DoDonPachi Dai Fukkatsu - “Bullet Hell” is back!
Mmmmm…. nothing quite warms the cockles of my heart like Japanese arcade shmups. Sadly though, being in America, we rarely get top notch arcade titles anymore since the decline of the gameroom. If it shot out tickets, we might stand a chance of seeing it in one of the mega-cades like Dave & Busters, but alas, solid and challenging gameplay doesn’t seem to be enough anymore.
So what is this then? Well, it’s the fifth game in Cave’s DonPachi series, and if you’re a follower of the shmup genre then you know what to expect. Insane weapons, tiny hit boxes on your fighter, and screens so packed with enemy fire you’re likely to have a panic attack trying to dodge them. Everything that makes these games so fantastic! DoDonPachi Dai Fukkatsu made it’s debut at the AOU2008 Amusement EXPO, and is currently sitting in Japanese arcades gulping yen from hardcore manic shooter fans. Word around the campfire is that this version’s difficulty has been lowered slightly from previous entries to be more accessible to newer players. Hey, that’s fine with me! Whatever it takes to get enough buzz behind it to have it come stateside on one of the consoles. My fingers are crossed.
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That’s nuts.