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The short form of this review simply would say that TwinBee isn’t cute, isn’t appealing, isn’t funny and isn’t fun. Sadly, in 1986, Konami hadn’t really mastered the formula to crafted a successful “cute-em-up” - a problem that really was put on display in their original TwinBee game. After all, who cares if that boss acts and fights just like 50 other bosses in 50 other games? It’s a freaking planet with a smiley face - and, therefore, it’s super cool! The “cute-em-up” concept really is a wonderful one, as it’s a great way to take a stale shooter and breathe new life into it. Instead of fighting mutated helicopters and rejects from Alien, you tend to be taking on goofy foes like giant watermelons and big ol’ pumpkin heads. Dubbed “cute-em-ups” by those obsessed with the genre, games such as this take a more whimsical approach to things. The TwinBee series is in the same shooter niche as the Cottons, Fantasy Zones and many others.

They’d have been stricken from the record and my first prayer before falling asleep at night would be that no one ever remembered a single game bearing that name ever existed.īecause no matter how entertaining, amusing and downright fun those TwinBee games got as time went on, the NES version of first one in the series really gives Alpha Mission a run for its money for the “prestigious” title of Worst Nintendo Shooting Experience Ever!

Hell, I never would have even allowed the characters of TwinBee and WinBee to even appear in my company’s Parodius games as playable ships. If I’d been the big cheese at Konami, there never would have been a multitude of TwinBee games released over multiple platforms. They’d have been stricken from the record and my first prayer before falling asleep at night would be that no one ever remembered a single game bearing that name ever existed." "If I’d been the big cheese at Konami, there never would have been a multitude of TwinBee games released over multiple platforms.