Raiden Fighters Aces finally coming to the US...

burnsro · Post by **burnsro** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:57 pm

C'mon. None of you really expect the superplay DVD to be included do you? From a budget publisher with a budget price? You're kidding yourselves.

John845 · Post by **John845** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:00 pm

Epic epic epic epic epic.

Can't wait.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:09 pm

burnsro wrote:C'mon. None of you really expect the superplay DVD to be included do you? From a budget publisher with a budget price? You're kidding yourselves.

Jack up the price a bit, include the obligatory Superplay DVD and you're in business. Why not break tradition and include one for the U.S. shmup niche market? ^_~

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:37 pm

sad thing to say but the only reason I will be getting this is so I can play the fighters series at full speed instead of on my computer with major slowdown.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:56 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Jack up the price a bit, include the obligatory Superplay DVD and you're in business. Why not break tradition and include one for the U.S. shmup niche market? ^_~

If they're hoping for anyone but the devoted handful of shmup fans to buy this, there's no way they're going to release it at full price - remember, rule number one of modern gaming is that ALL titles like this "probably should have been ten-dollar XBLA releases," regardless of quality. Frankly, if ditching the DVD gives this thing better chances, then I'm all for it - as long as the game itself is intact I could care less about the rest.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:20 am

Awesome news! I congratulate with 360 owners.

rancid3000 · Post by **rancid3000** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:58 am

I never really liked Raiden or Raiden II, but Raiden Fighters is a different story. Great news!

I still need to get my NTSC-J 360 but I'm holding off on that until DDP BLEX actually comes out.

hirounder · Post by **hirounder** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:08 am

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #108 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

lol, yesterday when the news broke it was #22,000 or something...it's gonna hit top100 soon

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:27 am

BulletMagnet wrote:
PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Jack up the price a bit, include the obligatory Superplay DVD and you're in business. Why not break tradition and include one for the U.S. shmup niche market? ^_~
If they're hoping for anyone but the devoted handful of shmup fans to buy this, there's no way they're going to release it at full price - remember, rule number one of modern gaming is that ALL titles like this "probably should have been ten-dollar XBLA releases," regardless of quality. Frankly, if ditching the DVD gives this thing better chances, then I'm all for it - as long as the game itself is intact I could care less about the rest.

It looks like several of the comments on the Kotaku thread about this are pretty much saying just that. Given the fact that I paid $150 for my RF2 board (and I think about $100 for Raiden Fighters) that's a pretty good price.

agustusx · Post by **agustusx** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:48 am

Udderdude wrote:Watch it end up being region locked to the US, so guys who bought JP 360s get screwed .. :/

wouldn't be surprised considering the JPN version still retails for more than $30. I'm sure the jpn publisher doesn't want to have competition...

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:49 am

lilmanjs wrote:sad thing to say but the only reason I will be getting this is so I can play the fighters series at full speed instead of on my computer with major slowdown.

sideshow · Post by **sideshow** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:35 am

I dont see anything on the upcoming release schedule on Zoo Digital's website so I dont know if this news is real.

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:38 am

This is amazing and unexpected news. Now, if only Cave would follow suit. ;]

ex.machina · Post by **ex.machina** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:47 am

rancid3000 wrote: I still need to get my NTSC-J 360 but I'm holding off on that until DDP BLEX actually comes out.

You still got three weeks left then.

rancid3000 · Post by **rancid3000** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:24 am

ex.machina wrote:
rancid3000 wrote: I still need to get my NTSC-J 360 but I'm holding off on that until DDP BLEX actually comes out.
You still got three weeks left then.

Ah I know, just heard the news the other day.

nash87 · Post by **nash87** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:38 am

BulletMagnet wrote:
PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Jack up the price a bit, include the obligatory Superplay DVD and you're in business. Why not break tradition and include one for the U.S. shmup niche market? ^_~
If they're hoping for anyone but the devoted handful of shmup fans to buy this, there's no way they're going to release it at full price - remember, rule number one of modern gaming is that ALL titles like this "probably should have been ten-dollar XBLA releases," regardless of quality. Frankly, if ditching the DVD gives this thing better chances, then I'm all for it - as long as the game itself is intact I could care less about the rest.

