07-16-2008, 01:56 PM
Sforza Wrote:Does Castlevania: Symphony of the Night count? Because that would probably be the best shmup ever. I think it's more of a bmup (beat em up) though.
I don't think it does. I know quite a few of the games Leper mentioned, and they're more of the bullet hell type shmups which you get through by memorizing the moves.
In a sense they're closer to Beat Mania, the DJ simulation series, than Castlevania.