website claims Gradius VI for PS3 delayed or cancelled

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:50 am

Just buy a copy of the game and save it until PS4 comes out, or the PS3 is dirt cheap. Don't you realize how AMAZING a shmup could look on a next-gen system?

edit: can't believe I said this once upon a time

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:14 am

kengou wrote:I love V even though I'm terrible at it, but why oh why does VI have to be on the PS3...it's a shmup, it's not like the graphics are going to matter whatsoever. Why not release it on the Wii, much larger install base and it'll be cheaper to develop, plus with all the shmups on the Virtual Console people might be more willing to try it out. It's not exactly much like Geometry Wars...

Stop worrying; VI for the PS3 hasn't even been confirmed yet. I don't think we'll know for sure until TGS, and even that event may not yield any info.

Post by **spadgy** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:55 am

Last night was the UK Sony 'party' to celebrate 1,000,000 PS3 sales, and I struck up a conversation with the very nice, enthusiastic and kindly head of Konami UK/Ireland Peter Stone.

Of course, like a eager child I pressed him on Gradius VI. Was it ever going to come out on any format, and would it see a PAL release?

He just smiled and shrugged. Didn't utter a word.

Well... it wasn't a no! And he knew his stuff about Gradius in general...

That said, it wasn't anything like a yes. So nothing to this post really I guess...

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:24 pm

My guess would be that the guy hadn't the faintest idea what Gradius is.

jp · Post by jp » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:55 pm

spadgy wrote: And he knew his stuff about Gradius in general...

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:12 pm

Oops, I overlooked that part. Anyway, it's not like Japanese companies are known for informing their foreign subsidiaries well, and since Konami UK has nothing to do with Gradius VI it's not really surprising he knew nothing.

antron · Post by **antron** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:00 pm

Ceph wrote:it's not really surprising he knew nothing.

he said nothing

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:18 am

Interesting. Well, since the game hasn't officially been canceled, I just wonder when we'll hear news about it-TGS '07 didn't provide anything. Maybe E3 or TGS '08?

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:05 am

Gradius 6 will be a third person shooter. There will be 65 player online and you can rub ripplesaws together.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:09 pm

antron wrote:
Ceph wrote:it's not really surprising he knew nothing.
he said nothing

Yes, and smiled an shrugged his shoulders, which I took the liberty of translating as "knew nothing".

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:32 pm

Ceph wrote:
antron wrote:
Ceph wrote:it's not really surprising he knew nothing.
he said nothing
Yes, and smiled an shrugged his shoulders, which I took the liberty of translating as "knew nothing".

read the body language maaaan, its clear the game will have 6 stages, 5 loops and 3 TLBs at the end of those loops, itll also have a progear-like scoring system.

no? prove me wrong folks, prove me wrong!

Post by **spadgy** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:25 pm

To be fair he had worked for Konami for 24 years, and heads up the Austrailian and NZ Konami as well, and he was very passionate and knowing. He was also really keen (and, I admit, surprised) to hear about the size and passion of UK shmup scene, and took great interest in the London shmup meet this weekend.

I couldn't say his smile was loaded with meaning or not, but he did take great interest in if I thought there was a UK market for the game.

I said no fucking way... we all hate it...

(Of course I didn't. I really tried to convey there's passion for the game)

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:23 am

circuitface wrote:Gradius 6 will be a third person shooter. There will be 65 player online and you can rub ripplesaws together.

and you can quadruple jump

jp · Post by jp » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:38 am

captain ahar wrote:
circuitface wrote:Gradius 6 will be a third person shooter. There will be 65 player online and you can rub ripplesaws together.
and you can quadruple jump

I will buy a PS3 if there is quadruple jumping.

And I will jump my way to the core, and thusly shoot it.

orange · Post by **orange** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:05 pm

gradius 6 is already a 10/10, konami just needs to make it now

Segafan4life · Post by **Segafan4life** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:47 pm

I read that Solid Snake uses the Vic Viper to destroy Metal Gear at the end of Guns Of the Patriots. You use Sixaxis to control the movement of the ship and shake it like a wii mote to fire your weapon. And when you beat Metal Gear 4 you unlock Gradius VI. And when you beat Gradius VI you unlock Vic Viper Skateboarding with Dance Dance Revolution music.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:28 pm

Gradius VI: Sky Girls -_-

Post by **Ghegs** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:03 pm

Nuke wrote:Gradius VI: Sky Girls -_-

I'm actually slightly surprised Konami hasn't put out an Airforce Delta-esque game of the series. With Vic Viper as an unlockable, like it was in Airforce Delta Strike.

antron · Post by **antron** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:34 pm

just make your own:
http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/22409

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:16 am

Wow! That is exactly why LBP is amazing, and that's the best creator content I've seen yet!

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:09 am

I got excited for a second..... for G6 news and all. Oh well back to hoping/waiting.