Whoa!! Raiden III News for the U.S...

zaphod · Post by **zaphod** » Wed May 24, 2006 5:21 am

Oddly enough the manual for castle shikigami 2 calls it mobile light force quite a lot. seems they WERE gonna do the MLF3 treatment, but were talked out of it. lol.

Anyway, yes there's a lto less for them tto butcher on Raiden 3.

Now i wish they'd grab Gradius GAiden. The game needs ZERO localization. NONE. WHY WHY WHY was it not released here?!?!

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:38 pm

If XS ever uses that f*cking Charlie's Angels cover again I will buy a bus ticket out to wherever the hell their business office is in Cali or whatever and go Jay & Silent Bob on their amateur @sses!!!

They used it for Gunbird, they used it for Castle Shikigami 1....the only thing that changed was the f*cking LOGO!!!

jpolz · Post by **jpolz** » Wed May 24, 2006 1:08 pm

Blade wrote:If XS ever uses that f*cking Charlie's Angels cover again I will buy a bus ticket out to wherever the hell their business office is in Cali or whatever and go Jay & Silent Bob on their amateur @sses!!!

They used it for Gunbird, they used it for Castle Shikigami 1....the only thing that changed was the f*cking LOGO!!!

XS Games is based in Ohio.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed May 24, 2006 1:27 pm

jpolz wrote:
Blade wrote:If XS ever uses that f*cking Charlie's Angels cover again I will buy a bus ticket out to wherever the hell their business office is in Cali or whatever and go Jay & Silent Bob on their amateur @sses!!!

They used it for Gunbird, they used it for Castle Shikigami 1....the only thing that changed was the f*cking LOGO!!!
XS Games is based in Ohio.

Yeah, I've noticed that. I have yet to look on a map to figure out where in Ohio they are. If they were nearby, I might go and visit. Not that they would have time for me.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Wed May 24, 2006 2:10 pm

zaphod wrote:Now i wish they'd grab Gradius GAiden. The game needs ZERO localization. NONE. WHY WHY WHY was it not released here?!?!

Wait for the Gradius Collection for PSP.

Bishamon · Post by **Bishamon** » Wed May 24, 2006 2:21 pm

I'm excited.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Sat May 27, 2006 12:28 am

I went to EBGames and GameCrazy today. Neither had any info in their computers about Raiden III. I guess it'll be a while until we get an official release date.

gunbird18 · Post by **gunbird18** » Sat May 27, 2006 3:08 am

Okay, now I am finally on the side of those that can say "I have the JP version". I like to play through it every now and then, but it is nothing like the good ole Seibu games. (I am being EXTREMELY nice there!)

With that being said...

I agree with most of the posts that any shmup coming stateside is a cause for rejoicing. I am glad that most of you shmuppers will get a crack at this game. Will you like it? Hmmm...I will get a kick out of reading the posts!

And I don't think XS can screw up any of the game as long as they can refrain from putting Charlie's Angels on the cover!

And if this game gets down to $9.99, just buy it. It's a member of the Raiden family.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed May 31, 2006 5:06 pm

This just made my day!

I LOVE traditional shmups, and why not port Raiden III over to the US, given the name recognition that the series has over here? I still plan on getting the Swap Magic discs, but this is still awesome news!

OT, great to see that XS is bringing back Red Star, I was so looking forward to this title, and was sorely dissapointed when it was cancelled. Thank you XS!!

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:17 am

J-Manic wrote:I went to EBGames and GameCrazy today. Neither had any info in their computers about Raiden III. I guess it'll be a while until we get an official release date.

Yeah, XS games has nothing about either game on their site.

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:25 am

XS Games is releasing it? *gulp*

If Castle Shiki 2 is any indictation, I doubt they're gonna screw it up.

You guys would probably play it anyway even if it had the Charles' Angels cover.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:44 am

I'd just replace it. Surely someone here could provide a nice scan of the PAL or Japanese covers, should XS go with a third version of their horrid artwork.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:25 am

zaphod wrote:Oddly enough the manual for castle shikigami 2 calls it mobile light force quite a lot. seems they WERE gonna do the MLF3 treatment, but were talked out of it. lol.

Hah! I never noticed that before. Sure enough, the manual to that game discusses the 'mobile light force 3 attack' and it isn't a mistake, they take the damn thing seriously. Oh well, it is still far better than the 'your dog will suffer' line from mobile light force 2.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:25 pm

Well, XS does have forums, so I'll get on there and ask around. They always have someone from the company on there.

EDIT: Great, they no longer have forums.

