New Star Soldier for Wii

Post by **Shatterhand** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:07 pm

I dunno, I never played the N64 one, but the gameplay looked pretty much like the PS2 Star Soldier game...

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:44 am

Looks pretty cool. Could that be a widescreen mode?

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:48 am

I really really want this to come out here now. Come on Hudson!

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:35 am

dial911 wrote:
RyanDG wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1pKO2LW6sc

First YouTube videos of Star Soldier R up now...
Looks hella good... I WANT IT!

Same here, thanks for posting that!

I think it looks isometric because of the angle of the person filming the gameplay, but I could be wrong. Was he using the VC controller??

RyanDG · Post by **RyanDG** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:05 am

dave4shmups wrote:
dial911 wrote:
RyanDG wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1pKO2LW6sc

First YouTube videos of Star Soldier R up now...
Looks hella good... I WANT IT!
Same here, thanks for posting that! :D

I think it looks isometric because of the angle of the person filming the gameplay, but I could be wrong. Was he using the VC controller??

I can't say for sure if the gamer in the video is using the classic controller, but I know in Takahashi's original blogpost, he made sure to note that the classic controller will be supported.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:56 am

iatneH wrote:I'm pretty sure that's a Classic Controller he is using, there is a cord going to a Wii Remote on the table.

I'm only going from what I can see from the video though. My brain could possibly be seeing things that are not actually there, but try to look closely.
Also, a Wii Remote when held sideways is extremely short in the dimension normal to the user, whereas the player here appears to be holding something a bit larger in his hands.

bVork · Post by **bVork** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:12 am

That's probably a classic controller. You can see the wire going from it to the table, and there's a wiimote sitting on the table. On the other hand, I guess it could just be a security wire to prevent people from walking off with a free wiimote.

The background looks skewed. Take a look at about 25 seconds in - there are platforms on the sides of the screen and a definite tilt to them. This could just be a background effect, though. I dimly recall a areas in Ikaruga where the background was tilted, and that game was definitely no RayStorm.

I'm glad to see them continuing this updated series. While I wasn't a fan of the PS2/GC remake, I enjoyed the PSP remake of a remake. Hopefully this Wii remake of a remake of a remake is even better.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:06 pm

is this going to be a hard copy or virtual release? has it been stated yet?

RyanDG · Post by **RyanDG** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:09 pm

Strider77 wrote:is this going to be a hard copy or virtual release? has it been stated yet?

It hasn't been stated, but I'm assuming a hard copy. The game played on the Caravan tour was disc based at least...

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:09 pm

Man, I was REALLY hoping to hear and see some more on this shmup from TGS, but I guess not.

ARCADIA · Post by **ARCADIA** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:58 pm

Official site is open now, http://www.hudson.co.jp/wii/starsoldier/

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:08 pm

ARCADIA wrote:Official site is open now, http://www.hudson.co.jp/wii/starsoldier/

SWEET, nice find! I love the way it loads, too! Now they just need to get some gameplay footage up so we can get a better view of how this shmup plays/

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:20 pm

They have chosen a good angle to be able to utilize 3d and still have the game play like it's 2d.

ARCADIA · Post by **ARCADIA** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:48 am

I wonder why they don't include Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth in the chronological table, was it so bad?

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:52 pm

So they're possibly ashamed of SS: VE, huh? heh.

Site is still too early. Looks like the same two pics they had on IGN and NP. Still looking forward to this though.

SS R and Dr. Mario 4P together are a formidable challenge to all of what XBLA (except for GW of course) and PSN offered in their early months. Now give us some real storage options, Nintendo.....

CreatureX · Post by **CreatureX** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:12 am

Nintendo announced that WiiWare will launch in NA on May 12th. Hopefully Star Soldier R will be one of the first WiiWare games offered.

CreatureX · Post by **CreatureX** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:52 am

Japanese trailer has been released...

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/31697.html

WiiWare launches in Japan on March 25th. 'Star Soldier R' will be one of the nine launch titles and will cost 800 Wii points.

source: Siliconera.com

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:23 am

I wonder if they will get a lot of flak over the viewpoint they have chosen. On the one hand it's not really effective 3d and on the other hand it might as well have been fully 2d. I'm sure it has made the game easier and cheaper to make, though, which is probably what a shmup needs to be these days.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:38 pm

320x240 wrote:I wonder if they will get a lot of flak over the viewpoint they have chosen.

