Johnny Hotshot

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Johnny Hotshot
Developer(s) UFO Interactive Games
Publisher(s) UFO Interactive Games
SeriesJohnny
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo eShop)
Release
  • NA: November 8, 2012
  • EU: November 15, 2012
Genre(s) Shoot 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player

Johnny Hotshot is an arcade shoot 'em up developed and published by UFO Interactive Games for Nintendo 3DS' now-defunct Nintendo eShop in 2012. It is the second game in the Johnny series.

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Reception

The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1]

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