Air Twister
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| Developer(s) | YS Net |
| Publisher(s) | YS Net |
| Designer(s) | Yu Suzuki |
| Composer(s) | Valensia |
| Platform(s) | iOS |
| Release | June 24, 2022 |
| Genre(s) | Rail shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Air Twister is a 2022 third-person arcade rail shooter game developed and published by YS Net and released on June 24, 2022 for iOS via Apple Arcade.[1]
Development
In 2008, Yu Suzuki created his video game incubation studio YS Net.[2] The studio has produced a few small scale mobile games and the kickstarter funded console game Shenmue III. Air Twister was the studio's first big budget internationally released smart phone game.[2]
A 3-D Space Harrier concept for smart phones was first shared by Suzuki with Polygon in a 2015 interview.[2] However, he is reluctant to call Air Twister a spiritual successor to Space Harrier.[1]
For Air Twister, Suzuki took inspiration from numerous sources: vintage floppy disc games Mystery House, the Ultima series, to other Sega rail shooters namely Panzer Dragoon and Tetsuya Mizuguchi's Rez.[1]
Suzuki, a long time fan of Dutch musician Valensia, reached out to him via Facebook to compose the music, to which he agreed.[1]
Upon release there were many game modes that were labeled as coming soon, in the end of August 2022 all game modes were available with the release of Version 1.1.[3][4] The new modes included two new bonus stages in the stardust mode as well as a Turbo mode and an unlockable island in the adventure mode.[3][5]
Release
The game was released June 24, 2022 exclusively on Apple Arcade.
References
- ^ a b c d Hilliard, Kyle (31 May 2022). "Shenmue Creator Announces Air Twister For Apple Arcade". Gamespot. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Leone, Matt. "Two hours in Yu Suzuki's kitchen". Polygon. Polygon. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Yu Suzuki's 3D rail shooter Air Twister gets new content update". MegaVisions. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "What's New in 1.1". YS-Net. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "What's New in 1.2". YS-Net. Retrieved 4 October 2022.