Bullet Soul: Infinite Burst coming to Xbox 360

[Reiko]

They've confirmed it being postponed on the 5pb site now

http://5pb.jp/games/bulletsoul-ib/

[Phellan Wolf]

They've confirmed it being postponed on the 5pb site now

http://5pb.jp/games/bulletsoul-ib/

Where is it say??) i don't understand japanese and as far as I can tell the release date still being the same. A bit of help of what it is said should be helpfull.

[ACSeraph]

It just says due to various circumstances the game is being delayed and they are very sorry. It doesn't give a new date or any particular reason for the delay.

[Phellan Wolf]

It just says due to various circumstances the game is being delayed and they are very sorry. It doesn't give a new date or any particular reason for the delay.

Thanks. I wonder what those circunstances are

[genetik]

It doesn't give a new date or any particular reason for the delay.

That's too bad. I got a pre-order on that and Pengo, and was really hoping to have them ship together to save a bit on shipping. With a push so close to release, it wouldn't be surprising that they had unforeseen issues during the certification (as the game would've been sent into cert already to hit their previous ship date).

[Bonus!]

I just came across review scores from Famitsu:
Bullet Soul: Infinite Burst (360, 5pb): 7, 8, *, 8

http://www.the-magicbox.com/

So, a release should be imminent.

[Phellan Wolf]

Yeah they must had some kind of issue with microsoft certification, no more than 2 weeks then if it is already been reviewed.
Only 3 scores??? What happened to the third reviewer, it may have been postponed too just till the game launches

[BulletMagnet]

Only 3 scores??? What happened to the third reviewer, it may have been postponed too just till the game launches

According to the link:

Here are the latest Famitsu game review scores, note that only 3 out of 4 scores were leaked online this week, the missing scores were marked with a star(*).

In any event, it'd be good for the game to come out on time or close to it, assuming no additional work is needed on it. Guess we'll find out soon...

[Phellan Wolf]

Only 3 scores??? What happened to the third reviewer, it may have been postponed too just till the game launches

According to the link:

Here are the latest Famitsu game review scores, note that only 3 out of 4 scores were leaked online this week, the missing scores were marked with a star(*).

In any event, it'd be good for the game to come out on time or close to it, assuming no additional work is needed on it. Guess we'll find out soon...

I didn't click on the link when I posted
By the way there is also review scores for G-Sen Love, damn it really got bad scores. I think they don't like pengo

[Phellan Wolf]

There are news on their website as since of 4/21 but since I don't read japanese dunno what is it about.

[CloudyMusic]

Looks like it's just announcing the results of a score competition that they held in Nagoya on the 20th.

[Tarma]

Just caught an email from Play Asia warning of the postponement... hope it's nothing serious... or too long a delay.

[Lawfer]

What the hell, this was supposed to be released on the 24th and now there is no date anymore.

By the way, is Infinite Burst a sequel or a 1.5 of the first game?

[Pretas]

By the way, is Infinite Burst a sequel or a 1.5 of the first game?

The latter.

[Phellan Wolf]

Has 5PB told any news about the game or something??
Can't believe it they don't say a fucking damn thing

[Bonus!]

Famitsu has reviewed that game already. I would not at all be surprised if Microsoft paid Mages to withhold the game and release it on their stillborn Xbone instead. In fact, it seems to be the most plausible explanation of what's going on.

[genetik]

Famitsu has reviewed that game already. I would not at all be surprised if Microsoft paid Mages to withhold the game and release it on their stillborn Xbone instead. In fact, it seems to be the most plausible explanation of what's going on.

Totally make sense cause 360 and Xone share so much of the same architecture that porting from one to the other is so easy

I seriously doubt a small studio would cannibalize their sales of a game that was suppose to come out 2 weeks before the push back just to port it to a new console which has zero installed based users in Japan right now.

Also, it's not like shmups are the super selling types of games in Japan anymore. I doubt that MS would pay a lot of money this time around for this type of exclusive, especially for a remake of a game that already came out on the 360.

The most likely cause of a push back with no date announced are unforeseen issues in certification, publishing issues or something along those lines. Press often get review builds that are close to final. They will run with the review if the game is suppose to be out by the time the issue hits the stand.

[HydrogLox]

Given that the delay wasn't made public until 10 days before the announced release suggests a "no-go" during the "go-gold" milestone. As such the game cases, manuals, OSTs and pre-order bonuses are probably already waiting somewhere in a warehouse, now collecting dust. So they have every incentive to make the release happen - however no announcement of the standard 4, 8 or 12 week delay has been made (unless that is a Japanese culture thing). This could be suggestive of an issue that isn't entirely technical.

Tachyon Inc. was the developer of the original Bullet Soul - their logo appears in the infinite burst opening movie - but it is unclear whether that is a carry-over from the first game or whether they also developed "Infinite Burst".

• Did 5pb Games (Division #2) develop "Infinite Burst" and now there is an IP problem with Tachyon Inc.?
• Did Tachyon Inc. develop "Infinite Burst" but now find themselves unwilling or unable to provide the final fixes needed for "going gold"?

The silence regarding the circumstances of the delay is a bit disconcerting.

[Cagar]

Hopefully they're VERY QUICKLY producing a mode without all the bullet cancelling.

[ACSeraph]

^This

Big enemies cancelling Cave style is OK, but when you are even cancelling the standard Zako fire that shit gets boring quick.

Sad too because the boss fights (where you generally aren't cancelling everything every 2 seconds) were pretty damn fun.

[NeoStrayCat]

Yeah, if it would be out for the One, that wouldn't make much sense, other than that, the game's achievement list (http://bit.ly/Qkt2cs) went live a week or so before the game's supposed release of 4/24 (which Pengo got released, but that's different), and besides, they also had BS: IB events and it was all played on 360's, so...>_>

In any matter, I think the game's already done, just another situation of delays and waits kinda like "certain games" in the states back then (but at least they eventually got released).

[Plasmo]

Here's the flyer that was given out on the Stunfest.

[Phellan Wolf]

Region free confirmed but not a single date for its release

[Kollision]

5月29日、ついに発売！

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201405/09053017.html

[Kiken]

5月29日、ついに発売！

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201405/09053017.html

My wallet appreciates the 1-month delay.

So there we go, nothing more than a minor set back.

[Pretas]

Wish there was some decent video of Burst Mode, so I could have an idea of whether the game might be worth buying this time around.

[Bonus!]

I'll wait for some reviews from forum members before I buy that game, but I would not mind getting this one.

[Jonst]

Wish there was some decent video of Burst Mode, so I could have an idea of whether the game might be worth buying this time around.

[Doctor Butler]

For the convenience of anyone else reading this topic: Game drops in Japan on May 29.

[Phellan Wolf]

Any statement in famitsu of the problem of the delay??