Microsoft may rule the console digital distribution space with their elegantly designed Xbox Live Marketplace, but Sony clearly trumps them when it comes to their back catalog. Their online store may be a bit disjointed (making it tougher to find your way around), but like some back alley boutique discovered while exploring a foreign land, the shelves are often stocked with treasures long-forgotten. In addition to the healthy line-up of PS One classics available for purchase, the PSN Store also plays host to a Japanese Import section – one that MonkeyPaw Games has used to showcase their latest find, the wacky shooter Kyuiin.
"Space fighters and heavily-armed mecha are overrated, especially when you have the utter destructive power of a.... vacuum cleaner??"
-Presspauseradio.com
GP: "'Kyuiin'? What's a Kyuiin? Well, first off it's pronounced 'keen' and that is supposed to emulate the sound a vacuum cleaner makes. Okay, great, but what on earth does that have to do with anything? Kyuiin is a game which features a vacuum cleaner in a hugely important role. Released back in 1996 on Japanese PS1s, the game attempted to shake up the popular 2D shooter genre with something new.
It seems that they succeeded as it is probably the only game out there that had characters riding around on a flying vacuum. As creative as that may be, is the game any good?"
PixelPerfectGaming writes: Japanese games have a reputation for being strange. In the case of Kyuiin by Media Entertainment, nothing is sacred in this twisted fairy tale world of giant frogs and flying vampire nuns. As a young boy who pilots a vacuum cleaner, you must free your favorite fairy tale from an evil wizard.
