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Shmups Wiki:List of shooting games

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PWCA:

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This page contains links to every game that we ''currently'' have a wiki page written about in our Library.

If you notice a game is missing, consider [[(Template Page)#Creating a new page|starting a page]]! ❤️
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! Game !! Developer !! Publisher !! Year !! Notes
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| ''[[Akai Katana]]'' || [[CAVE]] || CAVE || 2010 || '''⭐⭐''' Stub page; '''needs content & formatting'''
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| ''[[Akuu Gallet]] / Air Gallet'' || [[Gazelle]] || Banpresto || 1996 || '''⭐⭐''' Stub page. Formatting is good so far, but needs content
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| ''[[ALLTYNEX Second]]'' || [[SITER SKAIN]] || Nyu Media || 2013 || '''⭐⭐''' Fairly new WIP page, needs images
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| ''[[AngerForce: Reloaded]]'' || [[Screambox Studio]] || Screambox Studio || 2019 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Well-detailed page, missing images and some '''formatting'''
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| ''[[Batsugun]]'' || [[Toaplan]] || Toaplan || 1993 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Well-researched page; '''in need of minor formatting update'''
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| ''[[Battle Bakraid]]'' || [[Raizing]] || Eighting || 1999 || ⭐⭐⭐ Gameplay overview and controls are missing
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| ''[[Battle Garegga]]'' || [[Raizing]] || Eighting || 1996 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Well-researched page verified by top players!
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| ''[[Blue Revolver]]'' || [[Stellar Circle]] || Stellar Circle || 2016 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''' '''This wiki page was created by the developer!'''
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| ''[[Cho Ren Sha 68K]]'' || [[Koichi Yoshida]] || Koichi Yoshida || 1995 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Well-researched page; '''in need of minor formatting update'''
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| ''[[Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams]]'' || [[Success]] || Success || 1997 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Good start but still has some template leftovers
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| ''[[Crimzon Clover]]'' || [[YOTSUBANE]] || Degica Games || 2011 || '''⭐''' Stub page; needs expansion
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| ''[[Danmaku Unlimited 2]]'' || [[Doragon Entertainment]] || Doragon Entertainment || 2013 || '''⭐⭐''' Needs expansion on content.
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| ''[[Darius Gaiden]]'' || [[Taito]] || Taito || 1994 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Has some good starter info; needs expansion
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| ''[[DoDonPachi]]'' || [[CAVE]] || Atlus || 1997 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Well-researched page; '''in need of minor formatting update'''
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| '''''[[DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu]]''' / DoDonPachi Resurrection'' || [[CAVE]] || CAVE || 2008 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' '''In need of formatting update''' '''''Includes information about several releases!'''''
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| ''[[DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Arrange B]]'' || [[CAVE]] || CAVE || 2010 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Well-researched page verified by top players!
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| ''[[DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Ver1.0]]'' || [[CAVE]] || CAVE || 2008 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' '''In need of formatting update'''; could use more images
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| ''[[DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Ver1.5]]'' || [[CAVE]] || CAVE || 2008 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Well-researched page created by top player! Needs images & some '''formatting'''
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| ''[[DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Ver1.51]]'' || [[CAVE]] || CAVE || 2010 || '''⭐''' Mostly a stub page but has good starter content, just needs more love
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| ''[[DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou]]'' || [[CAVE]] || AMI || 2002 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Great content; '''In need of formatting update''', lacking images
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| ''[[DoDonPachi MAXIMUM]]'' || [[CAVE]] || CAVE || 2012 || '''⭐''' Stub page, needs '''information'''
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| ''[[DoDonPachi Saidaioujou]]'' || [[CAVE]] || CAVE || 2012 || '''⭐''' Stub page, '''needs information'''
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| ''[[Dogyuun]]'' || [[Toaplan]] || Toaplan || 1992 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Well-researched page; '''in need of minor formatting update'''
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| ''[[DonPachi]]'' || [[CAVE]] || Atlus || 1995 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Well-researched page; '''in need of minor formatting update'''
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| ''[[Dragon Blaze]]'' || [[Psikyo]] || Psikyo || 2000 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Well-researched and well-formatted page!
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| ''[[ESP Ra.De.]]'' || [[CAVE]] || Atlus || 1998 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' '''In need of formatting update'''
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| ''[[Espgaluda]]'' || [[CAVE]] || AMI || 2003 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Well-researched and well-formatted page!
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| ''[[F/A (Fighter & Attacker)]]'' || [[Namco]] || Namco || 1992 || '''⭐⭐''' Contains strategy and some starter info. Missing images.
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| ''[[Giga Wing 2]]'' || [[Takumi]] || Capcom || 2000 || '''⭐''' Stub page; needs more content
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| ''[[Gunbird 2]]'' || [[Psikyo]] || Psikyo || 1998 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Great info, could use a small formatting update
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| ''[[Guwange]]'' || [[CAVE]] || Atlus || 1999 || '''⭐⭐''' In a pretty early state. '''Missing formatting and organization'''
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| ''[[Harmful Park]]'' || [[Sky Think System]] || Sky Think System || 1997 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Great info, just missing '''formatting and organization'''
