@gosokkyu

No matter how much I want it not to be true, I'm fearing that it is indeed the latter.
There have to be new players jumping into the genre for sure, but I doubt they are doing so in numbers that would explain this boom.

Looking at how shoot em up channels in the west have been dying off, that certainly doesn't paint a rosy picture if even the most dedicated start disappearing....

@gosokkyu

I bought them the day they released, but since they never went up on my regional store, I had to switch the country region to even be able to buy them on Xbox.

But it soon became apparent that the market just wasn't there at all and everyone and everything moved on to Switch.

Seeing the new Shmups Junkie video on all the shooters for the Saturn pop up this past weekend really puts things into perspective.
There are 70 entries in that video and it was my favourite system back in the day, due to all the arcade ports.

But looking at my switch now, I already have 177 digital shoot em ups on it and like 50 or 60 physical releases as well, with more on the way.

I never thought I'd see the day of the genre making such a comeback, even if the vast majority are ports.

@gosokkyu

Ah, that's a shame.

I have all of them on my import 360, but it would be so nice to have them on a modern system as well.

Been thinking about the M2 shooters that only released on PS4 as well like Dangun Feveron, Ketsui, Battle Garagga and Mahou Daisakusen as of late.
But I guess it's a bit too late for them to be ported to Switch now.
I wonder why they never did, while Dangun Feveron even got an Xbox release...

@nazokiyoubinbou

Haha, I forgot about the Hudson controllers!

I was curious with the Beeshu name and logo, but didn't think much of it.
Yeah, it's clear as day now that it was just a rip-off...

@gosokkyu

Bit of topic, but if there's anyone I could ask, it has to be you.

Has there been any talk about LiveWire doing more Cave rereleases on Switch?

I was so hopeful when they did the original 3, but then it took so long for them to release Saidaioujou.

@nazokiyoubinbou

I never saw any of the Beeshu controllers before and I wish they were available here as I do like the look of it.
A bit embarrassing seeing their childish comments about it actually.

I did have the Acclaim Double Player.
It really wasn't that special.
Bit finicky actually as it was via RF, so it's prone to interference.
The slow motion feature was just a simple switch that continuously paused and unpaused the game. Never used it after trying it once.