Psikyo Shooting Stars Bravo

NIS America released Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha last month, a collection comprised of a handful of excellent shooters (and that one Sol Divide dud) originally crafted by a company I knew little of at the time, Psikyo. It was a collection mainly featuring military and sci-fi shoot ’em ups that played brilliantly and featured tons of customization options to make them as accessible as possible. I really enjoyed those games and was looking forward to NIS America’s next collection, Psikyo Sh...

A few weeks after the first collection of Psikyo shooters, here's the second one so let's get ready to shoot! No quarters necessary.

Back in January, Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha was released on the Nintendo Switch. In February, Psikyo Shooting Stars Bravo was released. Like Alpha, it contains

It’s not as good as Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha, but Psikyo Shooting Stars Bravo is still an interesting proposition for shoot ’em up fans. It’s expected, what with this collection launching so quickly after the first, that it doesn’t do anything to address its predecessor’s shortfalls, but it’s still a little disappointing. If you’re after yet more shoot ’em ups to add to your ever-growing Switch collection and don’t mind the lack of extras, go ahead and jump right in. Most will probably want to wait for a decent sale though.

Both the Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha and Psikyo Shooting Stars Bravo collections are pretty close in value to one another. While Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha is perhaps the better of the two due to the consistent quality of the Strikers games, we also harbour a soft spot for the Gunbird series on Psikyo Shooting Stars Bravo, especially Gunbird 2. Sengoku Cannon is so poor it might as well not exist in the collection, but Samurai Aces Episode 1 and Gunbarich are stronger than Alpha's Sol Divide and Zero Gunner 2, so which collection is better is mostly going to come down to preference between th...