Twilight Parade: Moonlit Mononoke

[後半に日本語レビューあり] [h1] Pixel Parade of Yokai: A Side-Scrolling STG [/h1] Set during a moonlit festival, twin oni and cute girls with fox ears or bunny outfits rush into a grand parade of yokai in this horizontal shoot’em up. The four playable characters each have distinct shooting styles and support familiars, delivering short yet fast-paced action. Composed of five stages, it’s designed to be accessible rather than overwhelming, offering the casual charm of an arcade experience. There are several aspects that could be improved—attack patterns, the mid-stage slot-machine event, and the placement of the hitbox—but these remain points for future refinement. The greatest highlight lies in its pixel-art visuals, condensing the festival’s heat and nocturnal atmosphere into vivid motion that feels pleasant to simply watch. Though brief, it’s an STG filled with both cuteness and mystique, allowing players to fully enjoy the artistry of pixel graphics. [h1] 妖怪たちのドット絵「パレード」STG [/h1] 月夜の祭りを舞台に、鬼の双子や狐耳/バニーっ娘たちが妖怪たちのパレードへ突っ込んでいく横スクロールSTG。 4人のプレイアブルキャラは、それぞれ射撃タイプや補助妖怪の特性が異なり、短時間ながらもテンポの良いアクションを楽しめる。全5ステージ構成で、派手すぎず遊びやすい設計となっており、気軽に遊べるアーケード的な魅力を持つ。攻撃パターンや途中のスロットマシーン演出、当たり判定点の位置など改善すべき点はいくつか見当たるが…

Solid bullet hell-ish shmup, more on the "pick a spot and gently sway back and forth" end of the spectrum than frantically weaving, so quite beginner friendly. Lovely art and music, thoroughly recommended

Twilight Parade: Moonlit Mononoke ---{ Graphics }--- {x} Beautiful { } Good { } Decent { } Bad ---{ Gameplay }--- {x} Very good { } Good [ Combat Stances & Weapon Attributes / Variants ] { } It's just gameplay ---{ Audio }--- {x} Good { } Not too bad { } Bad ---{ Game Size }--- {x} Old Fashioned { } Workable { } Big ---{ Difficulty }--- { } Easy {x} Easy to learn / Hard to master { } Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- {x} Only if u care about achievements { } Average grind level { } Too much grind ---{ Story }--- {} No Story { } Average { } Good {x}Lovely ---{ Game Time }--- { } Long enough for a cup of coffee { } Short {x} Average ---{ Price }--- { } It's free! {x} Worth the price { } If it's on sale { } If u have some spare money left Overall thoughts This is a amazing Shump (bullet hell shooter) I highly recommend this game Review Score 10/10

It's okay. Lots of little weird issues that should probably be polished up. It's a bullet hell, but kind of a jank example of one. No indication of what your chosen character is going to play like at character select. There seem to be four main types: all shots travel straight, no spread type, but the options either do a follow with recall after a few seconds, float up and down, are two floating up and down types, and a locked twin option. The character models are really big, and the hitbox is on the shoulder of your character, slightly up from the halfway point. Together these things are weirdly distracting to me. I have to focus more on that little gem to dodge later stuff than watching the patterns. Patterns in the first two levels are stupidly easy. In fact, bosses mostly let you park and shoot them for 15 seconds. The third boss and on are much more proper bullet hell, but that enlarged hitbox makes dodging quite a bit harder than I'm used to. Of course, you waste whole minutes playing a silly slot game with very easily timed winning faces to get more lives at the end of levels, but it's still annoying to deal with em, on top of the very spongy bosses themselves with n…