Parodius is back? Showing at AOU 2007: Otomedius!

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Parodius is back? Showing at AOU 2007: Otomedius!

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http://am-net.xtr.jp/game/profile.cgi?_v=1171286947

That's right, an arcade game from Konami, and that's right, horizontal shooting with girl characters. There's little other information right now, but i'm sure we'll find out soon.

With a name like "otome-dius" ("otome" means "virgin" or "maiden") I really hope it's taking the piss out of the whole moe genre.
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And -dius? Maybe like another Parodius? Konami is back on the pervert tour! Yesss!!
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jiji wrote:With a name like "otome-dius" ("otome" means "virgin" or "maiden") I really hope it's taking the piss out of the whole moe genre.
That would be awesome. The loli fanboy parody parody shooter. :lol:
What was the last shmup Konami made? Gradius IV? I hope it's a return to form and doesn't show evidence of shmup design atrophy.
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Now let's start guessing what home system it will appear on.
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SkylineR32 wrote:Now let's start guessing what home system it will appear on.
Dreamcast, of course.
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Here's hoping it is a DC release!
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I'm hoping for a port ever period...
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jiji wrote:With a name like "otome-dius" ("otome" means "virgin" or "maiden") I really hope it's taking the piss out of the whole moe genre.
Highly doubtful.
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jiji wrote:With a name like "otome-dius" ("otome" means "virgin" or "maiden") I really hope it's taking the piss out of the whole moe genre.
Here's hoping for one "ship" being a goth loli straddling an ICBM. :P
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That would make a good one-shot bomb item...
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I wonder if we'll get to blast nuts again?
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I love it. Genre: Videogame
It goes in an eAmusement cab, which has me a bit frightened. Can anyone that plays the abomination that is DDR comment on what exactly an eAmu CVT cab is?

Dreamcast release? If Konami & the DC were at their height, it would still go to another machine.
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Bah, it will be only pcb release or the substitute of the new Gradius for new gen console. I hope it will be cool as GV, but with more originality...
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GaijinPunch wrote:I love it. Genre: Videogame
It goes in an eAmusement cab, which has me a bit frightened. Can anyone that plays the abomination that is DDR comment on what exactly an eAmu CVT cab is?
Well, further down it does give a brief description stating "female character-based horizontal shooting".

Personally, I'm hoping for a PS2 port. No need to put something like this on the PS3 and the PS2 has still got a solid year ahead of it.
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Otomedius? God, could be the best shmup news since - well, since Gradius V!

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Hmm...first Cave "unleashes the pigs of war," as another member put it, and now there's the possibility of another Parodius after, what 10 years or so?

Could this mean that the cute-em-up/schtick-em-up is finally making its long-awaited comeback? Dare I dream of a new Game Tengoku? Or even better, a new (non-pachinko) Cotton?

Whatever happens (or doesn't), anything that makes the genre more difficult to take too seriously is top news in my book. :mrgreen:
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Kiken wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote: Well, further down it does give a brief description stating "female character-based horizontal shooting".
I saw that. I'm more concerned about the cab it goes in. Usually I wouldn't be, but the new 2D mario game requires you to wiggle that fucking controller.
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Damn..it's been a long time since Konami has made a game for a standard cabinet, and a shooter at that. Yeaa

Konami's e-amuse system is sort of like Sega's VFnet, internet ranking and matching. I don't know what 'CVT' is.
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Haha, that's one way to attract fans. It'll turn some people off though.
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There's a bunch of photos from the show here:
http://www.neo-arcadia.com/News/voir_news.php?id_news=1

You can get a better look at the Otomedius cabs.

There's even a couple of Muchi-Muchi Pork ones.
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Huh, now I'm getting Exelica flashbacks...though I'm sorely hoping for something shamelessly silly, heh heh. Guess we'll hafta see how the gameplay looks, once we get a glance of that.
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Oh man there's even kiddy cabs.

Hmm, now where the heck could they be going with this game? Lack of information is awesome.
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Here's a link to Konami's AOU 2007 site... it's rather basic at the moment:
http://www.konami.jp/event/aou2007/
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Uh-oh. They might be playing this one straight. At least they've got Yoshizaki Mine on character designs.
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hmm, it's pervy
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jiji wrote:Uh-oh. They might be playing this one straight.
You have very strange nightmares

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Ed Oscuro wrote:You have very strange nightmares
Uncle!
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dementia wrote:Image

hmm, it's pervy
I know. Just look at that guy hunched over at the cabinet. Total perv.
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I'm gonna go rub one out right now!
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