Osyaberi! Horijyo! Gekihori: Anna Holinski saves the universe alright?! Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

For this Osyaberi! Horijyo! Gekihori: Anna Holinski saves the universe alright?! Review, we play a cute Japanese Space-Shooter that you can enjoy at your very own pace: Play it with a friend, grind for upgrades, and clear each stage one by one, if you are a beginner. Or try to go for a one-try clear, get challenging achievements, and unlock secrets, if you are a skilled arcade expert!

Osyaberi! Horijyo! Gekihori: Anna Holinski saves the universe alright?! Review Pros:

• Cutesy pixel art graphics.
• 341MB Download size
• Shmup gameplay.
• Side scroller shooter and you can freely move around.
• You play as a treasure hunter.
• Awesome menu system.
• Very Japanese in its style and presentation.
• Optional replayable tutorial.
• Two games in one as they have their own name and menu system.
• You can quit a game back to the main menu to select a game mode.
• Japanese voice and English subtitles.
• Each game/mode has its own set of settings, collections, and stories.
• Cutscenes are a mix of in-game interactions and still-frame voiced segments.
• You can skip cutscenes.
• Aside from the traditional shooting, you get ore deposit fields appear and all you need to do is fly through it collecting ore.
• Ore fills you up and once full you move slower and can’t pick any more up.
• The Shooting button can be pressed each time or held down, you go slower when shooting.
• Fuel goes down when getting hit and once it hits Zero it’s the end of your turn.
• Can replay levels.
• World map level select.
• Excellent fun and very accessible.
• Your shield is used to collect treasure drops from enemies and will slow down certain enemy bullets.
• The closer you are to an enemy the stronger your shot.
• Stage progress bar.
• Clear easy to understand ui.
• Drop in and out of local co-op.
• Big boss battles and small mini-bosses.
• Boss scores show a rank and time taken.
• End of run breakdown.
• Very addictive.
• Pop-up text of ore collected like coal, iron, silver, or Gold.
• A shop can appear during a level.
• All collected ore turns into cash to spend.
• Running playtime timer on the main menu.
• Upgrades can be bought from the shop, it’s random as to what parts show.
• Ore as said turns to cash at the end of a run except you can sell currently held ore into cash in the shops.
• You don’t get hit by all enemies themselves so the ore fields are just a case of moving around and maximizing your route.
• You keep everything you collected and upgraded so you never technically die and lose.
• Power-ups appear and grant short bursts of lasers, bigger drills, or some fuel back. It’s a capsule that changes on a cycle so you choose when and what to collect.
• Gets addictive in that the gunplay is good, and earning and progressing every run is satisfying.
• When playing you just roll into the next level until you run out of fuel.

Osyaberi! Horijyo! Gekihori: Anna Holinski saves the universe alright?! Review Cons:

• The tutorial is just about controls and not things like upgrades, the ore types, the general progression loop, and boss fights.
• Cannot rebind controls.
• No online leaderboards.
• Takes a bit of getting used to.
• The upgrades system is good but not being able to pick your own parts to upgrade is annoying.
• Difficulty spikes with the boss fights especially.
• It is a lot of grinding for ore and cash.
• Can play a lot and never get what you want in the shop to upgrade.
• No checkpoints or ways to respawn.
• The small play area gives a claustrophobic feeling.
• With no real death or consequences, it lacks any sense of danger.
• I wish you could turn the shield off as the slowdown of bullets makes boss battles trickier than they need to be.

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Developer: First Press Games

Publisher: First Press Games

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