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Ding-a-Ling
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 08/18/2017
“Pop’n TwinBee” (“PnT”) is the 6th in a long line of cute, cartoony SHMUPs, developed by Konami as an alternative for those who weren’t taken in by their more well-known SHMUP series, ‘Gradius.’ Interestingly, ‘TwinBee’ proved to be insanely popular in the Japanese homeland, but only ever received one North American release: The second game in the franchise, “Moero TwinBee,” was localized as “Stinger.” Fortunately for fans of the series, Europe received a few more localizations of ‘TwinBee’ games, including “PnT,” which can be enjoyed by English speakers everywhere thanks to the magic of emulation.
Presentation
“PnT” is a top-down vertically-scrolling SHMUP. The game is entirely 2D and sprite based (as one would expect from a title released in …
