Do you know that Yuzo Koshiro, legendary online game composer, has made a Sega Mega Drive / Genesis shmup? It was launched on Steam again in July, with our pals over at Time Extension giving it a glowing evaluate. It was attributable to launch on consoles, together with Change, on the identical time, however was pushed again to “mid-September”.
Happily, it appears to be like like Earthion can be touchdown that mid-September date, because the eShop web page says the sport is popping out on 18th September 2025. That is simply over two weeks away!
Printed by Restricted Run Video games and developed by Koshiro’s firm Historic, Earthion is a gorgeous-looking shoot ’em up developed for the traditional Sega console. That model is coming in 2026, however for anybody wanting it on trendy consoles, you will not have lengthy to attend.
Like lots of the finest shmups, the Earthion retains issues easy, giving your ship a most important weapon and two sub-weapons and eight various phases to blast your approach by way of.
We’ll level you in the direction of Time Extension’s evaluate for the low-down, however should you’re not bought on Makoto “Karu_gamo” Wada (Gotta Protectors: Cart Of Darkness) and Koshiro’s but, this is somewhat snippet from that evaluate:
“Earthion is every part I would hoped it will be when Yuzo Koshiro first introduced it; a difficult shmup which pushes Sega’s 16-bit {hardware} to its limits by way of visuals and audio while combining a excessive degree of polish with tight gameplay and loads of longevity.”
Nicely now, that sounds fairly good, would not it? Let’s hope that the 18th September date sticks — we have had no phrase from the writer or developer on it but, so preserve your eyes peeled.
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