The best trailer of a 2D shooter starring a monkey you'll see today
by JC Fletcher 
{ Feb 13th 2008 at 11:15AM }
The fate of UFO Interactive's North American release of Kiki Kai World (now known as Heavenly Guardian) is up in the air. We aren't sure if it's coming out on Wii, or PS2, or anything. But UFO's other Starfish-developed 2D game, Monkey King: The Legend Begins, is still on the way -- this trailer says this month, but Amazon says April 15th.
We're continuing to be optimistic about this game, both in terms of its quality and the likelihood of its release, because we so desperately want to believe that it's possible to release an original 2D sidescrolling shooter in 2008, and that it's possible to subsequently enjoy that shooter. It's easy to be optimistic when the game is as pretty as this one is.
[Via NeoGAF]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
danny. @ Feb 13th 2008 12:10PM
I like these games as much as the next guy, but I hate these huge sprites (i.e. Air Zonk, Omega Five [I do like both of those however]). I'll stick to the wealth of VC titles over this one.
jtedesco33 @ Feb 13th 2008 9:37PM
I would like to see more 2d side scrolling shooters and fighting games. Call me to old school if you like but I prefer the frantic action that both provide. I enjoy all of the newer 3d fighters but something always draws me back to Street Fighter and King of Fighters.
I guess maybe I'm just old but I much prefer the strategy the 2d games provide in those two arenas of gaming.
Service_Games @ Feb 14th 2008 11:03PM
If it does make it over here, I think this one is gonna end up on my must have list.