Wii VC & Flash Shmups Thread

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:37 pm

Sonic R wrote:
Zach Keene wrote:Dead Moon has been announced for a June release in Europe and NA. I'd never heard of it, but the screens I could find look kind of like a Darius ripoff.
Dead Moon was brought to us by Natsume.

The game is horizontal scroller and is similar to Darius style game play. even has boss battles like Darius where you are swicth directions when at boss battles. Also employs the use of 'bombs' - unusual for a horizontal. Speed is adjust by pausing and then select speed in pause menu. Good music too!

Is a good solid game and does nice paralax scrolling for TG16

I normally think of Dead Moon kind of like a bastard child of Darius & Thunder Cross. It's a solid, fun, if somewhat uninspired shmup that is well worth your time to play, if only because it's a solid shmup from the horzi heyday.

bigbadboaz · Post by **bigbadboaz** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:18 pm

Do the recent TG-16 releases still run in blurry hi-res, or have they updated the emulator? I don't have a Wii but from what I've been told the TG-16 games are the only ones that don't run in the original resolutions...?

durias · Post by **durias** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:19 pm

Dragon Spirit released for Wii VC today.

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:14 pm

Air Zonk comes out next Monday (7/9) in NA and Friday (13/7, I suppose) in Europe.

CecilMcW00t · Post by **CecilMcW00t** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:03 pm

It's been years since I played Air Zonk. I loved playing this at Toys r Us when I was a munchkin.

ubersaurus · Post by **ubersaurus** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:43 pm

Mm, Air Zonk. Never got to try it before, but I've heard many a good thing about it.

It is pretty fun! And surprisingly tougher than I expected.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:58 pm

ubersaurus wrote:Mm, Air Zonk. Never got to try it before, but I've heard many a good thing about it.

It is pretty fun! And surprisingly tougher than I expected.

Air Zonk is indeed a great game and tough! Far better than the "sequal" - Super Air Zonk: Rockabily Paridise.

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:58 am

The OFLC recently rated Axelay; good news for Australia obviously, and likely Europe as well since they generally share VC releases (not counting the PCE.)

Edit: just noticed Galaga '90 and Blazing Lazers as well.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:59 am

CecilMcW00t wrote:It's been years since I played Air Zonk. I loved playing this at Toys r Us when I was a munchkin.

aww me too. this game started my early (but at the time unrealistic) infatuation with the turbo grafx/pc engine.

jp · Post by jp » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:20 am

I downloaded Dead Moon, Blazing Lazers, and Air Zonk last night.

I actually 1LC'd Dead Moon on my first play through.

Air Zonk is a bit trickier than I recall. And Blazing Lazers is sheer BLISS!!!!! Mmmm... with stuff like Blazing Lazers and Nexzr I'm inclined to start leaning towards the PC-Engine Duo as the king of shmups.

Is Axelay coming out in the US soon?

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:24 am

jp wrote:Is Axelay coming out in the US soon?

There's been no information that I know of regarding a US Axelay release.

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:38 pm

ESRB has rated Star Soldier, and Hudson has announced an August release for Galaga '90 in all regions that aren't Japan (which got it some time ago.)

Australia will also be picking up Air Zonk and Dragon Spirit in August.

Edit: Japan will be getting PCE Gradius, Image Fight, and Ordyne next month.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:06 pm

jp wrote:I downloaded Dead Moon, Blazing Lazers, and Air Zonk last night.

I actually 1LC'd Dead Moon on my first play through.

Air Zonk is a bit trickier than I recall. And Blazing Lazers is sheer BLISS!!!!! Mmmm... with stuff like Blazing Lazers and Nexzr I'm inclined to start leaning towards the PC-Engine Duo as the king of shmups.

Is Axelay coming out in the US soon?

It IS the king of shmups, if you're not into bullet-hell stuff, IMO.

I wanna see some more Compile shmups, dadgummitt!

Where are Gunnac, Zanac, Space Megaforce, etc?

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:01 pm

Star Soldier for the NES was released today in North America.

If I already have Soldier Blade should I bother with this? or would it be like a step backward?

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:30 pm

kengou wrote:Star Soldier for the NES was released today in North America.

If I already have Soldier Blade should I bother with this? or would it be like a step backward?

My question too.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:14 pm

Any more solid news on MSX and NeoGeo for any region? As far as I can tell, the official Japanese page still says service begins summer 2007 but summer is going to be over soon...

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:40 pm

This week's PCE awesomeness comes in the form of Galaga '90 (seems we're still stuck with the wrong date) Monday in NA and Friday in Europe. Australia will instead be getting Air Zonk and Dragon Spirit Friday.

