Two new shmups are available on the 360.

[Austin]

I haven't seen anything posted here about these, so here we go.. If you haven't heard, two new shmups have been made available as downloads for the XBOX 360.

 

The first was released last week and is called "Shooting Love 200X". It is a compilation of a variety of shooters by Triangle Service, one of them being Trizeal which saw a Dreamcast release in Japan over a decade ago. Link: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Shooting-Love-200X/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802544707d1

 

The second was released a little while ago apparently, but I didn't find out about it until I purchased Shooting Love. It is "Under Defeat", an excellent top-down/vertically scrolling shmup where you control a helicopter that has the ability to swivel the aim and lock it into a specific position. It too was released on the Dreamcast years back and is one of the more expensive shooters on the system (running about $100 on the used market last I checked). This HD update to it was also released on the PS3 a couple of years back, but it was news to me to find it has hit the 360 as well. Link: http://www.marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Under-Defeat-HD-Deluxe-Edition/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802545a07d4

[GrizzLee]

Thank you sir for the heads up. Wish they were disc releases :-(

[Austin]

Thank you sir for the heads up. Wish they were disc releases :-(

 

Yeah, same here. I'm just glad we got them regardless! I figured we wouldn't see any more 360 shmups released in the US, even download-only.

[98PaceCar]

Thank you sir for the heads up. Wish they were disc releases :-(

 

Both were released on disc in Japan and Under Defeat received a European disc release on the 360. There is a US Under Defeat disc release on PS3. Pretty sure the Euro release was region free, but both Japan releases were locked.

[Cerebrate64]

Id recommend Dodonpachi Saidaioujou and Eschatos if you guys want some good region free shooters.

Edited May 3, 2015 by Cerebrate64