Quite alright shmup, but pretty bog standard. Slows down a lot, as SNES shmups tend to do, although sometimes it helps mitigate the difficulty in others while here it kind of just exists. I do quite like how it looks, especially in the first and last two stages. It's nothing spectacular, but I'd recommend it for an easier shmup.

There is no banjo player in the game. I remember being recommended this once a long time ago and was very confused by the cover. It's pretty much entirely unrelated and exists for marketing purposes.

Update 02/11/24: Grew on me upon replaying, love the presentation in particular. The reddish-brown enemy bullets throughout the game are kinda hard to get used to at first, but I found myself accustomed to it eventually. I dunno, I had quite a good time.