There are many benefits of handheld/mobile gaming, and something of the foremost in my mind is the ability for developers to try new things and take risks like they rarely do in video gaming, but also to relive yesteryear and re-imagine old genres and styles of gaming which have died inglorious deaths on modern systems. The most known of these genres may be the 2D shooter.
Shooters ruled the arcades and 8 and 16-bit eras back in the day, both top-down and side-scrolling. The gameplay was simple and many would say repetitive, but flawless controls, blistering action, and challenging play kept gamers for example myself enthralled. iFighter is very much akin to these old-school shooters, reminding me very much from the original Raiden (Raiden Trad), in graphics and style.
