QCF: Blade Strangers

ighting games are a staple here at PPR. Capcom, SNK Playmore and Arc System Works still reign supreme in the genre, there's no denying that, but it sure would be nice to have a decent fighting game from a completely different studio—something with high-res sprites, decent backgrounds, maybe a crossover of some kind. Like, if there was a game that took a bunch of obscure but cool characters from a slew of cult classics and indies and threw them into a super-Japanese story involving a bunch of computers and a super-strong deity. It would be cool if it were created by Studio Sai Zen Sen, the creators of Code of Princess EX, and published by Nicalis too.

Eh? Whazzat? This exact thing exists, in the form of Blade Strangers on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4? Oh, neat. And, as it turns out, it's a pretty fun versus fighting game, too? Well, sign me up!

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Bullet Heaven Episode 222 - Debris Infinity (Switch)

ullet Heaven Series X has commenced! Time to get thjings rolling with a Geometry Wars-style twin-sticker on the Nintendo Shmup! Debris Infinity is pretty straightforwards, but implements some great additional features. How does it stack up?

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Bullet Heaven: STG Chronicle PROLOGUE - The System, The Video

The STG Chronicle has begun. Our objective: catalog every Dreamcast shooting game! In this prologue, we take a look at the Sega Dreamcast and its many video output methods, plus our pick for the best way to capture amazing, crystal clear gameplay and sound!

Want to get great picture from your Dreamcast too? Get the BBS Toro, BBS Gekko and more at the Behar Bros. website! 

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Bullet Heaven Episode 221 - Galaxy Frontier (PC)

It's time for the Bullet Heaven Series 9 finale! On today's episode: Galaxy Frontier. Not a lot of info is floating around out there, but it was installed along with Rolling Gunner, it's also excatly $0.00 online with a creative commons license and it's pretty freaking fun... but how does it stack up?

Get Galaxy Frontier here

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Mudprints Unboxes: Galak-Z Indie Box Limited Edition (PC)

We have a pretty amazing audience, but every now and again, we find a Superfan; Once such Superfan was kind enough to send along the Galak-Z Indie Box Limited edition... and it was still sealed! What's inside???

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Mudprints Unboxes: Hyper Sentinel USB Cassette Edition (PC)

Games on cassette tapes?? In 2018?! Yes, but not exactly. Let;s take a look at the Hyper Sentinel USB Casette Edition from Huey Games!

Get the Hyper Sentinel USB Cassette here

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Bullet Heaven Episode 220 - Rolling Gunner (PC DVD)

We love doujin shooters here on Bullet Heaven so when we heard a pretty snazzy STG was released at the 2018 Comiket and we could get it in as easily as we could, we just had to check it out. What we didn't expect was the amazing quality held on the DVD that arrived. In this episode of Bullet Heaven, we're taking a look at Rolling gunner!

Get Rolling Gunner (and its soundtrack!) with worldwide shipping here

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Bullet Heaven Episode 219 - Defenders of Ekron (PS4)

Defenders of Ekron was a title we really should have examined back in 2017, but the stars never really aligned for us to do it. With the recent release of the Definitive edition of the game on PS4, Xbox One and PC on August 7th, we thought it was about time. How does this amalgamation of shooting game and adventure title hold up? Let's take a look!

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