If you want some idea of how seriously M2 takes its art, consider this. During development of the Darius Cozmic Collection, which brings together all the '2D' entries of Taito's legendary side-scrolling shmup series for Nintendo Switch, someone noticed the screws being used in the instruction panels that furnish the screen weren't quite right. So they tasked someone to pop down to the nearest game centre with an original Darius cabinet to get photos of the real deal.
It's that sort of attention to detail that's made M2 so beloved - the sort of attention to detail that had them recording the hydraulics on a deluxe After Burner 2 cabinet for the 3D Classics, or using the 3DS' parallax barrier to emulate the curve of an old CRT TV in its ports of home games such as Sonic the Hedgehog. It's what makes their ports and remasters feel like luxury items, kitted out with lavish extras and feeling as close as we'll get to the Criterion Collection when it comes to video games.
So when the developer of some of the most luxurious video games is matched with one of the arcade's most luxurious cabinets, it's worth paying attention. It's worth going the extra mile to get your hands on Darius Cozmic Collection - for some reason or another it's not available on the eShop digitally, meaning you'll have to physically import it (I put morals to one side and went with Amazon Japan, and am still not entirely sure how it managed to arrive through my door within two days).
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