May2023
News Star Gagnant, A Rapid Fire Shmup Supervised By Takahashi Meijin, Blasts Onto Switch Next Week
Rapid retro
Industry legend Takahashi Meijin, best known for his work with Hudson Soft and his '16 shots per second' trigger finger, is (suitably) one of the supervisors on Star Gagnant, an upcoming rapid-fire shmup that flies onto Switch on 25th May. Published by Regista, the game employs a unique rapid-fire system which will have you selecting a...
September2022
News Moon Dancer Brings NES-Style Beats And Sci-Fi Shmup Action To Switch Next Week
Dark side of the moon
Receiving a Steam release earlier this year (to positive reviews) followed by a Japanese Switch release back in July, publisher Regista has announced that the sci-fi shoot 'em up Moon Dancer will be flying in for Western consoles on September 29th. After having a blast
July2020
Feature Missile Dancer Dev Terarin Games On Shmup Design, Future Plans And Embracing Western Players
"Shmups have a simple mechanism, but making good shmups is difficult"
Like so many Japanese gamers, Terarin Games' Junichi Terayama grew up with Nintendo. "The first video game I played was Xevious on the Famicom. However, I didn't have a Famicom as a kid; I was playing it at my friend's house." Despite the lack of unrestricted access to the...
February2020
News On-Rails Shooter Assault ChaingunS KM Hits Japan This Month
Reminds us of Gunblade NY...
Fans of Sega's on-rails shooters – like Virtua Cop, Ghost Squad and Gunblade NY – might want to take notice of QZK's forthcoming Switch-based effort, Assault ChaingunS KM, which hits Japan on the 20th of this month. Based on the iOS an