{"id":118675,"date":"2020-09-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/09\/shoot_1up_dx_is_the_first_of_three_shmups_being_remastered_for_current_consoles"},"modified":"2020-09-29T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T12:00:00","slug":"shoot-1up-dx-is-the-first-of-three-shmups-being-remastered-for-current-consoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/09\/29\/shoot-1up-dx-is-the-first-of-three-shmups-being-remastered-for-current-consoles\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoot 1UP DX Is The First Of Three Shmups Being Remastered For Current Consoles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c24d5468b36c3\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c24d5468b36c3\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n<p>Independent studio Mommy&#8217;s Best Games has announced plans to launch remasters of three of its games on Switch and other current platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The first of these will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/shoot_1up_dx\"><strong>Shoot 1UP DX<\/strong><\/a>, an award-winning shmup which allows players to play all of their ships at the same time, rather than hoarding each 1UP. &#8220;I\u2019m very proud of the innovation the original Shoot 1UP brought to shoot-em up genre, and excited to re-release a Deluxe Version to modern consoles,&#8221; says Mommy\u2019s Best Games lead designer and co-owner Nathan Fouts.<\/p>\n<p>The game will boast two new levels, new bosses, and more &#8220;weird&#8221; enemies, meaning that even those who have played the game before will have something new to tuck into.<\/p>\n<p>Following on from that, fresh releases of two more shmups from the studio, <strong>Explosionade<\/strong> and <strong>Weapon of Choice<\/strong>, will also be getting the remaster treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of key features for the first of the trio, Shoot 1UP DX:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Key Features for Shoot 1UP DX<\/strong><br \/>&#8211; 1UPs instantly enter the action!<br \/>&#8211; Command up to 30 ships at the same time!<br \/>&#8211; 2 player local co-op play for 60 simultaneous player ship insanity!<br \/>&#8211; Contract your phalanx to dodge enemy fire, expand your ships to fire the PLASMA AUGER!<br \/>&#8211; Weapons upgrade as you collect more ships (And they downgrade when you lose them so stay sharp!)<br \/>&#8211; Sacrifice ships for a BULLET-VAPORIZING BOMB which increases in power the more ships you&#8217;ve collected!<br \/>&#8211; Hardcore? Crank up the difficulty and gameplay speed for THUMB-TWISTING maneuvers!<br \/>&#8211; Classic shmup design &#8211; 8 levels of alien-fighting action, ready for you to get your revenge!<br \/>&#8211; Deluxe Version includes 2 brand new levels, a dozen NEW ENEMIES, bosses, and more!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"That's erm... Well, that's certainly something, isn't it?\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9cc7024303ae0\/thats-erm-well-thats-certainly-something-isnt-it.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 900 506'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9cc7024303ae0\/thats-erm-well-thats-certainly-something-isnt-it.900x.jpg\" alt=\"That's erm... Well, that's certainly something, isn't it?\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">That&#8217;s erm&#8230; Well, that&#8217;s certainly something, isn&#8217;t it?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shoot 1UP DX will launch first on Switch on 15th October, with releases on other platforms to follow. It&#8217;ll cost $5.99 on the Switch eShop.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for even more shmups, make sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/feature-best-nintendo-switch-shmups\">our list of the very best available on Switch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent studio Mommy&#8217;s Best Games has announced plans to launch remasters of three of its games on Switch and other current platforms. The first of these will be Shoot 1UP DX, an award-winning shmup which allows players to play all of their ships at the same time, rather than hoarding each 1UP. &#8220;I\u2019m very proud [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}