First released in 2012 on the previous generation of consoles, Sine Mora Ex is a beautiful, cinematic and modern bullet hell shoot-em-up that channels classic genre staples from 1942 to Ikaruga. I tend to find this kind of recent-release-remake fairly contrived due to a lack of new features but, obviously, this iteration of Sine Mora Ex, is completely new to the Switch and is also one the few shmups currently available on the handheld (the others mainly being re-releases of old Neo Geo titles). Plus, like the other version of the game already available on other consoles, as well as a returning story driven campaign that is lengthy and challenging, players also gain access to a new cooperative mode, three versus modes and a challenge mode.

Although I said Sine Mora Ex was story driven, that’s not a reason to keep playing it. The story is both bonkers and confusing, and features a tale of revenge,...