Sakura Stars, new shmup coming to Steam on May 21st

The pitch: When hordes of Youkai threaten the world, the Tanukis send a messenger to choose human girls to receive magical powers to defend humanity. They are known as SAKURA STARS.
Take on hordes of youkai in this 8bit horizontal shmup and defend humanity from supernatural beings.
Sakura Stars is a game made on Pico-8, a retro fantasy console with purposeful limitations to simulate an 8-bit era console.

Launches May 21st, on Steam.