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after the m2 announcements the other day i keep thinking about how shmups are the worst genre for the Distribution Situation that they have and that basically all talk about how the scene can grow is moot until the biggest games are all available on all major platforms and regions

i cant think of a genre with a higher expectation of community literacy of The Classics. i played devil blade, loved it, then like many moved onto arcade emulation and am picking at the cave library. one of the most mismanaged, least accessible libraries in the history of all recorded media

it's a shame because i think this is part of the appeal, it's a niche that operates more like music or movie subcultures in that sense and i think that's very cool; the problem is when they restore the godfather they don't release it exclusively in japan or god forbid on exa label

My favorite was M2 complaining about people passing around the GG Aleste 3 rom when it's only available on a Switch release in Japan.