{"id":97841,"date":"2019-08-04T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/irems_classic_shoot_em_up_x_multiply_is_coming_to_arcade_archives_on_switch"},"modified":"2019-08-04T04:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T04:30:00","slug":"irems-classic-shoot-em-up-x-multiply-is-coming-to-arcade-archives-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/04\/irems-classic-shoot-em-up-x-multiply-is-coming-to-arcade-archives-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Irem&#8217;s Classic Shoot &#8216;Em Up X Multiply Is Coming To Arcade Archives On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/50bc8ec83b54f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/50bc8ec83b54f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"X Multiply\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d2f65be57219a\/x-multiply.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d2f65be57219a\/x-multiply.900x.jpg\" alt=\"X Multiply\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The classic side-scrolling shoot &#8217;em up <strong>XMultiply<\/strong> is expected to make a comeback on the Switch thanks to Hamster&#8217;s glorious retro line, Arcade Archives.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not familiar with this title, you might at least know the Japanese developer behind it. Irem was best known for <strong>R-Type<\/strong> back in the day. XMultiply &#8211; released in 1989 &#8211; is a follow-up to the original R-Type.<\/p>\n<p>The story in X Multiply is about microscopic aliens invading a planet. Scientists deploy a small-sized fighter into the body of a person who has been infected by this unknown threat and it&#8217;s your job as the player to save the day.<\/p>\n<p>Irem&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/01\/irem_arcade_classics_kid_niki_youjuu-den_and_moon_patrol_heading_to_switch\">previous ACA releases<\/a> on Switch include <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/kid_niki\">Kid Niki<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Youjuu-Den<\/strong> And <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/arcade_archives_moon_patrol\">Moon Patrol<\/a><\/strong>. Below is arcade footage of the game, courtesy of the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JIzTSeP7yIQ\">YouTube channel<\/a> Retro Hawk.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JIzTSeP7yIQ?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Is this the classic shoot &#8217;em up you&#8217;ve been waiting for on the Switch? Leave a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The classic side-scrolling shoot &#8217;em up XMultiply is expected to make a comeback on the Switch thanks to Hamster&#8217;s glorious retro line, Arcade Archives. If you&#8217;re not familiar with this title, you might at least know the Japanese developer behind it. Irem was best known for R-Type back in the day. XMultiply &#8211; released in [&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-97841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97841","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=97841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}