Nerd Reactor: The shmup genre, or “shoot em up”, is a genre that hibernates most of the time, waking only partially every once in awhile to let us know we shouldn’t get the shovel and bury it just yet. Treasure is a small development team in Japan, and you might know them by one of their Genesis games, “Gunstar Heroes”. With this game, it seems they were allowed more time, because the quality is very high and it’s lengthier than most shmups. Many gamers of today have probably never played a shmup, and the graphics, while good, don’t compare to games like Gears of War 2; so it’s easy to want to just pass this game up, but trust me, it offers gameplay that is unique and worthwhile.
Samuel Evans: "The Wii had an interesting year releasing most entries in Nintendo's key game lineups. The question is did it payoff on their own system or did third party rule the day?"
Still think that Super Mario Galaxy 2 is overrated. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't the ultimate 10 out of 10 game everyone scored it as. And number 1? Really?
Nerds on the Rocks takes a look at June 2010, not the most eventful month for game releases, but some solid titles do see the light of day.
yea, portable game of the year for sure!, as for console... probably Mass Effect 2.. my(underrated GOTY) probably Metro 2033 or Singularity..
Game-Boyz writes: "Since the early 90's, Treasure has been making some of the most intense action games around, from the moment they first wowed us with Gunstar Heroes on the SEGA Genesis. Silhouette Mirage, Bangai-O, Ikaruga — these guys know how to deliver hardcore thrills. Now they've brought their signature run and gun gameplay to the Wii with Sin & Punishment: Star Successor. A sequel to a cult Nintendo 64 game that was only released in Japan called Sin & Punishment (now available on the Virtual Console), this is a strange choice for Nintendo to publish. Most Treasure and shooter fans alike will be glad the company did though because this could be one of the best Wii games this year."
