Treasure to make Radiant Silvergun 3 (RS3) for Xbox 360 ???

[AirRaidX]

Radiant Silvergun / Ikaruga Sequel Upcoming?
We knew a while back that famed developer, Treasure (of Gunstar Heroes, Sin and Punishment, and Guardian Heroes fame -- plus many others), committed to developing the 2D games that us hardcore gamers have grown to love, but more details are starting to flesh out.

As previously suspected, it is looking like Treasure is developing a new 2D shooter for the XBox 360 to carry on the tradition of it's Treasure siblings Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga. That is according to top-notch gaming mag, Play Magazine -- a recent issue reads:

"Treasure Shooter

The best for last? Perhaps, friends, perhaps. Right before press time, Treasure dropped a bomb in the form of an "original shooting game" announcement...and that can mean only one thing: RS3. Always planned as a trilogy, the Radiant Silvergun/Ikaruga (known in preproduction as "RS2") series will receive it's final installment on Xbox 360. Watch this space for more information.

Developer: Treasure
Publisher: Undetermined
Release date: Unknown "

racketboy.com member, SegaVega passed this tip on to me and added, "It was written by maybe the most respected game mag writer ever (who now lives in Japan), so you can be sure of it's accuracy. There's no release date yet either, but I'm looking forward to Tokyo Game Show for something more..."

As many people know, Ikaruga was once touted as the sequel to the Saturn masterpiece Radiant Silvergun and went by the code name Project RS2. The gaming media is already proclaiming this new announcement to be the dawn of a "Radiant Silvergun 3". Treasure fanatics also insist that Treasure has intended the Radiant Silvergun line of games to be a trilogy.

The most puzzling thing to me is the choice of the XBox 360 as the platform. The 360 is performing miserably in Japan (where most of Treasure's fanbase lies). However, part of me wonders if this third shooter will be an XBox Live Arcade title instead of a normal retail release. (Of course, another platform port isn't out of the question -- Ikaruga jumped from the Dreamcast to the Gamecube).

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2006/09/ ... equel.html

[Turrican]

Always planned as a trilogy,

historical revisionism at its best.

[Kiken]

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=7836&start=0

[Icarus]

"original shooting game" announcement

original != sequel
(o_o)?

[Kaede]

EDIT:Damn image isn't displaying!

[Gopher's Ambition]

If this has anything to do with RSG, it'll have the Protoss Arbiter-esque player ship... and maybe the stone-like will make another cameo... but that's it.

But we don't even know that for sure... and yet... this "respected" guy is ringing the alarm bells shouting "OMG RSG3 WTF FTW!!!!"

[Daigohji]

Treasure dropped a bomb in the form of an "original shooting game" announcement...and that can mean only one thing: RS3.

That's one hell of an assumption. An "original shooting game" could be anything. Maybe Treasure saw the pure awesome (!) of Metal Slug 3D and thought, "OMG, let's do that to Gunstar Heroes XD."

[zakk]

Oh boy, this again.

[The Coop]

That article makes a leap that even Carl Lewis would be in awe of.

[Limbrooke]

That article makes a leap that even Carl Lewis would be in awe of.

Funny thing is, this article isn't even using the juice.

[JJG]

I'd say Sin & Punishment 2 would be more likely, but who knows....

[Thunder Force]

This rumor is at least 1 year old.

[Pirate1019]

I have to say though, have been thinking hard about what new system to get, and if the 360 is being backed by treasure it might be a factor for my purchase decision. (the PS3 is absolutely out of the question unless its price magically drops to $500 or less.)