Surprise! Heavenly Guardian this month

by JC Fletcher { Apr 7th 2008 at 2:15PM }

When UFO Interactive told us that Heavenly Guardian would be out in "Q2," we had no idea it would be so soon in this particular Q. Gamestop now lists the shooter, which was once a sequel to Kiki Kaikai/Pocky & Rocky, with an April 22nd release date, at an excellent price of $19.99. UFO confirmed both the release date an the price to us.

Apparently, the PS2 version slipped out to a few retail outlets a while ago, and we didn't even notice -- and neither did other review outlets, it seems. The Wii release should be a bit more high-profile, if only because we're talking about it right now! It's an original, fully 2D action/shooter game; how could we not talk about it?

Gallery: Heavenly Guardian

Tags: gamestop, heavenly-guardian, kiki-kai-world, shooter, starfish, ufo-interactive

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Orion @ Apr 7th 2008 2:56PM

awesome.. just in time for my birthday :). Ive been anticipating this title. :)

Lost Question @ Apr 7th 2008 4:43PM

out in canada/the states? or japan?
cause if its out in canada im getting it i had pocky & rocky 1 and pocky & rocky 2 on the snes good times, good times.

JC Fletcher @ Apr 7th 2008 5:33PM

US. Not sure about Canada.

meist3r @ Apr 7th 2008 5:22PM

Hate to say it but it looks absolutely terrible. I always try not to get into the whole HD gfx discussion because I love my Wii and I don't need uber fancy graphics to have fun. But when I see something like this game or this abomination Cruis'n is I sometimes ask myself if I shouldn't just stop buying into Nintendos scheme anyhow.

JC Fletcher @ Apr 7th 2008 5:33PM

Well, Cruis'n is a train wreck, but I think this looks amazing.

Steve Viglio @ Apr 7th 2008 7:21PM

Count me in for this great game! I've been contemplating finding the PS2 version but now that there's a Wii version, I'm going for that. I won't go into an argument against people who complain about graphics in current gen games much. I'll just say that gamers that complain about graphics usually prevent "fun" and "unique" games like this from selling or even releasing. That's not fair for gamers like me who don't give a damn about visuals much and who don't want FPS #600 with dark, realistic graphics.