Silhouette Mirage

Treasure, the masters of 2-D sidescrolling action, are back with their sophomore Saturn title, Silhouette Mirage (the first was the highly successful beat-'em-up. Guardian Heroes).

The main character is a girl with two sides-one is blue, and the other red; her enemies are (for the most part) either blue (Silhouette) or red (Mirage), and can only be hurt by the opposite colored-side of the main character. Confused yet? Well don't worry-ttiere's a tutorial at the beginning of the game that explains everything you need to know about your character, and once you get going you won't want to stop. The gameplay is loaded with technique (typical Treasure-style), and the graphics are gorgeous. Each Boss has its own innovative attack styles, and some of them are just HUGE (more classic Treasure).

By defeating enemies you earn coins that you can use to buy several different types of weapons (of varying strengths) that are available at stands throughout the stages. These weapons can make your job a whole lot easier when things begin to get rough (boomerangs, lasers, bombs and gas are just a few of the tools of your trade), and you can also buy back health if your HP becomes dangerously low.

There are no plans to bring Silhouette Mirage to the U.S. just yet, but hopefully someone will take notice of it and port it-it looks like Treasure's done it again.

MANUFACTURER - Treasure

THEME - ACTION

NUMBER OF PLAYERS - 1