadable when using a Pro Controller to scan an amiibo while the system is in tabletop mode with the JOY-Cons attached.
1.4 	 	
1.5 	December 6, 2018 	
* This patch coincides with the release of the international version.
* Chinese (Traditional) and Korean language support has been added.
* Nintendo Switch video capture support has been added.
* A bug that would sometimes display during the ending of Azure Striker Gunvolt has been fixed.
1.6 	 	
1.7 	September 17, 2020	
* Chinese (Simplified) text has been added.
* The Chinese (Traditional) text has been updated to a new translation to better match text in other games in the series.
==Trailers==
===English Trailers===
===Japanese Trailers===
===Other Language Trailers===
==Character Ranking Poll==
In October 2017, like with Gunvolt 1 and 2 a character ranking poll was held by Inti Creates' accounts on Twitter to decide placements in a promotional Halloween wallpaper by series illustrator and character designer Yoshitaka Hatakeyama. Unlike past Halloween polls, it was decided only the top six would get in. Practically all characters from the two games were eligible. The final result counted votes for 36 legitimate characters and three invalid ones, the largest cast of characters in any poll in the series.
On the wallpaper Gunvolt and Copen were given Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger costumes, presumably as part of their rivalry.
When the Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 Halloween wallpaper was released, Hatakeyama was given permission to publish design drafts for the Striker Pack and Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX Halloween wallpapers. The SP drafts image did not include Gunvolt and Copen's designs.
Total votes: 650
Final results:https://twitter.com/IntiCreatesEN/status/919228430285127681
Rank 	Character 	Votes
1 	Lola 	72
2 	Zonda 	46
2 	Joule 	46
4 	Gunvolt 	44
5 	Lumen 	42
6 	Copen 	39
7 	Gibril 	35
8 	Teseo 	34
9 	Elise 	33
10 	Asroc 	24
11 	Nori 	18
12 	Nova 	17
13 	Ghauri 	15
14 	Zeno 	14
14 	Merak 	14
16 	Male Zonda 	13
16 	Stratos 	13
18 	Asimov 	12
18 	Quinn 	12
20 	Romeo 	11
21 	Mytyl 	10
21 	Desna 	10
21 	Viper 	10
24 	Milas 	9
24 	Moniqa 	9
26 	Tenjian 	8
26 	Jota 	8
28 	Xiao Wu 	7
29 	Plasma Legion	6
30 	Female Zonda 	5
31 	Lola (ball) 	4
32 	Joule (Lumen)	2
32 	Carrera 	2
34 	Spyder 	1
34 	Phazent 	1
34 	Mantis 	1
Invalid	Ninja soldier	1
Invalid	Zombie 	1
Invalid	Giraffe 	1
==Trivia==
*This is the only game without PC/Xbox releases; instead, the two Gunvolt games were listed and sold separately on PC(Steam) and Xbox platforms.
*The invalid "Giraffe" vote in the popularity poll is of note because Giraffe in Japanese is キリン (Kirin). However, since the voter was referencing a GV2 conversation, and Tsuda did not remember if the name for the conceptual sword-wielding girl had been settled yet, it is likely coincidence.
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