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Harpoon Shooter! Nozomi

Shoot the harpoon and pull the enemies! Pull them in close and defeat for a higher score. For beginners, collect sweets instead of beeing attacked. You can enjoy retro and kawaii pixelarts, and deep game mechanics.

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September 30, 2023
2 years and 307 days ago
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Positive10 reviews100.0%

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About the Game


Side-scrolling shooter by shooting and pulling harpoon


Shoot the harpoon at the strong enemies!

When shoot the harpoon at the enemy,
  • Fire forward and in addition at the enemy.
  • Get high score if you get close enough to the target to fire.
Get close to the pulling enemy while avoiding their attacks, and aim for the high score!



Controls


  • A button (Y button) : Shot / Long press to throw harpoon
  • B button (X button) : Bomb (For emergency use. Limited)
While the shot button is pressed, an enemy is slowly draws to own ship.
Release the shot button to release the harpoon.


Collect sweets instead of bullets(Easy mode)


For beginners mode. Enemies fire Sweets instead of attacks, so collect as many as you can.



Creating weapons


You can spend the scores (currency) you earn to create new weapons(shot types).
Lots of weapon types to create!
There is a wide variety of ancient weapons that you may have seen 80s-90s, as well as those that are difficult to use.




Leaderboards


Let's compete your skills in the high score leaderboard of each stage.
There will also be leaderboards for each weapon and for easy mode.




A little game for a change


You can play little games with the currency you got.





Old easter eggs and cheap stories


There may be ancient Easter eggs, feel free to enjoy it for a change of pace.
And enjoy the cheap story of our hero, Nozomi-chan!