New game from Milestone on Naomi!

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:58 am

This reminds me of some of the topics at gamefaqs where people accuse something that was confirmed to be real by multiple sites as being fake. The site link and info suggests that the game is definatly an arcade game, but there is still doubt amoung the obvious. Why would the letters ac be at the end of a URL for a cell phone game? I doubt that Naomi GD ROM is a mistake. Also, I looked at the shots again and the graphics are definatly cell shaded. Have you guys even seen a cell shaded game? I don't think the reslution is as low as some of you guys make it out to be. Cell shading is often aliased and if you look closely, the game has those bold outlines and details that come from cell shading. Seriously, you guys (or guy) need to quit your day job.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:10 am

"It has been confirmed that this is an arcade game on GD Rom hardware "

Exactly; given this confirmation, I highly doubt this is a cell-phone game
And I wholeheardedly agree with BrianC's assesment of the graphics in this game.

Bottom Line, if it's a GD-Rom shmup, then it'll probably show up on the DC sooner or later.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:37 am

I'm pretty sure it's GD-ROM also. A huge mistake like that isn't likely to appear on an official website.

With the battery indicator and reception meter argument, assuming this is a cell phone game, let's say they're located at some OS-reserved space on the screen. Then what about the score counter right next to those also appearing in the grey bar? The character profile also extends into this space.

I think the cell phone thing is more of a theme to the game. Anyway, I'm looking forward to how this turns out :)

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:15 am

Hmmm...an arcade/console game designed to mimic a cell phone game? Well, you can't say it's not an original idea...though one could probably think of quite a few reasons why no one else has bothered to attempt it, heh.

Personally, as I said on the temp forum, I'm most concerned that Milestone makes this game feel more "complete" than Chaos Field...the latter wasn't a bad game by any means, but it just felt too much like a doujin to be worth the money they asked for it...if they're doing the same sort of thing this time around, they should either lower the MSRP or (preferably) put in some more time on it.

neoalphazero · Post by **neoalphazero** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:53 am

The game automatically has more style than Chaos Field, I hope they can come up with a fun little shooter here. I'm not seeing the Boss-fest elements though and I hope they avoid that. *-neo

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:12 am

This will probably do OK in arcades, for the gimmick value (hey everyone in Japan loves cellphones, right?) but I can't see it selling well as a full price DC port. CELLphones + CELshading, maybe it's some sort of pun.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:31 am

Anyone who can read japanese: please check the site and tell us what is this game's name.

Sundance · Post by **Sundance** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:37 am

Is it just me or does it look like Alien Hominid w/ a ship?

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:04 am

Super Laydock wrote:
Kiken wrote:With any luck, we'll see another DC port, ...
Well I didn't want to jinx anything here , but since you mention it I'd say a DC port is very welcome.

BTW. apparently Senko no Ronde is to be released on DC and getting a release 4 months (or more depending on possible extras) after the arcade game. Got it from a reliable source who got the news from Kron (he predicted Chaos Field for DC right). Kron can you confirm or deny this?

Yesss! Excellent if true. Man, the DC has turned out to be the shooter system of "vengeance." Talk about getting your money's worth out of a console. I can't wait to hear how this vs. shmup plays, I have so many questions, how if at all do you block/parry enemy shots, ect.? Some kind of reflect/absorb I imagine.

Radiology or whatever it's called looks neat, but I will reserve judgment for bigger screens. These smaller pics make it look a tad bland and as others have said, homebrewed to a degree.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:07 am

title = rajirugi

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:08 am

Thunder Force wrote:This will probably do OK in arcades, for the gimmick value (hey everyone in Japan loves cellphones, right?) but I can't see it selling well as a full price DC port. CELLphones + CELshading, maybe it's some sort of pun.

apart from the fact the japanese call them "keitai"

which is also mentioned in the text at the bottom of the art.

zyloj · Post by **zyloj** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:56 am

First official video:
http://www.mile-stone.co.jp/product/mov ... 50308.mpeg

icepick · Post by **icepick** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:06 pm

Hah! Cute. Thanks for the heads-up.

99pence · Post by **99pence** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:45 pm

Its pretty a pretty cool idea having it in the style of a mobile phone game. With the battery as the life bar.

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:50 pm

I'd play that on a phone or a console. I certainly like the look of it so far. But... I like most shmups

Bill

jp · Post by jp » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:56 pm

Love it. Looks great.

You know, if I didn't know better, I'd almost want to say that Milestone and G.Rev are competing to see who can actually release the "final Naomi/DC" game.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:02 pm

Cel-shading + Shmupping = Boss!

However, they better have good music for this thing...

jp · Post by jp » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:03 pm

Chaos Field has excellent music so I'm not too worried.

Frogacuda · Post by **Frogacuda** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:23 pm

The sword reminds alot of Brave Blade. Game itself look a'ight. Behind Senkou no Ronde and Raiden III on the want list though.

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:02 pm

I'm still curious about the gameplay. It seems like that shield weapon gauge fills up mighty fast, it might make the game too easy.

Still, I'm quite interested in it.

OptimusPrimeX · Post by **OptimusPrimeX** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:20 pm

jp wrote:Love it. Looks great.

You know, if I didn't know better, I'd almost want to say that Milestone and G.Rev are competing to see who can actually release the "final Naomi/DC" game.

haha i wouldn't have a problem with that

I also think even though the DC is almost completely dead, that the shmup culture knows what is going to be released, and will buy it for the DC, which has been happeneing for a while now. At least they know it wont be thrown into the Massive jumble of ps2 games. Even though its gonna have to mave on soon.

Anyway.. this game looks very cool For some reason between the music, and the graphics/ship style, it reminded me of a Genesis game. Especially the music.. some strange cross between Toe-Jam and Earl music, a little Fantasy zone....idk... looks cool I'm definitely going to pick it up .. My DC needs some loving.

TVG · Post by **TVG** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:22 pm

i dont like what im seeing, but who cares.

icepick · Post by **icepick** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:54 pm

The vagrant wrote:i dont like what im seeing, but who cares.

I do!

The 'preview' movies from AOU piqued my interest a bit more, for some reason. Some of those movies from the show were unbelievable, and the high-res collage looked fantastic. This movie, though, while neat, perhaps doesn't cause an excitement level matching that feeling of first seeing something new for the first time... It still looks like a great piece of work, though. It's neat to see the backgrounds up close!

But... That girl is evil! Did you all see, at the end of the movie?

I wonder, what that "mail" icon means. Also; I agree that the shield feature seems a bit too accessible, but, the game'll most likely be tweaked a bit (at least) before it hits arcades. I'm sure that the thing will come in handy when/if I play the game, as well... There's no way that I'm anywhere near as skilled as those players at AOU!

Fost · Post by **Fost** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:24 pm

I think it looks fantastic, but I love games that have their own art style.

I'm quite into cel shaded stuff too. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that cel-shaded games consistently perform really badly in the US.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:53 pm

Looks too odd for my tastes. The cel shading almost reminds me of a Flash game.

And yeah, cel shaded games do quite poorly in the US. However, given how well Naruto has been doing, it may not be the same case in Japan.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:30 pm

It looks like it's tons of fun to play! I can't wait for a DC port!!

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:42 am

This one is on my "watch list."