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| ''[[Hellsinker.]]'' || [[Ruminant's Whimper]] || Ruminant's Whimper || 2006 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Highly detailed and well-researched page!
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| ''[[Hishouzame]]'' || [[Toaplan]] || Taito || 1987 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Some good info! Missing '''formatting and organization'''
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| ''[[Ibara]]'' || [[CAVE]] || CAVE || 2005 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''' High quality page
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| ''[[Ikaruga]]'' || [[Treasure]] || Treasure || 2001 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' High quality, well-researched page, just missing some formatting.
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| ''[[Kaiju Kite Attack]]'' || PWCA || PWCA || 2019 || 
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| ''[[Kaikan]]'' || Zakichi || ©-kigekiyahonpo- || 2013 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Excellent info! Could probably use a '''visual/formatting update'''
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| ''[[Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi]]'' || [[CAVE]] || AMI || 2002 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Some good info! Missing formatting and organization
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| ''[[Kyuukyoku Tiger]] (Twin Cobra)'' || [[Toaplan]] || Taito || 1987 || '''⭐''' Stub page with some basic info; needs content & formatting
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| ''[[Mahou Daisakusen]] / Sorcer Striker'' || [[Raizing]] || Able Corporation || 1993 || '''⭐''' Stub page; needs content & formatting
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| ''[[Mars Matrix|Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting]]'' || [[Takumi]] || Capcom || 2000 || '''⭐''' Stub page; needs content & formatting
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| ''[[Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo]]'' || [[HEY]] || HEY || 2016 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Excellent info! Could probably use a '''visual/formatting update'''
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| ''[[Muchi Muchi Pork!]]'' || [[CAVE]] || CAVE || 2007 || '''⭐⭐''' Needs expansion on content.
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| ''[[P-47 Aces]]'' || [[NMK]] || Jaleco || 1995 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Well-researched page! 
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| ''[[Phoenix]]'' || [[Amstar Electronics]] || Taito || 1978 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Good starter info and some strategy info. '''Needs expansion and cleanup work.'''
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| ''[[Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara]]'' || [[CAVE]] || CAVE || 2006 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Good start, but still needs a bit of cleanup work
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| ''[[Progear|Progear no Arashi]]'' || [[CAVE]] || Capcom || 2001 || '''⭐⭐''' Stub page; needs content & formatting
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| ''[[Raiden Fighters Jet]]'' || [[Seibu Kaihatsu]] || Seibu Kaihatsu || 1998 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Detailed page, but needs formatting update and page organization
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| ''[[R-Type]]'' || [[Irem]] || Irem || 1987 || '''⭐''' Stub page; needs content & formatting
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| ''[[Same! Same! Same!]] / Fire Shark'' || [[Toaplan]] || Toaplan || 1989 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Has some good starter info; needs expansion
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| ''[[Sengoku Ace]]'' || [[Psikyo]] || Psikyo || 1993 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Well-researched and well-formatted page!
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| ''[[Sexy Parodius]]'' || [[Konami]] || Konami || 1996 || '''⭐''' Stub page; needs content & formatting
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| ''[[Shippu Mahou Daisakusen]] / Kingdom Grand Prix'' || [[Raizing]] || Eighting || 1994 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''' High quality page written by a top player
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| ''[[Sine Mora]]'' || [[Digital Reality]], [[Grasshopper Manufacture]] || THQ Nordic || 2012 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Well-detailed page, just needs '''images and some slight reorganization.'''
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| ''[[Sky Adventure]]'' || [[Alpha Denshi]] || ADK || 1989 || '''⭐⭐''' Needs expansion on content.
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| ''[[Soldier Force]]'' || [[Studio Siesta]] || Studio Siesta || 2006 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Needs some page reorganization and cleanup
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| ''[[Space Invaders]]'' || [[Taito]] || Taito || 1978 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' Short but sweet!
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| ''[[Super XYX]]'' || [[Team Grybanser Fox]] || Team Grybanser Fox || 2020 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Stub page; needs content
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| ''[[Tatsujin]] / Truxton'' || [[Toaplan]] || Toaplan || 1988 || '''⭐''' Stub page
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| ''[[Tatsujin Ou]] / Truxton II'' || [[Toaplan]] || Toaplan || 1992 || '''⭐''' Stub page; needs expansion
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| ''[[Tyrian]]'' || [[Eclipse Software]] || Epic Megagames || 1995 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Good starter info, development history, version differences. '''Needs formatting.'''
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| ''[[Undefined Fantastic Object]]'' || [[Team Shanghai Alice]] || Team Shanghai Alice || 2009 || '''⭐⭐⭐⭐''' High quality, well-researched page, just missing some content
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| ''[[V-V]] / Grind Stormer'' || [[Toaplan]] || Toaplan || 1993 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Some good starter info. '''Needs formatting.'''
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| ''[[Xyanide]]'' || [[Playlogic]] || Evolved Games || 2006 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Some good starter info, but page is disorganized; '''needs formatting'''
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| ''[[ZeroRanger]]'' || [[SystemErasure]] || SystemErasure || 2018 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Has some good starter info; needs expansion
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| ''[[Zero Wing]]'' || [[Toaplan]] || Namco || 1989 || '''⭐⭐⭐''' Some good starter info. '''Needs formatting.'''
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Kaiju Kite Attack

