Yuzo Koshiro is making new MD shmup.

[hamfighterx]

Superdeluxe does more traditional distribution in Japan - I guess LRG adapting to the local expectations? Their edition of DFK for Switch is up on Amazon Japan right now with regular preorder and distribution times rather than LRG's super far in advance preorder/prepay schedules. So I guess if you don't feel like playing the LRG wait time lottery, you can just wait for it to go to Superdeluxe.

Except that Superdeluxe blocks companies from selling their games to the US.

I've had their Daifukkatsu and Espgaluda II pre-ordered with shipping to US for a while now, from Amazon.jp - so that doesn't appear to be true.

Also, it doesn't appear that their games ever release BEFORE the US Limited Run versions - it's just a later Japan region physical retail version. A lot of the additional items in their Collector's Editions are the same as the LRG CEs too. For example, the Daifukkatsu and Espgaluda II chiptune soundtracks look to be the exact same CD as the LRG release (but in a slightly different case).

Their catalog so far includes:
Cuphead (PS4, Switch)
Sol Cresta (PS4, Switch)
Tetris Effect (PS5, PS4, Switch)
Unpacking (Switch)
Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu (Switch)
Espgaluda II (Switch)
Gimmick (PS4, Switch)
Untitled Goose Game (Switch)

[BrianC]

Really? I didn't realize that. I'm in Canada, and I could preorder their version of DFK from Amazon Japan if I wanted. Do they only block sales to the US?

I think it's mostly on Play-Asia. I remember seeing a couple games of theirs out of stock on amazon.jp when it showed up elsewhere, but most of their current games don't seem to be blocked. Sol Cresta has "Sorry, this item is not available in your territory!" on Play-Asia's website.

[Bar81]

Really? I didn't realize that. I'm in Canada, and I could preorder their version of DFK from Amazon Japan if I wanted. Do they only block sales to the US?

I think it's mostly on Play-Asia. I remember seeing a couple games of theirs out of stock on amazon.jp when it showed up elsewhere, but most of their current games don't seem to be blocked. Sol Cresta has "Sorry, this item is not available in your territory!" on Play-Asia's website.

Probably part of the deal they made to be able to stock the items. They're only allowed to sell into certain regions while Amazon gets to do it for the rest of globally.

[BrianC]

Sol Cresta is definitely out of stock on my end on Amazon JP, though. And Cuphead is also showing as "this item does not ship to your selected delivery area" from the item being sold by Amazon JP. Wasn't this even mentioned previously on this forum? I didn't even say it was all games, but there are definitely items from Superdeluxe games that aren't shipping to the US on both Play-Asia and Amazon.jp.

[xxx1993]

https://twitter.com/yuzokoshiro/status/ ... %2F.202488

Speaking of Yuzo Koshiro, I see he posted about this. One of my favorite songs~

[Zeether]

Screw LRG. I'll wait for the digital release because they'll only give me grief if I buy the cartridge.

[Austin]

This game's looking really freaking good. I can already tell it's going to be a top-tier STG for the platform. It looks a bit like Thunderforce, but it seems to feel way more "arcadey".

[SuperDeadite]

New video dropped. Incredible stuff! https://x.com/yuzokoshiro/status/172768 ... 77608?s=20

[jd213]

Most of the backgrounds definitely look nice, but the sprites and enemy patterns seem kinda generic though. Hopefully the game is fun to play.

[Necronom]

New video dropped. Incredible stuff! https://x.com/yuzokoshiro/status/172768 ... 77608?s=20

I love how displaying the graphics on a NTSC-CRT is clearly part of the whole aesthetic and not just a nostalgic shader effect.
Also how easy Yuzo finds his way back to this crunchy MD-sound. I really like the remixed sounds of Mega R-Type and the (hopefully still upcoming) Final Fight MD but this is on another level since it's done from scratch.
All three, incredible high quality titles...in 2024...for the Mega Drive. Crazy

[Restart_Point]

New video dropped. Incredible stuff! https://x.com/yuzokoshiro/status/172768 ... 77608?s=20

Those large-scale boss animations are astounding, more akin to Neo Geo. Fucking fantatsic stuff

[SuperDeadite]

If you read through the thread, they are targeting a 32mb rom.

[SuperDeadite]

New vid.
https://twitter.com/yuzokoshiro/status/ ... O-f0Q&s=19

[locoBro1196]

This is seriously impressive stuff for the Megadrive in the year of our Lord 2024.

I'm still hesitating whether to go for the original physical MD release or digital for a newer console, probably both. Day one purchase for sure.

[Steven]

Always buy for MD because it's the MD. Modern consoles suck, but MD is top tier, top 2 consoles of all time, along with the Saturn.

[locoBro1196]

Absolutely, MD will always be first choice as long as it doesn't break the bank. I hope they announce pricing soon

[XoPachi]

The logo of the game is still amazing enough to me to stop and look at it every time. STG's have the best logo design in gaming still.

[To Far Away Times]

Looks so rad.

[SuperDeadite]

New trailer w00t w00t:
https://x.com/yuzokoshiro/status/181393 ... -4X4A&s=19

[w-ring]

It looks really good

[Arino]

It looks really good

It will blow your socks off!

[Lander]

That logo stinger is such americana

Looking quite impressive, solid effects work. Very, eh, authentic that they chose to film a CRT and overlay the music on it, but it comes across well.

Though that fancy 3D swoop the ship does during area transitions verges on taking the piss! They're either technical wizards, or blowing a crazy amount of cart space on prerenders.

[Steven]

I will be very disappointed if the box art doesn't live up to the glorious history of Japanese Mega Drive box art, as everyone knows the box art is the most important part of a game and that Japanese MD games have the best box art of any game system to ever exist.

[Koa Zo]

I will be very disappointed if the box art doesn't live up to the glorious history of Japanese Mega Drive box art, as everyone knows the box art is the most important part of a game and that Japanese MD games have the best box art of any game system to ever exist.

Damm straight.

[Hazuki]

Wow. This looks better than most of the modern indie trash with their bizarre aesthetics we get nowadays.

We need more stuff like this or GG Aleste 3, Gana Blade, etc. No crazy looking shit. Just regular, high quality pixel art, as if it was a genuine product of its time. Bonus points if it runs in old hardware as well.

[Arino]

Wow. This looks better than most of the modern indie trash with their bizarre aesthetics we get nowadays.

100%. hate all that shit

[Sumez]

Though that fancy 3D swoop the ship does during area transitions verges on taking the piss! They're either technical wizards, or blowing a crazy amount of cart space on prerenders.

Obviously a prerender
Cart space costs absolutely nothing nowadays.

[Lander]

In which case, mega cheating!

How brazen, exploiting modern RAM limits for a pixel art throwback, instead of writing an impressive but ultimately pointless software rasterizer to do the same thing worse and slower

[Hazuki]

In which case, mega cheating!

How brazen, exploiting modern RAM limits for a pixel art throwback, instead of writing an impressive but ultimately pointless software rasterizer to do the same thing worse and slower

More people should do that. Now is the time to unlock those machines' true potential.

[neorichieb1971]

When you make the cart sizes extremely large your basically getting a Neo Geo experience.

I don't know the exact ins and outs on Neogeo vs MD hardware comparisons, but the one thing i've learnt over recent years is that storage is what you were really paying for on Neo Geo.

Even SNES game that are better on SNES vs MD were due to the cart sizes. Sunset riders and TMNT had bigger carts on SNES than their MD/Genesis counterparts.

One thing from the game video showin is the palette is very blue, but there isn't much I wouldn't expect there from the MD/Genesis if the cart size has jumped from normal size to Neo Geo sizes.