M2 ShotTriggers Mahou Daisakusen Coming to PS4

[Gespenst]

Next shmup to be ported by M2 is Mahou Daisakusen

http://gematsu.com/2017/08/sorcer-strik ... ounced-ps4

(meanwhile there's still a lack of Ketsui port news since it was announced months ago)

[Cee]

I wish they or someone would hurry up and do batrider.

[Sumez]

Not terribly excited by this release, but it's great that it's finally getting a console port aside from the old FMT/x68K releases.

[Neo_Antwon]

I am definitely excited for this release, I hope they add some new arrange mode as well.

[charlie chong]

im a lot more excited for this than ketsui prort anyways (tho the gadgets etc will be cool)
nice to get a more toaplinish shooter for the ps4

[Jeneki]

Oh cool. I just got a chance to try this one about a month ago. I totally dig the theme.

[Samuray]

Chances of a physical game in a potential LE? Slim to none, huh? :-/

But very exciting, wanted to play this for years!

[evil_ash_xero]

I'm actually happier about this, than Ketsui. Don't get me wrong, there's no comparison in quality...but Ketsui is so easy to get already.

I look forward to the remixed soundtrack, that M2 have been doing with these releases. The soundtrack sounds kinda dinky in MAME.

At the same time, I too wish it was Batrider. Or Bakraid. Or Dimahoo. But this is still cool.

[OmegaFlareX]

This is one of the best pre-danmaku shmups. Good choice. Maybe they'll add an actual scoring system in arrange mode (arcade does not have one, you play for score by milking popcorn from boss fights).

[STG]

Very cool news! Like other's have mentioned, I'm curious what the new mode is going to be like, as so far M2 really puts some interesting modes in their ShotTriggers releases they've done so far!

[Tarma]

I wish they or someone would hurry up and do batrider.

This.

[kog3100_edw]

http://gematsu.com/2017/08/first-look-s ... triker-ps4

A bit more. Half the gadget screen.

[TransatlanticFoe]

FFS M2, bring these to the West. Mahou Daisakusen is a cracker.

Yeah and Bakraid plz.

[Elixir]

M2 also have said they plan to release Ketsui within the year.

Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing what arrange mode they come up with for Mahou.

[Sumez]

FFS M2, bring these to the West. Mahou Daisakusen is a cracker.

Yeah and Bakraid plz.

Define "bring to the west"?

[smbhax]

(meanwhile there's still a lack of Ketsui port news since it was announced months ago)

There's a Ketsui M2 data sheet at the bottom of this article which is otherwise mostly about Mahou Daisakusen

https://www.famitsu.com/news/201708/03138994.html

The sheet lists Ketsui's release date as just TBD, though, while Mahou Daisakusen's sheet says December 2017. Also, there's an illustration contest going for Mahou.

Oh yeah, and they both got pages on M2's Shottriggers site (basically just those same data sheets writ large):

http://m2stg.com/ketsui/
http://m2stg.com/mahou-daisakusen/

[AntiFritz]

Now gimme kingdom grandprix and dimahoo.

[DJ Incompetent]

Not a complex game.

Can a gadget be a rolling tumbleweed?

[scrilla4rella]

This is unexpected. It's great to see M2 bringing out another Raizing title. Hopefully this means that Batrider and Progear (Yes, I know Capcom's involvement complicates this.) come at some point. I'd love to see them port some old Toaplan STGs.

[Sumez]

There's no way they can keep dancing around the elephant in the room that is Toaplan.

[scrilla4rella]

Batsugun seems a likely first choice, especially considering how expensive/inaccessible it is.

[Sumez]

That doesn't seem to be a huge influence on their choices, though I would like it to be.

[Immryr]

It seems like a fairly big influence to me. Garegga - Saturn port, expensive, dangun feveron - no home port, mahou daisakusen- home ports on x68k and fm towns....

Ketsui is the only one that is readily available.

[scrilla4rella]

That doesn't seem to be a huge influence on their choices, though I would like it to be.

I don't know, out of the four releases we know about only Kestui falls into the "easily available category". Their first announced release was fricken' Dangun Feveron, one of the few Cave games that previously never saw a home release. It sure seems to influence their selection process on some level.

[Sumez]

Of course it influences them, if nothing else, because it obviously increases the sales potential. But I also think it is obvious that they have their own preferences for what they choose to work with. Otherwise Batrider should have been one of the first releases, and Esp.Ra.De or Progear would likely have had higher priority than Dangun - not to mention the potential for an actual decent DDP port once and for all!
(I don't really believe in Capcom being a huge obstacle for a Progear port, but that's only speculation of course)

Anyway, let's not forget that a lot of Toaplan shooters never saw ports, and only very few of them have a really competent console port. I don't know if they have the rights for Toaplan games, but I think someone hinted that it's probably likely? At least it's definitely not UNlikely.

[scrilla4rella]

Oh man, you know the M2 guys are probably the biggest Toaplan fans on the planet. If anything they'd have to temper their fanboy-ism with some consideration of what would sell. In my mind, they would want to go straight for Tatsujin Ou/Truxon 2 but would lean more towards Batsugun, with its colorful graphics and Joker Jun art. Speaking of which, a Trigger Shot release would tie in perfectly with the upcoming manga.

[BIL]

Glory to M2. I got my wishlist like everyone else (BatWIDER+Bakraid PLS), but above all I'm just glad this project seems to have taken root. The stuff of dreams, having these guys at the helm.

[CloudyMusic]

Yeah, I was sort of worried that this whole ShotTriggers thing would end after 1 or 2 releases. Glad to see that they're apparently able to make enough money to justify doing more.

[chum]

One of the great accomplishments in terms of art direction for sure, would be interesting to see what the arrange mode is gonna do for the game. I'd like to see something better smoothing over all the shit design (Garbage score exploits, bosses that take forever to die, shitty boss patterns, too much dead air in the stages...) a new mode could turn the game into a masterwork.

[Magma Dragoon]

Really cool, Sorcer Striker is an excellent title!

West release please! And Truxton II or bust!