Crouching Pony Hidden Dragon - new Neo Geo run & gun

[BIL]

lolwut? Someone reposted the trailer as "look it's a new demo"?

Apparently a playable demo is out.

Holy fuck this demo has to be the worst advertisement for a videogame I have ever seen in my life, I am literally dumbfounded at how retarded these developers are.

All the demo consists of is a battle against a boss. The boss is a dude with about 30 shields floating around him in a circle.

You sit at a side of the screen and shoot at the fuckn shields for about 10 minutes to beat him while dodging a simple bomb pattern that repeats forever. You can fire either red or blue shurikens which are needed to take out the respective color of shields around the boss.

I literally cannot convey enough in text how boring and shithouse this boss battle is, and this is what is used as a demo for the game.

I literally cannot believe it. Someone else fuckn try this piece of shit just to understand the pinnacle of fuckn useless shithouse game design and experience the most boring and tedious boss you have ever seen in your life.

Only good thing is that some of the pixel art shows talent.

If you buy this game just because its on the neo, or because it has that absurdly fancy packaging, then you straight up are fuckn retarded.

Oh and a extra thing I need to mention just to make myself feel less pissed off after playing the pony demo - If you want to support French dudes that are actually awesome and are also making old console games then support fuken Watermelon games who have a brawler for the MD and top view action game for the SNES coming out that look just as good as the Japanese inspirations.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

All those complaints about the gameplay. Kinda sad really, but I'm not that surprised. The movement speed looks atrociously slow for a top-down shooter...

[Udderdude]

Just plain embarrasing for everyone involved.

Maybe I can convince the artist to let me "Borrow" some assets :3

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Like how the coin sprites might be "borrowed" from Guwange? judging by the video it looks like they are

[Ed Oscuro]

but did they find any actual ponies or even a dragon, that's all that matters here

Nice review there from Macaw as usual, and yeah I'm cautiously pumped (as opposed to being pumped like, ehh, Bane) for Project Y.

[RegalSin]

About the game itself, it looks like the game was made with years of hardwork, or something somebody made but said, hey lets prot this to the NEO-GEO, just for the sake of it.

.......
1. I love their idea, of using the NEO-GEO, as a platform, to dev for. I have that idea too, not to make a stand alone neo-geo game but to use the platform itself to program for.

2. I don't know about the proffessionalism? It seems that as a team, they are stocked and reloaded, to make videogames. However I love what they are going for, I love what they did, because it is exactly what I am planning. I love it.

3. The tools it what I am interested in. They should have not show us that, using a touch screen displays to color or draw the art. However it makes an interesting notion to how money this person is making and where they are getting their funds from.

4. The totoro on the wall is a bit too much.

5. Again Neo-Geo the videogame system of drug-dealers.

6. About the Ponys, yeah it would work because of the My Little Pony Anime lust, crap. Especially for Italian people, and their stallion name sake.

7. I would love to get thier resources, at least it does not look like a dead elephant dancing around, as the creator of "Day of the Tenticle" pretty much robbed people blind and gave nothing in return, but more lip.

[Udderdude]

Like how the coin sprites might be "borrowed" from Guwange? :P judging by the video it looks like they are

I can't believe they didn't change that yet. Come on, making a homebrew Neo game is one thing, stealing art assets is another.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

To be fair, it's possible it was supposed to be a placeholder asset until they drew their own coin sprites, and they just forgot to change it before making the trailer.

Frankly though, I imagine they just ripped it and figured it'd be an obscure enough game that nobody would notice...

[Udderdude]

If they're charging 450 euros or w/e, it better be fucking spotless in terms of "borrowing".

[Khan]

if I could sum up what I just witnessed in that video in one word it would be "terrible"

[Cagar]

As soon as I saw these images of the packaging, it was 100% confirmed: They're making a bad game on purpose.
Seriously, all this attention they're getting is probably just what they're looking for.
They're making a shitty game, but packaging it like that and acting all serious about it. I guess they intended so that people would buy it for laughs and for collecting, they're making it just as a joke/troll, and I think a bad game as this is always good entertainment.
The demo sends this message too.
Seriously, it's the whole point and charm of the game.

You guys are all kinda dumb for not realizing this after all hints that suggest this, did you people even watch the interviewy-thing about the devs?
Even the neo-geo forum is all mad about the game, just

Oh wow, would buy it if I had the console.
and money. and some real will.

[BIL]

You're wrong about everything besides: No fucking shit it's aimed at collectors, do you know anything about the modern "AES scene"

LOL @ buying it for a laugh. I'll middle-man you a copy if you'd like to put your money where your mouth is! PM me your payment details and let's set something up.

[Cagar]

You're wrong about everything besides: No fucking shit it's aimed at collectors, do you know anything about the modern "AES scene"

LOL @ buying it for a laugh. I'll middle-man you a copy if you'd like to put your money where your mouth is! PM me your payment details and let's set something up.

How much does the game/gameplay itself mean for a real neo-geo collector; it being funnily bad is a bonus
Serious question, i'm not an expert, but I truly feel like they're shitting the game on purpose
EDIT: this intro is 100% cool

[BIL]

How much does the game/gameplay itself mean for a real neo-geo collector
Serious question, i'm not an expert, but I truly feel like they're shitting the game on purpose

Oh right, sorry!

Gameplay doesn't matter in the least.

It's all about getting shiny toys the other guys don't have

Seriously you have no idea, these people would buy an MSPAINT .bmp of a camel tonguing a goat's bumhole if you marketed it as UNRELEASED AES GOLD / NEW AES RELEASE

It's not the game itself anyone's mad about, per se. Me I ain't even mad bro! Who needs TV anyway?