:

http://www.xsgames.biz/messageboard/gro ... 3c5ae709da

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:52 pm

I don`t care much for Raiden, but I feel that it is my duty to link to an excellent Raiden review by this UK journalist:

http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.c ... aiden3.htm

I never read so many well written reviews in a long time. He also likes to bash the modern game industry quite a bit.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:03 pm

CMoon wrote:Hah! I never noticed that before. Sure enough, the manual to that game discusses the 'mobile light force 3 attack' and it isn't a mistake, they take the damn thing seriously. Oh well, it is still far better than the 'your dog will suffer' line from mobile light force 2.

What... you didn't care for Kohtaro's brilliant line? How can you not love hearing "HANG IT UP, SUCKA!" each time you get tagged?

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:48 am

Oh man!

This game isn't even listed on XS Games website; only as "Q3 2006" on Gamefaqs. I really hope this doesn't get cancelled!

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:38 pm

Well, considering XS's website hasn't been updated since forever, that's not much of a concern. Stop worrying; it'll be here soon enough. But hey, it's good that you're not trusting GameFAQs by the letter.

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:31 pm

Does anyone know if there's a definite date for the UK release of Raiden III yet? The 505 Game Street website is giving a vague July 2006, Play.com have at one of their placeholder dates (4th August), Amazon UK and Game don't have it listed at all, and Gamestation have it down as March 1st 2006

.

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:29 am

jpolz wrote:XS Games is based in Ohio.

According to their site, the "corporate office" is now in New York City.

I'd suggest flooding their e-mail inbox showing support for the game's upcoming release. If anything, just to increase the number of printed copies a little.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:16 pm

Skyline wrote:
jpolz wrote:XS Games is based in Ohio.
According to their site, the "corporate office" is now in New York City.

I'd suggest flooding their e-mail inbox showing support for the game's upcoming release. If anything, just to increase the number of printed copies a little.

I've sent them 2 emails on the subject, and they've never even bothered to answer. I may try calling them.

classicvidgamer · Post by **classicvidgamer** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:26 am

I was excited to read that Raiden 3 was coming over to the US for release on PS2 but it seems like the release date has come and gone and no new info has come out!

Even though this game doesn't seem to be highly regarded, any shmup is cause for me to celebrate since we don't get many at all here in the states.

Anyone heard anything new about the release of Raiden 3 here in the US?

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:04 am

I bought the Japanese PC version.

How can anyone looke forward to Mobile Light Force 3?
Acclaim action title picked up by XS Games, set for release

BBH · Post by **BBH** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:13 am

screw Raiden 3, when the hell is The Red Star coming out?! I'm far more interested in that than a game that's already seen release on both PS2 and PC in Japan.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:36 pm

Well there is some nice things they could screw up. Hell i bet they delete the gallery and perhaps some of the bonus modes. I still want to smack them all for what they did to Gunbird.

Xexyz · Post by **Xexyz** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:52 pm

^ Have you even played their release of Castle Shikigami 2 yet? it shows that they've learned from their MLF follies. Yes, they did almost call it MLF 3 (as indicated in various parts of the instruction manual), but they pretty much kept everything else in tact. TATE mode is still present, and even though the voice acting is atrocious, there's thankfully, an option to mute it.

After Castle Shikigami 2, I have faith that XS Games won't butcher Raiden III.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:37 pm

there's no dialogue in raiden 3 so what is there to (humorously) fuck up

Post by **Icarus** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:52 pm

Twiddle wrote:there's no dialogue in raiden 3 so what is there to (humorously) fuck up

They could forget to put TATE in, for one thing.
Or they could put Charlie's Angels back on the front of the case.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:48 am

Xexyz wrote:^ Have you even played their release of Castle Shikigami 2 yet? it shows that they've learned from their MLF follies. Yes, they did almost call it MLF 3 (as indicated in various parts of the instruction manual), but they pretty much kept everything else in tact. TATE mode is still present, and even though the voice acting is atrocious, there's thankfully, an option to mute it.

After Castle Shikigami 2, I have faith that XS Games won't butcher Raiden III.

Agreed, but there is absolutely no indication on any video game site that we'll be getting Raiden III over here. XS Games' website STILL has not been updated, either. Looks like another Japan and Europe only shmup. The fact that we're getting jipped out of this, and Taito Legends 2, really ticks me off.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:03 am

I don't know about you guys, but I love the translation of Castle Shikigami 2. It's not quite Zero Wing, but it's still good. You can tell it's pretty much a direct translation (almost like they used babblefish?). Funny stuff.

I'm all for more shooters being released in the US, I just wish they'd bring over some of the better stuff instead of the mediocre stuff.

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Whoa!! Raiden III News for the U.S...

Any new info on raiden 3 for PS2 in USA?