Milestone release 'Karous' - Arcade 2006 / Dreamcast 2007

Cers · Post by **Cers** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:25 pm

The name is "Karous"

http://www.mile-stone.co.jp/product/krs/krs_top.html

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:20 pm

Good find...

Nothing there yet though.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:59 pm

Cers wrote:The name is "Karous"

http://www.mile-stone.co.jp/product/krs/krs_top.html

Looks like an odd pun... Karasu (the title in katakana) is the Japanese word for crow... plus, there are black feathers as part of the logo.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:09 pm

It's an adaptation of the Ted Hughes poems.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:13 pm

Great. I love Radirgy, so I hope they keep up the quality.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:13 pm

Is it confirmed that it's a shmup?

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:22 pm

well i can make "arcade shooting" out of that japanese text in the image there so yeah

Nullsleep · Post by **Nullsleep** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:56 pm

I will be quite happy if its as much of a step up from Radilgy as Radilgy was from Chaos Field.

al138 · Post by **al138** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:15 am

Twiddle wrote:well i can make "arcade shooting" out of that japanese text in the image there so yeah

And while I cannot immediately read the second kanji character (I've been out of country--and practice--for so long now...

), the first character signifies "new" (as in atarashi). I'm excited...

Post by **nZero** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:54 am

作 signifies "make" (as in tsukuru). So, shinsaku.
新作アーケードシューティング, new production arcade shooting.

Wonder if this is coming to NAOMI or what?

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:02 am

Kiken wrote:
Cers wrote:The name is "Karous"

http://www.mile-stone.co.jp/product/krs/krs_top.html
Looks like an odd pun... Karasu (the title in katakana) is the Japanese word for crow... plus, there are black feathers as part of the logo.

not only that, if they keep the "karous" romanji spelling, it may also pay homage to the legendary "-us" shooting tradition.

D · Post by D » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:37 am

Somebody please confirm that it is not a Naomi shmup so we won't have to hold out breath

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:51 am

Hey, if it's Type X we will see a PC port!

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:08 am

I would be surprised if Type X was used. Milestone are too small be to recoding an engine when they can just re use an old one on Naomi.. Could be wrong though.

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:23 am

Didn't they say that Type X and Atomiswave were not cost effective for small developers as the system boards were not widely used in arcades so the price point made it too high to sell the end game and make enough money back.

This was in Edge (or something similar was in Edge).

Therefore I predict this will be on Naomi unless Sega makes it worth their while and is trying to encourage people towards another board (or Taito for that matter).

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:34 pm

Type-X games + boards generally retail for about 310,000 yen. Game only somewhere in the 230,000 yen range if I'm not mistaken. Given that all of them suck in the technical sense, and Type-X was supposed to be some cost-effective invention, I find it a very, very laughable piece of shit as a medium.

On-topic:
Get ready for some bird action.

highlandcattle · Post by **highlandcattle** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:53 pm

It is already confirmed for the Wii I guess, since Mile-stone is developping two games for it. They do seem to have an excellent band with nintendo

neojma · Post by **neojma** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:42 pm

highlandcattle wrote:It is already confirmed for the Wii I guess, since Mile-stone is developping two games for it. They do seem to have an excellent band with nintendo

Whoa there. That's a big leap in logic to say anything is "confirmed". It's not confirmed for any particular console until we hear a real announcement. And statements that a company is going to develop a game for a console pre-launch often don't work out in the end. Ever see the huge list of confirmed DC developers that never panned out?

Besides, Milestone makes more than just shooters. They're making a crappy looking tank battle game for DS.

Nullsleep wrote:I will be quite happy if its as much of a step up from Radilgy as Radilgy was from Chaos Field.

If it's that much of a step up, we're talking one of the all time classics here. Considering I think Chaos Field is one of the worst shooters in the past decade, but I love Radilgy

.

