Simple Characters 2000 Series Vol.8: Kagaru Ninja Tai Gatchaman - The Shooting
Gatchaman: The Shooting is a vertical shoot 'em up based on the Japanese manga/anime with the same name (Known as Battle of the Planets in the US). You select any of the four characters featured in the game…
Simple Characters 2000 Series Vol.8: Kagaru Ninja Tai Gatchaman - The Shooting is a shooter developed by Warashi, released 27 July 2002 on PlayStation.
What Simple Characters 2000 Series Vol.8: Kagaru Ninja Tai Gatchaman - The Shooting is
Simple Characters 2000 Series Vol.8: Kagaru Ninja Tai Gatchaman - The Shooting is a shooter game developed by Warashi and released in 2002. It was published by Bandai. It is available on PlayStation only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Gatchaman: The Shooting is a vertical shoot 'em up based on the Japanese manga/anime with the same name (Known as Battle of the Planets in the US). You select any of the four characters featured in the game (Ken the Eagle, Joe the Condor, Jun the Swan and Jinpei the Swallow) and shoot your way through 4 action filled stages with increasing difficulty either running riding a vehicle or flying, to in the end defeat the evil Berg Katse. Along the way you can collect power-ups for your weapons to increase your chances of survival.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Tatsunoko series
Simple Characters 2000 Series Vol.8: Kagaru Ninja Tai Gatchaman - The Shooting is the first of 3 entries we hold in the Tatsunoko series. The next entry was Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes in 2008.
What it launched against
Simple Characters 2000 Series Vol.8: Kagaru Ninja Tai Gatchaman - The Shooting launched on 27 July 2002, within three weeks of Super Mario Sunshine, SoulCalibur II, Syberia and Stronghold Crusader.
Released around the same time: Super Mario Sunshine, SoulCalibur II, Syberia, Stronghold Crusader.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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