Aka To Blue: Type S

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Aka To Blue: type S is going to be a 2018 Switch port of he mobile game! That’s all anyone seems to know at the moment.

http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/169118879189

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Hear that? It's the sound of everyone on here running to buy a Switch .. :lol:
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Huh. This is the ex-CAVE staff game, right?
Something to look forward to whenever the hell it is I get around to getting one of these, I suppose.
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This is acceptable.
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Despatche wrote:This is acceptable.
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wasilewski wrote:Aka To Blue: type S is going to be a 2018 Switch port of he mobile game! That’s all anyone seems to know at the moment.

http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/169118879189

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That image looks like the mobile version posted over a switch screen.
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I hope more people get the chance to pick it up - maybe they can even polish up things regarding the constant voice chatter or the ending being in Japanese. As far as a mobile game goes it's pretty good and was well-suited to the platform. A console release would open up more screen real-estate, potentially remove your finger blocking the ship, and give you a better picture of what's going on (Aka to Blue's biggest problem is that on mobile phone screens, the smaller ones make it harder to dodge effectively).
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If it's gonna lack an all stages mode (aka arcade mode) then it's gonna be a waste of a port, because the original game has that problem of making all stages completely seperate.
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Pretty good news. Was about to buy it on mobile, but kind of promised myself not to touch my tablet anymore. Switch version is perfection.
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Good news, hope they're cooking an arcade mode indeed.

(HORI be like: let's make a $350 limited edition RAP for that)
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Great News. Hopefully this means more shmups. Quickly the Switch is looking like the go-to system for Shmups.
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yeah, look at the sick ass dpad on that thing
you know a genre is fucked when a go-to console means a single port of a mobile game
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Damn, guess I need to buy a Switch now?
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buy a pc, it's the new shmup platform
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Bananamatic wrote:yeah, look at the sick ass dpad on that thing
https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Switch- ... B01N4P40LG

I’m interested but will wait until the game gets released to decide if I want to buy a switch and stick for it
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Kaiser wrote:If it's gonna lack an all stages mode (aka arcade mode) then it's gonna be a waste of a port, because the original game has that problem of making all stages completely seperate.
Eh? The game goes through each stage when you start from stage 1, same way as with any regular arcade shmup, you just have the option from starting from any stage.
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pestro87 wrote:
Bananamatic wrote:yeah, look at the sick ass dpad on that thing
https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Switch- ... B01N4P40LG

I’m interested but will wait until the game gets released to decide if I want to buy a switch and stick for it
Yeah let's just buy a $150 arcade stick on top of the $300 cost of a new console to play a port of a mobile game because Nintendo's new console doesn't come with a dpad.

Seems reasonable and I'm sure a lot of people will proceed to do it.
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nice surprise. but i wonder how it's gonna play with a pad. the original is designed around very flexibel touch controls thatlet you move around in various degrees of speed
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You're aware the Switch has the same kind of touchscreen controls, yes?
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you're righ. didn't think of it because i've never zsed them
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Udderdude wrote:You're aware the Switch has the same kind of touchscreen controls, yes?
why not just play it on a mobile device that isn't the switch then?
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The mobile version only works on high end smartphones as far as I can tell. Also, they might add a new mode that doesn't use touch controls.
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maybe if they added arcade mode too
and even then it would be better on pc
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I personally don't own consoles, but considering that the Switch seems to start pulling some real market weight now this sounds good. Hopefully it sells well enough to keep their lights on and maybe enables PC releases one day.
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Udderdude wrote:The mobile version only works on high end smartphones as far as I can tell. Also, they might add a new mode that doesn't use touch controls.
it works well on my moto G4, which isn't super cheap but far from high end.
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Unless it comes with some cool arrange mode, I won't double dip.
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Great news.
I wonder if it will be relegated to touch/non-docked mode?
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BrianC wrote:
wasilewski wrote:Aka To Blue: type S is going to be a 2018 Switch port of he mobile game! That’s all anyone seems to know at the moment.

http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/169118879189

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That image looks like the mobile version posted over a switch screen.
Photoshop-Edited Photo or real,
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pestro87 wrote:
Bananamatic wrote:yeah, look at the sick ass dpad on that thing
https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Switch- ... B01N4P40LG

I’m interested but will wait until the game gets released to decide if I want to buy a switch and stick for it
More shmups for Nintendo Switch?
Now with danmaku?
Oh, I hope Raiden IV Overkill and Raiden V would be next for Nintendo Switch.
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@Goompa:
Well, no one had mentioned it thoroughly, but the image looks real as it can be, I mean, there's even visible thumb/fingerprints on the bottom left of that image/switch.

I mean, you'd expect your switch to be free of dirt, dust and marks/prints, right?
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