Parodius is back? Showing at AOU 2007: Otomedius!

Aleanil · Post by **Aleanil** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:00 pm

I just dropped by an arcade at Bugis in Singapore and they had four cabs in place running Otomedius, along with a pile of others (Strikers 1945 III, Raiden IV, but no Cave games). Looked interesting, but I didn't have the time to sit down and play a round unfortunately.

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:39 pm

I saw it at a few places in Tokyo, seemed popular too at Hey.

I played it once and didn't get it at all. Seemed like a fan made shareware game.

That said I saw someone play it and he seemed really intense with a crowd around him so I don't know.

Ugly Cab.

hirounder · Post by **hirounder** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:53 am

So Otomedius G 360 is real, small article came out in new Famitsu, no release date mentioned.

Marcel1CC · Post by **Marcel1CC** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:20 am

omg, i will buy a japanese 360 end of this year

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:55 am

Sweet! I'm looking forward to playing this.

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:51 am

Zeberdeey wrote:omg, i will buy a japanese 360 end of this year

Mee too - this and RFA should make it worth the investment...

EDIT: RFA - not RJF!

Marcel1CC · Post by **Marcel1CC** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:53 am

spadgy wrote:
Zeberdeey wrote:omg, i will buy a japanese 360 end of this year
Mee too - this and RJF should make it worth the investment...

don't forget ketsui and dodonpachi doj! oh an shikigami but i'm not a big fan of shiki.

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:41 pm

Zeberdeey wrote:
spadgy wrote:
Zeberdeey wrote:omg, i will buy a japanese 360 end of this year
Mee too - this and RJF should make it worth the investment...
don't forget ketsui and dodonpachi doj! oh an shikigami but i'm not a big fan of shiki.

I already had DDPDOJ, but I'd quite forgotten about Ketsui. Looks like I'll need a 360 stick as well!

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:51 pm

Someone get Konami to release it here.

But how the fuck are they gonna pull off the touchscreen stuff on 360, port it to Wii instead

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:15 pm

I still want a PS2 release

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:45 pm

spadgy wrote:
Zeberdeey wrote:
spadgy wrote: Mee too - this and RJF should make it worth the investment...
don't forget ketsui and dodonpachi doj! oh an shikigami but i'm not a big fan of shiki.
I already had DDPDOJ, but I'd quite forgotten about Ketsui. Looks like I'll need a 360 stick as well!

Bet you don't have DOJ Black label X though

Yeah, It is looking like a JP X360 is the new PS2 when it comes to quality new shooter ports. Time to think about investing, methinks.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:47 am

Darn, Microsoft must be doing their homework!

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:00 am

He was very enthusiastic about this game and talked about how popular it's proving. Perhaps we'll see a release on European shores.

I have a bug buzzing in my ear... saying that Otomedius is really likely to have a US/PAL conversion

but

I played it once and didn't get it at all. Seemed like a fan made shareware game.

I had the same odd feeling...

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:22 am

A theme for this game is up.. not going to buy it though, I have too many already.

hirounder · Post by **hirounder** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:09 am

Famitsu has some screens, not sure if graphics have improved, but they've kept 4:3 resolution ratio.

http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1214903_1407.html

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:38 am

this game looks like 14$ doujin.

Post by **spadgy** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:57 am

MX7 wrote:
Bet you don't have DOJ Black label X though

Yeah, It is looking like a JP X360 is the new PS2 when it comes to quality new shooter ports. Time to think about investing, methinks.

Oh! It's DDPDOJBL is it? And Ketsui, Shiki, Otomedius, RFA...

Oh shit. The bank won't be happy!

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:12 pm

spadgy wrote:
MX7 wrote:
Bet you don't have DOJ Black label X though

Yeah, It is looking like a JP X360 is the new PS2 when it comes to quality new shooter ports. Time to think about investing, methinks.
Oh! It's DDPDOJBL is it? And Ketsui, Shiki, Otomedius, RFA...

Oh shit. The bank won't be happy!