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PWCA:

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|bordercolor = black
|title = Kaiju Kite Attack
|background = #f8f8f8
|image =
[[File:Screenshot (38).png|thumb|center]]
|width = 324px;
|imagecaption = Title screen
|imagescalepx = 180px

|developer = PWCA
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|music = Jonathan Galimore
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|program = Jonathan Galimore
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|art = Jonathan Galimore
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|releasedate = October 1, 2019
}}

== Kaiju Kite Attack ==
'''Kaiju Kite Attack''' is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up/platformer hybrid game developed and published by PWCA (pronounced 'pookah') in October, 2019. It is the first, ever, philosophically, story-driven SHMUP-platformer, combining elements of both genres with procedural generation and a quirky sense of humor, while excluding standard SHMUP-genre tropes, such as scoring and leaderboards, in an effort to highlight narrative, employ a unique philosophy over endless bean-counting, and explore the bounds and possibilities of the SHMUP genre.

Defunct Games wrote in 2019, "Kaiju Kite Attack is one of the wildest, craziest and most exciting shoot 'em ups of the year!...Kaiju Kite Attack is a silly, weird and sometimes surreal shoot 'em up that is more than just a goofy premise...It's a fever dream that combines procedurally-generated platforming stages with traditional 2D shooting to create something kind of magical.”

