Espgaluda II

[Kiken]

Lovely:
Get both extends on stage 1: 50

I can almost do this.. just coming up a couple a million shy at the moment.

1CC the game w/ all characters *including* beating Shin Seseri: 60

This is not happening.

[Gwyrgyn Blood]

This is not happening.

Seems a lot more doable than Bloody Jitterbug or getting to the Futari Ultra TLB anyway.

Also that score breakdown window is interesting but I wonder what all the numbers mean.

[dmauro]

That's awesome that the screen settings are independent for each game. That was a minor problem with Futari.

[antares]

But it looks like no scanline options this time?

[Momijitsuki]

Wait a second. In Arrange mode, do your shots destroy the blue bullets in normal mode, and the red ones in Kakusei mode?

[Gwyrgyn Blood]

Shots cancel blue bullets and laser cancels red bullets. They turn into gems when you do this.

In Kakusei they just cancel more or less as normal.

[Elixir]

Autobomb? It looks like I won't be playing Arrange too much.

[antares]

Autobomb? It looks like I won't be playing Arrange too much.

Isn't Arrange Yagawa's mode? I thought this would even top the difficulty of the normal game...

[emphatic]

Perhaps using bombs manually gives you a score advantage, as in Futari Arrange?

[yyr]

Just a few more days... watching the videos is making me more excited, although I prefer the overall interface of Futari tbh. Here it looks like there might be load time any time you switch modes (like from Training to Score Attack, etc.) even if you're playing the same version. Maybe I'll be wrong...

I would really appreciate the efforts of anyone kind enough to translate the Achievements, for us poor souls whose "consoles" can only run in English. =) Thanks in advance!

[EPS21]

Perhaps using bombs manually gives you a score advantage, as in Futari Arrange?

Bombs in the normal modes of both galuda 1 and 2 indirectly gave you a score advantage, ala killing the midbosses quickly with them (what the good replay guys seem to do anyways). I wonder if it'll directly be good for score by just cancelling a lot of bullets with them, but I kind of doubt it.

So does the autobomb in arrange activate no matter what mode you're in?

[Gwyrgyn Blood]

He didn't autobomb in the vid so I'm not sure where you guys are getting this autobomb thing from. And bombing is going to be bad anyway seeing as it clears the screen of bullets.

[honorless]

Whoa, in Black Label you actually lose points by utilizing the bullet proximity slowdown while not in Kakusei. Check the PV at about 0:52 - 0:55. Did everybody miss this or am I just a dumbass who missed the post(s) about it?

I want a negative score. PLZ let this be possible.

Anyway, I took a whack at babelfishing/bullshitting the achievement list because I'm dying to know what's on it and nobody's commented on it except GP. For the equally curious, I submit the following...with the caveat that you're probably better off waiting for a proper translation from nZero or somebody.

Arcade/Novice/Xbox 360 modes
悲劇の王子 - Defeat Tsubame (Stage 1 boss)
哀しき軍人- Defeat Madara (Stage 2 mid-boss)
無垢な姫 - Defeat Janome (Stage 3 boss)
哀しき男の末路 - Defeat Asmodeus (Madara's transforming tank-thing.) (Stage 4 boss)
ずっとこの時を待っていた - Defeat Seseri (Stage 5 boss)
未知なる力 - Defeat Gades Galuda (Stage 6 boss)
究極の進化 - Defeat Kujaku (Stage 6 final boss)
まだみぬ未来を - Clear the game with Ageha
羽ばたく蝶 - 1CC the game with Ageha (Novice doesn't count)
想い - Clear the game with Tateha
本当の想い - 1CC the game with Tateha (Novice doesn't count)
結末の願い - Clear the game with Asagi
さよなら - 1CC the game with Asagi (Novice doesn't count)
任務完了 - Clear the game with all characters (Novice mode is OK)

Arrange Mode
聖霊マニア - Change 10 million enemy bullets into gems (over all plays)
聖霊マニア - Change 10 million enemy bullets into gold ingots (over all plays)
勝利 - Clear the game with all characters
完全勝利 - 1CC the game with all characters
吐き出せ！ - (??) Let the enemies shoot 10 million bullets (over all plays)
太っ腹 (??) Go from 0 to 1000 (MAX) gold ingots in one use of Kakusei Over.
はじめての弾消しっ！ - Cancel a bullet.
ランク王 - Raise the rank by one level.
哀しき少女の涙 - (??) Destroy Enraged Seseri with level 5+ rank
見物人- (??) Download an All-Clear replay that is not your own (...seriously??)

