Whose preordering Senko No Ronde Rev.X for 360?

genetik · Post by **genetik** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:15 pm

I'm now actually thinking about getting a Japanese/Asian 360 for Senko. Can anyone recommend a safe place where to buy one? Preferably cheaper than what it's listed at play-asia.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:19 pm

www.ncsx.com might have them, and they are pretty reliable.

genetik · Post by **genetik** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:36 pm

dave4shmups wrote:www.ncsx.com might have them, and they are pretty reliable.

I love ncsx and i know they're reliable but they charge a bit more than play-asia for the 360. Shipping is slightly more expensive at P-A thought, but it still more expensive at ncsx.

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:08 pm

I have the game now. Too bad I'm not in my house playing it. I didn't even get a chance to open the box it was in

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I'll probably say a few things after a week of playing it, if my 360 doesn't prove to me I'm not worthy of playing this game by scratching the disc because I'm a gaijin and not a pure-blooded Japanese.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:13 pm

So do we know for sure that this game is region specific?

fl0w · Post by **fl0w** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:17 pm

It is.

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:17 pm

Play-Asia confirmed it is region-specific.

al138 · Post by **al138** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:53 pm

genetik wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:www.ncsx.com might have them, and they are pretty reliable.
I love ncsx and i know they're reliable but they charge a bit more than play-asia for the 360. Shipping is slightly more expensive at P-A thought, but it still more expensive at ncsx.

However, if you live in the US, you will not need to worry about import duties with NCSX. They may be a little more expensive, but their service is absolutely great! If you are interested in saving a few bucks on shipping, just request to have it sent USPS instead of UPS. Believe it or not, they'll do it.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:08 pm

I'm still unclear as to how XBLA on a Japanese 360 would work in the US, or if it even would.

genetik · Post by **genetik** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:52 pm

al138 wrote:However, if you live in the US, you will not need to worry about import duties with NCSX. They may be a little more expensive, but their service is absolutely great! If you are interested in saving a few bucks on shipping, just request to have it sent USPS instead of UPS. Believe it or not, they'll do it.

I'm located in Canada, so pretty much everywhere i'll order, i might end up paying a good chunk to import

Kubrick · Post by **Kubrick** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:44 am

dave4shmups wrote:I'm still unclear as to how XBLA on a Japanese 360 would work in the US, or if it even would.

Xbox Live isn't region-protected so yes it does work.

I have a Japanese system and downloaded Galaga yesterday. Looking forward to Senko no Ronde arriving...

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:01 am

The last boss is a real pain.

tekneekz · Post by **tekneekz** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:10 am

dang wish i can play it, so i guess its finally out on the 360 eh.

NGKrush · Post by **NGKrush** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:08 am

can anyone who has the game give a report on the quality of this game in regards to the arcade version.

a few other questions:
* does it play at 60fps?
* how is the online mode, is it playable or are there possibilities of abusing lag or latancy to a certain effect to make the game differ from offline play?
* whats the control scheme on the x360 controller?
* how does it look in HD/widescreen, does it use this or make the game different?(as the arcade original isn't widescreen, right?)
* are there new characters added since the arcade release?

i'd be so happy if someone could help answer these questions!
thanks!

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:27 pm

NGKrush wrote:* does it play at 60fps?

Yes. It even emulates the slowdown found in the NAOMI version.

NGKrush wrote:* whats the control scheme on the x360 controller?

NGKrush wrote:* how does it look in HD/widescreen, does it use this or make the game different?

Looks like this, regardless of it being widescreen or not. You can change the screen to look like this, but your character can't move any farther back to where the bomb icons are. This is probably because Rev.X's perspective is more zoomed out than the arcade version.

NGKrush wrote:the arcade original isn't widescreen, right?

It probably is widescreen.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:46 pm

Well, gonna get my SnR LE next week.

Now all I need is a 360.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:42 pm

dai jou bu wrote:
NGKrush wrote:
NGKrush wrote:the arcade original isn't widescreen, right?
It probably is widescreen.

I own the arcade version, it's standard 4:3 and not widescreen.

