One of the most influential creators in the shoot em up genre, Toaplan burned brightly from its very first shooter Tiger Heli (1985) all the way up to its amazing final entry Batsugun (1993).
Welcome to the first SwitchArcade Special of 2024. It has been almost two years since Shaun wrote about the best shoot em ups (or shmups) on Switch, and a lot has changed since then, mostly for the better.