Bullet Soul - (STG/5pb/Xbox360)

[hirounder]

5pb's original Xbox360 shooter finally saw the light of day in this weeks Famitsu, looks like Kenji Ito is doing soundtrack for it and Akio Watanabe is doing character design, programming is probably done inhouse (for better or worse ).

[BulletMagnet]

At least they can't steal anyone else's code now (or CAN they...?).

[SFKhoa]

Ragna the Bloodedge a playable character? Not sure if want.

[gs68]

At least they can't steal anyone else's code now (or CAN they...?).

oh god they use the same method name for one method as another game

mihara will sue

[ex.machina]

Not sure if it's really going to be good but I'm all in for original content. Looking forward to more screens.

[TaygetaVendetta]

Hard to tell if you're piloting a ship or a person from the blurry scan, but count me in as interested.

Does the article state if it'll be disc-based or XBLA?

[BIL]

Are those CHOPPAs?!

[ex.machina]

Does the article state if it'll be disc-based or XBLA?

7350 Yen, it's surely disc-based.

[Battlesmurf]

was a release date mentioned somewhere?

[Elixir]

was a release date mentioned somewhere?

Not yet.

[hirounder]

was a release date mentioned somewhere?

Only that is coming this winter.

[emphatic]

It's a vertical shmup! I'm gonna buy this.

[Dave_K.]

Are those CHOPPAs?!

I immediately thought it looked like Stawman as well.

[Udderdude]

As much as I like Kenji Ito, I can't imagine him making a STG soundtrack. And let's face it, 5pb doesn't exactly have much experience making STG. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised. ;P

[Jeneki]

Everyone knows that wearing an eye patch gives you better depth perception and makes flying easier.

There's at least a chance this will be decent, since 5pb have some ports of good shmups fresh in their mind.

[TaygetaVendetta]

There's at least a chance this will be decent, since 5pb have some ports of good shmups fresh in their mind.

Gulti did a good job porting Raiden Fighters Aces and look how their original efforts turned out....

(Granted I enjoyed Strike Witches, but am in a minority on that)

[PsychoGun]

If this is the main 5pb team, they do good ports (Ketsui port, Dai Ou Jou X-Mode). They only have a bad rep because of what the underling team did with the DOJ black label port (that team has been axed anyway). Can't say I've ever played an original game of theirs, I think they have made dating sims up to this point.

The art style looks srt of shikigami, so I'm intruiged.

[ZOM]

It's a vertical shmup! I'm gonna buy this.

[evil_ash_xero]

I have no expectations, but hopefully it'll be a good NEW shmup.

[Kollision]

At last a new company other than Cave/Milestone releasing something.
Quit whining, this is reason enough for celebration.

[PsychoGun]

At last a new company other than Cave/Milestone releasing something.
Quit whining, this is reason enough for celebration.

What about G.Rev?

[evil_ash_xero]

At last a new company other than Cave/Milestone releasing something.
Quit whining, this is reason enough for celebration.

Well, it could suck.

[hamfighterx]

At last a new company other than Cave/Milestone releasing something.
Quit whining, this is reason enough for celebration.

Well, it could suck.

There's a chance it will suck. But if nobody else releases anything, there's a 100% chance we won't get anything new and good.

[Udderdude]

At last a new company other than Cave/Milestone releasing something.
Quit whining, this is reason enough for celebration.

Well, it could suck.

There's a chance it will suck. But if nobody else releases anything, there's a 100% chance we won't get anything new and good.

Yeah, hopefully it won't be gutter trash.

[hamfighterx]

Yeah, hopefully it won't be gutter trash.

Well played, sir. Let's fight like gentlemen.

[EPS21]

It's vertical? And it hasn't had an arcade release? To me its going to have a doujin shooter feel to it. I'll wait for other people's impressions to see if it warrants the full price tag.

[Elixir]

It doesn't have any lolis.

[Chacranajxy]

Yeah, hopefully it won't be gutter trash.

Well played, sir. Let's fight like gentlemen.

You have... no dignity.

[TaygetaVendetta]

It doesn't have any lolis.

X mode for the inevitable 360 port will feature an extra level and supply us with a loli and shota playable characters. Wouldn't be a modern shmup without em!

[apple arcade]

Best case scenario this game turns out to be a complete cave ripoff.