Black Label (all achievements can be done on Novice)
ブラック社長 - 1CC the game with all characters
ケンカはやめて - While playing as Seseri, destroy Enraged Seseri.
1000倍発見！ - Get a x1000 multiplier.
赤がお好きですね？ - Stay in Kakusei Zetsu Shikai Over for 1 minute.
手助け無用 - (??) Destroy a boss without using the bullet proximity slowdown.
生めよ増やせよ - Create 500 enemy bullets in Kakusei Zetsu Shikai.
減点王 - (??) Use the bullet proximity slowdown to lose 1 million points on a single run.
加点王 - (??) Use the bullet proximity slowdown in Kakusei Over to gain 1 million points on a single run.
どんだけ1000倍マニア - Obtain an x1000 multiplier and 10000 gold ingots in one play.
絶 is 無敵 of 満タン - Max out the Absolute Invincibility Gauge (on the lower right)
FINISH 1000！ - Kill a boss in Kakusei Zetsu Shikai and get a x1000 multiplier
無茶しやがって - Kill a boss in Kakusei Zetsu Shikai Over and get a x1000 multiplier
金塊万 - Get 10000 gold ingots during one run.

Omake!
○○○のおまけ - 1CC the game with all characters.

Secret Achievements
1面番長 - Get 2 extends in Stage 1.
レッドフォックス - Play in Kakusei Over Level 3 for 5 minutes.
the 15th Anniversary - Collect 15 "L" (1up) items.
待てぬ海路に泉あり - (??) Get 1000 gold ingots and 1000 gems from the two hidden spots in Stage 2.
サディスティック・エリート - While playing as Asagi, destroy 5000 Asagi Clones.
反逆のアルケミスト - While playing as Ageha, transmute 10 million bullets into gold.
どうして、こんなになっちゃったの？ - While playing as Tateha, defeat Enraged Seseri.
ソーマ完全崩壊 - 1CC the game with all characters, fighting Enraged Seseri.
ウェーッハッハッハー - (??) Destroy all the parts of the stage 4 boss, then time him out
気合で避けろ！ - (??) No-miss the Stage 1 boss without using Guard Barrier, Kakusei Shikai, or Kakusei Zetsu Shikai. If playing 2P, both players must do this for the achievement.
毎月30日発売 - Use 30 continues.
ムネタツのようにブラックレーベル - (??) Run into an enemy within 10 seconds of the start of Stage 1

[Fuzzypants]

ムネタツのようにブラックレーベル - (??) Run into an enemy within 10 seconds of the start of Stage 1

that has to be the best one on that list

[Momijitsuki]

サディスティック・エリート - While playing as Asagi, destroy 5000 Asagi Clones.

'Sadistic Elite'. Hahaha.

[Kron]

[speedlolita]

Came.

[GaijinPunch]

That cover is still unforgivable.

[heavy liquid]

Argh! Just got this news from NCSX:

Japanese Customs Computer Bottleneck (JCCB)

UPS Shipment Delay

When shipping "Express" packages from Japan, we tend to hope for quick delivery. Speed is the reason why the going rate for UPS Worldwide Express is what it is compared to a service like EMS which costs about 1/3 less and delivers 3 days later. Yesterday, the following tracking result popped up on all of our UPS shipments from multiple Japanese vendors:

COMPUTER SYSTEM BREAKDOWN-PACKAGE DATA PROCESSING NOT POSSIBLE-NO CONNECTION TO CUSTOMS SYSTEM / DELIVERY RESCHEDULED

Maybe it was an erroneous message so we spoke to a UPS representative and pointed out the error message to him. He'd never seen such a message in his entire life. He sounded like an old dude too. His supervisor who had "seen it all" hadn't seen that message before either. In the two decades that NCS has shipped with UPS, that message has never appeared on any of our packages. Guess it was about time that it did appear and it was great that it happened on the day that some of our biggest shipments of the year were trying to escape from Japan.

