Software:Darius Twin
| Darius Twin | |
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| Developer(s) | Taito |
| Publisher(s) | Taito |
| Director(s) | Kouji Yamazaki |
| Producer(s) | Takao Ueno |
| Programmer(s) | Junichiro Noguchi Mituo Ogura Yasutaka Minami |
| Artist(s) | Keisuke Miyanaga Shin Saitō Tōru Kawaishi |
| Composer(s) | Kazuyuki Ōnui Norihiro Furukawa |
| Series | Darius |
| Platform(s) | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
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| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Lua error in Module:Lang/utilities at line 332: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value). is a 1991 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Taito for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is part of the Darius series. It was re-released for the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on April 13, 2010 and in North America on December 13, 2010.
Gameplay
Though similar to the arcade Darius entries, Darius Twin has slightly different gameplay features, most notably in the player's power-ups.[2] Players collect weapon and shield power-ups from square shaped enemies that approach from the front and behind, but once players die after collecting a certain number of power-ups, the power-ups collected stayed with the ship post-destruction. Players 1 and 2 are allowed their own separate number of lives. There are no continues.
The game contains five color-coded classes of power-up. The pink item powers up the main weapon, green powers up the side weapons, blue regenerates and/or improves the force shield, orange gives one extra Silver Hawk, and yellow destroys all enemies on-screen. At two points in the game, the player can find a red power-up with a special purpose. It switches the main weapon shot style between that seen in Darius and Darius II.
Reception
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Darius Twin garnered a mixed reception from critics since its initial launch.[3] In 2018, Complex named Darius Twin 56th on its "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time". They called the game as one of the best 2D scrolling shooters on the SNES and noted the gameplay being difficult.[12]
Notes
References
- ↑ "Super NES Games". Nintendo. http://www.nintendo.com:80/consumer/gameslist/manuals/snes_games.pdf.
- ↑ Kalata, Kurt (February 1, 2006). "Darius Twin". Hardcore Gaming 101. http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/darius-twin/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Darius Twin for Super Nintendo". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. https://www.gamerankings.com/snes/588271-darius-twin/index.html.
- ↑ Swan, Robert; Leadbetter, Richard (June 1991). "CVG Review: Super Famicom (By Taito) - Darius Twin". Computer and Video Games (EMAP) (115): 56–57. https://archive.org/stream/computer-video-games-magazine-115/CVG115_Jun_1991#page/n55/mode/2up. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ↑ Harris, Steve; Semrad, Ed; Alessi, Martin; Williams, Ken (August 1991). "Super NES Buyer's Guide - Darius Twin". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Sendai Publishing) (25): 65. https://archive.org/stream/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_25#page/n64/mode/1up.
- ↑ "NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ダライアスツイン (SFC)". Famitsu (ASCII Corporation). 1991. https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/4462/reviews/.
- ↑ Davison, John (May 3, 1991). "Games Reviews - Darius Twin (Super Famicom". Games-X (Europress) (1): 14. https://archive.org/stream/GamesX01/GamesX-01#page/n13/mode/1up.
- ↑ M. Thomas, Lucas (11 January 2011). "Darius Twin Review - The seafood shooter". IGN. Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/01/11/darius-twin-review.
- ↑ Dillard, Corbie (17 December 2010). "Darius Twin Review (SNES) - Double the monotony". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2010/12/darius_twin_virtual_console.
- ↑ "Now Playing - Darius Twin (Super NES)". Nintendo Power (Nintendo of America) (30): 86. November 1991.
- ↑ "A-Z of Import Games - Darius Twin". Super Pro (Paragon Publishing) (1): 94. December 1992. https://archive.org/stream/super-pro-01#page/29/mode/1up.
- ↑ "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time" (in en). https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/the-100-best-super-nintendo-games/.
External links
- Darius Twin at GameFAQs
- Darius Twin at Giant Bomb
- Darius Twin at MobyGames
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