Yeah I mentioned this last year (see previous page posts), but nobody seemed to care. Although I guess it shouldn't matter much since its not a danmaku with small hitbox.

320x240 wrote:On the one hand it's not really effective 3d and on the other hand it might as well have been fully 2d. I'm sure it has made the game easier and cheaper to make, though, which is probably what a shmup needs to be these days.

I think its a simple matter of marketing this as not simply a 2D shooter. Maybe they had to convince some executives that its was worthy to release on a console since it had pretty 3d graphics and look.

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:35 pm

Dave_K. wrote:I think its a simple matter of marketing this as not simply a 2D shooter. Maybe they had to convince some executives that its was worthy to release on a console since it had pretty 3d graphics and look.

You're probably right.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:30 am

That video looks sweet! Hudson says that they are evaluating bringing it to the market in the US:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/859/859328p1.html

I hope they do!

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:33 am

dave4shmups wrote:That video looks sweet! Hudson says that they are evaluating bringing it to the market in the US:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/859/859328p1.html

I hope they do!

Are they saying this has just the 5 minute time attack? In the article, it's being likened to the time-based Pac-Man Championship. Still, this does look good.

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:58 am

The game has been listed in the ESRB, according to NeoGAF.

It's coming.

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:04 am

CreatureX wrote:will cost 800 Wii points.

That's an absolute steal. I was watching this thread thinking the whole time what I'd be willing to pay for this title. Being a big Hudson fan (and having already bought quite a number of PC Engine shooters already via Wii VC for around 800 points or so), i would have considered AU$30 to be a pretty reasonable price. (800 Wii Points is AU$12).

I'm beginning to wonder exactly how much physical distribution of games costs publishers. While the Phantom was total vapor-ware, I'm wondering if we're not going to see a tremendous downslide in physically delivered media in the coming years in other consoles while internet-delivered games take off.

It'll certainly piss the distribution guys off, but quite frankly instant access to games on release day at lower prices and without all the dramas of region issues (part of which is dealing with fuss distributors) is a win for gamers.

Post by **Ghegs** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:54 am

elvis wrote:...and without all the dramas of region issues (part of which is dealing with fuss distributors) is a win for gamers.

This is still in effect. WiiWare content is region restricted. Just like XBLA and PSN, though in the latter case it's at least possible to create a japanese account and get the games through that.

Such a shame, as I love the Soldier games and might snag a cheap Wii just for Star Soldier R and some other WiiWare games.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:23 pm

RyanDG wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1pKO2LW6sc

First YouTube videos of Star Soldier R up now...

Well, it's certianly Star Soldier .. >_>

Hopefully they manage to do something more than take the original and slap on cheap-o 3d enemies and explosions.

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:02 pm

Ghegs wrote:This is still in effect. WiiWare content is region restricted.

Yes it is, but one would hope with the next generation of consoles that appear in 3-5 years time coupled with the ever increasing rate of broadband adoption that the whole concept of "regions" is left for dead by console distributors.

Nintendo have historically been the worst as a console developer when it comes to region restrictions (other companies imposed the restrictions, but Nintendo has been by far the most tenacious about enforcing them). Wii VC is starting to see a few Japan-only releases hitting PAL and US consoles (I'm looking forward to Do Rei Mi in a few weeks time). Perhaps these are all signs that the big N is loosening up?

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:33 pm

Here's hoping they have a Worldwide scoreboard.

Post by **Ghegs** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:38 pm

elvis wrote:
Ghegs wrote:This is still in effect. WiiWare content is region restricted.
Yes it is, but one would hope with the next generation of consoles that appear in 3-5 years time coupled with the ever increasing rate of broadband adoption that the whole concept of "regions" is left for dead by console distributors.

One would hope, yeah. Sometimes it just seems that it's the game companies themselves who want to restrict their games' distribution.

I also belong to the ol' stickler crowd who likes to get physical copies of their games, so I actually hoped Star Soldier R would be released the "old-fashioned way".

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:36 pm

Vids of the full game are out, now that Star Soldier R has been released for the Wii in Japan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_c7SUd57GY