Nintendo had a number of games running on DSi XL handhelds at its World Summit in San Francisco today, including a previously unannounced shooter titled Metal Torrent. At first blush, Metal Torrent has the appearance of an incredibly challenging shooter: The enemies attack in great numbers, and they rarely waste time filling the DS's top screen with projectiles. Metal Torrent is different from most shooters of its ilk, though, because while avoiding enemy attacks is still recommended, failing to do so rarely results in instant death.
Bullet Hell shooters are visual showpiece of obsession. The screen fills with cloudburst of balletic patterns in deadly chromatic colors and the player’s job is to avoid the obsession. That’s not the case when playing Metal Torrent. The game encourages the cluster of bullet activities as when perform correctly, all at once transforming them into luscious cubical obsessions that are very helpful and rewarding to the player.
Every Club Nintendo members in North America should be aware that this is no April Fools’ prank, new selections of free downloadable games for both Wii and 3DS owners are now available. Unlike previous months, now there are games, in fact two of them that are worth 200 coins. What Club Nintendo has for this month is for the cubical experts, the nostalgia NES fans with online play, and the shoot ‘em up action enthusiast. Use your Club Nintendo coins wisely.
Vandal Online: Metal Torrent will only appeal to two types of people: those who are interested in bullet hell shooters but haven't actually played any, and those who are already highly skilled at them.
