Classic Toaplan Shooter BATSUGUN to Rack Up Points on Modern Platforms

 

If you’re a fan of the shoot ’em up genre, a true bullet hell classic is about to make its way to modern platforms. City Connection plans to bring Toaplan’s 1993 shmup BATSUGUN back for more blastin’ and dodgin’ action in the form of BATSUGUN Saturn Tribute Boosted, which is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC around the world on May 25.

 

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In addition to the digital release, there will be physical standard and special editions of the PS4 and Switch versions in Japan. Priced at ¥7,480 (about $57), the special edition packs the game with a fan book and a soundtrack CD featuring newly arranged music by composers Shinji Hosoe, Yosuke Yasui, Hagane, Daisuke Matsumoto and WASi303.

 

As for the game itself, there are some additional modes on top of the original arcade version and the Saturn special version. As the first entry in the Saturn Tribute Boosted series, players can look forward to an online ranked mode, rewind features and more. Check out the English announcement trailer for a look at what’s on the way below.

 

 

Via Gematsu

 

 

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