Wii VC & Flash Shmups Thread

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:51 pm

Speaking of memory I just realized that I could now copy games to my external memory card, which I don't think I could do before (this comes right after a system update). I also noticed it now allows you to re-download games you've already purchased. I am assuming this is a new update to 1) allow people's downloads to not be restricted to the internal hard drive, but also 2) have the OS actually track what games have been purchased so that you can't just copy all your games over on to your friend's system.

Hope I'm not stating what everyone else already knows...

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:08 pm

Pretty sure that was all Day 1 stuff.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:56 am

Zanac is now available for $5. This game is still great.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:26 am

professor ganson wrote:Zanac is now available for $5. This game is still great.

Which version is it? ROM or DISK ?

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:25 am

SAM wrote:
professor ganson wrote:Zanac is now available for $5. This game is still great.
Which version is it? ROM or DISK ?

I think it's the ROM version. The disk version has some different SFX and weapon icon placement.

mainpatr1 · Post by **mainpatr1** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:41 pm

Axelay!

Title Publisher Rating Content Platforms
AXELAY Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. E Mild Fantasy Violence Wii

From the ESRb site.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:33 am

US gets Lords of Thunder

800 Wii points.

The music is a bit muffled and often gets killed by the sound effects.

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:43 pm

Well, it seems for the moment that the MSX titles (Eggy and Aleste) have escaped from limbo and are now scheduled for a May release.

scrilla4rella · Post by **scrilla4rella** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:38 am

^^_ yeah I noticed as well. Is Eggy a shmup?

also, horay for JPN getting MUSHA, Axleay, and Dracula X

bakaichi · Post by **bakaichi** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:52 am

Any chance of seeing Otocky anytime?

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:58 am

Nice to see Aleste coming. I found shmups unplayable on the SMS. The controllers for the SMS-- and Sega made quite a few of them-- just weren't very good. At least compared to later Sega controllers.

FSR · Post by **FSR** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:24 pm

New "Hanabi Festival" shmups for Europe:

Released today:
Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (PCE-CD)
Final Soldier (PCE)

To be released next week:
Star Parodier (PCE)
Cho Aniki (PCE-CD)
Gley Lancer (MD)

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri May 02, 2008 6:24 pm

FSR wrote:New "Hanabi Festival" shmups for Europe:

Released today:
Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (PCE-CD)
Final Soldier (PCE)

To be released next week:
Star Parodier (PCE)
Cho Aniki (PCE-CD)
Gley Lancer (MD)

It would be nice to see these in the US! Very nice list.

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Fri May 02, 2008 6:45 pm

Oh man. Gradius II had better make it here.

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Fri May 02, 2008 9:24 pm

Is Star Parodier any good? You don't see too many vert cute em ups so I might go for that one. Being a Hudson title, would I be right in thinking that it is to Star Soldier as Parodius is to Gradius?

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Sat May 03, 2008 1:14 am

It's good. Lots of hidden secrets in it too.

scrilla4rella · Post by **scrilla4rella** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:31 am

Damn!!
Just saw the list of games comming out for 5/27 and Aleste is not on the list. It seems someone really doesn't want us to play this game...

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:17 pm

Any shmuppers in Europe or Japan here who have downloaded Star Parodier? If so I am very curious if any Devil's Crush style editing to the game has been done? Because I used to own the Super CD and IIRC, when you fight the Bomberman in the devil costume he is floating over a pentagram. Not a chance NOA would let that slip through for the upcoming U.S. release I'm guessing.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:57 am

^^^^^

Also wondering if they took out the voice acting in the story intro.

CecilMcW00t · Post by **CecilMcW00t** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:32 pm

According to a post at Gamefaqs, US is getting Gley Lancer and Super Fantasy Zone today.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:20 pm

CecilMcW00t wrote:According to a post at Gamefaqs, US is getting Gley Lancer and Super Fantasy Zone today.

Good news, I was expacting this, and thus sold my copy of Gley Lancer for $70+ a couple of weeks ago.

junkeR · Post by **junkeR** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:58 pm

SAM wrote:
CecilMcW00t wrote:According to a post at Gamefaqs, US is getting Gley Lancer and Super Fantasy Zone today.
Good news, I was expacting this, and thus sold my copy of Gley Lancer for $70+ a couple of weeks ago.

Agreed. I had a copy and sold it for around 100 dollars a while back. I was surprised to see this title released in the States.

Skyknight · Post by **Skyknight** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:39 pm

So the next question is, did they apply any translation patches? The dialogue might not be critical, but I imagine the option pod descriptions will be...

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:30 pm

The mover descriptions are in English, and the online manual includes some story translations.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:35 pm

^^^^

Nope, it's all in Japanese however they translated the story for the manual according to someone in the GAF VC thread of weekly anticipointment.

Good week despite no Parodier. Very strange since it's still listed for 7/21 on the official Hudson VC PCE site. No TG-16 VC releases since Feb, problems between NOA and Hudson?

Anyways, these are two titles I've been wanting to play for awhile. Which of the two do you folks recommend more?

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:06 pm

I'm having a total Ceph moment here, but I find it funny how availability on VC, (emulation that you pay $$ for) suddenly has an impact on the value of the hard copy, when emulation for free has been available for over a decade, which may or may not have had its effect on the hard copy value.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:10 pm

Don't worry, it's just a temporary setback in the circle wank of price speculation and inflation that will make classic games more expensive than cars within our lifetimes

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:46 am

Gley Lancer looks and plays great. I'll pass on Super Fantasy Zone for now and wait to see what is up with that Fantasy Zone collection for PS2.

scrilla4rella · Post by **scrilla4rella** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:46 am

Now the question is: when are we going to see Recca? Hopefully there's no copyright ambiguity

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:03 pm

Yeah, Recca is at the top of my list for the VC.