Tag: Shoot-em-up

Like first-person shooters, shoot ’em ups almost always require fast reflexes and memorizing the location and timing of enemies. So when I read that Mighty Tactical Shooter is a turn-based shmup, I was immediately intrigued. The closest I had come to experiencing this extreme mash up was with an F1 board game, and I didn’t have a good experience with it.

Japanese urban art shop Mountain Graphics pays tribute to its country’s honored tradition of shoot ’em ups with this in your face amalgam. How many games can you identify? I see Twinbee, Star Force, Gradius and Xevious.

It’s not hard to believe that this started on NeoGAF; what makes it more amusing is the fact that it started when forum member cuyahoga declared his love for the Nintendo DS game Imagine: Babyz Fashion.

If you were smart fortunate enough to have picked up a Japanese DSi, you’re going to want to check this out: Aa Mujou Setsuna, a bullet-hell style vertical shmup available on the serious cheap: 500 Nintendo points.