Legendary Shmup Series Raiden Will Be Reborn As a Twin-Stick Shooter on PS5, PS4 | Push Square
Raiden has a long and storied history as a vertical shooter in arcades, but now developer MOSS has announced a Super Stardust HD-style makeover for the series, which will see it adopt a twin-stick format. Due out in Japan on 31st October, there’s no word on a Western release just yet, but we’d be surprised if it didn’t make its way overseas eventually.
According to a Gematsu translation of the game’s website, there’ll be an Arcade Mode in the final release, with up to six stages. There’ll also be an Unlimited option for those looking to dominate the leaderboards. It sounds like quite a straight-forward package in terms of content, but the real value here will be the eye-watering action, we assume.
There’s a trailer embedded above which should give you an idea of what to expect. But if you can’t wait for a Western release of this game, various versions of Raiden 3, Raiden 4, and Raiden 5 are all available right now on the PS5 and PS4 – and they come highly recommended.
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They could have just made a traditional schmup. Why’d they go and ruin it?
FYI Raiden I is also available on PS4 as part of Hamster's Arcade Archive series.
Saw 'Raiden' and I cheered. Saw 'Twin Stick' and I booed.
The original Raiden games are all excellent examples of good shoot em ups — no mind melding 'bullet hell' nonsense, just good well crafted examples of their genre.
Whilst this Raiden inspired game may end up having charms of its own, it's not Raiden to me, or I suspect to anyone who has enjoyed the series in the past.
The last Raiden game, I really loved, was Raiden DX.
Stardust is a weird comparison. Yes, it's a twin stick game, but its the gameplay that
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