choaniki

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:16 am

where is all the choaniki love hiding at on this board???!!

sideshow · Post by **sideshow** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:55 am

This series is the most bizarre to ever come about. The first game had strange human/machine enemies and then the series went homoerotic after that. I would have to say the music makes the game even more weird. I find the series very amusing and would love to see another game come about for the PS3.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:05 am

I used to have the one for PSone but it was horrible. The first one for PCE is really good though.

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:08 am

I wish I could like it, but they're not good shooters

The fighting game is even more unplayable, but as shooters they aren't up to par with the other cute (errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr) 'em up. Except maybe with Cotton boomerang or Cotton 2 that is

(*ducks and flees*).
To sum it up, they play a bit stiff (erm), the shooting (ermm) strategies are a bit below average and it isn't much nauseating once you get used to the style, which is nicely drawn btw, but really poorly animated.
I haven't seen the PS2 Choaniki, so maybe that one could be the best one.

Now I'm going to fix my innuendometer.

chtimi-CLA · Post by **chtimi-CLA** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:14 am

the 2 PCE ones are really good games on their merits, even if the second has a quite special maniability..
unfortunately i have to admit the SAT/PSX episode and the PS2 one are only worth it for their weirdness, they look like shit and are unplayable. i still bought them knowingly, in fact i even have the wonderswan cho aniki rpg and the sfc fighter (that one takes the cake, i like the cover though)

Michaelm · Post by **Michaelm** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:35 am

I think the PS2 version is quite playable.
I also like the music of the series.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:51 pm

How do the PCE games compare to other early NCS titles (Gleylancer, Gynoug etc)?

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:26 pm

The PCE Choaniki's gameplay feels similar to Gynoug and Gleylancer, I mean in terms of pacing, style, etc, although the weapons system is a bit different of course.

Ai-Choaniki, the second one, is a bit weirder, that's where it started becoming all homoerotic, and you can do these special attacks by inputing Streetfighter commands. Still, a much better game than the later Choanikis.

sideshow · Post by **sideshow** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:16 pm

I'd say the PS2 Cho Aniki is the most playable of them all. I think the game was developed by members of Psikyo and Masaya so having Psikyo behind them gives the game more experience in the shmup realm.

ghibli99 · Post by **ghibli99** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:39 pm

sideshow wrote:I'd say the PS2 Cho Aniki is the most playable of them all. I think the game was developed by members of Psikyo and Masaya so having Psikyo behind them gives the game more experience in the shmup realm.

Yeah, the game has a large number of logos before the title screen, and Psikyo's one of 'em... Psikyo, NCS, X-Nauts, and Global A.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:43 pm

I own the second pc engine title and the one on the PS2, I want to pic up the sat/psx one along with the 1st pc engine one...

they are kinda craptacular... but they are so odd it makes them amusing

........Gleylancer, thats a game i need to track down now that someone mentioned it

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:53 pm

Just skip the Choanikis and save your cash for Gleylancer, that's what I say.

al138 · Post by **al138** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:33 pm

I have both PCE Choanikis, and I fully agree that the gameplay leaves a bit to be desired. My thought is that no one would really want to own either title now save for a conversation piece. And honestly, the over-the-top presentation of Ai-Choaniki is the only one that serves that purpose well.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:53 pm

i dont get it..

Psikyo will do Chaonki holy Protein but no to a port of Stikers 1999? please excuse my bad engrish

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:45 am

Psikyo needs to be smacked for alot of their stuff not getting ported, so do some other companies also...

well maybe not really but I want them ported regardless NOW!!!

chtimi-CLA · Post by **chtimi-CLA** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:55 am

sideshow wrote:I'd say the PS2 Cho Aniki is the most playable of them all. I think the game was developed by members of Psikyo and Masaya so having Psikyo behind them gives the game more experience in the shmup realm.

i don't think so, it was probably the empty shell of Psikyo who bought the rights from the empty shell of Masaya.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:08 am

Yeah, just look at Sengoku Cannon. You can't tell me that crapola still has the spirit of Psikyo in it.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:30 am

Psikyo gone

and so is tecnosoft.....

TerminasluT · Post by **TerminasluT** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:52 pm

I did upload some vid of the PS2 version, IMO i think its a classic just for all this crazyness thats in this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Nj0CFccEw

introduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0VRr2v5EnQ

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:39 pm

TerminasluT wrote:I did upload some vid of the PS2 version, IMO i think its a classic just for all this crazyness thats in this!

Owning just the PS1 game I can underscribe this way of thinking about that one. Guess the PS2 version is to be mine, if only to "build up"my collection.

CIT wrote:
I used to have the one for PSone but it was horrible.

That was my first impression too. Later on I still thought it sucked, but liked it anyway (what's it wihth these "sucking" thing and "still liking" eh?

) because I love the EXTREME weirdness of it.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:20 pm

Super Laydock wrote:That was my first impression too. Later on I still thought it sucked, but liked it anyway (what's it wihth these "sucking" thing and "still liking" eh? ) because I love the EXTREME weirdness of it.

Yeah, actually it was one of the games I always showed my FIFA/Halo/GTA-playing firends when they came over to my house - then I would secretly snap a picture of their shock and awe ridden faces and use them in my fake MySpace accounts*.

Once all my friends had seen it and it lost all its shock value I decided to sell it though.

*untrue

MASTER SATAN · Post by **MASTER SATAN** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:41 am

i have the first one on TGCD. It's really good. The music reminds me of darius gaiden.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:57 am

be for always choaniki.....

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:00 am

The only reason I have to get choaniki for PS2 is to complete my PS2 shmup collection. Not a good enough reason, I'm afraid.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:18 am

professor ganson wrote:The only reason I have to get choaniki for PS2 is to complete my PS2 shmup collection. Not a good enough reason, I'm afraid.

That collection is long gone, but now I have a different reason to pick up choaniki for PS2. As a Psikyo fan, I will have to play this some day.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:25 am

It's an intentionally shitty game. I think the only reason anyone would play it is for laughs, or show it to friends for even more laughter.

Also the gameplay for the PS1 one was so shit, I ended up putting on cheat codes to see the rest of the game. First time I had done that in years ..

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:07 am

If anybody wants to see Samson and Adon, it'd be a lot more fun to play Langrisser II instead.

zubiac · Post by **zubiac** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:54 am

CIT wrote:I used to have the one for PSone but it was horrible. The first one for PCE is really good though.

just a reminder: The PCE choaniki will be hitting Virtual Console service soon.
yay?

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:30 pm

It came out yesterday, at least on the European VC

. After looking up a couple of gameplay videos I decided to plonk down the 900 points for it. I was disappointed on my first couple of credits, but it quickly grew on me after that. I can see why it is such a divisive game though, as the arrangement of enemy waves feels slapdash at times and there are a few places where you can just camp in one spot and annihilate everything without moving or getting hit.

The similarities to Gynoug are obvious. Hopefully that will turn up on the VC at some point. I'm looking forward to Gley Lancer next.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:44 pm

but it quickly grew on me after that

After which part exactly?