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Air Twister

Air Twister is a rail shooter video game developed and published by YS Net and released on June 24, 2022 for iOS and macOS via Apple Arcade.[1] The developer later partnered with ININ Games to release the game on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One,Xbox Series X/S and Microsoft Windows[2] of which these versions were released on November 10, 2023.[3]

Air Twister
Developer(s)YS Net
Publisher(s)YS Net (iOS/macOS)
ININ Games (Consoles/Windows)
Director(s)Yu Suzuki
Producer(s)Yu Suzuki
Designer(s)
  • Aki Tsuchie
  • Ryo Nishida
Programmer(s)Eric Layton Bergen
Artist(s)Hyunjun Jang
Composer(s)Valensia
Platform(s)
ReleaseiOS, macOS
June 24, 2022
PS4, PS5, Switch, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
November 10, 2023
Genre(s)Rail shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Development

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In 2008, Yu Suzuki created his video game incubation studio YS Net.[4] The studio has produced a few small scale mobile games and the kickstarter funded console game Shenmue III. Air Twister was the studio's first big budget internationally released smart phone game.[4]

A 3-D Space Harrier concept for smart phones was first shared by Suzuki with Polygon in a 2015 interview.[4] However, he is reluctant to call Air Twister a spiritual successor to Space Harrier.[1]

For Air Twister, Suzuki took inspiration from numerous sources: vintage floppy disc games Mystery House, the Ultima series, to other Sega rail shooters, namely Panzer Dragoon and Tetsuya Mizuguchi's Rez.[1]

Upon release, there were many game modes that were labeled as coming soon; by the end of August 2022, all game modes were available with the release of Version 1.1.[5][6] The new modes included two new bonus stages in the stardust mode as well as a Turbo mode and an unlockable island in the adventure mode.[5][7]

Soundtrack

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Suzuki, a long time fan of Dutch musician Valensia, reached out to him via Facebook to compose the music, to which he agreed.[1] The soundtrack features 19 tracks.[8] Some tracks are completely new, other tracks are new renditions of known Valensia compositions, including his hit song "Gaia" from his 1993 debut album, Valensia.

Track listing
Disc 1
  1. "Symphony of the Swans"
  2. "World's Gone Crazy"
  3. "Air Twister"
  4. "Maia"
  5. "Michelle Mambo 2022"
  6. "Phantom of the Opera 2022"
  7. "Into the Realm of Nature"
  8. "Aglaea 2022"
  9. "Princess Mystique"
  10. "Blue Rain 2022"
  11. "Gaia 2022"
Disc 2
  1. "Act of the Silver Squid"
  2. "So White the Swan"
  3. "The Battle of the Black Swan"
  4. "Arma Et Alas"
  5. "The Triumph of the White Swan"
  6. "Inside the Crystal Cave"
  7. "The Black Swan"
  8. "How the World Was Won"
  9. "We Have Come Home"
  10. "Requiem Somnia"

Release

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The game was released June 24, 2022 exclusively on Apple Arcade.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Hilliard, Kyle (31 May 2022). "Shenmue Creator Announces Air Twister For Apple Arcade". Gamespot. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  2. ^ https://www.iningames.com/news/fly-in-and-pre-order-air-twister-now/9946/
  3. ^ "Air Twister coming to PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on November 10". Gematsu. 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  4. ^ a b c Leone, Matt. "Two hours in Yu Suzuki's kitchen". Polygon. Polygon. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Yu Suzuki's 3D rail shooter Air Twister gets new content update". MegaVisions. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  6. ^ "What's New in 1.1". YS-Net. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  7. ^ "What's New in 1.2". YS-Net. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  8. ^ Carpenter, Nicole (2022-05-31). "Shenmue creator's new game looks like Space Harrier, sounds like Queen". Polygon. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
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