Treasure: New DS Game Countdown: Bangai-O Spirits

beam · Post by **beam** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:25 am

The Bangai-o Soundtracks will be released on 2008.04.02. All three of them (N64, DC and DS) on 3 cds.

Moreover there's a japanese wiki with original stages there.
Last information courtesy of NeoGAF.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:04 am

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?ar ... 028&page=1

10 out of 10 for Eurogamer. Japan's answer to GTA IV

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:28 am

They bribed reviewers too?

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:46 am

Turrican wrote:http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?ar ... 028&page=1

10 out of 10 for Eurogamer. Japan's answer to GTA IV

So, Bangai-O Spirits. I think it's amazing.

Not the best start for a review

Still, it's looking like a must buy.

beam · Post by **beam** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:11 am

After some googling found another ressource for japanese stages : uploader link

just click this to download :

By the way the BANGAI-O SPIRITS　Audio Collection Plus is incredible !
The best soundtrack is the dreamcast one but the n64 version is nonetheless great. I Haven't played the n64 cart so it's the best way to discover its music variations. The ds one is the less enjoyable.
It's available on play-asia

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:18 am

MathU wrote:They bribed reviewers too?

here's proof that they didn't have to do that....

bribing reviewers to encourage shmup distribution is fine with me though.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:23 am

10 out of 10 for Eurogamer.

TREASUUUUUUUUUUUUURE

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:42 pm

I've never played Bangai-O.

Is it a Treasure classic, or is it overrated? Give me the 411.

s/m

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Thu May 08, 2008 4:52 pm

It's a classic that's underrated if anything. I bet more people have played Radiant Silvergun than Bangai-O. But you wouldn't know if you ask the fans, as we tend to praise the bejesus out of it!
But it's really the kind of game you either get or don't get, but as a shmup fan or just a general arcade style game fan, you should love it.

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Fri May 09, 2008 2:44 pm

JoshF wrote:
10 out of 10 for Eurogamer.
TREASUUUUUUUUUUUUURE

If your exclamation is supposed to tell us that they rated it 10 because it's been developed by treasure you might be wrong - Gunstar Future/ Super Heroes got a 5.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=61905

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Fri May 09, 2008 3:07 pm

Hahah, that article. Oh man, that article.

IT'S LESS THAN AN HOUR LONG.

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Fri May 09, 2008 8:04 pm

moozooh wrote:Hahah, that article. Oh man, that article.

IT'S LESS THAN AN HOUR LONG.

You mean the review? And what is "less than an hour long"?

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Fri May 09, 2008 8:10 pm

Try reading the review you've linked yourself.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Fri May 09, 2008 8:42 pm

Here's a better review.

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Fri May 09, 2008 9:37 pm

moozooh wrote:Try reading the review you've linked yourself.

I did...months ago;-)
While I don't agree with it (who does?) it also shows that the usual forum kneejerk reaction "they did it because it's done by treasure!" is bullshit, especially when it comes to Eurogamer which is certainly no gamespot or IGN.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Fri May 09, 2008 9:48 pm

More like, it substitutes one "typical" reviewer reaction ("Treasure is awesome") with an even worse reviewer reaction ("short games are bad"). While the former has some merit to it, the latter is plain stupid. In other words, the only major reason the reviewer rated GSH that low was due to its length. And since it was a different reviewer from the one who gave Bangaioh Spirits a 10, it's really just a bad example, overall.

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Sat May 10, 2008 1:54 am

I know this game is being localized, but could you just by the Jap version? Is there much text in it to begin with?

s/m

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Sat May 10, 2008 5:45 am

evil_ash_xero wrote:I know this game is being localized, but could you just by the Jap version? Is there much text in it to begin with?

s/m

The Western release is supposed to have loads more levels, and something else, iirc?

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Sat May 10, 2008 11:09 am

Eurogamer which is certainly no gamespot or IGN

Don't kid yourself.

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Sat May 10, 2008 11:42 am

Koa Zo wrote:
evil_ash_xero wrote:I know this game is being localized, but could you just by the Jap version? Is there much text in it to begin with?

s/m
The Western release is supposed to have loads more levels, and something else, iirc?

