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320x240
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by 320x240 Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:20 pm
Udderdude
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by Udderdude Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:27 pm
Even if you get past the slidy controls and level design, most of them have a scoring system about as deep as a puddle. So, probabally not.
themachinist
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by themachinist Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:40 pm
They have their own shmups.
MX7
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by MX7 Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:14 pm
I don't think they even play Japanese shmups.
Frederik
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by Frederik Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:02 pm
Maybe they play them ironically .
professor ganson
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by professor ganson Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:10 pm
According to my latest EGM, some of them play US shmups! The world leader for one of the Geometry Wars modes resides in Japan. (Big surprise.)
Never_Scurred
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by Never_Scurred Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:33 pm
Frederik wrote: Maybe they play them ironically .
"It's a joke how the Xbox platform has caught shit for years for only having shooters, but now it's taken on an entirely different meaning."-somebody on NeoGAF
Watch me make Ketsui my bitch.
Observer
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by Observer Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:06 am
MX7 wrote: I don't think they even play Japanese shmups.
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edit: on a more serious note, I just spotted that newStage linked to my Steel Saviour playthrough. That's something I didn't expect at all o_O
NOW REACHES THE FATAL ATTRACTION BE DESCRIBED AS "HELLSINKER". DECIDE DESTINATION.
bcass
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by bcass Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:30 am
Some of the top players on the Space Giraffe leaderboards are Japanese so I'd guess the answer is yes.
Koa Zo
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by Koa Zo Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:55 am
... Capcom did publish Team17's X2 over there, so someone in Japan must be interested in eurumups.
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by the2bears Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:10 pm
MX7 wrote: I don't think they even play Japanese shmups.
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by ROBOTRON Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:33 pm
themachinist wrote: They have their own shmups.
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Alec
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by Alec Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:43 am
do Europeans?
bcass
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by bcass Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:16 am
The good ones, yes.
glitch
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by glitch Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:59 am
hardly.
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by eretsua Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:38 pm
Alec wrote: do Europeans?
this just sent me in giggle-frenzy, thank you.
