Upcoming Cave arcade title (Akai Katana)

[Macaw]

Oh there was already a new thread. I need to go groom my feathers.

[Subterranean Sun]

Not sure if these girls are young enough to be call lolis

[AraraSPAMWitch]

here's a fun game, search for all posts with the word "loli"

you get 647 results

oops, make it 648 now

[evil_ash_xero]

The ongoing battle of those obsessed with lolis, those obsessed with hating lolis, and those obsessed with hating those who hate lolis.

[sven666]

gotta love the grunts in the teaser when the kids are chewing on their genetalia (seriously, what else could be causing it?).

"AAAGHHGHGHGHGHGGGAAGAGAGGAGAGHHHHNNNN!!!!"

classy stuff..

[evil_ash_xero]

gotta love the grunts in the teaser when the kids are chewing on their genetalia (seriously, what else could be causing it?).

"AAAGHHGHGHGHGHGGGAAGAGAGGAGAGHHHHNNNN!!!!"

classy stuff..

I thought perhaps they were fisting each other.

[Warp_Rattler]

Recent shooters could stand to have more fisting in them.

[Domino]

I can't see the video because it said it's private.

[the2bears]

I can't see the video because it said it's private.

Same here... wtf is with that?

Bill

[moozooh]

Use this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vva6wbHSVxc

That one was probably miscopypasted.

[GaijinPunch]

Recent shooters could stand to have more fisting in them.

Just like the Obamas.

[lgb]

Not sure if these girls are young enough to be call lolis

every single loli in a 'proper' 'fantasy' setting ever

"No, really, I'm thousands of years old. Do what you will."

[Warp_Rattler]

Recent shooters could stand to have more fisting in them.

Just like the Obamas.

Honestly, there's a great many things that could probably be improved in this fashion.

[Jockel]

FISTFUCKFESTIVAL!!!111

[TLB]

dear shmups forum members

u guys are morons

sincerely,
arara

wy r we morans????

we dinneven get 2 c the gamplay futa ge yet!!!!!!1!!

THE GAMEPLAYS!!!!!

[greg]

I'm no expert on Japanese swords, but AFAIK, the swords depicted on the website worn by the characters are tachi, not katana. Katana are worn with the concave curve side up and are drawn to slash downwards, not upwards as the swords shown are. Am I wrong?

[NTSC-J]

I sure hope somebody got fired for that blunder!

Looks promising and I will be sure to check it out on Friday. Been a while since we got a non-sequel from Cave.

[Chi_Ryu]

I'm no expert on Japanese swords, but AFAIK, the swords depicted on the website worn by the characters are tachi, not katana. Katana are worn with the concave curve side up and are drawn to slash downwards, not upwards as the swords shown are. Am I wrong?

Strictly speaking, "katana" (= 刀 - which can also be read as "tou") is a generic word for "single edged sword" as well - and not even a Japanese sword, at that (that would more properly be a 日本刀). It's interesting to note that the Japanese Wikipedia page does not contain any entry for "katana" in the list of swords "classified by shape" (the closest you get is the "uchigatana").

But since you asked, it doesn't *look* like a tachi to me (despite it being worn blade down) - the blade curvature is only shallow, and it has handle wrapping (tsuka-ito), which is unusual for a tachi. But hey, who knows?

[TLB]

I'm no expert on Japanese swords, but AFAIK, the swords depicted on the website worn by the characters are tachi, not katana. Katana are worn with the concave curve side up and are drawn to slash downwards, not upwards as the swords shown are. Am I wrong?

Strictly speaking, "katana" (= 刀 - which can also be read as "tou") is a generic word for "single edged sword" as well - and not even a Japanese sword, at that (that would more properly be a 日本刀). It's interesting to note that the Japanese Wikipedia page does not contain any entry for "katana" in the list of swords "classified by shape" (the closest you get is the "uchigatana").

But since you asked, it doesn't *look* like a tachi to me (despite it being worn blade down) - the blade curvature is only shallow, and it has handle wrapping (tsuka-ito), which is unusual for a tachi. But hey, who knows?

school'd 'n shit.

Thanks for the awesome lesson on Japanese language and destructive instrument, Chi_Ryu ^_~

[Phellan Wolf]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for a 2D game and not a 3D one. Please Cave don't use the same hardware as DS II.

[moozooh]

I hope you're not suggesting them go back to SH3, because that dinosaur has made a good portion of their recent games grind to a halt, and using anything less powerful than their DS2 hardware would be a crime against themselves.

[Phellan Wolf]

I hope you're not suggesting them go back to SH3, because that dinosaur has made a good portion of their recent games grind to a halt, and using anything less powerful than their DS2 hardware would be a crime against themselves.

I am just saying that i don't want another graphical atrocity like DS II arcade version, that is all. While there are a lot of shooting games in 3D with great art IMO DS II is just horrible (I am not talking about gameplay just graphics and art).

[moozooh]

But… hardware has virtually nothing to do with it!

[bcass]

Indeed. Just take a look at the beautiful graphics in Ikaruga. Some of the best 3D graphics seen in any shmup, created on hardware several generations behind what Cave made DSII on. But yeah, you could just as easily do 2D on that hardware as you could 3D. Cave are responsible for the average graphics in arcade DSII, not the hardware.

[Cuilan]

Cave are responsible for the average graphics in arcade DSII, not the hardware.

Eh...I'd say the hardware is at least partially responsible.

[bcass]

Did you not actually read what I posted? It's possible to get great looking 3D graphics from much more primitive hardware. If DSII looks worse than a 3D shmup released almost 10 years ago on much more primitive hardware, then that's the fault of the developer, not the hardware.

[Cuilan]

Did you not actually read what I posted? It's possible to get great looking 3D graphics from much more primitive hardware. If DSII looks worse than a 3D shmup released almost 10 years ago on much more primitive hardware, then that's the fault of the developer, not the hardware.

Oh, I did read it. I posted my reasoning earlier in the thread : http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 08#p591308

[bcass]

Given that the hardware was new (to Cave) it wouldn't be difficult to imagine that they wouldn't be able to make the hardware sing on their first attempt.

[Strider77]

I hope you're not suggesting them go back to SH3, because that dinosaur has made a good portion of their recent games grind to a halt

A large portion of their best games are on that hardware though, and if they aren't.... their on OLDER hardware. That new hardware isn't strong enough to do 3D that trumps the SH3. That or they are awful with it right now.

If they can pull off Ikaruga or G5 level visuals on it that's a diff story.

[kernow]

That new hardware isn't strong enough to do 3D that trumps the SH3.

What?