Dodonpachi Saidaioujou

[Special World]

Famitsu has some news about the SaidaiOuJou port (translation isn't mine, don't shoot me!):

- vertical scrolling, but 16:9 aspect ratio, like Jamestown and Gigawing

- they're working toghether with Microsoft


http://www.famitsu.com/news/201211/08023600.html

I'm really worried about these things.. I hope they can still include the original vertical mode with tate, otherwise I am going to be glad that it's their last 360 game.. sorry

I can't believe this is something you're worried about. That's talking about the arrange mode, dude.

[MJR]

Famitsu has some news about the SaidaiOuJou port (translation isn't mine, don't shoot me!):

- vertical scrolling, but 16:9 aspect ratio, like Jamestown and Gigawing

- they're working toghether with Microsoft


http://www.famitsu.com/news/201211/08023600.html

I'm really worried about these things.. I hope they can still include the original vertical mode with tate, otherwise I am going to be glad that it's their last 360 game.. sorry

I can't believe this is something you're worried about. That's talking about the arrange mode, dude.

So the 16:9 aspect ratio is only for the arrange mode? I must have missed that. OK, then it's fine.

[Special World]

Yeah, should be. They mentioned before that they were doing a story-based arrange in widescreen before, I think. Cave might make some dumb decisions with their ports, but I can't imagine them knowing their fanbase so little that they'd completely rework the aspect ration on the port :p

[shmuppyLove]

Could the 16:9 mode not just be a pillarboxed yoko mode?

[KAI]

If they redo the entire game in 16:9/HD, I can foresee a new game for Nesica.

[NTSC-J]

Hibachi has been no-missed.

Still no word on anyone clearing Inbachi...

[Zengeku3]

And done with the awesome type too.

And jesus christ the final attack died quickly. Those 10 hypers must be really powerful.

[Udderdude]

Hibachi has been no-missed.

Still no word on anyone clearing Inbachi...

Ha! No dishwasher pattern for you >_>

[yukbeezy]

Hi
Have someone ever noticed that PCB shows only todays hi score while you are playing eventhough the #1 score in the ranking is higher.
As soon as you turn the PCB on, it comes back to the default todays scores.
I would like to know if this is normal?

Thanks in advance

[NTSC-J]

It's normal. To see the all-time high scores, press B when they display the top scores of the day. You can scroll through the other ship types by pressing up and down.

[Cagar]

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[VixyNyan]

Best stream yet here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/saidaioujyou
the player is also damn good...

dat streamed smooth frame rate!
( my recording setup sucks in comparison lol )

very awesome play~ <3

[Anesthetize]

I've been out of shmups for a little while now, but I remember reading a while back that Cave was aiming for a simultaneous 360 release for this game in Japan and NA (EU also, maybe?).

Does anyone know if this is still the plan?

[jepjepjep]

No confirmation yet about a western release, only hopes and dreams.

[KAI]

NA release date 4/1/2013
Happy April fool's day guys!

[O. Van Bruce]

NA release date 4/1/2013
Happy April fool's day guys!

>NA
>NA

It's like they are playing with our feeble euro-hearts

[Cagar]

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[Special World]

This opens a kettle of fish for me: do I pay a little more to keep all my shmups on one console, or do I get the US version?

I'll probably get the J version. Hopefully it has options for English voice/text.

ED: Is the dominant strategy for this game to hoard your hypers until you can unleash a level 10 on a boss? Or is it pretty flexible?

[CStarFlare]

People seem to hoard 10 and use them in the stages. From what I can tell they usually get used in mid-stage 3 and early stage 5, with new hypers being used at key points in stage 5. Stage 5 can be basically your whole score with Laser and Expert due to the overflow bug.

[Cagar]

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[Udderdude]

Damn man, only a matter of time before players start finding ways to trigger it even more.

[-S.L-]

for the people who own the PCB, i found a massive bug.

When "continue" appears on the screen, if you right away tap your start button very quickly, it skip where you died and start right away at the next stage....

Mission complete in 1 minute time !

[rancor]

I've got continues disabled, but I'm gonna go try this now!

[trap15]

WOW

[PC Engine Fan X!]

What a nice little easter egg for those lucky SDOJ PCB owners.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Giest118]

I guess there's been a practice mode all this time then?

[Udderdude]

for the people who own the PCB, i found a massive bug.

When "continue" appears on the screen, if you right away tap your start button very quickly, it skip where you died and start right away at the next stage....

Mission complete in 1 minute time ! :lol:

I will pay CASH DOLLARS for a vid of this.

Ok, not really, but I do want to see it.

[Skykid]

for the people who own the PCB, i found a massive bug.

When "continue" appears on the screen, if you right away tap your start button very quickly, it skip where you died and start right away at the next stage....

Mission complete in 1 minute time !

Holy crap, get this on youtube man.

[rtw]

When "continue" appears on the screen, if you right away tap your start button very quickly, it skip where you died and start right away at the next stage....

A few questions:

. Do you need to have inserted a coin for this to work ?
. Does the "free play" setup have to be enabled ?
. Does it work from level 1 ?

[rancor]

just spent about 30 mins trying this out from every angle I can think of, and I can't get it to work.

I also have the last printing of the board, so maybe CAVE found it in an earlier release? Would love to hear more about how you've got your board set up if this is actually true. I tried to do it from stg 1 as well as stg 2. With free play enabled, and with credits enabled.. nothing worked.