Detana!! TwinBee
Detana!! TwinBee, released in Europe and North America as Bells & Whistles, is a 1991 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game developed and released by Konami. It is the fifth entry in the TwinBee series and the second to be released for arcades following the original TwinBee (previous sequels were released directly to home consoles). Set several years after the events of TwinBee, players assume the role of Light and Pastel (marking their debut appearance) taking control of TwinBee and WinBee to defeat invading forces of the evil alien Iva and save planet Meru after receiving an SOS message sent by Princess Melora.
| Detana!! TwinBee | |
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Director(s) | Masato Ohsawa |
| Designer(s) | Hiroyuki Ashida K. Ishimoto Ryouhei Shogaki |
| Programmer(s) | Toru Shimomura |
| Artist(s) | Shūjirō Hamakawa |
| Composer(s) | Hidenori Maezawa Masae Nakashima Michiru Yamane |
| Series | TwinBee |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, EZweb, i-mode, Nintendo Switch, PC Engine, PlayStation, PlayStation 4, Sega Saturn, X68000, Yahoo Mobile |
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| Genre(s) | Vertically scrolling shooter |
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| Arcade system | JAMMA |
Detana!! TwinBee marked the debut of Japanese animator Shūjirō Hamakawa (credited under the pen name Shuzilow.Ha) as primary character designer for subsequent installments of the TwinBee series. The game proved popular among Japanese arcade players, earning several awards from Gamest magazine, while its ports to other platforms were also met with positive response from critics. A direct follow-up, Pop'n TwinBee, was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993.