Ludography
Cho Aniki Zero cover

2009 · Horizontally scrolling shooter · Shooter

Cho Aniki Zero

PlayStation console exclusive

Cho Aniki Zero brings manliness back to the old-school shoot-em-up genre and, warps it to another dimension of sights and sounds. In Cho Aniki Zero, players will be introduced to brand-new characters and newly heightened experiences of rhythmic action, intertwined with the famous BGM of Kouji Hayama. Battle through five man-rageous levels of brotherly love and muscle-on-muscle madness!

Released
19 March 2009
Platforms
AndroidPlayStation PortablePlayStation Vita
Genres
Horizontally scrolling shooterShooter
Developers
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Publishers
GungHo Online Entertainment
Series
Cho Aniki
Modes
Single-player
Themes
Comedy
Country
Japan
Age ratings
ESRB T
Languages
English, Japanese

About

Cho Aniki Zero (零・超兄貴, Zero Chō Aniki; lit. "Zero Super Big Brother") is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up, the latest console game in the Cho Aniki series. It was published in Japan by GungHo Works on 19 March 2009 for the PlayStation Portable. The game was published in North America by Aksys Games on 25 March 2010 as a digital download exclusive for the PSP, with the full title of Cho Aniki Zero: Muscle Brothers.

This makes it the second Cho Aniki title to be released in North America, following the Virtual Console port of the original game. , who had obtained the rights of original developers NCS Corp. and Masaya products. The graphics followed the 3D appearance of the PS2 game.

Keywords

  • anime
  • shoot 'em up
  • abstract
  • digital distribution
  • playstation tv support
  • lgbtq+

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

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Reception

Kurt Kalata for Hardcore Gaming 101 called the game mediocre, criticizing the high amount of hits to defeat an enemy.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation PortableDigital Compatibility Release19 March 2009Japan · Worldwide 25 April 2010
Android8 February 2012Worldwide
PlayStation VitaDigital Compatibility Release15 May 2012Worldwide

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