Reason to live in Japan #2189: There's a festival celebrating the shmup

If you happen to find yourself in Tokyo on February 27, you're ... really pretty lucky -- and we'll be, oh, so jealous of you. That is, of course, if you ride the Yamanote line to Akihabara and experience Microsoft's celebration of shoot-'em-ups for Xbox 360, known as the Shooting Festa 2010. Excuse us: That's the Xbox 360 SHOOOOOTING FESTA 2010!

Yep, this is an event solely dedicated to shmups. Upcoming and current releases will be showcased, and you can find a full list of what we won't be playing after the break (because, well, our "trip to Japan" quarter jar kinda got emptied the last time we found an arcade filled with retro shooters).

[Via Siliconera]

Xbox 360 Shoooooting Festa 2010 lineup

Retail

• EspGaluda II Black Label

• Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi Extra

• Senko no Ronde Duo

Games on Demand

• Shooting Love 200X
  

• Senko no Ronde Rev. X
  

• Raiden IV

Xbox Live Arcade

• Ikaruga
  

• Triggerheart Excelica
  

• R-Type Dimensions
  

• 0 Day Attack on Earth
  

• Raystorm HD
  

• KOF Sky Stage
  

• After Burner Climax
  

• Other