Arcade Archives EARTH DEFENSE FORCE

Name: Arcade Archives EARTH DEFENSE FORCE
Brand: HAMSTER
Availability: InStock

by HAMSTER

No choice but to attack in this orthodox shooting game!!

Nintendo Switch · Released Sep 17, 2020

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Age 6+
Up to 2 players
Download 75 MB
Shooter
Arcade

Age rating content: Mild Fantasy Violence.

Languages: Japanese, English, Spanish, French, German, Italian

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About this game

"EARTH DEFENSE FORCE" is a shooting game released by JALECO in 1991. Control your XA-1 space fighter and take part in a worldwide endeavor to stand up against the AGIMA EMPIRE'S plot to take over the Earth! With each power-up the might of your weapons and the types of optional formations increases! The "Arcade Archives" series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces. Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores. Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.

Prices by country

Cheapest today: 🇯🇵 Japan, $5.30. That is 33% below the typical price across eShops today. Never cheaper since we started tracking it in October 2026.

Country	Price
Japan	$5.30
New Zealand	$6.51
Poland	$7.17
Australia	$7.37
Sweden	$7.39
Canada	$7.43
Norway	$7.59
South Africa	$7.66
Austria	$7.88
Belgium	$7.88
Bulgaria	$7.88
Cyprus	$7.88
Germany	$7.88
Estonia	$7.88
Spain	$7.88
Finland	$7.88
France	$7.88
Greece	$7.88
Croatia	$7.88
Hungary	$7.88
Ireland	$7.88
Italy	$7.88
Lithuania	$7.88
Luxembourg	$7.88
Latvia	$7.88
Malta	$7.88
Netherlands	$7.88
Portugal	$7.88
Romania	$7.88
Slovenia	$7.88
Slovakia	$7.88
Denmark	$7.91
United States	$7.99
Mexico	$8.10
Czechia	$8.11
United Kingdom	$8.49
Switzerland	$12.02

Click a country to see how to buy there; new to buying abroad? Here is how it works. Prices are as each eShop lists them: VAT included where the eShop includes it, US prices before sales tax, and for Canada we add the 5% federal tax Nintendo leaves out · fetched up to 2026-11-05 14:31 UTC · not sold in 4 countries.