Well, I guess i'll wait it out then. Is that a Sam Keith avatar? If so, I love his artwork.

s/m

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Sat May 10, 2008 1:07 pm

JoshF wrote:
Eurogamer which is certainly no gamespot or IGN
Don't kid yourself.

I don't. Don't worry.

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Sat May 10, 2008 2:40 pm

Feel free to import. Although, knowing Katakana really helps with understanding what the attacks you can use are. You can assign buttons to different attacks (sword, bat, shot, etc) but most of the time you'll be using the L/R buttons.

If the US version ends up having more content, definitely get that instead. But so far it's just a rumour. Remember those Brawl rumours?

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Sun May 11, 2008 4:05 am

The (quite funny) dialogues that explain everything are of course all in Japanese, but its nothing you probably couldn't look up on google.

The real fun in this game lies in the level creator.

neist · Post by **neist** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:47 pm

Etrian wrote:Feel free to import. Although, knowing Katakana really helps with understanding what the attacks you can use are. You can assign buttons to different attacks (sword, bat, shot, etc) but most of the time you'll be using the L/R buttons.

If the US version ends up having more content, definitely get that instead. But so far it's just a rumour. Remember those Brawl rumours?

Yea, the only reason we think there may be more content is because in an interview someone stated that they were going to try to push more content in the US release.

Emphasis on the try. I remain skeptical.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:00 pm

neist wrote:
Etrian wrote:Feel free to import. Although, knowing Katakana really helps with understanding what the attacks you can use are. You can assign buttons to different attacks (sword, bat, shot, etc) but most of the time you'll be using the L/R buttons.

If the US version ends up having more content, definitely get that instead. But so far it's just a rumour. Remember those Brawl rumours?
Yea, the only reason we think there may be more content is because in an interview someone stated that they were going to try to push more content in the US release.

Emphasis on the try. I remain skeptical.

The US and EU versions of Astro Boy are several times better than the original Japanese release: Treasure are just the kind of crazy guys which will try to polish and refine a product whenever they have a chance, until the very last day available. I'm not skeptical on this.

neist · Post by **neist** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:33 pm

Shrug. I'm just saying they were going to try.

Gamespot had a interview posted over the game and they said "over 150 maps". So I assume were still getting some extra (didnt the Japanese release only have 150?). They were probably vague as they are yet sure.

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:41 pm

Turrican wrote:
neist wrote:
Etrian wrote:Feel free to import. Although, knowing Katakana really helps with understanding what the attacks you can use are. You can assign buttons to different attacks (sword, bat, shot, etc) but most of the time you'll be using the L/R buttons.

If the US version ends up having more content, definitely get that instead. But so far it's just a rumour. Remember those Brawl rumours?
Yea, the only reason we think there may be more content is because in an interview someone stated that they were going to try to push more content in the US release.

Emphasis on the try. I remain skeptical.
The US and EU versions of Astro Boy are several times better than the original Japanese release: Treasure are just the kind of crazy guys which will try to polish and refine a product whenever they have a chance, until the very last day available. I'm not skeptical on this.

Astro Boy was all kinds of awesome. It's a shame it probably won't get more of the audience it deserves...just because a lot of people will see the cover art, and "Astro Boy", and not care. Oh well.

s/m

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:23 pm

evil_ash_xero wrote:
Astro Boy was all kinds of awesome. It's a shame it probably won't get more of the audience it deserves...just because a lot of people will see the cover art, and "Astro Boy", and not care. Oh well.

s/m

Same deal with the magna and anime, IMO. I especially like the 80s series and how it portrays Atlas as a major villain. Too bad the 60s and the more recent series didn't get the full subtitle treatment here (actually, the 80s technically didn't either, but at least most of the episodes are subbed. Sucks how one of the nicer episodes was cut).

Gozer · Post by **Gozer** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:38 pm

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38219.html

I'm sold.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:45 pm

^ Behold, the only two females who will ever be seen "playing" Bangai-O Spirits.

That feature does seem kinda cool though.