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Title: DoDonPachi Saidaioujou / 怒首領蜂最大往生 

Developer/Publisher: Cave

Release date: 30 May 2013

Catalogue No.: 7DU-00001

Genre: Vertical Shooter

DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou was the final original CAVE release before the shoot-em-up (shmup) masters let the credits roll on their one-credit clear run of genre-defining games. As a game tied to arcades and the Xbox 360, fans have clamored for the chance to see a broader, modern release. Thankfully, Livewire has heard the cries of the shmup crowd and has now re-released the title on the Nintendo Switch though if I remember right, the Switch release is digital-only. 

DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou is a hardcore shmup title to its bones. If you’re new to the genre then this probably isn’t going to be the title that converts you; rather it’s a love letter to ship-flying, credit-popping, bomb-dropping gamers who love to hit the wall of Level 3 over and over again, maximizing those scores and using the smallest of windows to avoid colorful death.

The lack of an English translation beyond a few menus does a major disservice to this release, but as a whole, it is great to see such an obscure and highly sought title in a more convenient-to-purchase and-play package. It’s a game I’ll be returning to night after night trying to push ever closer to the mythos that is the one-credit clear true last boss which, much like this title, has never been more attainable.

⌕ naruto • shino aburame.

Did you know that Cage Match is one of Johnny Cage's movies that he did himself? We could see this on MK Deadly Alliance 😎

Johnny Cage (Mortal Kombat)

Some wallpapers I did for the 3D era of Mortal Kombat, or at least my take on it.

The 3D era (Deadly Alliance, Deception, Armageddon) have their fans and detractors. They are a drastic change from the Klassic 2D era, especially in terms of the gameplay, but I do respect it for further expanding the lore, even if some of the new ideas were better executed than others.

If I was in charge of the MK franchise circa the early 2000s, I would either continue the story by focusing on Liu Kang and Kitana's son, like John Tobias intended for MK5 (before it became Deadly Alliance), or I would indeed wipe the slate clean and start over with a brand new timeline, which is what they sort of did with MK9 as well as what they were going to do with MK8 before it became MK vs. DC.

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