Friday, July 08, 2011

 MAG Shooting Gameside Vol. 02 - New Import

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 The first volume of Shooting Gameside magazine which was released late last year sold well enough for the publisher to continue with a second volume which shipped in Japan last week. The new issue includes more shooter coverage and general shooting love as follows:

● p04-23 Gradius retrospective which looks at all the games in the series as follows: Gradius (1985), Salamander (1986), Life Force (1987), Gradius II (1988), Gradius III (1989), Salamander 2 (1996), Gradius Gaiden (1997), Gradius IV (1999), and Gradius V (2004). Each game gets 2 pages of screenshots, artwork, and text 

● p24-30 Parodius retrospective for the five games in the series: Parodius (1988), Parodius Da! (1990), Gokujo Parodius (1994), Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius (1995), and Sexy Parodius (1996). Each game gets 1 page only.
● p31-44 Otomedius arcade and Xbox 360 details which is backed up by an interview with creators Koji Igareshi and Toshiyasu Kamiko.
● p46-59 SNK Arcade Classics 0 game overview and screenshots
● p60-65 Trouble Witches Episode 1 Daughters of Amalgam was released on April 27, 2011 for Xbox Live and SG takes a look at the game.
● p66-69 Akai Katana Shin game information and screenshots.
● p70-75 Eschatos stage breakdown and details on the bonus Cardinal Sins Wondersean game that was included as a bonus.

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