Ibara Announced for PS2!!!

Soldato J · Post by **Soldato J** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:14 pm

Gotta love the play asia personal agent

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-r-70-13pm.html

In stock on Feb 23, 2006

YES!!!!

(did the obligatory search first and did not find anything else...)

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:19 pm

WIN! Best new game news of the month for me. It might be nice if Taito puts some more effort into this port's visuals though.

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:24 pm

I just creamed in my jeans.

diOdesu · Post by **diOdesu** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:24 pm

thats fantastic! i get to finally play this game i hear so much about. turning 26 in february =( but this news makes it more bearable.

Post by **Ghegs** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:34 pm

Excellent news indeed.

Xexyz · Post by **Xexyz** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:40 pm

Jackpot!!!

I had a feeling Taito would pick this one up. They seem to be the only company releasing shmups to the PS2 these days.

Finally, my first taste of Raizing style. I just hope I can dig it.

EDIT: Out of curiosity, what about that Square-Enix merger with Taito? Do you think there is going to be an S-E emblem on the box too, or will it be like the Sammy/Sega merger where Sega's name is the only name you see on games published by them?

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:40 pm

It'll be interesting to see what sort of LE version they decide to release.

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:40 pm

What a good news in the mailbox!
Thanks personal agent ^_^

Guardians Knight · Post by **Guardians Knight** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:51 pm

great news, man its getting quite exciting to be a shump whore the last couple of years eh?

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:52 pm

YES YES YES YES YESEYESESEE E ESYE EDBKJDK
GAAAAARGH
this is the reason why im buying a ps2 now

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:10 pm

Remember how Play Asia had Xexex for PS2 up for preorder?

It would be great if it's true, but I'll believe this when I hear it from Taito and/or Cave.

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:17 pm

Remember Mushi? It was Taito, like Ibara

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:34 pm

Here's adding my +1 to a future 500 post topic (half of it being resolution/scanlines flamewar, BEGIN!)

I'll wait and see if there's any LE also. :]

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:39 pm

Kiken wrote:It'll be interesting to see what sort of LE version they decide to release.

Underwear-free figurines?

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:48 pm

Taito is Superb

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:54 pm

Wow. Soon, too!

Developed by Cave, Ibara is a classical horizontal shoot 'em up.

Hee.

It'd be nice if the res issue isn't as bad as the Mush game...

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:07 pm

You guys are in for such a treat!

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:37 pm

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:39 pm

I wonder if they'll tweak the difficulty at all. I recall Icarus saying something to the effect that the game is just too hard. Maybe I'm misremembering or oversimplifying what he said, but if an expert player like Icarus thinks that the difficulty is off, then this will not be well received in the console market, one would think.

Soldato J · Post by **Soldato J** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:43 pm

Seven Force wrote:Remember how Play Asia had Xexex for PS2 up for preorder?

It would be great if it's true, but I'll believe this when I hear it from Taito and/or Cave.

I know what you mean, but the Mushi announcement originated from one of those personal agent emails to me as well, and it was real. As LUNardei said, it was Taito too, so I shall hope and pray....

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:44 pm

diOdesu wrote:thats fantastic! i get to finally play this game i hear so much about. turning 26 in february =( but this news makes it more bearable.

Hey, I'm turning 40 in february

Then I can celebrate by bowing up some planes for a change. Enough with these bizarre exploding bugs.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:46 pm

I wonder if they'll tweak the difficulty at all. I recall Icarus saying something to the effect that the game is just too hard. Maybe I'm misremembering or oversimplifying what he said, but if an expert player like Icarus thinks that the difficulty is off, then this will not be well received in the console market, one would think.

oh plz taito let me feel the pain.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:47 pm

Fuck yeah, can't wait. Next best thing to a Batrider port to ps2.

egret · Post by **egret** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:49 pm

Cave fan: SOLD!

Taito executive: Thanks dude.

Soldato J · Post by **Soldato J** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:55 pm

Caption for egret's post (I hope this is what it says)

"Hey you masochists, Taito top dog here to say, come Feb we are gonna release another fuckin' shmup holy grail for the masses (stop staring at my eyebrows)"

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:00 pm

From what I can read of the caption it's identifying the guy as a corporate vice president of Microsoft.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:04 pm

Soldato J wrote:
Seven Force wrote:Remember how Play Asia had Xexex for PS2 up for preorder?

It would be great if it's true, but I'll believe this when I hear it from Taito and/or Cave.
I know what you mean, but the Mushi announcement originated from one of those personal agent emails to me as well, and it was real. As LUNardei said, it was Taito too, so I shall hope and pray....

Xexex never came out?? What about Terra Cresta and the other games in that series?

Interesting, and great, that they're releasing this one on the J-PSTwo, rather then the JPS3, which, AFIK, is coming out in January.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:11 pm

Plasmo wrote:
I wonder if they'll tweak the difficulty at all. I recall Icarus saying something to the effect that the game is just too hard. Maybe I'm misremembering or oversimplifying what he said, but if an expert player like Icarus thinks that the difficulty is off, then this will not be well received in the console market, one would think.
oh plz taito let me feel the pain.

Yeah, I hope they include the arcade difficulty, but I wouldn't object were they to include other difficulty settings as well, if in fact there is some sort of lack of balance in the arcade version.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:14 pm

dave4shmups wrote: Xexex never came out??

Nope

What about Terra Cresta and the other games in that series?

They came out.

thesuperkillerxxx · Post by **thesuperkillerxxx** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:17 pm

I am there!

Give me the level three hottie figurine.....