Games that aren’t shmups with shoot them up sections

Tell me what I’m missing!

Family Guy Video Game!
Family Guy Video Game!
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land
Cybernator
Cybernator
Sparkster
Sparkster
Shadows of the Damned
Shadows of the Damned
Gunstar Super Heroes
Gunstar Super Heroes
Pac-Man World Re-Pac
Pac-Man World Re-Pac
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Sonic Frontiers
Sonic Frontiers
Bayonetta 3
Bayonetta 3
Kingdom Hearts III
Kingdom Hearts III
Kirby's Adventure
Kirby's Adventure
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Freedom Planet
Freedom Planet
Jade Empire
Jade Empire
Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"
Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Hagane: The Final Conflict
Hagane: The Final Conflict
Tokimeki Memorial
Tokimeki Memorial
Viewtiful Joe
Viewtiful Joe
Rocket Knight Adventures
Rocket Knight Adventures
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!
The Wonderful 101
The Wonderful 101
Bayonetta
Bayonetta
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 3
Kirby Super Star
Kirby Super Star
No More Heroes
No More Heroes
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Gunstar Heroes
Gunstar Heroes
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Freedom Planet 2
Freedom Planet 2
NieR: Automata
NieR: Automata
Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts II

13 Comments


1 year ago

Sonic Frontiers.

1 year ago

-Astro Boy Omega Factor
-Kirby Super Star
-Kirby's Return to Dreamland
-Tokimeki Memorial
-Rocket Knight Adventures
-Sparkster (SNES)
-Family Guy The Video Game
Viewtiful Joe

1 year ago

Both Freedom Planet games

1 year ago

gunstar super heroes has levels that pay homage to thunderblade, afterburner, etc

also cybernator/assault suits valken

1 year ago

The Wonderful 101, Bayonetta 3 (I think 1 has one too, haven't played it myself), Kingdom Hearts 2 and 3 (1 is a bit meandering and lacks the feel of a shmup), and Super Smash Bros Ultimate becomes a shmup during the Classic Mode credits.

1 year ago

Does the credit minigame in Smash Ultimate count?

1 year ago

Shadows of the Damned, Pac-Man World/World Re-Pac, Kirby's Adventure/Nightmare in Dreamland, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2, and Spy Fox in Dry Cereal.

1 year ago

jade empire

1 year ago

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror, just before the end.
Super Mario Land has some plane stages.
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! has a boss stage that is played like a shoot'em up.
Metal Slug 3, when you are in outer space in the Final Stage.

Hope all of these count...

1 year ago

Thanks for all these suggestions everybody!


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