Localize Mushihimesama HD

[n0rtygames]

Deathsmiles is sick. You're all weird.

[n0rtygames]

btw your petition is doomed on account of the most recent signature being from "thenigger Nigger"

[LordHypnos]

Man, if there was a Mushi/MushiFuta double pack at a low price point, I'd probably buy it on reputation alone, in spite of not having an Xbox 360 yet.

I doubt it would happen though, probably too risky for RSG

...Also having thenigger Nigger sign the petition probably doesn't help...

[amdiggywhut]

Donald Sterling plays shmups? Who would have thought.

[LordHypnos]

Donald Sterling plays shmups? Who would have thought.

nice

[ACSeraph]

I'm pretty sure our tiny forum here will never ever have the manpower to influence localizations.

You guys should really just invest in Japanese 360s...

[LordHypnos]

I'm pretty sure our tiny forum here will never ever have the manpower to influence localizations.

You guys should really just invest in Japanese 360s...

Probably a better idea

[Chaos Phoenixma]

because buying a console for just 1 game is totally a great idea.

That is the only game that I'm interested in that requires a J360. I can't justify it for just 1 game, especially when PS2 emulation is a thing and MAME may be able to play it well some day.

[BPzeBanshee]

Sign up for it anyway and see where it goes. I've heard Akai Katana got 10,000 sales in the US [citation needed], the more signatures the merrier.

Being depressing about it makes me wonder why you bothered to post here if you weren't going to sign up. It's the same amount of time spent.

[Macho De Luxe]

because buying a console for just 1 game is totally a great idea.

It is a great idea though, if what you really want to do is play Mushihimesama. Otherwise you just don't want to play it that badly.

[ACSeraph]

because buying a console for just 1 game is totally a great idea.

That is the only game that I'm interested in that requires a J360. I can't justify it for just 1 game, especially when PS2 emulation is a thing and MAME may be able to play it well some day.

There's a lot more shit on J360 than Mushi HD. And actually yeah, I would buy a console for one game if the game is good enough. It's still cheaper than buying a PCB.

Lemme put it this way: Mushi would bomb if it came to the west. There would be people who would love it, but in general the sales would be abysmal. I'd kind of feel bad wishing financial doom on the localization team just so the 20 or so people on shmups forum who refuse to buy J360's could play it.

The only reasonably smart way to do it would be to put the Japanese digital version on the US store as was done with Deathsmiles IIX. At least in that case no money is really lost no matter how bad the sales are. But then everyone would just be complaining about the lack of pretty plastic casing.

If you are seriously interested in something as niche as hardcore Cave shmups, you ought to be willing to fork over the cash for the necessary equipment imo. A J360 is what, $300? That's like the price of just 6 new shitty AAA interactive movies. Totally getting more value for your money even if all you had to play was Mushi imo.

[Pretas]

If Cave ever releases a new retail STG on Xbox One, it will have a snowball's chance in hell of being localized. Plans for a global release of SDOJ already fell through after RSG looked at the inexorably poor Western sales of DFK and Akai Katana. No US/EU publisher is ever going to bite the bullet for Cave again.

Still, it won't be much of a problem with the One being region free.

[nekketsu]

As was already said, can't hurt to sign it. So I've done so.

[chempop]

[Jonst]

ACSeraph is right,it's totally worth just getting a j360.you won't regret it if you're serious about shmups.I'd love to believe a petition would make mushi hd happen in the west but is highly unlikely...do yourself a favor a buy a j360,you won't look back! And it is much cheaper than the pcb route.

[Pretas]

Note that Mushi is supported in certain older versions of MAME, and support was recently re-added. As it was the first SH-3 game and is the least demanding on the hardware, it runs quite well compared to others.

[Kiken]

Probably best if they call it Bug Princess though. Maybe Bug Princess HD Collection. People don't tend to like names they cannot pronounce. I thought leaving Akai Katana untranslated was a mistake.

I feel like if Cave did localize the console port they should stick either with the original title or make a more pragmatic localized title (like how Hokuto no Ken became Fist of the North star); the direct translation "bug princess" has always struck me as a really bland, shovelware-esque title. Then again this is all subjective.

Like it or not, Bug Princess is what Cave chose as the official localized title. See the various iOS ports: Bug Princess, Bug Princess 2, Bug Princess 2 Black Label.

[NeoStrayCat]

Yeah, as its already stated, aren't they already localized with English and everything, though I know its only on mobile, but yeah, a console localization as they did in the I-Ports/Droids would have been nice as its already there, but if only...>_>

[Mortificator]

btw your petition is doomed on account of the most recent signature

Donald Sterling plays shmups? Who would have thought.

Also happened on the Dariusburst EX petition some months ago. Which forum member is secretly the D-man???

[anthony2690]

Actually, Crimzon Clover is coming out on Steam soon (if I'm not mistaken), so maybe we could somehow get pewdiepie to play it? I can see it now:
"OMG HARDEST TROLL GAME EVER".