No news about MSX or NG that I'm aware of, unfortunately.

steveovig · Post by **steveovig** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:48 pm

I too had an infatuation with Air Zonk and the TG-16 when I was younger. I can remember playing Air Zonk at Toys R Us as I dreamed of owning a TG-16 one day. That day didn't come for many, many years until high school actually, which was many years ago too. Anyway, I jumped at the chance to buy the game when it released on the Wii and I love it. I've already managed to beat it after being stuck on the Land of Drool for a while. I was literally at my last life on the final boss and managed to survive to see the end. I was playing on Normal mode or whatever it's called, I can't remember. I know that Bitter Mode is mean as hell as I played some yesterday and couldn't get past the first boss.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:51 pm

steveovig wrote:I too had an infatuation with Air Zonk and the TG-16 when I was younger. I can remember playing Air Zonk at Toys R Us as I dreamed of owning a TG-16 one day. That day didn't come for many, many years until high school actually, which was many years ago too. Anyway, I jumped at the chance to buy the game when it released on the Wii and I love it. I've already managed to beat it after being stuck on the Land of Drool for a while. I was literally at my last life on the final boss and managed to survive to see the end. I was playing on Normal mode or whatever it's called, I can't remember. I know that Bitter Mode is mean as hell as I played some yesterday and couldn't get past the first boss.

Nice story and nice job completing the game. Long live OH shmupping.

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:40 am

iatneH wrote:Any more solid news on MSX and NeoGeo for any region? As far as I can tell, the official Japanese page still says service begins summer 2007 but summer is going to be over soon...

A trio of Neo Geo games have been announced for a September release in Japan (none of which are on topic for this thread: Fatal Fury, World Heroes, and Magician Lord.)

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:46 am

Zach Keene wrote:A trio of Neo Geo games have been announced for a September release in Japan (none of which are on topic for this thread: Fatal Fury, World Heroes, and Magician Lord.)

Thanks for the update, that's good news for the future. Maybe next year when I have some moneys I will buy a JP system.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:26 pm

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:
kengou wrote:Star Soldier for the NES was released today in North America.

If I already have Soldier Blade should I bother with this? or would it be like a step backward?
My question too.

It's a step backward. However, if you like early NES shmups or mid-80's pre-Gradius verts, then you might like it. It's just nothing special.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:08 pm

http://gonintendo.com/?p=25003

Here's to hoping for Spriggan on the VC =D

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:46 pm

Gate of Thunder and Super Air Zonk have been announced for all non-Japan regions in October. (Japan will be getting the PCECD version of Gradius II and Cho Aniki instead.)

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:38 am

Dammit, why can't we get Gradius II in one form

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:07 pm

ZeetherKID77 wrote:Dammit, why can't we get Gradius II in one form

Yes, if I am Japanese VC users I would wish to have another game instead of an improved version of what I already got.

Anyway, at least we are getting Gate of Thunder and Super Air Zonk and not some other sport, RPG or driving games.

I have to check if I got enough Wii points for Oct.

al138 · Post by **al138** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:10 pm

Zach Keene wrote:Gate of Thunder and Super Air Zonk have been announced for all non-Japan regions in October. (Japan will be getting the PCECD version of Gradius II and Cho Aniki instead.)

Let's hope this is a hint of great things to come in terms of PCECD releases in the future. I can't help but to think that Lords of Thunder will be on the release list soon. While I'm confident that the CD-based games will play well, it will be interesting to hear how the game music sounds and how large the downloads are. I figure there will be some serious compression in order to make the games manageable.

It's a miracle that my copy of GOT is still in mint condition, considering how much it has been played. The idea of being able to put some of my favorite TG/PCECD games into safe storage, see them upscaled in 480p, and play with a semi-wireless VC controller is worth $8 a game.

Combined with news of Neo Geo games coming soon, the VC is shaping up quite nicely. If only they will improve the trainwreck that is still the VC Shop Menu!

msm · Post by **msm** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:37 am

probably old news but on friday PAL VC got gradius III and more importantly (although maybe not a shmup as defined here) sin and punishment.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:59 am

I'm getting tired of waiting for new shmups. I wonder how many Nintendo/Sega rereleases we have to put up with? Most of the Nintendo and Sega games have been released already in compilations on somewhat modern platforms. I think their popular titles section will just be preprogrammed to showcase company titles.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:24 pm

Its a bit borderliner but,

Sin & Punishment is to be realized in the USA today on the Virtual Console!

Source is here -- Import games on Vitrual Console!

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