UFO Interactive Interview - localization & shmup questions

[darthjones]

otakuxgamer did an interview with a producer at UFO. It looks like most of the shoot-em-up questions are towards the end. There's some stuff about Raiden IV, Ultimate Shooting Collection, and Arcade Shooter: Illvelo...

http://oxg.me/ufo

[PC Engine Fan X!]

That was an interesting and informative read about both Raiden III and Raiden IV ports for the PS2/PS3 consoles. Makes me wonder if UFO wants to release any of the DDP-DFK 1.5 and/or DDP-DFK BL ports for the USA region 360 console. They'd definitely score big time if they were to successfully pull it off (considering that Aksys Games doesn't want to port anymore Cave titles for the USA 360 marketbase after their experiment with the NA-Deathsmiles port).

Given that Atlus USA only distributed just the original Donpachi PCB conversion kits stateside back in 1994-1995, the Donpachi franchise is well-known in the USA. Now if they had distributed DDP PCB conversion kits (complete with full-sized marquee just like with the USA region DP PCB kits) for the USA arcade market, I'm sure it would've done quite well.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[MathU]

I really wish they would elaborate on why Illvelo didn't work out. They really owe it to us to localize Milestone Shooting Collection 2.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

They probably thought that the low sale numbers would occur and couldn't justify publishing it. That seems to be a possible theory with the cancelled Illvelo shmup. They still do have to take profit margins into consideration, considering that they're a business after all.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Deca]

Still infuriated about Illvelo

Also I find it interesting that they go on and on about why shooters are worth full price and all that and refuse to acknowledge that Raiden 4 should have been priced lower in the US, but turned around and released Milestone Shooting Collection at a budget price and were about to sell Illvelo for practically nothing as well.