DoDonPachi Saidaioujou coming to Xbox 360 (REGION-FREE!)

[kathy]

they're cheeky aren't they - not to mention quick [Mod Edit: Link Removed]

[CptRansom]

they're cheeky aren't they - not to mention quick (link to stupid bullshit)

Pussies. lrn2play

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Hahahaha, a trainer for a shmup? Skill-less achievement score whoring and nothing more. Utterly meaningless, especially if you were to sit them in front of a SDOJ cab in an actual arcade.

What exactly is the appeal of cheating, anyways? It's certainly not for monetary gain, and there's no satisfaction or accomplishment to be had by cheating.

[Tyjet]

Can anyone confirm me if the CDs included in the LE and the SLE have different catalog numbers? (they should have something like CVAS-), and the catalog number of the single CD too if possible.

For the SLE:
Dodonpachi Saidaioujou Special Sound Track, CVGS-001 (someone with a LE will need to check the catalog # for this one)

星屑ガランドウ, CVGS-002

This worries me then. I immediately put in an order as soon as they announced on FB the game was available. No updates, no communication. No reply from an inquiry.

Given how fast they shipped my SLE, I recommend them. I wouldn't worry too much since they stated on facebook that they are working on shipping all orders and it was impossible to do it all at once when they received their stock. I can only assume that they are packaging base on order received. You'll get an email once they shipped it.

[Antipika]

Hahahaha, a trainer for a shmup? Skill-less achievement score whoring and nothing more. Utterly meaningless, especially if you were to sit them in front of a SDOJ cab in an actual arcade.

What exactly is the appeal of cheating, anyways? It's certainly not for monetary gain, and there's no satisfaction or accomplishment to be had by cheating.

It has nothing to do with achievement whoring. If you are able to run unsigned XEX on your X360, it means that your console is JTAG'd/RGH'd. And in that case, you could simply edit your Gamer profile and unlock all achievements for any games in couple of clicks or just set you gamer score to a million or something. You wouldn't bother using a trainer and unlock things manually.

The only purpose I could see "useful" using this is to unlock everything straight. But seriously, even the worse unlock is only 3000 coins and you get coins relatively fast, especially if you try to complete challenges, so yeah you'd have to be really lazy to use a trainer.

[KAI]

Thanks Tyjet. As I thought, the cat numbers are different (SDOJ ARRANGE ALBUM has CVAS-0011).

[Formless God]

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http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20998629

Feels more like Mushihime than DDP, to be honest. Also, while I appreciate the new patterns, both bees look easier than the TH14 werewolf. Not even kidding.

[Udderdude]

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http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20998629

Feels more like Mushihime than DDP, to be honest. Also, while I appreciate the new patterns, both bees look easier than the TH14 werewolf. Not even kidding.

Isn't that the arrange mode? Can't really expect it to be that hard.

[Tyjet]

I'm not complaining, but this is bothering me:



I just bought the full auto maneuver and it doesn't clear the game as i thought it would (like watching a superplay). You will have to manually fire laser, hyper and bomb when the ship cannot make it through some obstacles. It actually just fires shot the entire time. Also, it seems you can unlock achievements with the store bought options on. I just unlocked "Clear stage-1 (expert)" with the full auto maneuver turned on.

[CptRansom]

Any word on the changes in 1.5? I tried reading back through the thread, but got lost in the tangle of "Hey guys I just thought everyone should know that I pre-ordered this" posts.

The changes are actually listed in the manual (I got bored and thumbed through it for funsies), if anyone wants to be so kind as to translate. Or just quote some post with all the info that I missed and then tell me I'm fucking retarded. That works too.

And yeah, "EXPART" has been cracking me up all damn day.

[AntiFritz]

Version 1.5 changes are here http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 91#p902291

Also am I correct in that they left the attract modes in but NOT initial saving?

[CptRansom]

Thank you, and nope, no initials that I saw in any mode. =/

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Is the original arcade mode included or is it kinda like DFK and Mushi Futari where they only bundled it with 1.5 (and in Futari's case have a DLC for an older version)?

[Antipika]

Included. No DLC as far as I know.

[Special World]

Thank you, and nope, no initials that I saw in any mode. =/

dammit cave

[awo]

Shame about the no initial entry. The menus and leaderboards all look like they're using the MMP/PS port engine, which is odd. I thought they'd stick to the (superior) Daifukkatsu one.

[AntiFritz]

Shame about the no initial entry. The menus and leaderboards all look like they're using the MMP/PS port engine, which is odd. I thought they'd stick to the (superior) Daifukkatsu one.

