Espgaluda II -official-

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:22 pm

I e-mailed P-Asia earlier this week and asked if they would stock the OST to Galuda 2, and now:

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-na- ... -1ibt.html

Sweet.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:58 pm

Sold out in 1 fucking day.

Metal Gear Okt · Post by **Metal Gear Okt** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:15 pm

So, to sum up, "No news on a home port of ESPgaluda II" ?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:26 pm

Something like that, yeah.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:50 am

The official DVD and the OST will both be available for sale again at Hey and Messe Sanyo in Akihabara from August 8th- August 20th.

http://www.cave.co.jp/gcommerce/GALUDA2 ... index.html

Only 1 OST is allowed per person.

Original news taken from this site:

http://samidare35810101.jog.buttobi.net/index.html

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:14 pm

That's Danmaku-gata, judging by the URL. Kind of the best place for shooting news.

MrMonkeyMan · Post by **MrMonkeyMan** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:46 am

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-8l- ... -1ibt.html

Play Asia seems to be taking orders for the OST now if anyone is interested. I'm curious how many copies they got.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:00 am

I would assume a few hundred.
Also seems like Cave came around and printed some up for Japan (same w/ the replay DVD). Who knows.

eretsua · Post by **eretsua** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:38 am

GaijinPunch wrote:I would assume a few hundred.
Also seems like Cave came around and printed some up for Japan (same w/ the replay DVD). Who knows.

wow! i just read this on the cave site...though i'm not sure they actually reprinted it but instead i think they are selling their last remaining stock. this still sadly means that i won't be getting any.

i did order the OST.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:57 pm

MrMonkeyMan wrote:http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-8l- ... -1ibt.html

Play Asia seems to be taking orders for the OST now if anyone is interested. I'm curious how many copies they got.

Ordered!

Thanks for the heads up, MMM.

eretsua · Post by **eretsua** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:34 pm

the official ESPgaluda II dvd is back in stock at play-asia for $69.90, incase anyone is interested still.

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-7x- ... -1fqs.html

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:58 pm

Excellentcom is now offering a Brand New Boxed Espgaluda II kit + poster for only $716. That's a killer deal. I just ordered mine last night.

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:05 pm

twe wrote:Excellentcom is now offering a Brand New Boxed Espgaluda II kit + poster for only $716. That's a killer deal. I just ordered mine last night.

I'm on the fence. I'm kinda wondering if it's worth waiting for a bit more of a price drop.

Also I assume as soon as I order it, a port will get announced.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:11 pm

I don't think it will drop much more before it sells out, a la Mushi. It's a very popular game. I wouldn't be surprised if Excellent sells out all their new kits at $716 within the next month. I can see Pink Sweets kits (brand new) dropping to current Ibara levels (still just $373 at Excellentcom) in 6-8 months. That game isn't very popular.

And at this point I doubt there will be any port of Galuda II, or if there is one, it won't be too hot. Galuda II has too much going on with the bullet speeds. It would be really hard to duplicate that accurately on a PS2. Not impossible, it would just take a lot of time to code and test and I doubt Cave would spend money on that. They'd just do a quicky port at best, with all sorts of jerky bullet patterns of unpredictable speeds. Arika could do it, but by all indications they aren't doing Cave ports any more so it's a moot point.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:00 pm

I think a port is now very unlikely. The popularity of the game has obviously dwindled, as new shooting games have come in it's place. The ideal time for a port would've been... well... now, but it's not even announced.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:09 am

zakk wrote:Also I assume as soon as I order it, a port will get announced.

It strange that the avaliability of a port would depends on whether you got the PCB or not....

Anyway, Order it then, zakk

, so that the rest of us could get a port.

GaijinPunch wrote:I think a port is now very unlikely. The popularity of the game has obviously dwindled, as new shooting games have come in it's place. The ideal time for a port would've been... well... now, but it's not even announced.

So this becomes another PCB on the MUST BUY list, OMG.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:01 am

twe wrote:I don't think it will drop much more before it sells out, a la Mushi. It's a very popular game. I wouldn't be surprised if Excellent sells out all their new kits at $716 within the next month. I can see Pink Sweets kits (brand new) dropping to current Ibara levels (still just $373 at Excellentcom) in 6-8 months. That game isn't very popular.
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i think itll drop even further, i asked yumi last week and they had an excess of 200 kits in stock.

they also STILL had 50 brand new Ibaras in spite of their price only being JPY33K...

might not sound like big figures but concidering their entire clientel pretty much resides on these boards it'll take a long time to sell out +200 boards...

i know excellent dont stock quite as much, but im sure they have atleast 10 in stock..?

