Blaster Master: Overdrive

Blaster Master: Overdrive
Developer(s)Sunsoft
Publisher(s)Gaijinworks
Platform(s)WiiWare
Release
  • NA: February 8, 2010
  • EU: June 18, 2010
Genre(s)Run and gun, platformer, Metroidvania[1]
Mode(s)Single player

Blaster Master: Overdrive is a platforming and run and gun video game released by Sunsoft and Gaijinworks as a WiiWare title for the Wii game console. It is the first reboot of the formula and soundtrack of the original Blaster Master game, also produced by Sunsoft, in 1988.

  1. ^ Kelley, Sean (March 23, 2010). "Blaster Master Overdrive". Thunderbolt Games. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016. Comparable to the recent 2D Castlevania titles or the Metroid franchise, Overdrive falls almost squarely into the astutely named Metroidvania 'genre.'