From the Vault — originally published May 16, 2008. Some links, videos or prices may be out of date.
News has broke that Star Solider R (above) will be released via WiiWare this coming Monday. Star Solider R looks cool and all but Ill be playing Ikaruga in HD on Xbox Live.
Star Soldier R retains classic gameplay features from the Star Soldier series, such as the vertical-scrolling shooter style, three adjustable speeds for the player’s ship, and score bonuses once the player has achieved a score of 50,000 and 80,000 points.
Instead of a traditional progressive level structure, the game revolves around time attack-style gameplay, called Caravan mode, with players aiming to score as many points as possible in either two or five minute game modes in one of the game’s levels. Unlike previous installments in the series, however, there are only two playable levels. Aside from regular scrolling-shooter gameplay, the game also has a Fast Shot mode which measures how quickly the player can press the fire button
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