Gotta say I'm excited though. Love the logo and name too.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:32 pm

highlandcattle wrote:It is already confirmed for the Wii I guess, since Mile-stone is developping two games for it. They do seem to have an excellent band with nintendo

Yeah, and Treasure's next shooting game is "confirmed" for the Xbox360.

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:34 am

GaijinPunch wrote:Yeah, and Treasure's next shooting game is "confirmed" for the Xbox360.

My hunch states that the reason G.Rev was forced to port Senko no Ronde to the Xbox 360 was so they had some familiarity with the hardware so they could then make a solid engine for Treasure to work with. With Gradius V, I think they just used the leftover code from G.Darius, as the Vic Viper moves like the Silver Hawk.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:22 am

dai jou bu wrote: My hunch states that the reason G.Rev was forced to port Senko no Ronde to the Xbox 360 was so they had some familiarity with the hardware so they could then make a solid engine for Treasure to work with. With Gradius V, I think they just used the leftover code from G.Darius, as the Vic Viper moves like the Silver Hawk.

Wait a minute, you think Grev was 'forced' to port it to the 360? No one forced them man. Grev does what they want, perhaps MS gave them a bunch of cash for it (I doubt it, it's a niche title), but even then there's no 'forcing' going on. And your whole theory makes little sense as Grev does not equal Treasure. Two separate companies with different business strategies (i.e. Treasure designs games for Sony platforms, while Grev never has and doesn't seem to want to).

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:13 am

Grev are just thinking ahead. Most Japanese companies are using 360 as a dev tool for PS3. Getting familiar with the power, the coding tools and such. Capcom are doing a similar thing, it makes sense.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:17 am

My hunch states that the reason G.Rev was forced to port Senko no Ronde to the Xbox 360 was so they had some familiarity with the hardware so they could then make a solid engine for Treasure to work with. With Gradius V, I think they just used the leftover code from G.Darius, as the Vic Viper moves like the Silver Hawk.

That sounds just a tad bit too conspiracy-theoristish to me.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:38 am

I would say so.. Treasure do a good job of writing their own engines.

I will shit a brick if Milestones new game isn't on Naomi (thats if its an arcade game).

Guts · Post by **Guts** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:16 am

GaijinPunch wrote:Yeah, and Treasure's next shooting game is "confirmed" for the Xbox360.

Where have you see this ?

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:07 am

Tychom · Post by **Tychom** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:09 am

Guts wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote:Yeah, and Treasure's next shooting game is "confirmed" for the Xbox360.
Where have you see this ?

He's being 'facétieux ' Guts - the early 360 marketing documents made mention of Treasure being involved which prompted all kinds have mad Radiant Silvergun 3!!! speculation

Guts · Post by **Guts** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:53 am

How to make a rumor !

Thx Tychom.

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:27 am

Tychom wrote:the early 360 marketing documents made mention of Treasure being involved which prompted all kinds have mad Radiant Silvergun 3!!! speculation

pretty much.

twe wrote:Wait a minute, you think Grev was 'forced' to port it to the 360? No one forced them man.

Perhaps I should've said, 'G.Rev had more incentive to port the game over to the 360.' The 'forced' thing was meant to be sarcasm, as there's usually a catch when people give you a huge sum of money in order to do something that would've otherwise been impossible to do.

twe wrote: And your whole theory makes little sense as Grev does not equal Treasure.

Thank you for stating the obvious to me about G.Rev not equaling Treasure

. G.Rev played a rolein creating the engines for Treasure's last two high-profile shmups, since the way the homing lasers flew in Ikaruga and Gradius V (I have never seen a Gradius boss fire homing lasers like they did in Border Down and Rayforce prior to Treasure's intervetion) and the amount of technical expertise required to pull off those fantastic scrolling effects could only come from Taito's old guard. I'd post the Gradius V credits too, but I'm having problems getting my scanner to work at the moment. =\

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:39 am

Karous eh? sounds interesting to say the least. they must be after oldschool feel with the -us ending of the name. atleast we hope.

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