Best Shmup for the Wii VC?

PenguinKnight · Post by **PenguinKnight** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:04 pm

I have Gunstar Heros and Alien Soldier. I'm already gonna order Ikaruga GC incase anyones going to recommend getting it.

pixeljunkie · Post by **pixeljunkie** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:41 pm

Soldier Blade TG16

Gates of Thunder TG16

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comtar · Post by **comtar** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:37 pm

Axelay will always be my all time favorite shmup.

My only regret is that there will never be an Axelay 2. But everytime I go to E3 I ask Konami reps when it will happen, just to confuse the hell out of them.

durias · Post by **durias** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:41 pm

comtar wrote:My only regret is that there will never be an Axelay 2. But everytime I go to E3 I ask Konami reps when it will happen, just to confuse the hell out of them.

Actualol.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:03 pm

I personally like Gradius III, Soldier Blade, and Blazing Lazers. I hear Gate of Thunder is good, haven't tried it.

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:30 pm

R-Type III.

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:18 am

Soldier Blade

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:34 am

Zanac and R-Type

scrilla4rella · Post by **scrilla4rella** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:19 am

pixeljunkie wrote:Soldier Blade TG16

Gates of Thunder TG16

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Asherdude · Post by **Asherdude** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:53 am

pixeljunkie wrote:Soldier Blade TG16

Gates of Thunder TG16

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Totally agreement on my end. And it gives you both a hori & a vert to play.

zubiac · Post by **zubiac** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:30 pm

R-Type 3
R-Type (turbo grafx)
Gate of thunder
Super Star Soldier

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:56 pm

pixeljunkie wrote:Soldier Blade TG16

Gates of Thunder TG16

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Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:14 pm

SFKhoa wrote:
pixeljunkie wrote:Soldier Blade TG16

Super Star Soldier TG16

Blazing Lazers TG16

Gates of Thunder TG16

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durias · Post by **durias** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:52 am

How 'bout Zanac?

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:14 am

durias wrote:How 'bout Zanac?

Shit, forgot.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:11 am

durias wrote:How 'bout Zanac?

professor ganson wrote:Zanac and R-Type

Maybe people just don't realize it has been released. It came out pretty recently.

Regulus · Post by **Regulus** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:44 am

R-Type
R-Type III
Zanac
Soldier Blade
Blazing Lazers
Super Star Soldier

Yeah, there are a bunch of good ones. My personal favorite is R-Type III. Gates of Thunder would be better if you could adjust the SFX/Music volume.

koda · Post by **koda** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:41 am

I'm going to pick up 2,000 points tonight. I'm having a hard time deciding-- I'd really like to grab Alien Soldier too.

DBHashman93 · Post by **DBHashman93** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:01 am

Axelay! At first you may not be feeling the vert levels; the perspective that is used takes a little bit of getting used to. But once you DO get used to the perspective, I'd definitely say Axelay is the #1 most well balanced shmup on the virtual console. The OP seems like he may be new to the genre as well (forgive me if I'm wrong) and Axelay is very "1 ccable".

In short, great playability, great graphics, great atmosphere, one of the greatest 16-bit soundtracks I've ever had the pleasure of listening to, and a very well balanced difficulty level make Axelay my uncontested recommendation! (If it isn't your cup of tea though I'd go with Soldier Blade or Gate of Thunder...but who WOULDN'T love Axelay

)

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:11 pm

The only problem Axelay has beside low difficulty is ~two weapons being ridiculously useful and the rest being certifiably crappy

comtar · Post by **comtar** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:15 pm

DBHashman93 wrote:Axelay! In short, great playability, great graphics, great atmosphere, one of the greatest 16-bit soundtracks I've ever had the pleasure of listening to

I wish I had a talent for creating music. Cause I've always loved the final level theme of Axelay... the creepy tune inside the enemy lair. But no one has ever remixed that, I think it could be an awesome but epic tune if done properly... *sigh*

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:16 pm

Regulus wrote:R-Type
R-Type III
Zanac
Soldier Blade
Blazing Lazers
Super Star Soldier

- TRUTH.

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:11 am

Regulus wrote:R-Type
R-Type III
Zanac
Soldier Blade
Blazing Lazers
Super Star Soldier

Truthiness.

Regulus · Post by **Regulus** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:37 am

Gradius III SNES is also pretty good (maybe better than the arcade version, even), but it's plagued by some pretty awful slowdown that makes it really easy. I haven't played the VC version, but it's probably still present, just because they seem to go for faithful recreation on the VC.

Erinu · Post by **Erinu** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:03 am

Zanac.

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:37 pm

R-Type III

Gunstar and Alien Soldier are awesome, but aren't Shmups.

s/m

PenguinKnight · Post by **PenguinKnight** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:05 am

evil_ash_xero wrote:R-Type III

Gunstar and Alien Soldier are awesome, but aren't Shmups.

s/m

Haha I spent a few days lurking the board, reading old topics (interesting stuff by the way) and I realised I'd made a mistake then edited to remove the most cringe inducing bits

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Thanks for all the suggestions. In the end I picked up R-Type III because I remember enjoying Delta and SNES games are really nostalgic for me.
I'll probably end up trying all your suggestions in the end though.
But for the time being (my copy of Ikaruga arrived too) I have plenty to deal with.

PepsimanVsJoe · Post by **PepsimanVsJoe** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:33 am

I'd go with Zanac.
I also have Gradius III and Axelay and boy do I regret getting those. =/

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:36 pm

PenguinKnight wrote:
evil_ash_xero wrote:R-Type III

Gunstar and Alien Soldier are awesome, but aren't Shmups.

s/m
Haha I spent a few days lurking the board, reading old topics (interesting stuff by the way) and I realised I'd made a mistake then edited to remove the most cringe inducing bits .

Thanks for all the suggestions. In the end I picked up R-Type III because I remember enjoying Delta and SNES games are really nostalgic for me.
I'll probably end up trying all your suggestions in the end though.
But for the time being (my copy of Ikaruga arrived too) I have plenty to deal with.

Cool. Now with Alien, Gunstar, and Ikaruga, you have a Treasure trifecta. Enjoy.

s/m

durias · Post by **durias** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:45 pm

To the winner of Best VC Shmup...