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:26 am

What company is Yumi from?

And I'm sure Excellent and similar places deal with actual arcades in Hong Kong and Asia as well, not just with foreigners looking to play the games at home.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:54 am

fujita communications

yeah i know they distribute to arcades aswell, but galuda 2 (and certanly Ibara) are both pretty "old" games, im sure most asian arcades already have their copy.

ed: sorry i lied in my previous post, fujita "only" have 158 galuda 2 kits left...

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:55 am

The absence of a Espgaluda II port is concerning considering it’s popularity. I wonder if the lack of port is due to lack of profitability of recent Taito published ports (Mushi, Ibara, Raiden III, Giga Wing Generation, Shiki II, Shooting collection I&II, Gunbird collection, etc.). I've been spoiled from so many published ports or re-issues from Taito over the last two years and now almost nothing is coming out.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:26 am

@sven666. So is Fujita like the main distributor in Japan? As in when they're out, the game is sold out?

@Wanderer. Who knows, maybe there will be a PS3 or Xbox360 port. Cave will have to change from the PS2 to another 'next gen' console for their ports eventually, maybe they're thinking of doing that soon?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:15 am

twe> yepp pretty much. I dont know how many companies they distribute for but Cave/AMI is one of them anyways. (which is why they often put cave games up for preorder way before any info on the game itself is released, see mushi 2 thread for instance)...

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:37 am

I get the impression AMI are very good at what they do. I've had a couple of emails from Joey @ ECL suggesting they have a good relationship with AMI as well. I bet they shift a lot for them in HK.
I'm quite sure Cave are aware of the unusually high volume that go to home gamers overseas too. Hence why they supply Play Asia with OST's etc.

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:40 pm

How do you avoid duty from Excellent... Is HK still duty free?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:43 pm

ill6 wrote:How do you avoid duty from Excellent... Is HK still duty free?

HELL NO!

get them to write down the value is the only way afaik (theyll only do it if you ask).

BeauZilla 002 · Post by **BeauZilla 002** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:36 pm

Wanderer wrote:The absence of a Espgaluda II port is concerning considering it’s popularity.

I totally agree.I'm surprised this hasn't got shmup fans very worried about the future of the scene.Cave has to know that dedicated fans are salivating over this release....but they aren't porting,which has to mean they don't see it as profitable.

Maybe a petition would help?I for one cannot afford to become a PCB player/collector right now,and shmupping is only part of my gaming diet,so ports are my mainstay.

Seems to me that the shmup scene is growing quickly.Guess Cave disagrees.

Post by **Icarus** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:48 pm

Just received the OST today. As expected, the sountrack is pure quality trance/techno, just the stuff I like. ^_^

Presentation of the package is very high quality, in a clear case like Senko no Ronde. Even the front cover design is two-piece, with a clear plastic illustration of both forms of Asagi. Even the spine is clear plastic.

The music is awesome. I'm loving the higher quality versions of Azures (stage2), Deserted (stage3) and Kujaku (final boss). Haven't listened to the AST disc yet, too engrossed in the OST at the moment. ^_^

Get it if you can find it!

NOW WHERE'S THE PORT DAMNIT?!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:52 pm

I like the soundtrack of the first one, better. This one still isn't bad for game music.

NOW WHERE'S THE PORT DAMNIT?![/quote]

I guess it's not coming. Why not bite the bullet and get the PCB?

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:10 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:
Icarus wrote:NOW WHERE'S THE PORT DAMNIT?!
I guess it's not coming.

Wait another month. Big trade shows around the corner (JAMMA + TGS).

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:29 pm

Highly doubtful. Console ports aren't announced at AOU, and so far neither Taito, Cave, nor Arika are on the list of companies at the TGS.
And anyway, if they're going to release a port it's going to be within 7-9 months of the PCB's release, like all the previous cave ports. It's already been nearly 9 months since Galuda 2 was released and we don't even have a port announcement let alone a release date.

New PCB kits should drop to the $600 level in about a month (Excellentcom tells me they have 'many to offer' at the moment, priced at $716).