Ketsui for DS?!

hirounder · Post by **hirounder** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:56 pm

Surprise, small article on Ketsui Death Label DS in this weeks Famitsu appeared...10/23 (?!) being a release date.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:06 pm

hirounder wrote:Surprise, small article on Ketsui Death Label DS in this weeks Famitsu appeared...10/23 (?!) being a release date.

Mihara certainly is taking his sweet time in releasing this....

moonblood · Post by **moonblood** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:50 pm

Jeez yeah but at least its still coming out (yay!), my doubt was kind of growing there whatwith the lack of news, the 360 port and all

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:36 pm

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:07 pm

Kiken wrote:
hirounder wrote:Surprise, small article on Ketsui Death Label DS in this weeks Famitsu appeared...10/23 (?!) being a release date.
Mihara certainly is taking his sweet time in releasing this....

So this is coming out after the 360 port... who would have guessed.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:23 pm

Cave STG has some more news regarding Ketsui DS. Apparently it's going to be 1-8 players

Also, there should be a new video out at the end of the month, and the superplay DVD has been confirmed.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:28 pm

Btw, does the superplay DVD come for the DS version? As in, the superplay is performed on a DS? I thought it was supposed to be a superplay for the arcade version.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:31 pm

moozooh wrote:Btw, does the superplay DVD come for the DS version? As in, the superplay is performed on a DS? I thought it was supposed to be a superplay for the arcade version.

It's a superplay for the arcade version, which is a little annoying IMO. I think a remixed OST would be far more desireable. Unless the superplay is REALLY FUCKING GOOD.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:34 pm

Right, just confirmed it.

They better have a no-miss DOOM fight in there, similar to that old video where the guy dies at the last second. :)

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:35 pm

moozooh wrote:Right, just confirmed it.

They better have a no-miss DOOM fight in there, similar to that old video where the guy dies at the last second.

For a five year old game, I wouldn't expect anything less

Kaspal · Post by **Kaspal** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:10 pm

even tho the release date its pretty far away for me (october?... c'mon guys, i know you ould release it in july or august!), im SO buyin this one... tho i may have to import it, since its a japan only game... cant miss this one.

ave · Post by **ave** » Fri May 16, 2008 6:00 pm

It seems to me that they are working way longer on the DS-port than they did on the actual game in 2002... -_-

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:51 pm

aventus wrote:It seems to me that they are working way longer on the DS-port than they did on the actual game in 2002... -_-

Mihara is a one man crew, yo.

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:42 pm

I KNEW it was going to be Boss Rush-only. But.. Death Label with the DS dpad? Ugh...

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sat May 17, 2008 3:05 pm

Etrian wrote:I KNEW it was going to be Boss Rush-only. But.. Death Label with the DS dpad? Ugh...

The maker of the game completely acknowledges the limitations of the ds pad, and says that he's modified the speed of the bullets to cope with the rather pathetic lever set.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sat May 17, 2008 3:19 pm

Etrian wrote:I KNEW it was going to be Boss Rush-only.

Where did you read that? There are also level screenshots:

http://www.cave-stg.com/bbs/viewtopic.p ... 1723#p1723
AS EOJ pointed out, there will be at least ONE level in the game, and I find it unlikely that he will stop there. I think we only saw boss fights so far because it might be the first thing Mihara worked on, and the bossfights are also the most memorable part of Ketsui. (I´ll take it either way, though.)

The maker of the game completely acknowledges the limitations of the ds pad, and says that he's modified the speed of the bullets to cope with the rather pathetic lever set.

Which is a very wise step. I traded my shit-pad DS Lite model in and the next DSL I bought had a nice one that does diagonals. It still isn´t as nice as the GBA Micro pad despite being a bit bigger. But then again the DS emulation is making progress rapidly so people that prefer sticks and big screens might be able to go that route

Despite the many obvious limitations the only things I look forward in gaming now is the next DS Castlevania and this game.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Sat May 17, 2008 3:22 pm

Wait, seriously? The release date is October, 23rd?

That's my fucking birthday. :D

Jedah Doma · Post by **Jedah Doma** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:02 pm

Sweet, at least we get a release date. Here's hoping they come through with a stellar version of the game.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:40 pm

Ceph wrote:
Kiken wrote:
hirounder wrote:Surprise, small article on Ketsui Death Label DS in this weeks Famitsu appeared...10/23 (?!) being a release date.
Mihara certainly is taking his sweet time in releasing this....
So this is coming out after the 360 port... who would have guessed.

