News: Spica Adventure sidescroller @ AOU

February 18, 2005, 02:26 PM

by Recap, via Taito Corporation -
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This weekend's AOU Amusement Expo in Tokyo has revealed two unexpected comebacks to the arcade scene. Firstly, there's Mario himself, both in his 'kart' form thanks to Namco, and as several 'medal games' from Capcom. But secondly, the classic 2D side-scroller, widely ignored by the arcade audience and media at present. Taito wants to bring the jumping, platforms, cute characters and multi-purpose umbrellas back in full hi-res sprite glory with 'Spica Adventure', a game for the Windows-based Type X system, ported from Japanese mobile phones. Game Watch has the only screenshot available for now - look for more info.