Cave Festival 2006 : end of the year party in Akihabara!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:55 am

Yeah, I got a pretty good idea (look below)

Pda · Post by **Pda** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:01 am

Well what a teaser!The Cave collectors gonna get mad looking after all this stuff!

For Guwange and ESPrade,are you really sure they were ever produced in serie?It looks like they have been done for the occasion?

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:11 am

I don't know if that idol-Reko is lovely or if I hate this attitude

Anyway, wow, a lot of cool stuff. Thanks for the pics GJP!

NTSC-J · Post by **NTSC-J** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:08 am

I thought all the remixed versions were pretty fun, but it sort of bugged me that this time will be the last they'll be seen. Futari ver1.5 score attack was awesome, I don't know why they didn't release that instead.

Shitty event though. "Festival" is disingenuous at best. Maybe if they put up rarer items for sale and not just surplus stuff that was taking up space back at the office, it would've been more special. Nice to have a DOJ poster finally though.

parodius · Post by **parodius** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:11 am

GaijinPunch wrote:There were two copies of DDP Blue Version. I played it, and of course sucked as I'm no good at DDP. At least I can say I've played it now.

Ha ! We know there are at least two copies of this game, we can assume there are three as the only other known to this day belongs to an individual.
There is more chance so see one on the market one day...

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:37 am

I would kill for that Guwange poster

Pda · Post by **Pda** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:42 am

SuperPang wrote:I would kill for that Guwange poster

I'd do that for ESPrade one,i believe

If one of the lucky basterds who went there has got an extra DDJ poster,sell or trade me this up please!

ReKleSS · Post by **ReKleSS** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:54 am

lol @ the mirror under the Reko figure.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:08 pm

great report.thank you very much GP!
and lol i dont want to know how much collectors would pay for a ddp campaign version poster

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:36 pm

well by the timei got there the line was pouring well out into the street.. luckily being gaijin bufoons me and xipe managed t cut in around the first floor..

and yeah, not so much a "festival" as a tiny display of merch and apparently Caves sense for finetuning shit theyve already released

mushi 1.5 was the regular futari but faster bullets is all, plowed about 6 credits intoit later and the scoring in both original and maniac was the same as the regular edition, bullets were about twice as fast tho, got my hopes up with a 150mil original score but the HS table sadly started at about 650mil so.. no prize

mushime blue label was just faster bullets in original and more bullets in Ultra, no maniac. managed to get to the last boss (its captured too) a couple　of times so its proboably easier than regular original too.. insaneley twitchy gameplay.. quite fun too.

DDP campaign version (of which there were two btw) was the best tho, this is one killer upgrade for sure, id love for cave to start offering it as a service!

all in all, playing the games was kinda fun, the merch was weak ashell(and most of it sold out too, no ddp poster for me), and the line was ridiculous!
best part was definetly the small pocket of shmups resistance that managed to gather, very cool!!

stay tuned for vids and pics....

ed: CIT and gaijinpunch i managed to erase/not get your numbers so please PM them to me if you wanna hook up for more shmupsaction in the coming weeks

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:45 pm

Ha ! We know there are at least two copies of this game, we can assume there are three as the only other known to this day belongs to an individual.

My spider sense tells me they were printed for this event, as was Mushi 1.5. Destroyed afterwards? Probably not, but stuck in a vault for sure.

I think the coolest items were the straps, actually.

zlk · Post by **zlk** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:54 pm

GaijinPunch wrote: Other:
Mushi T-shirts (two types)
Cave T-shirt
Galuda II DVD
PS2 versions of Galuda & DOJ (sealed, of course)

Any pictures of the Cave T-shirt?

GaijinPunch wrote: The Cave shirt & Galuda II, Ibara, and Mushihime-tama posters were sold out by the time I got there. The DOJ one went soon after. I know NTSC-J got one, and I think Sven, but CIT missed out. Bummer.

Sometimes companies do not put their entire stock of items out the first day of a three day event. He should stop by the arcade every morning if he really wants a poster. One might show up tomorrow or the next day.

GaijinPunch wrote: EDIT: There was a cool little handout they had, where various Cave related artists got together and did a small Mushi Futari strip. The front cover was done by Junya Inoue, the back cover by Kadoutsukasa. One of the inside strips done by Chako, from Curios Cat, amongst a few others.

Any pictures of these?

If anyone is going back tomorrow and wants to pick up some stuff for me, I would rather pay YOU extra than waste tons of money in auction fees....

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:55 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:
I think the coolest items were the straps, actually.

ofthe merch.. definetly!

im gonna try to sneak one of those caveevac signs out.. hmm

i dunno how the hell i ended up with all those damn Ibara figures tho.. theyre really lame.. artbooks nice tho.

zlk i have one of those handouts, ill see if i can get some pics up, it was nice indeed.

we asked the cave staff if they would restock tomorrow or later, but sadly no..

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:09 pm

Cave is infamous for running out of shit in minutes. Look at everyhting they've sold through their website. EVERYTHING, has sold out in a matter of hours, not days.

