I forgot to mention this earlier but Shooting Love 20XX is out on physical release for Japanese Xbox 360 and everywhere else as an Xbox Live Arcade downloadable title for those who want to polish their skills before participating in the just announced Skill Test competition.
From the press release:
Triangle Service’s MINUS ZERO is an abstract, minimalist shooter that focuses on a tried-and-true shoot-’em-up weapon: the lock-on laser. It’s shoot-’em-up purity: just you, your lock-on laser, a whole bunch of enemies, and an electronica soundtrack that builds upon itself as you progress. As long as you continue to blast away at the waves of enemies, you’ll maintain invincibility, but if you lose track of your position amongst the explosions and neon glow, you’ll soon find that invincibility can be fleeting! MINUS ZERO also has replay support and Steam Achievements, Leaderboards, and Cloud saves.
And the competition part:
Shmups Skill Test Contests:
Celebrating the release of Shmups Skill Test, there are two Shmups Skill Test contests. You may enter both.
Lowest Gamer Age Contest Rules: Contestants will play in Solo Test mode. The 3 lowest “gamer age” entries submitted in Solo Test mode win. Matching gamer ages will be tie-broken by highest scores. Replays must be uploaded for entries to be counted.
Prizes: All three winners each get a TRIZEAL Remix Steam key (given before official launch!)
Mystery Age Contest Rules: Contestants will play in Solo Test mode. The first three contestants to achieve one of three different mystery ages and post their screenshot to Twitter mentioning and following @DegiGames and using #ShmupAge win. Once a mystery age is achieved, no other contestant can submit the same age. The mystery ages are Fujino-san’s age, the amount of years since Gradius 3 (the game that inspired Fujino-san to design games) came out, and the amount of shots a second that Takahashi Meijin is famous for firing.
Prizes: All three winners each get a beautiful, signed poster covered in XIIZEAL and DELTAZEAL ships.
Deadlines:
Both contests start at Shmups Skill Test’s launch, 6/09 US (6/10 Japan), and end at 6pm PT on 6/16 in the US (10am on 6/17 in Japan).
