Preorder KETSUI DVD SET and Viper Phase 1 DVD SET now!

umi · Post by **umi** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:24 pm

Both of these are up for preorder from Cocoebiz (bless her petite little Japanese soul...). Sweet deals too, as they both come with a CD (2 in the case of VP1)! I just spent around $350 US, on these two and the Legend of game music #2 platinum set :P Oh well, it's been a while since anything shmuppy was released (but there's some great old school game music that is up for preorder, like bomberman and gunstar heroes music collections... l33t).

KETSUI DVD/CD set (you KNOW you want it...)

Viper Phase 1 DVD/CD set

Pre-order now... saves you begging later (unless you're into that).

Trevor spencer · Post by **Trevor spencer** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:06 pm

placing order now for ketsui

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:10 pm

Oh, it has been so long my Viper...

... oh how i wish i owned joo...

Post by **Icarus** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:27 pm

Preordered both. Thanks for the heads up ^_^

Kiel · Post by **Kiel** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:29 pm

Damn that expensive.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:05 pm

i know, i want to see ketsui, but i can't throw $80 for a replay dvd. also, are the replays presented in tate?

parodius · Post by **parodius** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:19 pm

Usually INH DVDs don't include tate.

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:44 pm

There are some Ketsui replays if you just want to see the game.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:22 pm

^ i don't recall seeing any around, but links would be very nice. thanks.

japtor · Post by **japtor** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:34 pm

some right on the site of the people putting out the dvd:
http://www.inhgroup.com/item/ketsui/

sample01 is 2-1, 02 is 2-3. the special 2nd loop of course.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:40 pm

yeah i forgot about those. hot damn does this game look fun!

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:56 am

Well Icarus had the torrent for the full replay up on his site.

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:01 am

screw ketsui.. VIPER PHASE 1 ! !@#!

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:15 am

Valgar wrote:Well Icarus had the torrent for the full replay up on his site.

well any internet access i have is on school computers, and frankly, even if there isn't much to it, i have no idea how any of that shtuff works

whitey · Post by **whitey** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:42 am

put my pre-order in

Post by **Dave_K.** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 6:43 am

whitey wrote:put my pre-order in

I thought you didn't like Ketsui?

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 7:19 am

You didn't really say why we should pre order these...

Ketsui's too expensive and I'm not into viper phase.

There's replays of these you can get for legally free, too. Ketsui at least.

chtimi-CLA · Post by **chtimi-CLA** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 7:22 am

Valgar wrote:Well Icarus had the torrent for the full replay up on his site.

the ikimachi 2-ALL replay? the video plays strangely on my pc, the sound is at normal speed but the image is at half speed.

Nei First · Post by **Nei First** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:43 am

If there is even.... Just a thread of hope.... That circumstances change, and Mihara re-considers a Ketsui port to the PS2. I'd probably be satisfied, even if no other cave game got a PS2 release.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:49 pm

Neon wrote:You didn't really say why we should pre order these...

Ketsui's too expensive and I'm not into viper phase.

There's replays of these you can get for legally free, too. Ketsui at least.

The DVD sets also include an OST CD as well as an artbook/play guide. For some folks, that's plenty.

As for the price-point of the DVDs... Japanese DVDs normally sell for around the $50 mark, so $80 for a DVD/CD/Book combo really isn't a surprise.

Nei First wrote: If there is even.... Just a thread of hope.... That circumstances change, and Mihara re-considers a Ketsui port to the PS2. I'd probably be satisfied, even if no other cave game got a PS2 release.

I think we have more chance of seeing Ibara get ported to PS2 than Ketsui. Mihara seems to be transfixed over including this special practice mode with Ketsui that the PS2 just can't handle.

PooshhMao · Post by **PooshhMao** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:53 pm

You spent HOW MUCH for a disc of AVI's

Nei First · Post by **Nei First** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:14 pm

Kiken wrote:
Nei First wrote: If there is even.... Just a thread of hope.... That circumstances change, and Mihara re-considers a Ketsui port to the PS2. I'd probably be satisfied, even if no other cave game got a PS2 release.
I think we have more chance of seeing Ibara get ported to PS2 than Ketsui. Mihara seems to be transfixed over including this special practice mode with Ketsui that the PS2 just can't handle.

