Boowie! The Strong Warrior brings a new style to iPhone shmups
Oh so French
You have to give it to French developers. They really know how to make good looking games.
So while I have no idea what the strangely-named Boowie! The Strong Warrior is about, it certainly looks great.
I think you're playing as some sort of fluffy bird in a 2D sidescrolling inky shoot-'em up world. There certainly seem to be R-Type bosses involved.
Developer - the Paris-based start up Egg Ball - mentions the gameplay has beat-'em up style melee attacks too.
The MacGuffinThen again, it also explains Boowie, the warrior of Weezies people, is the only one of his kind able to defeat hordes of darkness enemies, The Boozas, because he once awkwardly swallowed a Booza.
Sounds like a 'going down to A&E to explain how you slipped and fell onto the vacuum cleaner nozzle' sort of excuse, if you ask me.
Anyhow, maybe the game's release in April will reveal more about that awkward swallowing incidence.
In the meantime, check out the video.