I played about an hour of R-Type Final tonight (it seemed like I played more, but maybe some of that time was spent going through the game's other features).

I want to hold off on giving any kind of opinions, even of the first impression variety, until I play it a little more.

As far as facts go, I've unlocked 9 ships (but you have to plan ahead on which you want to use, because only about 8 can be put in the "hangar" simultaneously).

The enemy data section claims it's already 48% full.
I LOOOOOOVE Flying Omelette!!
Crawl and 1000