Mushihimesama bowling.. (and puzzle)

Post by **system11** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:44 pm

In case nobody had seen this yet:

http://www.cave.co.jp/amvisual/newgame/game.html

What next? Mushihimemariokart with racing beetles?

EDIT - I only saw the flash link directly to begin with - the page seems to be for the Mushi puzzle game. I'm told it's called "Puzzle Mushihimetama".

Post by **Icarus** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:43 pm

I've heard the new puzzler called Mushihimetama, and Mushipokosama, not sure which is correct...

And MushihimeKart? I wouldn't say that to a Cave employee, might give them ideas

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:33 am

Brilliant Cave. Don't focus on developing new shmups or porting any of your old one's or nothin'.

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:55 am

dave4shmups wrote:Brilliant Cave. Don't focus on developing new shmups or porting any of your old one's or nothin'.

Gotta make money first Dave, before they can make games

sethsez · Post by **sethsez** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:02 am

dave4shmups wrote:Brilliant Cave. Don't focus on developing new shmups or porting any of your old one's or nothin'.

Yeah, because it's been forever since they've made any.

roushimsx · Post by **roushimsx** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:05 am

I want a new snowboarding game with shmup pilots as playable characters or a new racing game with dodonpachi ships as unlockable cars

sethsez · Post by **sethsez** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:16 am

I want a fighting game with the cast from ESPRa.Da, ESPGaluda, Mushihimesama and Guwange.

And the Daytona car, because the Daytona car makes every fighting game better.

roushimsx · Post by **roushimsx** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:16 am

sethsez wrote:And the Daytona car, because the Daytona car makes every fighting game better.

Quoted for truth

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 8:51 am

bloodflowers wrote:What next? Mushihimemariokart with racing beetles?

I'd play that.

sethsez wrote:I want a fighting game with the cast from ESPRa.Da, ESPGaluda, Mushihimesama and Guwange.

And that one too.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:27 am

It's Mushihime-tama. For the Location Test, it was Mushipoko-sama. They then released the real title some weeks later. I made mention of it in a couple of months ago in the "Cave's next game" thread somewhere in the bowels of this here forum. Mihara even babbled about it about, saying "I called it" or something to that effect.

Brilliant Cave. Don't focus on developing new shmups or porting any of your old one's or nothin'.

Dave... don't become one of those "I know what's best for every company" posters. It is, perhaps, the most annoying thing on the internet next to those dickhead e77t morons. There's a lot more to a business than making solid games, unfortunately.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 5:01 pm

sethsez wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:Brilliant Cave. Don't focus on developing new shmups or porting any of your old one's or nothin'.
Yeah, because it's been forever since they've made any.

That's not the point, which is that this could signal Cave's dissapearance as a shmup developer. Rember Compile, when they decided to stop making more great shmups, and flooded the world with Puyo-Puyo games instead.

And Gajin, I never said or implied that I know what's best for every gaming company, merely that Cave's venture into non-shmups may very well become permanent, as did Compile's. And speaking of what's good business, look what happened to Compile-they're not even around anymore.

And these new games they've come out with aren't even that enjoyable, IMO. At least Konami was able to make a great platformer out of their Twinbee shmup series.

Post by **Icarus** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:31 pm

dave4shmups wrote:That's not the point, which is that this could signal Cave's dissapearance as a shmup developer. Rember Compile, when they decided to stop making more great shmups, and flooded the world with Puyo-Puyo games instead.

I think thats a worst-case scenario, or you're being a bit too pessimistic

Cave would never forget their roots, being ex-Toaplan and all. If anything, Mushihime-tama is a nice little way of making a bit of cash to fuel their next big projects.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:17 pm

Icarus wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:That's not the point, which is that this could signal Cave's dissapearance as a shmup developer. Rember Compile, when they decided to stop making more great shmups, and flooded the world with Puyo-Puyo games instead.
I think thats a worst-case scenario, or you're being a bit too pessimistic Cave would never forget their roots, being ex-Toaplan and all. If anything, Mushihime-tama is a nice little way of making a bit of cash to fuel their next big projects.

Yeah, I think you're right Icarus; it would be pretty hard to imagine Cave not developing shmups anymore! I had forgotten about those next projects

, and if they need these games to help fund them, then more power to 'em!

Post by **system11** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:53 am

Maybe they just feel like a change.

I liked Uo Poko (their last one), hopefully as with most puzzle games - this is one PCB that will be affordable, pretty quickly.

Post by **Icarus** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:12 am

bloodflowers wrote:I liked Uo Poko (their last one), hopefully as with most puzzle games - this is one PCB that will be affordable, pretty quickly.

I'm curious to know whether they've made a few modifications to the Uo Poko engine, or whether they've just switched out the Poko Cat for Reko, and kept the same gameplay. Either way, the game could be quite fun. Uo Poko was pretty addictive

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:41 am

I'm looking forward to it. I like puzzle games until I get too frustrated.

And I won't comment on the "this could be their exit from shooters" just b/c they make one non-shooting game. That's not even speculation -- it's doomsday conspiracy theory.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:16 am

bloodflowers wrote:Maybe they just feel like a change.

I liked Uo Poko (their last one), hopefully as with most puzzle games - this is one PCB that will be affordable, pretty quickly.

I loved Uo Poko. They never stop making shooters, so this has to be a very nice break for the developers. Hell, maybe it'll be a Twinkle Star Sprites-like puzzle shooter.

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:56 am

Icarus wrote: I'm curious to know whether they've made a few modifications to the Uo Poko engine, or whether they've just switched out the Poko Cat for Reko, and kept the same gameplay. Either way, the game could be quite fun. Uo Poko was pretty addictive

From the looks of the loketest videos, Cave did the latter.

Pda · Post by **Pda** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:05 pm

So anyone eventually tried out Mushihime tama?Seems there are only a few persons(or nobody?)who actually played this for real.

Excellent.com is having the brand new kit at 400 bucks right now...

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:12 pm

Pda wrote:So anyone eventually tried out Mushihime tama?Seems there are only a few persons(or nobody?)who actually played this for real.

Excellent.com is having the brand new kit at 400 bucks right now...

Its basically a re-release of Cave's 1998 "Uo Poko" but with mushi sprites/graphics. Still doesn't even seem worth $400 IMHO, I'm sure it will continue to fall in value.

Pda · Post by **Pda** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:23 pm

Good to know.Thanks!

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:23 pm

When I talked to Eight One about it awhile ago, he said it had "boss battles". Also, instead of clearing the field of orbs like Uo Poko, you only have to release a trapped beetle.

I am with Dave on this one...the price should keep falling until it is dirt cheap for a new kit (just like Uo Poko)

Post by **system11** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:57 pm

I got this yesterday - brilliant game

Not /quite/ the same as Uo Poko, in that you're not trying to clear all the orbs - but release the bugs trapped somewhere under them. The tank fills up with water very much more quickly too.

It also proved to be an instant hit with my girlfriend.

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