Truxton Extreme

Truxton Extreme is a scrolling shooter in which you fight alien invaders and gigantic bosses in a battle for humanity’s survival. You attack with weapons including the Power Shot, Truxton Beam, Thunder Laser, Homing Shot and Star-mine Shot.

Story and characters

In Story mode, you follow three characters, level up as you progress and experience the narrative through an animated manga series. The game is rendered in 3D while retaining the series’ iconic design, with enemies featuring insect-like faces, metal tentacles, mechanical serpents, glowing eye-like lights and spikes.

Game modes

Arcade mode offers a traditional way to play, while Team mode lets you play with a friend and share lives and score. Arena is a score-attack mode, and the game also includes Training and Tutorial modes.

Bonus content

Model Viewer lets you view enemies you have defeated. Pipiru Village is home to the cute Pipiru creatures, and you can evolve their home.

Music

Masahiro Yuge returns with a new score, alongside reimagined tracks from the original Truxton games. Yuge conceived Truxton during his time at Toaplan, aiming to create a scrolling shooter built around muscle memory; he was also a classically trained pianist.