HOLY SNIT ESPGALUDA 2 OFFICIAL

ThirdStrike · Post by **ThirdStrike** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:23 pm

Check this out people ESPGALUDA 2 is being shown next month

Direct link to site:

http://www.cave.co.jp/amvisual/espgaluda2/index.html

DIRECT LINK TO THE FLYER:

http://www.mak-jp.com/images/es.jpg

Illustration:

http://www.mak-jp.com/images/es2.jpg

I will go nuts now!!!

Story translated:

Three years ago, there was a war which is called the great war. Unless the plants grow even, even in the ground which was said it reached the point where green grows thick, the people to put out power in order to live, it had persevered in order to make the country revive, but..., the foolish people whom it tries probably to follow after Galuda were, as for name of the country of the... those people Galuda In the past until it does not reach to the technology of Shinra, is the country which has run the country and the name which had considerable power. After the Shinra collapsing, the saintly spirit system revives again at this area with the hand of the research workers who investigated the area on the strictly confidential reverse side. This < Armored feather > The power which it exceeds it has < Shine feather > If joins to the technology of the troop, it is possible to designate the experimental body as true Garuda,! "As for us the true saintly spirit system which exceeds the saintly spirit system was made to revive," "Shinra collapsed! As for next Souma controls this area. "" As for the end road of the person who the tooth faces in our country! Death! Is! There is no enemy in our country! "

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:39 pm

...must...find...reason...to...care.

Come on Cave. A sequel to a psuedo-sequel?

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:42 pm

Galuda=Meh

Kron · Post by **Kron** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:49 pm

When the companies within a niche genre can't be bothered to come up with new IP's then you know the market is dead on its feet.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:49 pm

Such a delightful reaction.

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:55 pm

Nice

couldn't think of another name though?

U K Narayan · Post by **U K Narayan** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:59 pm

WHO CARES!? Espgaluda I is awesome, a sequel to this just kicks all kinds of ass!

hizzle · Post by **hizzle** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:02 pm

Well, I for one am happy about this. I loved Espgaluda, and as long as the system stays just as fun, I can definitally deal with more of the same.

ThirdStrike · Post by **ThirdStrike** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:02 pm

I did not see anyone bitch when a New Dodonpachi game was announced.

I for one love Espgaluda and welcome any sequel Cave throws at us.

I am sure they will release another ORIGINAL game soon.

visuatrox · Post by **visuatrox** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:02 pm

Espgaluda deserves a sequel, really looking forward to this.. and this is not the first game cave games get sequels either, remember donpachi, just because they make a sequel does not mean it is the downfall of Cave

uwfan · Post by **uwfan** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:03 pm

Im very happy.

For all the cave haters: the last 3 games before this [ketsui, mushihime, Ibara] have all been originals.

Cave sequels own anyway, so its irrelevant.

RoninBuddha · Post by **RoninBuddha** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:06 pm

hmmm

i would have loved more somthing in the lines of an ESP.Ra.De sequel... oh well...

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:11 pm

While Galuda is a classic in its own right I consider it the weakest of Cave's games. It's too easy when playing for survival and too slow when playing for score. It just lacks that intensity that has me coming to after a good game with a crick in my neck because I've been sitting so still for so long. I'm glad to see Cave putting out new stuff, but unless the system is advanced, I think my interest may be hovering around where it would be for Shikigami 3...

uwfan · Post by **uwfan** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:13 pm

8 1/2 wrote:While Galuda is a classic in its own right I consider it the weakest of Cave's games.

i repsect your opinion because i know how much you love shmups and how long you have been on these boards.
But you have to remember many people consider Galuda one of their absolute favorite cave games, myself included.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:21 pm

8 1/2 wrote:...must...find...reason...to...care.

Come on Cave. A sequel to a psuedo-sequel?

Yeah, that was kinda my thought too. In terms of character and art, Mushhime was fresher than this. After Mushi and Ibara I was kind of anticipating that they would create yet another new property.

But maybe just maybe, since Mihara is such a Galuda fan maybe he will try to get a home port and Arika will be back with Cave?

Anyways, I don't even own an ESPRaDe PCB yet.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:26 pm

I am not too impressed by the art either, but we've only seen one poster so far...

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:31 pm

Well, I'd be a little more excited if they'd gone back to the futuristic cyber city theme of the first. At least alternate a bit.

Naiera · Post by **Naiera** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:53 pm

Cave announces a new game that's not a mobile phone game or a puzzler, and we get this bitching and whining? What the hell?

I'm happy. Although we knew it was coming.

I'll start getting really excited when a PS2 port that is to be done by Arika is announced. ESPGaluda is probably my favourite Cave game (stiff competition from ESP RA.DE.), so naturally I won't join those who complain.

And no, Galuda was never a pseudo sequel or anything. It was always a PREQUEL.

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:01 pm

i personally liked Galuda more than DDP.

yeah. i went there.

FMK · Post by **FMK** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:11 pm

The credited illustrator, Masaki Hirooka, drew some Duel Masters cards. http://find-ccg.com/Find/ByGame/Duel_Ma ... rooka.html

I'm a beginner in japanese, but seems that it's written that girl holding a book is called Asagi, and that she is the third Galuda. For the rest I have no idea, obviously.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:24 pm

This is great news, but we all sorta already knew this was coming from Cave's financial report posted here a few weeks back. ESPGaluda is my fave Cave game, and my second favorite shmup ever (behind ikaruga), so I can't wait! I just hope there's a home port, but I'm pretty sure there will be one. Maybe it will be for the PS3 or the X360 though, depending on what hardware the arcade game runs on.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:25 pm

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP wrote:Galuda=Meh

Atomiswave=Meh.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:32 pm

twe wrote:Maybe it will be for the PS3 or the X360 though, depending on what hardware the arcade game runs on.

Well, if the Xbox and GC can't output low enough resolutions for Cave's shooters, I don't see how this game could ever be ported to PS3 or 360.

And it will probably run on the same hardware as Mushi and Ibara. So if it ever gets ported it will almost certainly have to be PS2 again (there's also the size of the installed user base to consider).

Right?

visuatrox · Post by **visuatrox** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:34 pm

8 1/2 wrote:While Galuda is a classic in its own right I consider it the weakest of Cave's games. It's too easy when playing for survival and too slow when playing for score.

How about playing in Arrange, my favourite mode on the PS2 port

Dewclaw · Post by **Dewclaw** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:38 pm

Well, I'm not thrilled about the drawing style on the poster but I really like the soft coloring, very...galuda.

As for the game I'm kind of indifferent, didn't care much for the first one and the soundtrack was way too obtrusive(Fort City-Arrange version is AWESOME though)

mice · Post by **mice** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:49 pm

Nice!
But it should be Guwanges turn to get sequeled...

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:55 pm

I'd like to see this every time I visit this thread.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:59 pm

Y'know the peeps in this forum crack me up! Cave annonce that we're going to get ANOTHER shooter, basically a long dead and forgotten genre that we love, and we do nothing but bitch and moan about it. Sure a handful of developers still make the odd shooter, but don't kid yourselves, it a dying genre.
We deride the fact that it isn't an original IP. Hell sadly we have people here mumping about the bloody art work.
What the Hell happened to these forums? Used to be a time when a new shooter was greeted with enthuisim. Used to be a time when a new shooter by Cave was greeted with RABID enthuisism.
Sad as FUCK!

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:05 pm

A new Cave release?!

Can I get a fucking AMEN!!

B-

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:05 pm

It's not a dying genre, man. You'll see...