Post by ECM on Aug 18, 2011 14:29:12 GMT -5
Actually WiiWare.
Anyway, I took some time for myself today and scanned the PS3 and Wii online stores to see if anything piqued my interest and, lo and behold, a brand new hori shooter on WiiWare named Kyokotei was available. I bought it blind and, well, it's actually good!
It's basically a hori Ikaruga, with all the good (and bad) aspects of that game, and it's a good challenge, even on Normal (imagine that). The graphics are OK (it's got that Harmful Park sprite rotation look rather than true animation, but what do you expect on a sub-40 meg, 'hi-res' 2D game? Muramasa?)
It's also semi-schocking because it's by Microforum which, iirc, is a cellphone game-maker 95% of the time, but good on them for putting out a good game, a shooter, and on WiiWare! A trifecta I thought I'd never see.
Heck, I'd like to be playing it right now, but due to some recalcitrant arm issues, I can't spend more than about 5 minutes at a time on it
Anyway, give it a shot--at only 500 points, you can't really lose if you are at all a fan of shooters.
Also, here's a link to some video:
www.nintendo.com/games/detail/picypw0crSmz4wM8CUMdM9cbvzkypdzt
It's so obscure there isn't even a vid of it on YouTube.
(I gave this it's own post rather than sticking it in "Now Playing" so that everyone (all less than 10 of you) see it.)
Anyway, I took some time for myself today and scanned the PS3 and Wii online stores to see if anything piqued my interest and, lo and behold, a brand new hori shooter on WiiWare named Kyokotei was available. I bought it blind and, well, it's actually good!
It's basically a hori Ikaruga, with all the good (and bad) aspects of that game, and it's a good challenge, even on Normal (imagine that). The graphics are OK (it's got that Harmful Park sprite rotation look rather than true animation, but what do you expect on a sub-40 meg, 'hi-res' 2D game? Muramasa?)
It's also semi-schocking because it's by Microforum which, iirc, is a cellphone game-maker 95% of the time, but good on them for putting out a good game, a shooter, and on WiiWare! A trifecta I thought I'd never see.
Heck, I'd like to be playing it right now, but due to some recalcitrant arm issues, I can't spend more than about 5 minutes at a time on it
Anyway, give it a shot--at only 500 points, you can't really lose if you are at all a fan of shooters.
Also, here's a link to some video:
www.nintendo.com/games/detail/picypw0crSmz4wM8CUMdM9cbvzkypdzt
It's so obscure there isn't even a vid of it on YouTube.
(I gave this it's own post rather than sticking it in "Now Playing" so that everyone (all less than 10 of you) see it.)
