The classic side-scrolling shooter of yesteryear takes an audacious move towards the turnbased tactical / strategy genre.With its recognised style borne out of its twenty-year history, R-Type Tactics brings this classic franchise bang up to date on a twenty-first century handheld console.

R-Type Tactics uses all the techniques of a modern turn-based strategy game taking the best game elements from previous iterations and fusing them with a breathtaking new strategy universe.