Doragon Entertainment has revealed that Danmaku Unlimited 3 will be bringing its intense, bullet hell shenanigans to Nintendo Switch on 13th March.
Inspired by legendary classics like Ikaruga, Dodonpachi and Touhou, and attempting to be a medley of the best aspects of Japanese bullet hell games, Danmaku Unlimited 3 is sure to get fans of the genre all fired up and ready for its incoming release. We actually first heard mention of the game coming to the console last summer along with some juicy details about what we can expect to see in the game.
The game is said to have been re-tuned since its release on PC last year, taking on feedback from players about the game's difficulty. This has involved improving the difficulty curve in the lower settings, although it is worth noting that an advanced mode exists to accommodate the needs of veteran players.
Danmaku Unlimited 3 is scheduled to be released for $9.99 in North America, with European pricing still to be confirmed. Will you be firing this one up in a couple of weeks' time?
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Going to need to dust off the arcade stick for this one. So hyped!
My thumbs are ready!
Pull out your arcade sticks, boys! This one is pure bullet hell bliss.
Love a good shmup
can i be bothered? yes. will i be successful? no
this is going to be sketchy in portable mode i guess
I bought the Cave shmups some years back on iOS, only to see them rendered unplayable by OS updates after being abandoned as unprofitable by Cave. It happens so often that I just quite buying any games for mobile--- I'll be happy to have this genre represented on the Switch, where I know that it'll work as long as my machine functions...
This one can't be missed, it's too good!
How playable is the "mode for newcomers"? I love shmups but don't have much tolerance for blistering difficulty.
@jwfurness I have Danmaku Unlimited 2, and found the easy difficulty levels to be reasonable. From the video, DU3 looks very similar to DU2, so I assume it will be similar in that regard too.
I too love bullet hell shmups, but don't have terribly fast reaction times, so I need them to have an easy mode to be enjoyable.
More great shmup news! I tell you, though, SkyForce Reloaded's nice wide borderless screen has spoiled me a bit . . . .
The Switch just keeps getting better and better for us shoot-em-up fans. We've also got a "hugely expanded" version of Steredenn arriving next week called Steredenn :Binary Stars. The original received very good reviews and the new version looks to be even better.
10$/€? That's a real bargain!
Would have gladly paid double for this.
@therube
Yeah, one of the reasons I stopped buying and even playing games on iOS.
I just don't understand how they could go 64bit only and not code in a 32-bit legacy mode or something for apps and games that don't get an update.
@bluedogrulez SkyForce is great, bought it last week. It's plays differently from the classic vertical shooters though. There is only one way to play those and that's turning the screen orientation and the console 90 degrees. Can't beat it!
Good price I'm stoked
I adore DoDonPachi... bullet hell games are so very hard to get right, and the entries in the series that I have played are just outstanding. If this really is up to that standard, I'm in... I wonder if this game is of that quality.
@bilboa Awesome, thanks for the info.
This looks amazing but WAY too much action for me... Can't wait to watch some pros play this though!
Great news. Looking forward to this.
Also hoping we get a Switch UI update sometime, enabling me to make a folder for all these 2D shooters. Get it more!
SOLD!
Nice, it took longer then expected but now we finally have a proper release date. DU2 was pretty awesome, so i'm expecting a lot from this one.
Now, we still need some proper release dates for a western release of Kyogeki Quartet Fighters.
@therube Just one more reason that phone games are trash!
@therube Yeah, not unusual for mobile games. Also, I don't think CAVE will be doing any remasters in the future. Ketsui is supposed to be ported to PS4. I'd love it on switch.
I still have an iPad that was never update. That is one of the "problems" of some Apple hardware. I've been told to send it in. But I'll keep it for CAVE games.
This could ultimately be the BEST SHUMP title since CAPCOM's 19?? arcade franchise.
Canadian made STG? Hm...
Finally! I bought a few arcade shooter classics and decided what I needed next was a danmaku....like 5 months ago. Didnt know we had already been teased on this before, but I'm glad it's here.
Fantastic game, all three are in fact. Tghis ought to be a physical.
8 pounds!?! Sold.
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