M2 Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli (Switch/PS4)

Hattori Hanzo

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Today, M2 announced that it’s bringing Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli to Switch. The “Toaplan Arcade Garage” series shoot ’em up collection is due out for Switch in Japan on October 28.

Here’s a rundown of what’s included:



Included in Both the Physical and Digital Editions

  • Kyukyoku Tiger (arcade version)
    • M2 Gadgets, Super Easy, and Arcade Challenge
  • Tiger-Heli (arcade version)
    • M2 Gadgets, Super Easy, and Arcade Challenge
  • Kyukyoku Tiger (two-player arcade version)
  • Twin Cobra (western arcade version of Kyukyoku Tiger)
Included in the Physical Edition + Downloadable Content

  • Get Star (arcade version)
  • Guardian (western arcade version of Get Star)
  • Kyukyoku Tiger (Famicom version)
  • Kyukyoku Tiger (PC Engine version)
  • Kyukyoku Tiger (Mega Drive version)
  • Twin Cobra (NES version)
  • Twin Cobra (Genesis version)
  • Tiger-Heli (Famicom version)
  • Tiger-Heli (NES version)
Source

Official website

Switch:

PS4:
 

Ralfakick

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Pretty cool, but can we please get Kyukyoku Tiger 2? The Saturn game is over $200 now.
Go funky cold Medina mode, and get teh repro-
 

Ralfakick

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Go funky cold Medina mode, and get teh repro-
Tempted. I could go the F3 multi cart way too
 

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From which game is the video's bgm? I legitimately don't remember any Airwolf sounding music tracks on Tiger Heli and Twin Cobra.
 

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Twin Cobra rules. I'll buy it for that alone as I know I'll get dozens of hours out of it.

On the other hand I find Tiger Heli to be a bit annoying to play. Lots of sniper tanks, shots only go a little ways, support choppers need to be babysat to keep them alive, etc.

Anyone familiar with Get Star? I can't say I've ever seen that one before.
 

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Twin Cobra rules. I'll buy it for that alone as I know I'll get dozens of hours out of it.

On the other hand I find Tiger Heli to be a bit annoying to play. Lots of sniper tanks, shots only go a little ways, support choppers need to be babysat to keep them alive, etc.

Anyone familiar with Get Star? I can't say I've ever seen that one before.
Same here regarding Twin Cobra, but I like the idea of the double pack. It would be awesome to see M2 release a Thunder Dragon 2 and Arcadia / Rapid Hero release like this in the future too.

Apparently trap15 is a fan of Get Star, he posted about it on the shmups forum thread. Probably worth a shot, is the dlc included with physical version or an extra cost on both digital and physical?
 

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Horrible game, but no Kyukyoku Tiger 2?
I was wondering that myself. Apparently M2 announced that they'll release nearly every game by Taoplan, but KTII is made by Takumi. Even though it was former Toaplan like Raising, Gazelle, CAVE etc. the current owner of Toaplan IPs has probably not the rights to games from any of Toaplan's offshoot companies. Too bad.
 

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I was wondering that myself. Apparently M2 announced that they'll release nearly every game by Taoplan, but KTII is made by Takumi. Even though it was former Toaplan like Raising, Gazelle, CAVE etc. the current owner of Toaplan IPs has probably not the rights to games from any of Toaplan's offshoot companies. Too bad.

I think I'd care more if it was a good game. It didn't feel like the original at all and it was a product of its time with unnecessary cutscenes and voice acting.
 

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From which game is the video's bgm? I legitimately don't remember any Airwolf sounding music tracks on Tiger Heli and Twin Cobra.
It's a remix from the main BGM of Tiger-Heli.
Twin Cobra rules. I'll buy it for that alone as I know I'll get dozens of hours out of it.

On the other hand I find Tiger Heli to be a bit annoying to play. Lots of sniper tanks, shots only go a little ways, support choppers need to be babysat to keep them alive, etc.

Anyone familiar with Get Star? I can't say I've ever seen that one before.
It's a pretty decent side-scrolling beat 'em up that was sadly Toaplan's first commercial failure.
Pretty cool, but can we please get Kyukyoku Tiger 2? The Saturn game is over $200 now.
It would be cool to see Twin Cobra II re-released but that's up to Taito and whoever has the game's rights, as Takumi doesn't exist anymore.
 

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Go funky cold Medina mode, and get teh repro-
Just picked an original up from Japan for a decent price at least with regards to today’s current pricing
 
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