Abstrakt: Akai Katana's world is lost in a sea of familiar pink and blue bullets, a shame since despite a lack of directly identifying factors, the title lays on the pixel art thick. Backdrops are delivery mechanisms for platoons of nondescript tanks, ships, and...
Abstrakt: Everyone's favorite purveyor of exceedingly niche shoot-em-ups, Cave, is back again with Akai Katana, a welcome -- and rare -- appearance of one of their console games localized for the West. Not only that, it's a boxed retail game, and crazier yet, it...
Abstrakt: I spent $80 on a double-pack of Cave’s Muchi Muchi Pork and Pink Sweets when I visited Tokyo last fall. Some people might think I’m crazy for paying that much on what could easily be a $5 downloadable game. But if you’ve been bitten by the shmup bug ...
Abstrakt: There are still plenty of fans out there who appreciate a good “shmup” — shoot ‘em up, for short — especially the “bullet hell” variety. These are shooters where ammunition comes flying at you from every single angle, and you need split-second timing or a...