I'll do a scan of the handout when I get all my stuff. I actually don't have one with me now. Perhaps Sven can hook up the thread w/ a pic of his. It's pretty cool, although rather cheap black & white on green paper.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:10 pm

first film (some shakey sneak footage from downstairs)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q1BQ0RH7

second film, a small presentation of the entire CAVE FESTIVAL!! in all its glory...
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SRZG4MF4

some wanker playing DDP campaign for the first time (and first DDP go in a long time too

)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1AGJFOFH

same dude playing mushimesama blue label, original mode, xipes camera so a little worse quality.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SLDO8593

omake; my take on a JAPJAC stylie cave festival coverage

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N99WVX2F

ill just update this post with more..

parodius · Post by **parodius** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:34 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:
Ha ! We know there are at least two copies of this game, we can assume there are three as the only other known to this day belongs to an individual.
My spider sense tells me they were printed for this event, as was Mushi 1.5. Destroyed afterwards? Probably not, but stuck in a vault for sure.

Mmm, if that's the case, it probably runs on the original DDP hardware...
Batsugun Special Version anyone ?

lowemark · Post by **lowemark** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:10 pm

damnit Sven, you just made me install the Megaupload toolbar c's i just had to see those movies

(and post my first message here where i've been lurking for quite some time)

hope you have a great time in Japan by the way. heja Sverige

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:17 pm

sven666 wrote: mushime blue label was just faster bullets in original and more bullets in Ultra, no maniac. managed to get to the last boss (its captured too) a couple　of times so its proboably easier than regular original too.. insaneley twitchy gameplay.. quite fun too.

Interesting! Faster bullets but easier to complete?
Oh, how about ULTRA? Have you seen the TLB in action?
Any vids?

On a side note: seems that megauload is not working at the moment "from your country"

Edit: I feel the need to add that I'm interested in the Cave shirt too. If at the end of this mess you have one to offer, you know what to do

zlk · Post by **zlk** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:21 pm

Mega upload works. You also do not need to install the toolbar. Just input the 3 letter text before the bottom page crashes. You have about one second to do it, so be quick.

Great videos Sven! Thanks for the pics GP.

lowemark · Post by **lowemark** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:23 pm

LUNardei wrote:On a side note: seems that megauload is not working at the moment "form your country"

it says that all download slots assigned to your country are currently in use.
thats why i had to install the toolbar, whit that there is no slot limitations.

toby · Post by **toby** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:29 pm

Thanks for the impressions/pics/vids guys, much appreciated.

LUN wrote:Any vids?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5DcfLcOCiE (ultra)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY1Wek9KkbM (original)
I'd like to see what the TLB looks like in there. Must be pretty crazy

edit:
more ultra goodness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8JtAWwPPG8

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:35 pm

ULTRA-Thanks!

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:44 pm

lowemark wrote:damnit Sven, you just made me install the Megaupload toolbar c's i just had to see those movies
(and post my first message here where i've been lurking for quite some time)

hope you have a great time in Japan by the way. heja Sverige

hejja sverige indeed

japan is great so far, haveing a blast!

yeah well if anyone knows an easier and free upload host that can accept huge files with no fuss then please let me know...

more vids coming btw, i have plenty, uploading a 250mb ddp one now

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:53 pm

It was well worth the wait that I didn't do much because Sven was holding the line with his life. Some very nice items, some we didn't get in the end but overall a very nice initiative by Cave.

First post on this forum, I have some new arcade pics on my website (also check out the special of the month for more) and other game related stuff from Japan at www.nozomi.nl

Cheers

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:43 pm

Nice coverage guys.

But damn, that's a wicked DDP Campaign Flyer.
Not to mention the EVAC Sign and DOJ Poster.

Guess it's off to Yahoo Japan again...(edit) which seems to be vacant of anything DOJ related from that 'festival'.

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:53 pm

Is this new Reko fig a one-off, or is it going to be produced in limited quantities?
(I never noticed just how skimpy that outfit is until seeing this figurine...)

I've been after a Daioujou poster for ages. You guys are lucky. ;_;
(Blag me the three Mushi Futari posters and a Daioujou one and get repaid plus a nice big extra amount on top. WTB!!)

Post by **Dave_K.** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:08 pm

Icarus wrote:Is this new Reko fig a one-off, or is it going to be produced in limited quantities?
(I never noticed just how skimpy that outfit is until seeing this figurine...)

I saw that same figure-kit on YAJ last week, so its not a one off. It actually looked kinda gross with the very apparent nopantsu and colored in cootchie.

caincan · Post by **caincan** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:35 pm

Dave_K. wrote: I saw that same figure-kit on YAJ last week, so its not a one off. It actually looked kinda gross with the very apparent nopantsu and colored in cootchie.

a link or estimated price? 'im in love

Post by **Dave_K.** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:46 pm

caincan wrote:
Dave_K. wrote: I saw that same figure-kit on YAJ last week, so its not a one off. It actually looked kinda gross with the very apparent nopantsu and colored in cootchie.
a link or estimated price? 'im in love

Took me a couple minutes to google search for it (since the auction ended and I didn't save the link). But here it is, cootchie close up and all at 15,500Y
http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n45975535

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:06 pm

The figure wasn't for sale there, but yeah, they're around. One of those limited garage kits I guess.

I have an Ultra video, but am having a problem getting it crunched down to a normal size. It's only a few minutes, and Xvid gave me a 250 meg file. I'll try to screw w/ it some more later.