PC port joins console editions

Excellent news for PC shmuppers right this moment, as Metropolis Connection has introduced that Cave shmup Akai Katana Shin can be arriving on Steam on December 15, in alignment with its beforehand introduced re-release on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Change.

As we’ve beforehand reported, Akai Katana Shin initially launched on Xbox 360 in 2011, itself a remaster of Cave’s nice 2010 arcade launch. In typical Cave vogue the dazzling shmup options adrenaline-pumping, bullet-hell motion, a beat-heavy soundtrack, and a melodramatic storyline that incorporates a put-upon folks, sick of being sacrificed to the titular totem, rising up towards their oppressors in a bid for freedom.

Try a preview of the re-release from April’s FES 2022 stream. The motion begins at 33:30.

The brand new launch will function high-resolution visuals, a widescreen presentation format, and three particular person modes to please each Akai Katana veterans and newcomers. Akai Katana Origin will replicate the 2010 arcade in all of its 4:3 glory, Akai Katana Slash will function revised enemy patterns, new mechanics, and the aforementioned 16:9 display screen ratio, whereas Akai Katana Climax will function a mix of the earlier modes, readjusted for steadiness. Metropolis Connection has famous that Akai Katana Shin will assist a number of languages, together with English, French, and Spanish.

Akai Katana Shin launches December 15 on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Change. A bodily launch will comply with in 2023 on PS4 and Nintendo Change solely.