Well, been playing this all morning and it seems to be a faithful port to the arcade version with the addition of better graphics, higher resolution, online play, and new costumes. I'm very satisfied with it and would say it's the best 360 release by far. My only gripe is I can't figure out how to change the button config in the controller menu, I'd like to use the DOA4 joystick without manually having to open it up and swap the buttons around. Online play works fine 75% percent of the time with no lag, the other 25% there is a connection error with Japanese players.

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:49 pm

ResOGlas wrote: My only gripe is I can't figure out how to change the button config in the controller menu, I'd like to use the DOA4 joystick without manually having to open it up and swap the buttons around.

It shouldn't be that hard to remap the buttons on that stick, seeing that I was able to do it without a problem. Don't you just hold down the button you want to remap and then press left or right until the highlighted button becomes the command you want?

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:18 pm

dai jou bu wrote:
ResOGlas wrote: My only gripe is I can't figure out how to change the button config in the controller menu, I'd like to use the DOA4 joystick without manually having to open it up and swap the buttons around.
It shouldn't be that hard to remap the buttons on that stick, seeing that I was able to do it without a problem. Don't you just hold down the button you want to remap and then press left or right until the highlighted button becomes the command you want?

Oh, I see. Thank you very much for the help.

AAA · Post by **AAA** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:34 pm

any impressions anyone?

my copy gets here next week - but I can't play it til my machine gets added to or flashed

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:11 am

Kron wrote:Looks like Sega published it in Japan

http://www.sega.co.jp/x/ronde/home.html

With Sega as the publisher for Rev. X, there may actually be a decent chance for us to see them eventually distribute it in other regions. Especially if they look to their decent sales publishing another online-focused niche 360 mech title this month in the west...

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:18 am

what is this flashing the 360 to play imports all about... can someone explain how this works ect?

GunSpike · Post by **GunSpike** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:54 am

Wow is Senko great! But does anyone know how to defeat the final boss in Story Mode? There must be some sort of trick that I have yet to figure out. If anyone can figure it out, please let us know.

Maybe I'll have to wait for it to appear in the Strategy section...(?)

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:51 am

which one? There's two, I think.

GunSpike · Post by **GunSpike** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:16 am

Stage 10 (?) of Story Mode. You know, the boss that completely spams the screen with bullets and only certain attacks hurt him. After you defeat his 1st form (which is rather large), you have to fight a smaller 2nd boss that looks similar to the players' ships. He deals so much damage and interrupts your attacks with his massive amounts of bullets (it is the same on Very Hard as it is on Very Easy, just had to check). Any ideas?

NGKrush · Post by **NGKrush** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:10 am

thanks for all the great answers, i really appreiciate it!
i'm so looking forward to this game!

antron · Post by **antron** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:25 pm

Strider77 wrote:what is this flashing the 360 to play imports all about... can someone explain how this works ect?

that is a hack on the dvd drive, to play backups. you can't patch the region because the copy won't pass the security inside the 360.

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:34 pm

GunSpike wrote:Stage 10 (?) of Story Mode. You know, the boss that completely spams the screen with bullets and only certain attacks hurt him. After you defeat his 1st form (which is rather large), you have to fight a smaller 2nd boss that looks similar to the players' ships. He deals so much damage and interrupts your attacks with his massive amounts of bullets (it is the same on Very Hard as it is on Very Easy, just had to check). Any ideas?

No idea, as I've met this boss only once in Score Attack mode. You're talking about the one where it shoots out a huge purple Beta Beam and then starts rotating around the screen, right?

Frogacuda · Post by **Frogacuda** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:20 pm

antron wrote:
Strider77 wrote:what is this flashing the 360 to play imports all about... can someone explain how this works ect?
that is a hack on the dvd drive, to play backups. you can't patch the region because the copy won't pass the security inside the 360.

You can't use that mod to patch the region? Gay.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:04 pm

that sux about the flashing... ugh I have been fighting region lock outs since the mega drive. i wish they would just quit with that crap. pisses me off, esp when jack isn't on that system then on top of it that game won't see the light of day over here.... no time soon anyway.