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Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha

This month we look at a compilation of Psikyo shooters, play though M2’s excellent new ports of Shinobi and Fantasy Zone, and find out how Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath fares on Switch

INFORMATION

» RELEASED: OUT NOW

» PRICE: £34.99 (£54.99 PHYSICAL)

» PUBLISHER: NIS AMERICA

» DEVELOPER: ZERODIV

» PLAYERS: 1-2

 NIS America has certainly noticed this market and is releasing not one but two compilations dedicated to Psikyo’s classic arcade shooters. This isn’t the first retro compilation that NIS America has released on the Switch either, as it dropped SNK 40th Anniversary Collection in 2018. Unfortunately, while that was a sterling example of how to treat a bunch of classic games, Psikyo Shooting Stars

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