Gigawing Generations coming to Europe

takohiko · Post by **takohiko** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:43 pm

http://www.halifax.it/dettaglio.htm?ID=5177

spot the amusing typo.

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:07 pm

now how many lines in that end with a '!'?

zyloj · Post by **zyloj** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:17 pm

It's the same publisher who should publish Samurai aces & Tengai for Europe, and we are still waiting for it.

Why nobody wants to release occidental versions of Cave shmups?

Post by **system11** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:23 pm

Maybe Cave doesn't want them to, or wants too much money.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:13 pm

Yeah, that latest interview from one of the shooter localizers hinted something along the lines that money was a key factor preventing release.

parodius · Post by **parodius** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:32 pm

"Gigawang Generation"

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:16 pm

I knew 100% that in the 2 posts so far there would be someone who completely turned it into "why no Cave."

takohiko · Post by **takohiko** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:41 am

I doubt 505 actively look to license shmups - it probably has more to do with their relationship with Taito... so if they ever release a Cave game, it'll probably be Mushihimesama.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:51 am

Rob wrote:I knew 100% that in the 2 posts so far there would be someone who completely turned it into "why no Cave."

And I knew the second I looked at this topic that if anyone even thought about mentioning Cave in a Takumi-related topic, Rob would be after them with a baseball bat.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:05 am

Can't have one without the other.

p.s. Cave sucks!

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:43 am

Yeah, we had this discussion last week in connection with Chaos Field:
http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic ... 98&start=0

Recap · Post by **Recap** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:53 am

bloodflowers wrote:Maybe Cave doesn't want them to, or wants too much money.

Only that Cave has little to with the PS2 games.

Post by **system11** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:09 am

Recap wrote:
bloodflowers wrote:Maybe Cave doesn't want them to, or wants too much money.
Only that Cave has little to with the PS2 games.

They have everything to do with the license though. At the end of the day, they're the ones who have control of who is allowed to use it, and where. Given that other games ported under the Taito banner (example - Psikyo games) have made it to Europe, it's clear where the problem may be - Cave themselves.

takohiko · Post by **takohiko** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:17 am

bloodflowers wrote:
Recap wrote:
bloodflowers wrote:Maybe Cave doesn't want them to, or wants too much money.
Only that Cave has little to with the PS2 games.
They have everything to do with the license though. At the end of the day, they're the ones who have control of who is allowed to use it, and where. Given that other games ported under the Taito banner (example - Psikyo games) have made it to Europe, it's clear where the problem may be - Cave themselves.

AFAIK Mushihimesama was the only Cave game released for any current console under Taito (Espgaluda and Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou were ported and published by Arika), and it's a bit early to be expecting a European release announcement for that.

Post by **system11** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:43 am

takohiko wrote:
bloodflowers wrote:
Recap wrote: Only that Cave has little to with the PS2 games.
They have everything to do with the license though. At the end of the day, they're the ones who have control of who is allowed to use it, and where. Given that other games ported under the Taito banner (example - Psikyo games) have made it to Europe, it's clear where the problem may be - Cave themselves.
AFAIK Mushihimesama was the only Cave game released for any current console under Taito (Espgaluda and Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou were ported and published by Arika), and it's a bit early to be expecting a European release announcement for that.

Good point - although Arika did the above two, and Arika games do get published in Europe too.

Back on topic - in an ideal world, Empire would get the people who ported Raiden III to re-port it

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:25 am

Looking back over this thread I didn't notice anyone yet say that this is good news. Game-play wise this is probably my favorite game to come out in the last few years, so I'm happy that it's going to reach more people. I only worry that its graphics are going to piss people off.

gunbird18 · Post by **gunbird18** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:01 am

professor ganson wrote:Looking back over this thread I didn't notice anyone yet say that this is good news. Game-play wise this is probably my favorite game to come out in the last few years, so I'm happy that it's going to reach more people. I only worry that its graphics are going to piss people off.

Agreed! I am a medal whore! And I am blown away by the gajillions of precious gold medals to be captured in this game. But the graphics piss me off every time I fire up this game.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:06 am

The is game is good and all, but the 30 FPS is what kills the game.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:03 am

Well I'll be quite happy to see it. Enjoyed it's prequels, so I'll at least give it a go and see what the crack is.

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:54 pm

Fighter17 wrote:The is game is good and all, but the 30 FPS is what kills the game.

I'll piss myself laughing if the PAL version runs at a better framerate.

takohiko · Post by **takohiko** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:14 pm

zyloj wrote:It's the same publisher who should publish Samurai aces & Tengai for Europe, and we are still waiting for it.

Samurai Aces has reappeared on their website, without Tengai. Don't know what the hell's happening there.

umi · Post by **umi** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:31 pm

That's because it's just plain ODD :P

Rob wrote:I knew 100% that in the 2 posts so far there would be someone who completely turned it into "why no Cave."

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:36 am

Skyline wrote:I'll piss myself laughing if the PAL version runs at a better framerate.

That would be quite a laugher, wouldn't it...you know, even though I forked out for the JP version, I'm almost secretly hoping that they somehow put the proper view mode and frame rate into the PAL version, just for the pure, unfiltered irony.

zyloj · Post by **zyloj** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:32 pm

Rob wrote:I knew 100% that in the 2 posts so far there would be someone who completely turned it into "why no Cave."

I didn't complain about releasing new shmups in Europe. It's more a question about if these distributors know the existence of Cave games or discard them because the license is too expensive for a budget release.