The Switch isn't exactly short of shoot 'em ups, making it the go-to system for blasting stuff in fantastical environments. You can never have too many shmups, though, and another is on the way that's aiming to shake things up with a twist of its own - P.3.
It draws inspiration from retro arcades with a vertical orientation, with some fun variable borders depending on the stage. The 'twist' is that you only have two buttons (presumably a face button and a direction on the D-Pad, for example); you use these to go left and right, which will also fire your weapon. While flying straight your cannon won't fire, and you use your Special by pressing left and right together.
You can see some official details below.
KEY FEATURES:
- Arcade action and retro vibe
- Easy to learn controls, hard to master gameplay
- 5 Stages with boss fights
- Many upgrades and weapon alternatives
- Old-school graphics and pumping soundtrack
It's due out later this year on Switch, so we'll see how it shapes up!
Comments 7
Looks great , hope to use with flip grip.
Gives me anxiety looking at it, think I’ll stick to Raiden :]
I love shmups but this one looks too simplistic for me. And there are so many others on the Switch.
This instantly reminded me of Switch 'N Shoot which is already available on the console. You think this new game is simplistic? Switch 'N Shoot can be played with just one finger (sometimes I just use the touch screen.) Besides that, the games also share a similar art structure. I can recommend Switch N' Shoot even though it has a learning curve at the beginning to get anywhere. I wonder if this game has any relation to that one?
yeah it looks like switch n shoot
Yucko.
Wanna know a way to tell that a shmup developer doesn't really know anything about shmups?
Using massive amounts of screen shake as a lazy replacement for drawing a nice explosion animation.
Screen shake is a big problem in shmups. If it's there, it needs to be minimal, rare, and only used in places where the player is not expected to dodge stuff. Making the screen shake is really bad for a genre based on precise dodging.
Cave, raizing, all the best shmup devs - no screen shake. Just well animated explosions.
Crimzon clover - one of the best, with absolutely insane visual display of non stop explosions and lazers and crazy ***** - no screen shake, and that's not an accident.
Nice shooter but desperately needs tate mode added in an update.
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