Steel Diver Sub Wars

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Steel Diver Sub Wars
Developer(s) Nintendo, Vitei
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Takaya Imamura,
Program director: Giles Goddard,
Design director: Takao Kurebayashi,
Assistant directors: Yutaka Iwakame, Satoko Hayashi
Producer(s) Tadashi Sugiyama,
General producer: Shigeru Miyamoto
Composer(s) Music: Kenta Nagata, Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi
Sound effects: Taro Bando
Release date(s) Japan</span February 14th, 2014
USA February 13th, 2014
Europe February 13th, 2014
Genre "3D action game".[1] Also called a tactical first person shooter in the February 13/14th Nintendo Direct.[2] Combines submarine exploration and combat
Rating(s) CERO: CERO: All ages
ESRB: ESRB: Everyone 10+
PEGI: PEGI: 7+
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Serial code(s) USA : CTR-JNUE-USA
Europe : CTR-JNUP-EUR
Japan : CTR-JNUJ-JPN

Steel Diver Sub Wars (Japanese: スティールダイバー サブウォーズ), also known as Steel Diver Subwars[3] is a "3D action game" and a slow paced "tactical first person shooter" game with elements of exploration such as passing through rings.

It is the successor to Steel Diver.

Like Steel Diver, players controls a submarine but unlike Steel Diver, they can only see the environment from a first-person perspective. It is the second retail game in the Steel Diver series. It is distributed over the Nintendo 3DS's Nintendo eShop. It supports both multiplayer submarine wars with friends via local multiplayer and online multiplayer battles with anyone around the world.

Steel Diver Sub Wars is Nintendo's second free-to-play Nintendo 3DS game, however, not all aspects of the game are available for free. The game can be upgraded to a Premium Version for ¥952 in Japan[4], $10.55 in America and £8.99 in Europe[5]. The Premium Version features eighteen submarines and seven missions, instead of only two submarines and two missions. It also features access to the shipyard store, where five submarines all based on historical models can be purchased.

Playable Steel Divers[edit | edit source]

This is a list of all playable Steel Divers in Steel Diver Sub Wars.

Free version[edit | edit source]

Number Name Image Maximum crew members Method to unlock
01 Garfish (1) Available by default
02 Sea Hound (2)(2) Collect 4 Achievement (☆) Medals

Premium version[edit | edit source]

Number Name Image Maximum crew members Method to unlock
03 Neptune 333 Collect 8 Achievement (☆) Medals
04 Red Octopus (2)(2) Reach level 4 combat record
05 Great Seal (2)(2) Reach level 7 combat record
06 Megamouth (2)(2) Reach level 10 combat record
07 Sea Bream (3)(3)(3) Reach level 13 combat record
08 Blue Shark File:SW Blue Shark.jpg (2)(2) Reach level 16 combat record
09 Sea Serpent File:SW Sea Serpent.jpg (4)(4)(4)(4) Reach level 19 combat record
10 Deep Manatee File:SW Deep Manatee.jpg (4)(4)(4)(4) Reach level 22 combat record
11 Crustacea File:SW Crustacea.jpg (3)(3)(3) Reach level 25 combat record
12 King Sardine File:SW King Sardine.jpg (3)(3)(3) Reach level 28 combat record
13 Super Cod File:SW Super Cod.jpg (4)(4)(4)(4) Reach level 31 combat record
14 Riptide File:SW Riptide.jpg (4)(4)(4)(4) Reach level 34 combat record
15 Black Eel File:SW Black Eel.jpg (4)(4)(4)(4) Reach level 37 combat record
16 Snakehead File:SW Snakehead.jpg (5)(5)(5)(5)(5) Reach level 39 combat record
17 Silver Pike File:SW Silver Pike.jpg (5)(5)(5)(5)(5) Reach level 40 combat record
18 Big Walrus File:SW Snakehead.jpg (5)(5)(5)(5)(5) Reach level 41 combat record

Shipyard store Steel Divers[edit | edit source]

Steel Diver Sub Wars features the shipyard store, also known as the Online Shop, where five submarines all based on historical models can be purchased, each for $0.99 or £0.89. This section lists them below.

Name Image Maximum crew members Release date
Type VII (3)(3)(3) Europe: February 14, 2014
HMS X1 (3)(3)(3) Europe: February 14, 2014
Sen Toku I-400 (3)(3)(3) Europe: February 14, 2014
Gato Class (3)(3)(3) Europe: February 14, 2014
Surcouf (3)(3)(3) Europe: February 14, 2014

History[edit | edit source]

In Nintendo's E3 Analyst Briefing presentation, Nintendo suggested that a new free-to-play game was in development.[6] At E3 2013, Nintendo revealed to IGN that the franchise was Steel Diver.[7] Later, the Australian OFLC ratings board rated this Steel Diver game, and its name was revealed to be Steel Diver Sub Wars.

Even though Steel Diver Sub Wars was announced to be the first free-to-play game on Nintendo 3DS, the first one was actually a game called Darumeshi Sports Store (Japanese: だるめしスポーツ店), which was released in Japan on August 8, 2013. Steel Diver Sub Wars was released later on February 13th, 2014 in Japan, Europe and North America, following the game being officially revealed on Nintendo Direct on the same day.

As Darumeshi Sports Store will be localized outside of Japan as Rusty's Real Deal and is planned for release there in April 2014[8], this does give Steel Diver Sub Wars the distinction of Nintendo's first free-to-play game on the Nintendo 3DS outside of Japan.

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