Thunderforce VI announced by Famitsu for PS2 in 2008

dial911 · Post by **dial911** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:45 pm

AWESOME NEWS! I will buy an import copy...

and if it's released domestically I will buy another copy.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:58 pm

Kron wrote:Pretty interesting that they'd announce then release the game in a 3 month span.

Heh, true. I wonder, how long game was in development.

RyanDG · Post by **RyanDG** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:59 pm

I'm torn. Do I wait to see if Sega grows some balls and releases this in the US and support the localization of shooters, or do I go ahead and pre-order it now and play it when it first comes out?

...

Okay... Screw it.

I'm going to pre-order it and if Sega does release it stateside I'll go ahead and take the double dip. It's freakin' Thunderforce.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:00 pm

Ghegs wrote:Pre-ordered, and that affiliate link has been changed to a normal one.

I vote for a temp ban for anyone using affiliate links!

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:01 pm

I see Free Range in a couple of those shots!

OmniGLH · Post by **OmniGLH** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:03 pm

Awesome news!

I place my preorder now!

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:10 pm

Anyone with a bit of time and japanese language skills wish to help the forum with a reliable translation of all those two pages of Famitsu TF6 text in that scan? Fans need those details.

Fun fact:

Last release of a new Thunderforce chapter, and founding date of Shmups.com, are less than 2 months from each other (both in 1997, 07/11 and 05/26 respectively!) Basically we've been waiting the entire lifespan of this site for this sequel.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:14 pm

Sega, please tell me you've got Tsukumo Hyakutaro all over the soundtrack!

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:29 pm

Seen this ?

http://tecnosoft.com/

rtw

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:33 pm

rtw wrote:Seen this ?

http://tecnosoft.com/

rtw

Yeah, we did: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... &start=180

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:35 pm

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 690#344690

EDIT: Kiken was faster.

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:12 pm

Buying the game in either Japanese or english won't change anything I think, mainly because I don't think the game will have any text that we need to understand, unlike Gradius V story for example.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:39 pm

P_HAT wrote:i came

This wasn't even funny once... 8 years ago.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:55 pm

Looks very nice (a little dark though). Good to see all the enthusiasm; hope you all won't turn your backs if it plays like TFV...

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:18 pm

Ganelon wrote:Looks very nice (a little dark though). Good to see all the enthusiasm; hope you all won't turn your backs if it plays like TFV...

Why not? It should be better than the original TF games, or there wouldn't be any reason to develop it.

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:41 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:
P_HAT wrote:i came
This wasn't even funny once... 8 years ago.

ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!!

postman · Post by **postman** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:48 pm

Much better scan here:

http://sazanami.net/nikki/200807/080709_002.jpg

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:57 pm

Does this mean Sega has "returned"?!

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:05 pm

postman wrote:Much better scan here:

http://sazanami.net/nikki/200807/080709_002.jpg

Cool. This is actually legible.

So the first three levels, at any rate, are amalgams of stages and bosses from parts III, IV and V.

I can't tell what the slot one weapon resembles, but the others are certainly a really wide Rear Shot, Wave from TF3, Free Range from TF5 and Hunter (although the bullets are flame orange now, instead of blue).

Also, the review says that there are 6 stages... making this the shortest TF yet.

They keep mentioning a new system in the review... I do see a strange power meter in the lower-left of the screen.

EDIT... slot one forward shot looks like a stream-lined Sever... very slim blue lasers.

dial911 · Post by **dial911** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:06 pm

LGB wrote:Does this mean Sega has "returned"?!

Shinobi's BACK?!?

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:12 pm

The only way this could be more overdue is if Duke Nukem is revealed as the ship's pilot.

Anyways, I'm not all that big of a TF fan, but then the fact that this is coming from a new batch of developers might actually be a good thing for me. Guess we'll hafta wait and see...

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:12 pm

It's about time that a new Thunderforce game came out...glad to have a JPN PS2 to play it on. ^_~

It seems to be a given that this Thunderforce VI game will be localized due to Thunderforce III through V were released in the USA. The real question is which American game distributor will snag the exclusive rights to do so.

A Thunderforce VI Limited Edition package (with some extra Thunderforce goodies) would be cool for the JPN release btw. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:23 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:It seems to be a given that this Thunderforce VI game will be localized due to Thunderforce II through V were released in the USA.

Fixed

hermosaguy · Post by **hermosaguy** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:26 pm

ABOUT DAMN TIME!

RyanDG · Post by **RyanDG** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:31 pm

So, since Sega looks like they reached out for the licensing to do this, it also means that they are putting together a Sega Ages release of Thunderforce II - V (including the arcade game) for a release on the PS2 as well, right? Along with kewl little bonus features and everything? I mean, I know that the Sega Ages releases were previously done only for games either developed or published by Sega, but this would be the best time to buck the trend, right?

:)

Xexyz · Post by **Xexyz** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:32 pm

Wonderful news.

If this does eventually get a North American release, I wouldn't be surprised if Sega did it themselves. Although, a budget publisher like UFO Interactive would be more believable.

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:37 pm

Thunder Force wrote:First details, allegedly translated from Famitsu by the forum that broke the news...

Thunderforce VI is developed by Sega. It is directed by Tez Okano, the writer and director of Segaga for DC and Astro Boy Omega Force for GBA. He says that his favorite entry in the Thunderforce series is IV. The game is 3D but still a horizontal shooter.

As has been noted here before, Segaga has some shmup bits. The end if I remember correctly.

The Astro Boy game was developed by Treasure, right? Is Tez Okano an ex Treasure employee?

It's refreshing to see a shmup developed by one of the classic companies. For several reasons this is more interesting than a new Cave release (interesting as that is).

RyanDG · Post by **RyanDG** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:44 pm

320x240 wrote:The Astro Boy game was developed by Treasure, right? Is Tez Okano an ex Treasure employee?

He could have been with Hitmaker at the time, since if I'm not mistaken Hitmaker had a hand in Astro boy as well.

Baron · Post by **Baron** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:49 pm

This is great news. Even better is that I already have the hardware on which to play this this game on day one. This is my most anticipated game in ages.

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:00 pm

This had better fucking make it here.

Also the scoring doesn't seem to be as high as V....or is it?