AI - CHO ANIKI
LOVE - SUPER BIG BROTHER
愛・超兄貴

MAKER: MASAYA / NCS
RELEASE DATE: 24 FEBRUARY 1995
STYLE: SHOOT 'EM UP
FORMAT: SUPER CD-ROM
RATING:

 

Overview
The sequel to the first Cho Aniki (Super Big Brother) game, this is very Japanese in its bizarreness. It’s a shoot ‘em up, with the player taking the role of an almost nude muscle-man (Adon) or his brother (Samson) in a 2 player game. Their main weapon is a ball of energy that grows over a hole in their heads and shoots out towards any advancing enemies. Other, more powerful shots are achieved by a combination of back-forward-fire, down-up-fire etc on the pad. Through the levels you will encounter all manner of nasties out to get you, but you are aided by a woman in blue that flies around and drops power-ups conveniently for you. Also, levels vary from the standard left-to-right to vertically scrolling.

Comment
Ai - Cho Aniki is visually a very nice game - there is plenty of variety and no small amount of imaginative design gone into the twisted look of the levels. It’s quite challenging at first (as you are getting used to the control method), but gets easier the more you play, showing a decent learning curve - and overall it is great fun. It has some well drawn, often perverse, but very amusing character and enemy designs and enough scenery changes in each level with some gorgeous parallax scrolling. Bosses are very inventive and often have you laughing. Sonically, there are a few samples in game and a variety of mostly excellent music tracks that are well worth more than just a casual listen. If you like Japanese weirdness and want a challenging, but different kind of shooter then this is highly recommended.
sunteam_paul

 

 

Screens

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Visual Scenes
Opening

Images
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Music