They could always just give it a limited edition that had the superplay. that way the niche could get what they desire and at the same time help boost sales.

burnsro · Post by **burnsro** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:32 pm

sideshow wrote:I dont see anything on the upcoming release schedule on Zoo Digital's website so I dont know if this news is real.

I guarantee that this game is on ZOO's internal release schedule. See my previous post on the first page on why this is real news.

Also for anyone that is still thinking that a superplay DVD is possible. Look at this publisher's previous releases on why such an idea is completely ridiculous.

Kron · Post by **Kron** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:47 pm

But is it getting a UK/Euro release?

burnsro · Post by **burnsro** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:04 pm

Kron wrote:But is it getting a UK/Euro release?

We don't know that yet. It is also not known whether this will be region free.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:31 pm

Don't most people who already wanted this game have it by now?

burnsro · Post by **burnsro** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:49 pm

Elixir wrote:Don't most people who already wanted this game have it by now?

If they REALLY wanted it then yes. If they wanted it but not enough to buy a JPN 360 then no.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:30 pm

Yeah, thanks for that.

trunk · Post by **trunk** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:49 pm

I say pre-order away fellas! Don't wait for this one to hit any kind of bargain bin. Support this effort-

http://kotaku.com/5139658/game-retailer ... ller-games

Here, Here. The only way to vote for these rare(as in not so often), tasty releases is with your wallet. This would be nice to be pre-ordered at full price(if it can be done), besides you don't need to wait for a review of it, you already know it's fantastic. (well in some cases: KOF Orochi USPS2 was not made well compared to JPS2 version)

In terms of region locking there are a few US games that do it which in this case would not be good for me but I'd support the cause anyway. I figure I'll pick up a US 360 at some point much later down the road for newer hardware and cheaper price reasons. The Hardware will be there but will this gem be at a later time?

kennyrh · Post by **kennyrh** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:27 pm

Weird shit . . .I signed up for a Japanese Live Account to play the demo and they gave me a Gold Subscription for what looks like a month.

Anybody else had that ???

Without the ability to use tate it looks crap on my 20" HD TV, though . . .

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:48 pm

It's standard with any 360.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:53 pm

trunk wrote:
I say pre-order away fellas! Don't wait for this one to hit any kind of bargain bin. Support this effort-

http://kotaku.com/5139658/game-retailer ... ller-games
Here, Here. The only way to vote for these rare(as in not so often), tasty releases is with your wallet. This would be nice to be pre-ordered at full price(if it can be done), besides you don't need to wait for a review of it, you already know it's fantastic. (well in some cases: KOF Orochi USPS2 was not made well compared to JPS2 version)

In terms of region locking there are a few US games that do it which in this case would not be good for me but I'd support the cause anyway. I figure I'll pick up a US 360 at some point much later down the road for newer hardware and cheaper price reasons. The Hardware will be there but will this gem be at a later time?

Why not buy it on day one of release with a pre-ordered reservation (and that problem of not knowing if it will still be available on USA retail shelves will be solved). Then buying a XBox 360 would be the last piece of the puzzle needed in order to play it properly. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

kennyrh · Post by **kennyrh** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:19 pm

Ganelon wrote:It's standard with any 360.

Yeah, but I've had mine for two years and I didn't get anything when i signed on back then. Why now ??

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:18 am

It's possible to create 3 additional accounts and get a bonus month on each of them. Additional accounts after that won't apply as it's only 3 accounts per console.

Post by **spadgy** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:26 am

Ha! I just bought a JPN 360 and stick plus RFA and RIII pretty much for thos games, and now there's a hint that a European release might be a reality! Oh well! At least I get the option to get some other shmups...

Anyway, I have a contact at Zoo Digital UK. I don't know him too well, but I'll shoot him an email at Lunch time today...

ex.machina · Post by **ex.machina** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:50 am

spadgy wrote:Ha! I just bought a JPN 360 and stick plus RFA and RIII pretty much for thos games, and now there's a hint that a European release might be a reality! Oh well! At least I get the option to get some other shmups...

Yeah don't worry, there's a bunch of great Japan only games, so I think it's still worth it.

shmups.system11.org

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