We're disappointed. Tonight was supposed to be "Espgaluda II Night NYC." As of right now, it looks more like "Frozen TV Dinner Night 2010." The fare will include greasy Salisbury steak, congealed gravy, and mushy peas. If we're lucky, the dessert brownie will have a rock baked into it.

As of this morning, the shipments are on the way but they're a day late and won't arrive until tomorrow. If there isn't any further botching of shipments, all preorders for Espgaluda II (Regular and Limited Edition) will ship out tomorrow along with preorders for the other new releases including PSP BlazBlue Portable, PSP Kenka Banchou 4, etc.

[Shelcoof]

That cover is still unforgivable.

I love both the LE and the SE covers

[MachineAres 1CC]

The LE cover is so much better. It doesn't look like a bland oil painting.

[speedlolita]

So the LE has the good cover now?

[Special World]

ED: Deleted to not be a douche.

[CptRansom]

I've tried reading through the GD thread, but I'm super-confused with everything. Part of me wants to figure it out; another part of me wants to just go into the game blind and enjoy it that way. It's not like I'm anything close to being skilled enough for a halfway decent score, haha. I'm looking forward to its arrival on my doorstep (*insert tracking comment and/or delay comment here*).

[nZero]

Anyway, I took a whack at babelfishing/bullshitting the achievement list because I'm dying to know what's on it and nobody's commented on it except GP. For the equally curious, I submit the following...with the caveat that you're probably better off waiting for a proper translation from nZero or somebody.

Shucks, most of it looks great to me, mind if I copy the format for my thread? I haven't had much motivation to translate it myself, because honestly I don't understand all of the different game systems involved, and probably won't completely get it until I've got the chance to try them all out.

A couple of notes: it's not just downloading the replay, you also have to achieve a higher level. Also, it's going from full gold (1000) to 0 in one shot, rather than the other way around.

ムネタツのようにブラックレーベル - (??) Run into an enemy within 10 seconds of the start of Stage 1

that has to be the best one on that list

Apparently you can also be shot in the first 10 seconds to unlock the achievement

[honorless]

Shucks, most of it looks great to me, mind if I copy the format for my thread?

Hey, if it helps you I'm glad. Please, use whatever you like.

ED: Also means like 20 more posts like this, hope you guys enjoy it.

...though the thread has been pretty good about this so far today—preemptively linking to two appropriate places for people to make those posts in now

[msm]

I've tried reading through the GD thread, but I'm super-confused with everything. Part of me wants to figure it out; another part of me wants to just go into the game blind and enjoy it that way.

i tried to explain what little i know about it (just the basics, i'm pretty bad at it), unclear if it's helpful, and if you want to go in blind just ignore this:

in normal mode shooting enemies gives you green gems, you need these to go into the first slowdown mode (i don't know what they're called - the one where you tap the button),

in the first slowdown mode killing enemies gives you gold from their bullets (like in espgaluda 1), to go into the second slowdown mode (hold the button) you need both gold and green gems,

in the second slowdown mode when you kill an enemy, it's bullets dissapear briefly then double and head towards you and give you a big score multiplier (or something like that?) - this is where you get all the points, or not in my case.

in both slowdown modes you automatically use some of your bomb/barrier instead of dying, and there's the over modes where the bullets go faster, which happens when you run out of gold/green gems in the slowdown modes.

[Fuzzypants]

ムネタツのようにブラックレーベル - (??) Run into an enemy within 10 seconds of the start of Stage 1

that has to be the best one on that list

Apparently you can also be shot in the first 10 seconds to unlock the achievement

don't feed me lies

[PsikyoPshumpPshooterP]

i havent played esp 2 that much ..and i wasnt too fond of esp 1..is esp2 better than futari? after a few weeks or so, i was kinda bored with futari..

[8 1/2]

i havent played esp 2 that much ..and i wasnt too fond of esp 1..is esp2 better than futari? after a few weeks or so, i was kinda bored with futari..