This week Hamster has added the top-down Shmup XX Mission to its Arcade Archives collection on the Switch eShop.
The arcade title was originally released by UPL in 1986 and sees you swapping between ground and air attacks to destroy incoming craft and fleets. If you power-up, you'll be able to use different and much stronger weapons.
Below are some screenshots from the PR:
As usual, it'll set you back $7.99 / £6.29 and supports up to two players. Will you be trying out this latest retro shmup to arrive Switch? Comment below.
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Watched a video of this, seemed a bit boring.
More 90s arcade games please.
They should release the Konami masterpiece "Surprise Attack" from 1990. It's a great Shinobi-style action game.
It's essentially Xevious with an F-14, no powerups, and music to beat a dead cat by. They must have had a good bag of "medicinal herbs" from Canada when they threw the dart at the wall to select this title to release.
This is the kind of shooter so exciting you'll fall asleep before the first boss.
This is utter garbage.
They released "In The Hunt", "X-Multiply", and "Ninja Gaiden" which are great games that can not be played on other consoles. But then they got lazy and started releasing a load of mediocre games.
Where’s Bubble Bobble??? 😡
For 0.79$ maybe, but not that...
Oh wow, a real tops down shmup. lol
All these shooters and still no Raiden. What a waste. Also where is final lap? Lucky and wild? Hit the ice? Run and gun?
If you want the best arcade shooters buy yourself a mame/ Raspberry pi setup. Or PS1 mini with a true blue usb stick. The worlds your oyster:)
Old shoot-em-ups like this seem to be pretty boring, I usually love the genre but I can only go so far back until most of them are just really simple games without much to offer.
I see you gents all giving XX Mission a thumbs down on the comments and calling Hamster lazy because of some of their releases without any of you acknowledging that these games are cult classics in Japan for the Japanese audience. It is not always about us, folks. And don't even get me started on the nightmare that is to secure the re-release rights for some of the names I hear you calling out as well.
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