{"id":26746,"date":"2026-04-20T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26746"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:36:08","slug":"parasol-superstars-switch-ps4-ps5-x-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/20\/parasol-superstars-switch-ps4-ps5-x-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Parasol Superstars (Switch, PS4, PS5, X\/S)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As the saying goes, \u201cApril showers bring May flowers.\u201d\u00a0 And springtime is usually when the weather brings more rain.\u00a0 But Taito\u2019s got you covered with two umbrella themed classics in Parasol Superstars.\u00a0 Included are two games: Parasol Stars, a classic Bubble Bobble sequel, and the never-before-released-overseas arcade game Spica Adventure. So let\u2019s check them out!\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s available on most current consoles but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Parasol Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve already reviewed Parasol Stars so I\u2019ll just post a link here for you to read<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Long story short, it\u2019s a TG-16 classic and basically Bubble Bobble with technique.\u00a0 Extremely fun game and worth the price in any collection alone.<\/p>\n

Spica Adventure<\/strong><\/p>\n

Up until now, this was only in Japanese arcades and mobile devices.\u00a0 It\u2019s like a cross between Parasol Stars and The NewZealand Story, as it adds some scrolling platforming into the mix.\u00a0 You play as a girl flying in space, but crash land into a planet after getting her view blocked by a piece of paper.\u00a0 When she sees a robot handing out those same papers, she decides to go on a murderous rampage with her umbrella.\u00a0 Gameplay-wise it\u2019s a lot like Parasol Stars.\u00a0 You\u2019ll use your umbrella to attack and zip forward.\u00a0 Or you can open your umbrella to glide and block and repel attacks, as well as float on water.\u00a0 In typical Taito fashion, there are multiple paths and I love how some of the stages make reference to Space Invaders, their most well-known classic.\u00a0 Only bad thing is that this game is a bit short and shallow, and there\u2019s no two player mode like in Parasol Stars.\u00a0 And those are all the games.\u00a0 Definitely great for classic Taito fans.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parasol Superstars is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 Defeated characters just fly off the screen or fall down.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, but not necessary just to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the saying goes, \u201cApril showers bring May flowers.\u201d\u00a0 And springtime is usually when the weather brings more rain.\u00a0 But Taito\u2019s got you covered with two umbrella themed classics in Parasol Superstars.\u00a0 Included are two games: Parasol Stars, a classic Bubble Bobble sequel, and the never-before-released-overseas arcade game Spica Adventure. So let\u2019s check them out!\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26746"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26752,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26746\/revisions\/26752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}