City Connection brings R-TYPE DX Music Encore to Switch
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Updated · Nintendo Life · May 4
City Connection brings R-TYPE DX Music Encore to Switch
7 articles · Updated · Nintendo Life · May 4
The package adds a new soundtrack by Japanese sound designer WASi303 and includes original Game Boy R-Type I, II and DX versions, plus a hyper speed mode.
Players also get galleries, display filters, screen options, mission leaderboards and rewind, though the review says the rewind timer wrongly keeps running while paused.
The review says the 1999 Game Boy Color game remains a distinctive, easier-than-arcade R-Type variant, and calls this audio-enhanced release the best version for series fans, especially in handheld play.
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