Red Shift

Red Shift is a minigame featured in Pokemon Plasma. Completing it is entirely optional to game progression but will reward the player with some Notoriety Points, which are required for 100% completion.

The whole game is a self-aware parody of the concept of Long.

Red Shift in Celvice's Popular Culture
Red Shift is highly regarded as a classic video game in Celvice culture. Being the local counterpart of Zero Wing in the "real world", it is filled with Engrish and very over-the-top and old-looking. The game is mentioned by a few NPCs throughout the story, altough no mention of it appears in mandatory dialogues. Blitz and Elroy both seem to respect and have played the game, which fits with their character archetype.

Gameplay
The gameplay of the minigame is a simple sideway space shooter divided into levels. it features a corny story with cutscenes and modified Pokemon characters, including a Kenkachu. The player can choose between the four main Red Shift characters, each having their own ship with distinct abilities. Once the player have navigated their way through the main stage, they have to fight a boss.

Completing the full game is said to reward the player with a large amount of coins to be used at the Game Corner, however, in a true old-school gaming fashion, failing to complete the entire game will result in no reward whatsover.

The game has not been fully developed yet so there is room for change.

Word of God
"Kenkachu, these are your partners: Scerate is the big one. He's a heavy weapons expert and has cleared out entire platoons on his own. Valloroy is the one in the jar. The third Plutonian war left him without a body, but that's not enough to stop him. Isulven is the blue one. He--actually, it--is part of a race known as the Soltis; they're a hivemind and run most of our communication systems."