As a shitter who hasn't 1cc'd any shmup in his life (though I did get close a couple times on Darius Gaiden), I much prefer Batrider, 1944 Loop Master, and Dimahoo to Garegga. Is there a reason people don't talk about their other shmups? I get that Kingdom Grand Prix is more of a gimmick, but are Brave Blade, Sorcer Striker & Terra Diver just unremarkable? I suppose I should just play the myself at some point.

Crazy how hard they pivoted away from shmups once they rebranded to 8ing; I still love their output after that but as far as I'm aware the only thing even remotely shmup-like they did after that was that side mode for Tatsunoko vs Capcom.