X-Nauts (former Psikyo) done for?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:34 pm

website go bye bye. Either they forgot to pay their bill, changed their name (again), or are no more.

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:57 am

I truly hope it was the third option you mentioned, GP. Psikyo's been dead for awhile and X-Nauts were just dragging the corpse through the mud.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:24 am

choaniki holy protein *gags*

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:45 am

crithit5000 wrote:I truly hope it was the third option you mentioned, GP. Psikyo's been dead for awhile and X-Nauts were just dragging the corpse through the mud.

Exactly. It was great while it lasted. Die a good death. (Or perhaps it's too late for that.)

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:51 am

What a shame, but Psikyo was apparently alive in name only. Unfortunately all we got of them on the Taito Type-X was a mahjong game. There are enough mahjong games already- I'd rather have seen a Strikers 2007 or something.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:23 am

Who needs them when we have Alfa System, Treasure, Cave, G-Rev and Aiky? Psykio's shmups were style, without substance.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:00 am

I can't tell if that's trolling.

Aiky? I mean, they've made nothing relevant for starters.

RoninBuddha · Post by **RoninBuddha** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:23 am

^crude yet true... (My Pochi to Nyaa on PS2 get quite a lot of playtime though)..

well, i loved Psikyo, not sure about Xnauts (i mean, the ps2 Choaniki is fun and all... but..).

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:13 am

holy handbasket i hope so!!

after they butchered one of my alltime favourite games (assault suit valken) ive been wishing for this moment!

Middlemoor · Post by **Middlemoor** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:10 am

Psykio's shmups were style, without substance.

Yeah, right.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:34 pm

Middlemoor wrote:
Psykio's shmups were style, without substance.
Yeah, right.

I think this was intended as a joke. In any case it's a joke.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:59 am

I realize that this is just a hypothetical situation, just suppose Psikyo did release Gunbird 3 as an arcade shmup Jamma PCB instead of Dragon Blaze...now that would have been something, right?

And just what new characters and new fangled gameplay elements such as gameplay mechanics, scoring, chaining, etc. would've Psikyo added to the well established Gunbird shmup franchise in the Gunbird 3 arcade PCB version? (Perhaps something similar to what was offered in Strikers 1999/Strikers 1945 III?)

Sadly, but no, and so it remains that the Dragon Blaze PCB is the last arcade shmup PCB to be release officially from Psikyo.

So X-Nauts is no more then? How sad if that's the case here.....

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:01 am

Site is back up, FYI.

Post by **system11** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:47 am

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Sadly, but no, and so it remains that the Dragon Blaze PCB is the last arcade shmup PCB to be release officially from Psikyo.

At least they saved their best for last. Blaze is a fine game, and a step away from their normal trick of reskinning the same game due to the dragon mechanic.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:12 pm

bloodflowers wrote:
PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Sadly, but no, and so it remains that the Dragon Blaze PCB is the last arcade shmup PCB to be release officially from Psikyo.
At least they saved their best for last. Blaze is a fine game, and a step away from their normal trick of reskinning the same game due to the dragon mechanic.

...which means they were just about to evolve. Thinking about it, I am not sure if they really NEEDED to evolve. As interesting as the Dragon Shot mechanic is, close combat and all, getting close to large enemies to take them out was part of Gunbird2 as well. I guess Psykio has it`s own fanbase that doesn`t necessarily see a problem in the "reskinning" you mentioned, and while most games play quite similar, Strikers 1999 is different enough to Gunbird 2 to call them separate games.

I guess many people love the 1cc-centric gameplay of Psykio games - not me though, but I somehow give those games a try once in a while. What I liked about Dragon Blaze way more than the altered scoring was the graphics. Man, THIS is a beautiful game. I can`t help but wonder how much of an inspiriation this was for the creators of Mushihimesama. Even more so if you look at the all-pink bullets!

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:15 pm

I think its a good thing they are not dead. Sure they have been putting out garbage recently, and what they did to the beloved Assault Suits Valken can never be forgiven, but I just love their slogan, 'NAVIGATING TO UNDISCOVERED'

Perhaps that refers to them discovering how to make shit games as opposed to what they used to make when they were psikyo.

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X-Nauts (former Psikyo) done for?

X-Nauts (former Psikyo) done for?

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