Shiki 3 isn't that great and RFA is full of glitches.. don't get ahead of yourself just yet, there isn't enough to justify the purchase of a foreign 360 right now (unless you absolutely MUST play The Idol Master..).

Post by **spadgy** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:14 pm

OK - cheers Etrian - that makes it a little easier to hold out. I knew about Shiki 3, but had somehow missed the RFJ glitches issue...

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:26 pm

spadgy wrote:OK - cheers Etrian - that makes it a little easier to hold out. I knew about Shiki 3, but had somehow missed the RFJ glitches issue...

Not "RFJ".. RFA.

I stumbled across a JP 360 lately so I picked it up. I imported RFA, Shiki 3, downloaded Ikaruga and Triggerheart.

Shiki 3's online leaderboards aren't working for some reason. I don't know why, but they have NEVER worked. You can just set everything to easy mode and unlock achievements that way.

Same deal with RFA for achievements. RFA will freeze, completely forcing you to turn off your 360, and has a bunch of sound glitches. Stuff like the enemy explosion sounds and music will conflict with other sounds, and randomly happen. They did announce that they would create a patch, but no sign of that so far (and it's been over a month).

Ikaruga... check super-play.co.uk, for more information on this. They messed up the bonus balls pre-boss Chapter 3, but I still think this is worth buying (over Shiki and RFA).

Triggerheart has glitches, too. I'm worried about the Ketsui and DDPDOJBL ports, which is why I have GaijinPunch getting me a Supergun. I feel somewhat ripped off with Shikigami 3 and RFA, and I'm getting more enjoyment out of playing stuff like Earth Defense Force 2017 and Crackdown.

Erinu · Post by **Erinu** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:31 pm

P_HAT wrote:this game looks like 14$ doujin.

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:21 pm

It looks both cheap and tacky. The design of the girls are actually the good part, tacky and cliche as it is.

It's a shame how big companies are starting to let their rookies develop full scale shmups. It's like the genre are being exploited.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:13 pm

LOL. Its called "Parodius" (well should have been called "Parodius") for a reason people. Its supposed to be tacky and cliche in design.

I actually like the clean visuals and pseudo 3d backgrounds. I don't know what you all are complaining about.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:42 pm

clean visuals

photoshop images cut around the edges?

Post by **Dave_K.** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:46 pm

JoshF wrote:photoshop images cut around the edges?

As in high contrast against simple background.

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:04 am

Dave_K. wrote:LOL. Its called "Parodius" (well should have been called "Parodius") for a reason people. Its supposed to be tacky and cliche in design.

There's a difference between an inspired parody and an uninspired rip-off. (In this case it's the customers that are being ripped off)

Dave_K. wrote:I actually like the clean visuals and pseudo 3d backgrounds. I don't know what you all are complaining about.

It's not pseudo 3d, it's bad 3d and twice as bad in a series that have relied on cute, rounded edge visuals. Of course, people will still buy it just because of it's name.

orange · Post by **orange** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:13 am

i'm pretty sure konami's trolling us

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Fri May 09, 2008 12:41 pm

Dave_K. wrote:LOL. Its called "Parodius" (well should have been called "Parodius") for a reason people. Its supposed to be tacky and cliche in design.

I actually like the clean visuals and pseudo 3d backgrounds. I don't know what you all are complaining about.

Tacky and cliched probably isn't the right word, it's the utter lack of imagination and invention that makes it look cheap.

Parodius series used to have tons of delightful details running in the background, and lot of quirky and original characters. I haven't seen too much of that in otomedius.

This feels more like reheated, microwaved TV dinner.

OdiousTrident · Post by **OdiousTrident** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:29 pm

this game doesnt really have just 4 levels right? parodius and gradius had a standard 8 i thought.

jp · Post by jp » Thu May 15, 2008 12:40 am

ZeetherKID77 wrote:Someone get Konami to release it here.

But how the fuck are they gonna pull off the touchscreen stuff on 360, port it to Wii instead

360 is getting motion controls later this year. The spring update includes something to do with the motion controller.