Harpoon Shooter! Nozomi
Side-scrolling shooter by shooting and pulling harpoon
Shoot the harpoon at the strong enemies!
When shoot the harpoon at the enemy,
- Fire forward and in addition at the enemy.
- Get high score if you get close enough to the target to fire.
Get close to the pulling enemy while avoiding their attacks, and aim for the high score!
Controls
- A button (Y button) : Shot / Long press to throw harpoon
- B button (X button) : Bomb (For emergency use. Limited)
While the shot button is pressed, an enemy is slowly draws to own ship.
Release the shot button to release the harpoon.
Collect sweets instead of bullets(Easy mode)
For beginners mode. Enemies fire Sweets instead of attacks, so collect as many as you can.
Creating weapons
You can spend the scores (currency) you earn to create new weapons(shot types).
Lots of weapon types to create!
There is a wide variety of ancient weapons that you may have seen 80s-90s, as well as those that are difficult to use.
Leaderboards
Let’s compete your skills in the high score leaderboard of each stage.
There will also be leaderboards for each weapon and for easy mode.
A little game for a change
You can play little games with the currency you got.
Old easter eggs and cheap stories
There may be ancient Easter eggs, feel free to enjoy it for a change of pace.
And enjoy the cheap story of our hero, Nozomi-chan!
Game Discussion
Steam User 11
This developer knows their japanese shmup and gaming history. The game is very well designed containing references to classic games; 2 examples of which are both the player ship type, shop mechanism and stage 1 reminding strongly of Ordyne, whilst the stage 2 boss reminds me of the old Nintendo Game and Watch game Octopus.
The harpoon mechanic is superb fun working both for surival and especially for scoring, for those interested, as the closer to enemies harpooned the player manages to remain the more score is obtained , whilst also offering bonuses on popcorns.
There are no doubt loads of references and secrets I've still to discover.The game also lets you create certain weapons in a factory in the Quest Mode as a way of unlocking new types.
The graphics are great and the OST is very good,
Steam User 3
A very enjoyable shmup with such vibrant colors and quirky enemies. Shooting harpoon into big enemies and dragging them back is so satisfying. Highly recommended.
Steam User 2
Super fun and creative cute-em-up. Features a super-easy mode with no enemy bullets, normal mode, and hard mode. Uncomplicated mechanics and a simple (yet fun) harpoon gimmick make this a great title to play in short bursts.
Steam User 1
A very bouncy cute-em-up where you can stab enemies with a harpoon and then lock your fire onto them. You can dismantle the bosses piece-by-piece which is highly amusing. Looks great and has lots of energy. Another review compared it to Namco's Ordyne and that's spot on as far as vibes, Levels are a little long but that's the only qualm.
Steam User 3
Yeah it's pretty sweet. Very confused as to why this is so slept on.
Steam User 3
Another solid title from Wandering Wonder