Yeah parts of it look like the DFK one (well the Mushihime-sama HD one but I thought that was just the daifukkatsu with a fancy menu). Other parts look like the MMP/PS one which was rubbish.

[Skykid]

You mentioned recently (in this thread) that you owned all the Cave ports, so that means you have Japanese console

Not necessarily. But again, it's not any of our business.

Ah. That would explain it. Well remembered.

Sounds like a few preorders have been done via torrent, then.

OT: I absolutely hate it when threads become about order shipping statuses, but I'm starting to get impatient.

Edit: Will be here in 2 weeks or so.

[CloudyMusic]

Got my copy today, been playing for a few hours. I'm pleasantly surprised at how fun Xbox 360 mode is to play for score. I can see myself spending a lot of time in this mode.

Shame about the port engine, though; the zoom/positioning/button mappings are STILL not shared between different gametypes, which is a decision I continue to be confused by.

Finally...am I doing something wrong, or is this game just really inconvenient to play on a 3:4 tate display? With Wide Mode off, the menus blow out way past the edges of the screen, and with Wide Mode on, the whole game is letterboxed 16:9 so I can't expand the game view to fill the whole screen. I have to keep switching Wide Mode on to use the menus and then back off to play the game.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Finally...am I doing something wrong, or is this game just really inconvenient to play on a 3:4 tate display? With Wide Mode off, the menus blow out way past the edges of the screen, and with Wide Mode on, the whole game is letterboxed 16:9 so I can't expand the game view to fill the whole screen. I have to keep switching Wide Mode on to use the menus and then back off to play the game.

I remember seeing something weird like this happening with MMP and/or Akai Katana on a non-widescreen display... why didn't they just use Futari's menu code? That seemed to work fairly well, it kept button assignments between modes, etc...

[Cagar]

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http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20998629

Feels more like Mushihime than DDP, to be honest. Also, while I appreciate the new patterns, both bees look easier than the TH14 werewolf. Not even kidding.

Yes, this is the piss-easy new mode.

[WarpZone]

Finally...am I doing something wrong, or is this game just really inconvenient to play on a 3:4 tate display?

Quick question: On a 4:3 TV does the image fill the whole screen even without tate? I'm assuming so but just paranoid after Guwange and Radiant Silvergun forced black bars for no reason. If the answer is yes I will order a copy~

[Friendly]

Supposedly my copy was shipped yesterday, but the tracking number nin-nin gave me doesn't work (Japan Post says "** Your item was not found. Confirm your item number and ask at your local office."); Could it be that it takes a while for Japan Post to put the info online? I don't recall encountering this before.

[Skykid]

Supposedly my copy was shipped yesterday, but the tracking number nin-nin gave me doesn't work (Japan Post says "** Your item was not found. Confirm your item number and ask at your local office."); Could it be that it takes a while for Japan Post to put the info online? I don't recall encountering this before.

Definitely. Did you order regular airmail or express? Reg airmail tracking is very limited and often shows very little info until a package arrives in domestic territory.

[system11]

Interesting. Play-asia is allowing people to purchase all three versions again.

Be nice if they could, you know, actually post the ones they've sold.

[Friendly]

Supposedly my copy was shipped yesterday, but the tracking number nin-nin gave me doesn't work (Japan Post says "** Your item was not found. Confirm your item number and ask at your local office."); Could it be that it takes a while for Japan Post to put the info online? I don't recall encountering this before.

Definitely. Did you order regular airmail or express? Reg airmail tracking is very limited and often shows very little info until a package arrives in domestic territory.

I went for regular air mail this time, for the simple reason that every time I used EMS in the past couple of years I got hit by customs and had to wait for them to process it, which ended up taking just as long as air mail, only more expensive.

[1up]

my package got on the fedex truck about an hour ago. I know the drive is like 30mins, so it should be any time now

[kathy]

Interesting. Play-asia is allowing people to purchase all three versions again.

Be nice if they could, you know, actually post the ones they've sold.

+1

[Stevas]

Are we saying Play-Asia aint sent stuff out yet? I got a shipping notification on wednesday (RE, and slow-boat-from-china-mail-airmaillolyeahsure)

[system11]

Interesting. Play-asia is allowing people to purchase all three versions again.

Be nice if they could, you know, actually post the ones they've sold.

+1

Checked my order - the problem was they hadn't taken payment. No particular reason, the card details were correct but it said it needed to be 'confirmed' by me, paid by Paypal instead. That used to 'just work' in the past, I wonder what they've changed.