{"id":18678,"date":"2023-04-27T18:01:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T09:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=18678"},"modified":"2023-04-27T18:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T09:01:58","slug":"20230427-18678","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230427-18678\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid-fire legend Takahashi Meijin\u2019s StarGagnant shmup arrives in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Regista and Takahashi Meijin have announced that vertical scrolling shoot\u2019em up <strong>StarGagnant <\/strong>will be released on the Nintendo Switch in Japan on May 25. The game will support English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u91cd\u5927\u767a\u8868\u3011<br>\u4eba\u4eba\u4eba\u4eba\u4eba\u4eba\u4eba\u4eba\u4eba\u4eba\u4eba\u4eba\u4eba<br>\u9ad8\u6a4b\u540d\u4eba\u76e3\u4fee\u30b7\u30e5\u30fc\u30c6\u30a3\u30f3\u30b0\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u300e\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30ac\u30cb\u30a2\u30f3\u300f\u304c\u9042\u306b\u5b8c\u6210\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f!<br>Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^<br><br>\u305d\u3057\u3066\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb<br>\u672c\u65e5\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u5185\u5bb9\u3092\u516c\u958b\uff01<br>\u25bc\u8a73\u7d30\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\u25bc<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jHYFZEr78C\">https:\/\/t.co\/jHYFZEr78C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E9%AB%98%E6%A9%8B%E5%90%8D%E4%BA%BA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u9ad8\u6a4b\u540d\u4eba<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30ac\u30cb\u30a2\u30f3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9uUcGINBX6\">pic.twitter.com\/9uUcGINBX6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30ac\u30cb\u30a2\u30f3StarGagnant (@StarGagnant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarGagnant\/status\/1651390706618081281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>[Important Announcement]<br>Development on StarGagnant, the shoot\u2019em up supervised by Takahashi Meijin, has finally been completed.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Takahashi Meijin is a former employee of Hudson Soft who currently works with companies like MAGES. Since the Famicom era, he has championed the shmup genre, and became well-known at the time for his rapid button pressing speed that allowed him to fire 16 shots per second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to announcing that development on StarGagnant was complete and its release date, Takahashi also revealed some gameplay details. A major feature of the game is the \u201cSPECIAL Attack\u201d system, which alters the power of your shots depending on how rapidly you press the button. This system encourages players to adjust their firing speed in response to the current situation and was devised during discussions between Takahashi and development staff member Terarin.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The game includes a seven-stage ARCADE mode; a CARAVAN mode, where you aim for high-scores within a two-minute time limit; and a CHALLENGE mode, where your skills are judged based on various criteria. All three modes support local and online leaderboards. There is one more mode called RAPID FIRE, in which up to four players compete to see who has the highest button pressing speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>StarGagnant was developed by Regista, based on a concept born from Takahashi\u2019s desire to create \u201ca retro-style, rapid-fire shmup that anyone can enjoy.\u201d Regista is a game developer that has created titles in a variety of genres, including escape games. It also has experience working on shmup games such as Moon Dancer, RagingBlasters, and MissileDancer.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230427-245495-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Furthermore, Takahashi mentioned on his <a href=\"https:\/\/ameblo.jp\/meijin16shot\/entry-12800433756.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">personal blog<\/a> that the crowdfunding campaign held for the game last year raised a total of 2.25 million yen (around $16,800), which is more than double the 1 million yen (around $7,400) that they were seeking. He plans to reveal even more StarGagnant gameplay details on his blog in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official site for StarGagnant can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/stargagnant.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Marco Farinaccia based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230427-245495\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2023-04-27 12:33 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regista and Takahashi Meijin have announced that StarGagnant will be released on the Nintendo Switch in Japan on May 25. 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