Xbox 360 Shooting Festa (Japan)

[hirounder]

Guwange XBLA and Deathsmiles 2...predictable

[Domino]

Meh, I don't like Cave shmups in general but damn I would take Guwange over loli flying girls anyday.

[hirounder]

So for Deathsmiles 2X

- 2 new bosses
- 7 stages
- Rosa and Follet playable
- arrange mode (different boss patterns etc.)
- graphical upgrade (16:9)
- difficulty selection
- limited ed. with remix soundtrack
- DLC with arranged BGM for those who reserve
- release date 27th of May

[xris]

Awesome. Thank you, hirounder, for the on site reports.
So, Guwange for xbla. Cool, the game looks neat, I'll take it. A big year for shmups. Where's Capcom? They usually step up when it's nichecore.

[Phellan Wolf]

Fuck Cave, where is a Daifukatsu port, or Ibara Kuro or Muchi Muchi???? No, we get instead that fucking shit called DS2.
For those who've been ther what can ou tell about both ketsui and Guwange ports?

[Elixir]

Who are the foreigners? People from here I assume?

Fuck Cave, where is a Daifukatsu port, or Ibara Kuro or Muchi Muchi???? No, we get instead that fucking shit called DS2.
For those who've been ther what can ou tell about both ketsui and Guwange ports?

Pretty funny considering you haven't even played DS2. The 3D is bad, but it could still be fun. And look at the bright side: it comes out in May, getting it off the list. Cave's games aren't endless, if they want to keep up this trend, I'm sure MMP and others will come.

[everlust]

Thanks for the information guys, though Guwange Special Blue version?

Anything on that or am i just lost with the times?

[Phellan Wolf]

Fuck Cave, where is a Daifukatsu port, or Ibara Kuro or Muchi Muchi???? No, we get instead that fucking shit called DS2.
For those who've been ther what can ou tell about both ketsui and Guwange ports?

Pretty funny considering you haven't even played DS2. The 3D is bad, but it could still be fun. And look at the bright side: it comes out in May, getting it off the list. Cave's games aren't endless, if they want to keep up this trend, I'm sure MMP and others will come.

No I haven't played it but I'd take Ibara or Muchi Muchi over DS2.
Now I what I really hope it is that 5pb has really learned the lesson with Daiojou and the new shooter they're making turns out to be not a buggy one.

[AcidBath86]

I'll be honest and say I missed out on Guwange, so the news makes me look forward to finally trying it out.

[krokodil_final]

Fuck Cave, where is a Daifukatsu port, or Ibara Kuro or Muchi Muchi???? No, we get instead that fucking shit called DS2.
For those who've been ther what can ou tell about both ketsui and Guwange ports?

Pretty funny considering you haven't even played DS2. The 3D is bad, but it could still be fun. And look at the bright side: it comes out in May, getting it off the list. Cave's games aren't endless, if they want to keep up this trend, I'm sure MMP and others will come.

No I haven't played it but I'd take Ibara or Muchi Muchi over DS2.
Now I what I really hope it is that 5pb has really learned the lesson with Daiojou and the new shooter they're making turns out to be not a buggy one.

But he's right. MMP, DFK and Pink Sweets will come some day.

[Phellan Wolf]

But he's right. MMP, DFK and Pink Sweets will come some day.

I am not saying he's not right, but is just that this piss me off because DS 2 is really new, while the others have been in the arcades for a few years and I was expecting to get them before this one.
But I guess I can't blame them because it is mch easier to port a 3D shooting game that a 2D one.
Anyway we can be happy because we are getting more Cave love.

Now has anybody tried the ketsui port?

[evil_ash_xero]

Anyone seen how good Guwange looks? I'm a little concerned about how it's going to look upscaled. Hopefully they won't add any fugly filters. Looks nice in the screenshots, but they are small.

And not to sound like a broken record....but they just had to put the little girl's face front and center and way bigger than the guy's. Why are the Japanese so obsessed with cute girls in their shmups nowadays?