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== Gameplay Overview ==

In Kaiju Kite Attack, the player assumes the role of the Kite Knight, an unassuming kite-enthusiast, who stumbles upon and is witness to the septuagenarian slaughter of one young boy's grandmother at the hands of a killer Kaiju. The Kite Knight must spring into action, kite in hand, to challenge the interstellar Kaiju invasion, and in turn, save earth from the claws and jaws of the towering beast's attacks.

The Kaiju are coming to town to burn it down. Save your Meemaw! Save the universe! Get your kite in the sky! FLY OR DIE!

=== Controls ===
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Keyboard:
* '''Arrow keys:''' Fly kite
* '''Left Alt:''' Shoot kite
* '''Spacebar:''' Jump
* '''W:''' Switch weapon

Xbox Controller:
* '''Left Analog:''' Fly kite
* '''Y:''' Shoot kite
* '''X:''' Jump
* '''Right trigger:''' Select next weapon
* '''Left Trigger:''' Select previous weapon

NES/SNES Retro USB Controllers:
* '''D pad:''' Fly kite
* '''B:''' Shoot kite
* '''A:''' Jump
* '''Select button/right trigger:''' Switch weapon

=== Unlockable Secrets ===
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The game released with the ability to unlock a secret bonus game, "Bird Life", once every level of Kaiju Kite Attack had been completed. As of March 31, 2020, "Bird Life" has been made available to all players, regardless of the player's current progress in Kaiju Kite Attack. The bonus game "Bird Life" is intended as a continuation and direct connection to the narrative and philosophy of Kaiju Kite Attack, as when you complete Kaiju Kite Attack in full, you escape the Underworld by being reborn, via a human mother,
as a bird. In "Bird Life", the player assumes the role of said bird, while flying back and forth across the screen, laying exploding eggs down upon the ensuing chaos between frantic police, police cars, and residents/citizens of society. "Bird Life" was designed with a strong ATARI-esque look and feel in mind, embodying the feeling one might have felt when sitting down and playing their ATARI 2600, back in the day, while being confronted with a polarizing take on today's current social ills, and a sense of escape one might experience if one could detach themselves from such an experience while taking on the role of a bird, flying far above the entanglements of society/being human. It also just felt rad to drop exploding eggs on cops and cop cars!

An alternate title PWCA considered for "Bird Life" was "The Blues Brother Simulator".

=== Characters ===
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* '''Kite Knight:''' You just wanted to go to the park and fly your kite. Now the fate of the universe is depending on your kite-flying skills!

* '''Nino:''' The Kite Knight's trusted friend and guide. Little Nino needs your help, and in turn, will help you find your way.

* '''Meemaw:''' The ancient hand of Meemaw, Nino's grandmother, reaches from beyond the grave to aid you in your battle against the looming threat of colossal chaos!

=== Weapons ===
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The Kite Knight begins the game with the standard '''Lightning''' shot. New weapons and abilities can be obtained by defeating each carnivorous Kaiju, a la Mega Man 2.

* '''Fireballs:''' Complete Stage 1
* '''Bubbles:''' Complete Stage 2
* '''Fish:''' Complete Stage 2
* '''Flies:''' Complete Stage 3
* '''Little Weirdos:''' Complete Stage 3
* '''Toxic Tears:''' Complete Stage 4
* '''Hairy Legs:''' Complete Stage 4
* '''Dirty Money''' Complete Stage 5
* '''Witch's Head''' Complete Stage 5

=== Items ===
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* '''Meemaw:''' You can gain Meemaw as an ally in battle. She will encircle you for a short amount of time, doing her best to absorb incoming projectiles.

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Kaiju Kite Attack

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PWCA: OH MY KAIJU!!! IT'S...KAIJU!!! KAIJU KITE ATTACK!!! The FIRST EVER SHMUP-platformer! Get your kite in the sky now! The Kaiju are coming to town to burn it down. Save your Meemaw! Save the universe! FLY OR DIE!

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PWCA:

Fraknak battle

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PWCA:

Kaiju Kite Attack logo

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