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Can you survive the bullet-hell of SHMUP Mania?

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SHMUP Mania is on Xbox

Very much doing as it says on the tin, SHMUP Mania launches to the Xbox world. Can you survive the bullet-hell it brings?

Available right now on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S is SHMUP Mania from DERIK D.F. The latest bullet-hell, vertically-scrolling SHMUP to land on Xbox consoles, we would suggest that taking in the title will give you all you need to know about this one. 

A new SHMUP

Yep, it’s a SHMUP and yep, it’s a bit of a mania, tasking you with moving a little ship through hordes of alien forces. Shooting everything that moves, in SHMUP Mania you’ll need to stick on your captain’s hat and fight your way through the galaxy. With some thirty stages of increasingly tricky alien waves to take in, multiple ships to unlock and more, if you’re at all familiar with the vertical-scrolling SHMUP scene, you should be right at home with this one. 

SHMUP Mania also promises to be a cracking little game for genre newbies. If that is you and you are looking for something to kick back with, shooting forevermore, then fill your space boots with what this has to offer. 

Consider that SHMUP Mania lands on Xbox with various adjustments, changes, improvements and more, and DERIK D.F is promising much. We’ll see how it goes in full review, but Xbox Series X|S optimisation makes this pretty appealing. 

Key features

If it’s key features you are after, SHMUP Mania has them in droves. 

  • Arcade controls
  • Ideal for beginners to the genre
  • Bosses that will challenge your skills
  • Spaceships to unlock
  • 30 levels with increasing difficulty

Buy now and blast ’em up

SHMUP Mania is on the Xbox Store. Sitting behind a £4.19 price point, you can get playing this on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. 

Let us know in the comments if you decide to grab it. 

SHMUP Mania on Xbox Game Description

DEFINITIVE EDITION This version includes adjustments, revisions, technical and graphic improvements. To give you the best high-definition experience and quality in the series. INTRODUCTION Aliens have been identified by the military’s radars and are advancing towards a planet inhabited by human beings. You in the role of captain must fight using your best vehicle and save the galaxy.

Neil Watton
Neil Wattonhttps://www.thexboxhub.com/
An Xbox gamer since 2002, I bought the big black box just to play Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee. I have since loved every second of the 360's life and am now just as obsessed with the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S - mostly with the brilliant indie scene that has come to the fore. Gamertag is neil363, feel free to add me to your list.
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