[krokodil_final]

i like cute girls too :/

[DC906270]

dont know why people voted for guwange when its already playable on mame muchi muchi pork wouldve been better.

[gatsu25]

What do you guys think of that new Hori RAP Premium stick? It looks mighty nice. I really like how you can customize/store/cover your buttons with ease. Price is pretty steep at 30000 yen. Do you think this will be the best? I would hate to drop that kind of cash and them put out a premium ultra version.

I like how my xbox stick is usb so I can often use it with my computer. How easy would it be to use this stick on other consoles?

[Jockel]

dont know why people voted for guwange when its already playable on mame muchi muchi pork wouldve been better.

my thoughts exactly.

[Plasmo]

available on mame is not a port.
People voted for Dodonpachi (third place) and we already have two ports. That's what strikes me.

[DC906270]

available on mame is not a port.

i agree, its superior for the shmup pcb purists. but you dont get training mode etc, which is a downside for non-experts.

[emphatic]

but you dont get training mode etc, which is a downside for non-experts.

Exactly. See also "pause button".

[xris]

I looked at alot more screenshots for Guwange. I really like the look of it, like a feudal horror theme.
Turns out, I have that Guwange folding fan. I though it was just some ukiyo-e print.

[honorless]

What do you guys think of that new Hori RAP Premium stick?

Looks top tier—but I can't afford it, it's ridiculously huge, and aesthetically speaking I say the HRAP EX-SE has it beat.

Hori finally got off their asses and made a common ground PCB, so modding for multiple consoles should be much easier.

IMO, they only stepped up with the VLX because MadCatz one-upped them with the TE. I don't see MadCatz trying to outdo this ($300+ is not a viable price in the US) so I don't think Hori's going to continue improving upon it.

[krokodil_final]

I don't like how the stick looks. :/

[Phellan Wolf]

I don't like how the stick looks. :/

It is really huge, but quality has a price. If now it has a 30000 yen price (just like the Virtual On one) later it will be hhiger since I really doubt that Hori is going to make thousands of this.
Anyway, those who've tried the Ketsui port, how is it?? What I have read is that the display options are really scarce (only 3 possible setups), and that it looks horribel but I am more interested in the core gameplay than anything else because we've always have the option to use XRGB.So how does it play?

[MachineAres 1CC]

Holy shit on both of these. This year just keeps getting better and better.

[adversity1]

Andrisang write-up on the whole thing is up in two parts looks like.

Stage report:

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/0 ... playtests/

Hands-on report:

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/0 ... playtests/

[nZero]

Damn, I was kind of hoping they'd give an idea as to what's going on with Raystorm HD there.

[ncp]

but you dont get training mode etc, which is a downside for non-experts.

Exactly. See also "pause button".

Huh, you can pause mame...

And I guess you could save-state for level training, too.

[originalz]

Who are the foreigners? People from here I assume?

Yup

Deathsmiles 2X played much better than the arcade game! The added CG is kind of weak, but I didn't really get the "incomplete" feel that the arcade version had when playing the 360 port. Playing the game on rank 3 actually makes it more enjoyable now! This might be a game to watch.

[AraraSPAMWitch]

And not to sound like a broken record....but they just had to put the little girl's face front and center and way bigger than the guy's. Why are the Japanese so obsessed with cute girls in their shmups nowadays?

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Nah, I feel ya bro. When I was in kindergarten, I was gang-raped by a pack of 4th grade girls, ever since I've had a deep aversion to the female form.

[evil_ash_xero]

And not to sound like a broken record....but they just had to put the little girl's face front and center and way bigger than the guy's. Why are the Japanese so obsessed with cute girls in their shmups nowadays?

wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Nah, I feel ya bro. When I was in kindergarten, I was gang-raped by a pack of 4th grade girls, ever since I've had a deep aversion to the female form.

Well, I doubt at 4th grade they had much of a 'form'. You can recover!

Sex appeal, Otaku style: