Cave shmups coming to X360 confirmed!

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:07 am

Great news if true!! I've just mailed Mihara asking if it's his doing. He responded to my previous mail, so let's see. He has not mentioned it on his blog, in fact his most recent posts talk about Ketsui DS, and he says he's going to upload a preview vid from the superplay that will come bundled with that soon. It begs the question, why would they be including an Arcade superplay DVD with the DS version when an X360 version is coming? Doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:10 am

I don't know a single person who has a 360 connected to a 4:3 screen. I will consider a 360 if they port Ketsui and a few others. The resolution problem must be addressed though, lets hope Arika is on board.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:14 am

neorichieb1971 wrote:The resolution problem must be addressed though, lets hope Arika is on board.

The only way to approach it is a fake scanlines option. Even then, it won't be as good as an arcade monitor, but better than no filter at all.

Souta House is generally spot on from what I remember... I'm wondering if there's ever been a case of them being wrong. They first listed it as "Donpachi Daioujou Black Label". Seems to have been a mistype.

ARCADIA · Post by **ARCADIA** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:20 am

マジですか？

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:21 am

I don't care much about the scanline issue, just want sharp sprites. Mushi looks like your playing it under water

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:24 am

we dont need a ketsui port..how about ESp2 or Mushi 2 or Anything beyond 2002!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:28 am

neorichieb1971 wrote:I don't care much about the scanline issue, just want sharp sprites. Mushi looks like your playing it under water

Throw on fake scanlines... and don't filter, of course.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:46 am

Thunder Force wrote:
pixelcorps wrote:thinking about it, is this a plot to get people* to buy more japanese 360s?

*us.
I wonder what the Microsoft replacement policy is for japanese model 360s that Red Ring Of Death outside their homeland...

Unless you ship it *from* Japan, with the reciept on hand -- the answer is going to be a resounding "fuck off"

dolph · Post by **dolph** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:55 am

If this is true, I have to buy a XBox 360.

jp · Post by jp » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:16 am

Wow... this plus that Raiden Fighters collection certainly is making the Xbox360 the definitivie shmupping console. Especially consider the stuff on XBLA.

Craziness. I don't typically like Cave, but I have been curious about Ketsui. Though I would love to see a home port of Dangun Feveron and/or Pro Gear.

Segafan4life · Post by **Segafan4life** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:32 am

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Craziness. I don't typically like Cave, but I have been curious about Ketsui. Though I would love to see a home port of Dangun Feveron and/or Pro Gear.

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Try a modded Xbox J/K

Anyways Ketsui on the 360 sounds good to me.

Now to buy a Japanese Xbox 360

velocity7 · Post by **velocity7** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:33 am

I do recall Cave has a nasty habit of saying these games aren't for North Americans.

If it's going on Xbox 360, then it's for North America. Otherwise they're just throwing money out the window, in my opinion.

jp · Post by jp » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:34 am

I was already thinking about snagging a Japanese 360 with my tax return for the Raiden Fighters Collection... hmmm...

Segafan4life · Post by **Segafan4life** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:35 am

I honestly would prefer a PS3 release. Region free is the way to go.

velocity7 · Post by **velocity7** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:38 am

I second PS3 releases. More people in Japan have PS3 than Xbox 360 by a wide margin.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:43 am

velocity7 wrote: If it's going on Xbox 360, then it's for North America. Otherwise they're just throwing money out the window, in my opinion.

Not really, considering the JP-exclusive Arika ports sold like 10-15K each on the PS2, and the Ibara port sold like 3000, and there are a hundred billion PS2s around the world. The X360 base is small in Japan, but it seems to have the highest percentage of real "gamers" (or at least people who buy their consoles to play games, and not for stuff like Wii Fit or to watch bluray movies). It also has a healthy library of niche arcade ports already.

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:53 am

Hopefully we're inching towards a MMPork port. Porkport.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:55 am

To be honest, since I use my PS3 for blu ray movies, I wouldn't want to use it with my current TV set up.

Segafan4life · Post by **Segafan4life** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:05 am

They need to inch to a Region Free Releases

Cave has more fans outside of Japan then in it. Time to open a US office.

Anyone on the board want to volunteer?

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:06 am

Segafan4life wrote: Cave has more fans outside of Japan then in it.

No.

jp · Post by jp » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:06 am

Segafan4life wrote:I honestly would prefer a PS3 release. Region free is the way to go.

The Xbox360 IS region free. The region locking is done on the SOFTWARE side of things. It is the decision of the PUBLISHERS to make it region locked.

If enough people yell at Arika about it being region free, then, it... might... have... a... slim... chance... of being region free. Though G.Rev did region lock Senko no Ronde. But then again, I imagine they knew it would eventually be getting a US release anyways, so... they probably knew that NOT region locking it would only result in the US release selling 0 copies.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:07 am

jp wrote: If enough people yell at Arika about it being region free,.

Yeah, if Arika is actually doing it - could just as likely be a totally different company. No one has any idea yet.

jp · Post by jp » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:08 am

EOJ wrote:
jp wrote: If enough people yell at Arika about it being region free,.
Yeah, if Arika is actually doing it - could just as likely be a totally different company. No one has any idea yet.

Oh, from reading the thread I thought they were doing it.

Ah well. Try yelling at whoever is porting them then.

Or send Ubisoft a million emails begging for a localization. I mean shit, if they'll bring over Senko no Ronde...

moonblood · Post by **moonblood** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:23 am

Fantastic news this, let's hope its for real

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:26 am

Madness

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:38 am

And why does it have to be for the most unreliable gaming hardware ever built? You can bet your ass this will be region locked, and I'm certainly not going to buy a Japanese 360 so I can have it break down on me and be completely screwed.

I'll still import the games, but they'll remain on my shelf until there is a completely reliable 360 hardware revision available in Japan. Who knows, maybe the initial batch will have sold by 2010.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:41 am

First pics of DDP:DOJ BL up at cave-stg.com

IT'S NOT BY ARIKA, it's by some company called 5PB (whoever they are).

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:42 am

Cave has more fans outside of Japan then in it.

This isn't Gamefaqs. Sorry, to do this, but you've earned it...

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:48 am

http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/soutahouse/diary

orange · Post by **orange** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:48 am

HOLY FUCK