Akai Katana (2010)

- Developer
- CAVE Interactive
- Publisher
- CAVE Interactive, Rising Star Games
- Platforms
- Arcade, Xbox 360
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Rating
- 3.5 of 5, 6 player ratings
- Where to get it
- Website
How it feels
A punishing bullet-hell horizontal shooter with a beautiful feudal Japanese aesthetic and relentless enemy fire.
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About
"Akai Katana" is a horizontally scrolling shooter bullet hell developed by Cave and released in Japan on August 20, 2010 for arcades. A port to the Xbox 360 with additional game modes, "Akai Katana Shin", followed on May 26, 2011 in Japan. Rising Star Games published the console release in North America and Europe on May 15, 2012 simply as" Akai Katana".
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