Super Hydorah

Critic reviews

• NintendoLife

  Jon Mundy · Dec 01, 2018

  8.0

  We don't mean to suggest that Super Hydorah is reinventing the shoot 'em up wheel here. It's resolutely an old-fashioned blaster that's clearly standing on the shoulders of giants. But from that elevated position, the developer – one-man team Locomalito, whose utterly superb platformer Cursed Castilla was ported to 3DS not so long ago (it's coming to Switch soon as well) – has spotted a few modern ideas that can be added to this familiar mix, to generally pleasing effect.

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• Touch Arcade

  Maciej (Mike) Duraj (Lata) · May 17, 2018

  8.0

  The game controls very well on the touchscreen, which surprised me a bit as many such shooters don’t have that precision element where you can slide diagonally gently. I found the best way to play Super Hydorah was with my thumb on the right side of the display where the enemies are usually coming from and not the traditional method from the left side. Anyone into shoot 'em ups needs to give this game a try. It plays and controls well in a nice and frantic pace that should keep you on your toes for long play sessions. Super Hydorah is a very pleasant tribute to the classics of a bygone era.

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