Damn it!!
Ketsui's one of the best games from Cave for sure.

Trevor spencer · Post by **Trevor spencer** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:23 pm

I think ketsui is deffinitly one of caves best , very hard but very rewarding , also excellent music and a nice easy score system

i think $80.00 is worth it because of the extra book and OST

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:44 pm

PooshhMao wrote:You spent HOW MUCH for a disc of AVI's

Nothing.

He spent the money on several discs that contain MPEG2s.

Nei First · Post by **Nei First** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:00 pm

Oh this is just sooo unlucky!

I don't wanna sound like a little kid crying for a new toy, but man.... Ketsui is just the one. The PS2 would own for sure with this game added to the list. Even a straight arcade port with no extras will do me just fine.

I can't think of any other arcade ports, that I'd look forward to more than Ketsui...... Maybe Progear, though I haven't played it yet so I wouldn't know, but that's it.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:09 pm

Nei First wrote:Oh this is just sooo unlucky!

I don't wanna sound like a little kid crying for a new toy, but man.... Ketsui is just the one. The PS2 would own for sure with this game added to the list. Even a straight arcade port with no extras will do me just fine.

I can't think of any other arcade ports, that I'd look forward to more than Ketsui...... Maybe Progear, though I haven't played it yet so I wouldn't know, but that's it.

The problem is, you're one of a handful who feel that a straight port (no bells & whistles) would be perfect. Most people (including many of the members here) look for additional content on a home-port. Mihara himself stated he (read: Arika) could port the game over straight to the PS2 but that it wouldn't sell since most gamers wouldn't bother (they could avoid dropping 6000+ Yen on a less-than-perfect homeport and just continue to walk down the block to a local arcade).

When it comes to gaijin-gamers, I think only the real small dev-cos take importing into account (Fujino of Triangle Service seemed very happy that there was international interest in the Japanese DC release of Trizeal). Therefore I doubt Cave or Arika are thinking of anything other than the local market when they consider releasing a home-port.

Nei First · Post by **Nei First** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:19 pm

Kiken wrote:
Nei First wrote:Oh this is just sooo unlucky!

I don't wanna sound like a little kid crying for a new toy, but man.... Ketsui is just the one. The PS2 would own for sure with this game added to the list. Even a straight arcade port with no extras will do me just fine.

I can't think of any other arcade ports, that I'd look forward to more than Ketsui...... Maybe Progear, though I haven't played it yet so I wouldn't know, but that's it.
The problem is, you're one of a handful who feel that a straight port (no bells & whistles) would be perfect. Most people (including many of the members here) look for additional content on a home-port. Mihara himself stated he (read: Arika) could port the game over straight to the PS2 but that it wouldn't sell since most gamers wouldn't bother (they could avoid dropping 6000+ Yen on a less-than-perfect homeport and just continue to walk down the block to a local arcade).

When it comes to gaijin-gamers, I think only the real small dev-cos take importing into account (Fujino of Triangle Service seemed very happy that there was international interest in the Japanese DC release of Trizeal). Therefore I doubt Cave or Arika are thinking of anything other than the local market when they consider releasing a home-port.

I understand what you're saying man. Don't get me wrong, I too prefer to see extras on home console ports. It's just with Ketsui, I don't mind either way, since I'd be happy to have it (extras or no extras), rather than not at all.

Of course, there's no point releasing a bare bones port of a game if it's not gonna sell.
Oh well I might get over it, eventually.

Geezer · Post by **Geezer** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:33 pm

I don't give a monkeys about extras. A near perfect or even just good PS2 port of Ketsui for $60? Considering the crazy shit that's been going on with the price of the PCB I fail to see how anyone could complain about a direct port of the arcade game without any extras for $60.
The way things are going I don't see myself being able to play this game for a long time

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:42 pm

The people in Japan can complain, because instead of paying $60 they walk down to the Arcade instead (which is a better experience). Straight Arcade port means no practice mode, no high score saving, exc.. These games are released in Japan remember.

If you want it bad enough...you buy the PCB. You could dedicate time to it and easily get your moneys worth. SYO has probably been playing the game for almost 2 years now.

Post by **Icarus** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:16 am

I just received confirmation that Cocoebiz has shipped both the Ketsui DVD pack and the Viper Phase 1 DVD/OST. Looking forward to checking them out ^_^