1: Get Markiplier/Pewdewpie/some shitty lp'er to play it
2: Get Retsupurae to mock the video
3: Everyone who watched either of the above see the game
4: ???
5: Profit

this, someone send that annoying pew guy a copy with a jp console, and cave will have a best seller lol.

apparently skate 3 was recently in the top 10 uk charts for a few weeks again recently for sales as he apparently did a lets play on it.

also how much do you think it costs to publish cave games? I'd be all over a kickstarter fund to get cave games localized, maybe even a lovely xbla port of progear, like they did with guwange hehe

but I think everything signature will help, whilst it may never get the game localized, it still shows that there is a lot of love for shooters/stgs outside of japan what I think is nice

so please sign up guys

[BulletMagnet]

it still shows that there is a lot of love for shooters/stgs outside of japan what I think is nice

The problem is that there really isn't a whole lot of affection for them these days; there are a handful of us who love them dearly and will support them pretty much wherever they pop up, but nowhere near enough altogether to be profitable in most cases. Not that a petition will hurt anything, but there's no way we'll ever have ample signatures to get anyone's attention, especially after the (financially) disappointing efforts to "reintroduce" shmups in the west in recent years.

[Some-Mist]

ACSeraph is right,it's totally worth just getting a j360.you won't regret it if you're serious about shmups.

well that and it plays the vast majority of US-based games (if you're in the US of course). I've only come across a few games that didn't work in my j360, and they were mostly titles that were released in JPN first then releases in the US after.

it almost makes owning a US 360 useless since it theoretically plays less games than the J360.

also... lol @ people signing with vanity names. pretty childish but hard not to laugh.

[anthony2690]

ACSeraph is right,it's totally worth just getting a j360.you won't regret it if you're serious about shmups.

well that and it plays the vast majority of US-based games (if you're in the US of course). I've only come across a few games that didn't work in my j360, and they were mostly titles that were released in JPN first then releases in the US after.

it almost makes owning a US 360 useless since it theoretically plays less games than the J360.

also... lol @ people signing with vanity names. pretty childish but hard not to laugh.

I wish people would just use there real names too please, as I doubt they will take it serious otherwise...

also the only title I want to play that is region locked on xbox 360 is mushi HD.

ketsui I can get on ps3.

calidrius or whatever it is called is also coming to ps3.

raiden 4 overkill I can also get on ps3.

the cave stg games I have that can be played on a pal system are as follows: mmp/ps, futari 1.5, dodonpachi saidaijou & resurrection, akai katana, deathsmiles, bullet soul, under defeat hd, espgaluda 2, I don't think I've missed any.

and as someone as already said the game is translated/localized on iphones, I am sure a localized console port would be minimal effort

[Some-Mist]

the cave stg games I have that can be played on a pal system are as follows: mmp/ps, futari 1.5, dodonpachi saidaijou & resurrection, akai katana, deathsmiles, bullet soul, under defeat hd, espgaluda 2, I don't think I've missed any.

and as someone as already said the game is translated/localized on iphones, I am sure a localized console port would be minimal effort

you haven't missed any that you can play on your PAL system, but you have missed dodonpachi daifukkatsu black label (disc with ketsupachi - the mix of dodonpachi and ketsui mechanics) and dodonpachi daioujou black label extra which aren't playable on PAL systems.

and I'm not sure if DS IIX is playable on PAL systems through the US GoD system, but that would be another.

[casualcoder]

Not happening unfortunately. Deathsmiles sold about 300,000 copies while I would be surprised if AK was anywhere north of 50,000. Lots of people who picked up DS on a whim didn't think "eww, weird Japanese Loli crap.." They thought "oh, cool emo/goth/Halloween theme..." Those players obviously dropped the genre like a hot potato. Unfortunately it didn't appear to expand the fanbase.

[trap15]

I wish people would just use there real names too please, as I doubt they will take it serious otherwise...

There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that they'll take it serious anyways.

[President_Obama]

Deathsmiles is sick. You're all weird.

Side Arms with added Occult Titmaidenry - always a winner with me.

[Doctor Butler]

Donald Sterling plays shmups? Who would have thought.

I think you mean "TheNegra Negra"

[anthony2690]

If Cave ever releases a new retail STG on Xbox One, it will have a snowball's chance in hell of being localized. Plans for a global release of SDOJ already fell through after RSG looked at the inexorably poor Western sales of DFK and Akai Katana. No US/EU publisher is ever going to bite the bullet for Cave again.

Still, it won't be much of a problem with the One being region free.

xbox one is region free.
also makoto asada is making an exclusive game for it (what I assume will be a shooter), and cave are on the list of developers that are going to make games for xbox one

[anthony2690]

the cave stg games I have that can be played on a pal system are as follows: mmp/ps, futari 1.5, dodonpachi saidaijou & resurrection, akai katana, deathsmiles, bullet soul, under defeat hd, espgaluda 2, I don't think I've missed any.

and as someone as already said the game is translated/localized on iphones, I am sure a localized console port would be minimal effort

you haven't missed any that you can play on your PAL system, but you have missed dodonpachi daifukkatsu black label (disc with ketsupachi - the mix of dodonpachi and ketsui mechanics) and dodonpachi daioujou black label extra which aren't playable on PAL systems.

and I'm not sure if DS IIX is playable on PAL systems through the US GoD system, but that would be another.

deathsmiles 2 never made it to uk/eu games on demand, I hear a lot of people dislike it, but it would of been nice to try atleast