To preface, I'm not a huge fan of shumps. I don't think they're bad but I never was interested in them. However, when Pop'n Twinbee got added to the SNES online app, I thought I may as well try it...

This game really outdid itself when it comes to the presentation. The visuals are striking and amazed me at every turn, and the music is just bouncy and fun. When it comes to the actual gameplay, way the "options" ala Gradius work in this game are very interesting, especially if you choose one of the other two modes for them. Surround effectively makes you a bullet spraying menace and Engulf puts up to 4 more mini Twinbees that, as the name suggests, "engulf" the screen. These put a twist on the otherwise normal (though really fun) shump gameplay. Multiplayer is also very fun and if you can give it a try, you should.

Reviewed on Nov 19, 2020


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