Sine Mora : Shoot Em Ups Evolved

Sine Mora is Grasshopper Manufactures (One of my favorite Japanese dev's) foray into the world of shmups. For those of you unfamiliar, shmup is a simple term that was coined to describe arcade 'shootemups.' Its been quite a while since we've had a good console entry for the genre, the last side scrolling shmup I recalled enjoying immensely was the beautiful Gradius V for PS2. Aside from some really awesome art direction, the insane mode is something to look forward to for arcade veterans looking to be put to the test.

Pretty incredible how close they got it to the concept.

Sine Mora promises to have a solid storyline, 7 stages, 50 weapon combos with a time altering twist and excellent music by Akira Yamaoka of Silent Hill fame. Check out some character concepts after the break!