If the Raiden Fighters series does get a PS2 port, I wonder

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:58 pm

if Seibu will also give it an XBOX port, considering that Raiden Fighers Evolution got cancelled?

jiji · Post by **jiji** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:43 pm

That's a pretty big 'if.' Where did the idea of them being ported to PS2 come from?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:56 pm

If pigs fly, can cows do it too? Set aside $50, seems perfectly logical to me.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:13 pm

im glad to hear it rob. i'll be sure to set that money aside as well. by the way, what is RF Evolution?

jiji · Post by **jiji** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:17 pm

RF Evolution was an Xbox port/enhancement of RF1 that was canned when its developer, New World System, went under.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:03 pm

New Word System was also planning on porting RF2 & Jet. Pictures of the ported RF1 made it onto the NWS website. Lots of extras were planned for RF1, including new modes and graphics.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:26 pm

"That's a pretty big 'if.' Where did the idea of them being ported to PS2 come from?"

The idea is that if Raiden 3 gets a home port on the PS2 (which it probably will since it's a Type-X shmup) then Seibu might port the Raiden Fighers series to the PS2 as well-seeing as how they will then be the only Raiden games unplayable on a home console.

I don't know about setting aside $50 just yet Rob, the port may come next year, and end up on the XBOX 2.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:02 am

dave4shmups wrote:"That's a pretty big 'if.' Where did the idea of them being ported to PS2 come from?"

The idea is that if Raiden 3 gets a home port on the PS2 (which it probably will since it's a Type-X shmup) then Seibu might port the Raiden Fighers series to the PS2 as well-seeing as how they will then be the only Raiden games unplayable on a home console.

The more likely scenario is Taito publishing and porting the Raiden series just as they did with the Psikyo collection. Establishing a relationship with Taito is the way to go for shooter developers. Every arcade Taito related shooter (Shikigami, XIIstag, Psyvariar, etc.) over the last 5 years has been released on console. Taito also has the resources to port and publish shooters, whereas companies like New World System do not.