This game looks awesome! Hmmm... my dad and sis are die-hard fans of Gradius. Should Super R-Type throw Gradius III 'out of the cockpit' for them?

Yes. Yes it should. although my favourite has always been R-Type 3.

I liked this game. Of course I played it on the easiest mode possible. Great Music, download it and give it a listen, makes good use of the SNES sound chip.

I used to have this on my trusty snes, but I don't remember it beeing that hard. It's not nearly as hard as Mega Man 1 for instance. Definite download

Super R-Type is kinda choppy port, I'll pass.

Super R-TYPE isn't a port. It's an entirely new R-TYPE game developed for the SNES that happens to borrow elements from previous games in the series. It did suffer badly from slowdown issues though, as did many early scrolling shoot-'em-ups on the SNES, Gradius III being a prime example. But it's not a bad shooter at all

Remember, on the VC the "choppyness" will be gone! The VC has already massively improved Super Mario 64 and the Sonic games, both of which were prone to slowdown. Finally we get to play these games the way they were designed to be played!

Can't wait to use the level-select haha.

I used to have this back in the day on my snes, and it was one of my favourite games. The music is really good and the sound effects packs a certain punch. I dont remember the game being that hard though. It sure as hell wasn't easy but i managed to beat it in the end and I dont consider myself some sort of shmup wizard. I will definately get this as soon as it comes out.

i read somewhere that this is a semi-port or r-type 2 but with an added intro level and a missing level or two. in order to increase the already insane difficulty, they got rid of the mid level checkpoints, making this game impossible at times (unless you're the shmup master). there are a lot of reviews floating around the net that are really hard on this game (especially when compared to r-type 3 for snes). it was an early release on the snes and shmups were already starting to loose some popularity at the time. i remember seeing gradius 3 (to me, the greatest of all snes shmups) and thunder force 2 and this game on store shelves for less then $20 canadian only months after being released (which at that time was practically unheard of because all snes games and most genesis games were often between $60 and $70 canadian for the first few years). still, if you liked the other two r-types and you're an r-type pro by now, then by all means... it's prob the last r-type that can be released for vc unless we get some sort of wii ware release (despite r-type final being the last game in the series)

"Remember, on the VC the "choppyness" will be gone! The VC has already massively improved Super Mario 64 and the Sonic games, both of which were prone to slowdown. Finally we get to play these games the way they were designed to be played!"
It will have the same slowdown as the original, just like any other VC game.

lol @ that start up sequence, who decided a crane would be the best way to exit the base? This game has a lot of slowdown and as the review states the lack of checkpoints makes it really frustrating. I actually like the original better..

How peculiar, we get Super R-Type AFTER we got R-Type 3 oh so long ago.

Well, fingers Crossed, If Super Aleste comes out, I will have all my favorite SNES shooters on the VC (Except Axelay, wich is nowhere seen on the horizon for Europe and UN Squadron because Capcom has long lost the rght to Area 88).

Lol, the video was looking familiar and now I know why.

I prefer Gradius III myself.

So going to download this the next time i get my Wii online. I loved the other two r-types that are currently on the VC.

This games music is the best I've ever heard in a game but the slow down is absolutely terrible and ruins the game.