I don´t think those two games will compete a lot, though, given that Ketsui DS is going to be a lot different than the PCB one, with the added difficulty modes; and the multiplayer is something completely unique, which might add a new spark to the genre. Summing that up and adding that the DS is so widespread in Japan, Ketsui DS could turn out to be more popular than the barebones 360 port. Mihara seems to be turning this into a pretty different game, which explains the "long" wait (I didn´t expect an earlier release date, honestly).

Oh, and I wonder what impact Ketsui DS will have. Looking at the seemingly not-so-arcade-perfect mobile phone ports, Cave is willing to port their games as long as they cash big money, and if a Cave game on the DS proves to be popular it *might* trigger some other shmups to appear on it, Cave or otherwise.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sun May 18, 2008 2:08 pm

I'm still wondering if there will be levels. Otherwise, no buy.

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Sun May 18, 2008 2:31 pm

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:I'm still wondering if there will be levels. Otherwise, no buy.

Um... it says Death Label, you know.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sun May 18, 2008 2:54 pm

Etrian wrote:
UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:I'm still wondering if there will be levels. Otherwise, no buy.
Um... it says Death Label, you know.

No it doesn't. It says 'DS', and we know there will be at least one 'level' in it (level 5, sans the tate ana section). Also, the video released last year showed at least sections of level 3. No one really knows the precise format Ketsui DS will take, but the 'Death Label' moniker was shed like 6 months ago.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Sun May 18, 2008 5:51 pm

Cave is willing to port their games as long as they cash big money

are you sure about this?

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:27 pm

Battlesmurf wrote:
Cave is willing to port their games as long as they cash big money
are you sure about this?

Apparently mobile phone games bring more money than console ports - if you have another rational explaination for their existence I´d love to hear it.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sun May 18, 2008 7:12 pm

MX7 wrote:
Etrian wrote:
Um... it says Death Label, you know.
No it doesn't. It says 'DS', and we know there will be at least one 'level' in it (level 5, sans the tate ana section). Also, the video released last year showed at least sections of level 3. No one really knows the precise format Ketsui DS will take, but the 'Death Label' moniker was shed like 6 months ago.

In the Famitsu article this past week, the game's title is listed as "Ketsui Death Label". So it's not "Ketsui DS".

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sun May 18, 2008 7:13 pm

EOJ wrote:
MX7 wrote:
Etrian wrote:
Um... it says Death Label, you know.
No it doesn't. It says 'DS', and we know there will be at least one 'level' in it (level 5, sans the tate ana section). Also, the video released last year showed at least sections of level 3. No one really knows the precise format Ketsui DS will take, but the 'Death Label' moniker was shed like 6 months ago.
In the Famitsu article this past week, the game's title is listed as "Ketsui Death Label". So it's not "Ketsui DS".

Oh really? I stand corrected :p

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Sun May 18, 2008 7:42 pm

saving back money for october

I think its sold out at the first day, so pre-ordering will be highly recommended.

Erinu · Post by **Erinu** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:23 am

October? Bloody hell, they're slow.

Come to think of it, a DS version will probably be #1 on Play-Asia thanks to lack of regional lockout.. but if it only contains the bosses, well, people will get bored quickly.

Still, October? FFS

eretsua · Post by **eretsua** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:43 am

aren't we overestimating the importance of ketsui (/shmups) by thinking it will be first place / sold out in a day at play-asia?

even the ESPgaluda II OST which PA thought to be a very fast selling item of which they had limited stock wasn't sold out instantly. it was sold out within a week or maybe two but certainly not instantly. and this was a very limited stock with no restocking option. now i realize that an ost is not the same as dsgame but still...

anyway, i'm happy to hear that the game is still coming...all the silence up till recently had me thinking it might have been abandoned... looking forward to it.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:53 am

I'd be interested to see how it sells. Personally, I can see it selling (out?) fast on PA, especially if some hype is built up around it outside this forum. Remember, there's still five months to go! Overall I have no idea how well it'll do. It's a niche title, and the bundled superplay confirms its niche audience, but it's still a DS game.