Thunder Force striking again?

by JC Fletcher { Jul 5th 2008 at 8:00PM }

What an excellent week it's been for classic game fans! The DS gets a new (release of) Chrono Trigger, the Wii gets a new 8-bit Mega Man, and now this! NeoGAF's neo2046 noticed an update to Thunder Force developer Tecnosoft's website stating that a new entry in the longstanding shmup series is on the way. The WHOIS data for tecnosoft.com indicates that the domain has been in the possession of a Japanese company since 1996, and archive.org shows previous TecnoSoft webpages in that space, so this seems legit.

There's very little information on the barebones site -- in fact, you're looking at all of it -- so we don't know which platform or platforms TecnoSoft is planning to release the game on. But it's a shooter, and the Wii is where shooters go this generation. TecnoSoft would be able to release classic Genesis Thunder Force games on the Virtual Console to promote it. We'd love to see Thunder Force II and its indecipherable intro available once again.

[Via NeoGAF]

Tags: shmup, shooter, tecnosoft, thunder-force

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Hafk @ Jul 5th 2008 9:07PM

OH MY GOD.

I want Thunder Force VI, please! Dumb down the free-range of V (it was too powerful anyway), but GIVE IT POINTER SUPPORT.

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PERFECTION.

SegaPleaseMakePanzerDragoonWii! @ Jul 6th 2008 2:12PM

I remember buying Lightening Force (aka Thunder Force IV) off a kid at school for $3. The game was less than a year old, but the kid wasn't in to Shmups and this was back before there was a Gamestop on every corner. I lost many hours playing that game. Probably my favorite Shmup of all time. I'll take a 2d sprite Lightening Force sequel on Wiiware any day.