[Ed Oscuro]

I'm just holding my head in my hands at the point where one of the administrators is linking Wikipedia, saying "I see that Video System had a US office set up for distribution, but all the development would have taken place in Japan." Good enough attempt at detective work starting from nothing, but it's the "starting from nothing" part that bothers me. These guys are supposed to be the experts...so far, the scammers have just been stupider - at least the ones getting caught. How long is that luck going to hold out?

[Obiwanshinobi]

[Never mind.]

[drauch]

Yes, they are spending countless hours in development to purposely create a shit game.

If they wanted to create a complete shit game, they wouldn't be putting effort into that "cool intro" or the sprites. There is no doubt they are trying to create a "funny" game, which fails miserably on all fronts. I don't think one person watched the demo or trailer and thought to themselves "there is NO WAY I can take this game seriously!" I hate it because it's not funny; it's obnoxious and isn't "charming." I think your brain is a bit too engrained in LOL internet culture, or the type of people this game is marketed for.

Now, putting on a Neo Geo cartridge? Yeah, I can agree there. Idiots buy garbage. Gotta collect 'em all.

[spadgy]

Shame this looks substandard. I'd love a decent new top-down run 'n' gun for NeoGeo.

And, yes, I can't imagine they'd invest the money, man hours, creative effort and so on on a game designed to be bad. I'm sure it's meant to be funny and kitsch, and perhaps they thought they didn't need to put too much effort in to attract the dollar of collectors, but intentionally making it bad? If they were doing that, or attempting to parody bad game design, they could have gone far further, surely?

the whole world of NeoGeo is so filled with drama, mystery and allegations, I'm glad my interest stops at a handful of relatively common MVS releases. Because keeping abreast of it all sounds like too much effort!

[BIL]

Just get Pocky and Rocky, spadgy. Or its Super Famicom counterpart Kiki Kaikai - MAD COLLECTOR CRED for an actual good game! It's not Neo Geo, but it is Shock Troopers-tier and a damn sight more aesthetically pleasing than this mess. And if you squint a little, Rocky/Manuke can just about be mistaken for a squirrel! (but if you squint too long you'll get killed by something)

[spadgy]

I was eyeing a KiKi KaiKai board just yesterday. Was a boot, so I turned my nose up at t. I must give that series a go, and as a man who can see squirrels in everything, I'm sure Rocky will suit me plenty!

EDIT: Oh. I see. Expensive. Even the PAL Snes P&R seems pricey. One day, maybe...

[drauch]

Ditto on Kiki! Cutey patootey and damn fine good games. Another series that sadly took an insane price jump in the last coupla years. Still, definitely worth it for the SNES titles.

[BIL]

NATSUMEEE

Yeah, sadly their best SFC stuff (and seemingly FC stuff) is pricey. And I think PAL Wild Guns is actually costlier than the already high NTSCJ/U versions... totally worth it though. Legendary quality. If there's one thing I appreciate about AES gonzo land it's how relatively sane "mainstream" game collecting is by comparison.

I mean baaahahahaha oh god damn it, drunk level is about to explode...

LOOK LET'S JUST GET SERIOUS ALREADY, NCI PLZ CONTACT ME I'VE GOT A GREAT IDEA FOR UR NEXT CART NOBODY ELSE CLICK THIS LINK, THIS IS NOT FOR YOUR EYES NWS NWS NWS SO GUYS LETS MAKE SOME MONEY OFF THE CHUMPS (with all-new .bmp interface for Neo Geo AES! LE version will include "screensaver mode" that inverts colour every ten minutes to avoid burn-in!)

[gct]

Wow, I knew Wild Guns was pricey, but when the Hell did P&R go up, even for loose carts? I have loose carts of both WG and P&R and I'm pretty sure I got them for no more than $8 each. Keepers for sure though, with Wild Guns in my personal top 5 for any system, and P&R in my top 5 SNES.

[drauch]

P&R and Wild Guns went up about the same time, which was just a coupla years ago. About the same time everything spiked, really...

[Udderdude]

LOOK LET'S JUST GET SERIOUS ALREADY, NCI PLZ CONTACT ME I'VE GOT A GREAT IDEA FOR UR NEXT CART NOBODY ELSE CLICK THIS LINK, THIS IS NOT FOR YOUR EYES NWS NWS NWS SO GUYS LETS MAKE SOME MONEY OFF THE CHUMPS (with all-new .bmp interface for Neo Geo AES! LE version will include "screensaver mode" that inverts colour every ten minutes to avoid burn-in!)

Fucking masterpiece.

[drauch]

LOOK LET'S JUST GET SERIOUS ALREADY, NCI PLZ CONTACT ME I'VE GOT A GREAT IDEA FOR UR NEXT CART NOBODY ELSE CLICK THIS LINK, THIS IS NOT FOR YOUR EYES NWS NWS NWS SO GUYS LETS MAKE SOME MONEY OFF THE CHUMPS (with all-new .bmp interface for Neo Geo AES! LE version will include "screensaver mode" that inverts colour every ten minutes to avoid burn-in!)

Fucking masterpiece.

Didn't see that earlier. Amazing.

[Ed Oscuro]

Crouching goat, hidden delish

[spadgy]

Wow, I knew Wild Guns was pricey, but when the Hell did P&R go up, even for loose carts? I have loose carts of both WG and P&R and I'm pretty sure I got them for no more than $8 each. Keepers for sure though, with Wild Guns in my personal top 5 for any system, and P&R in my top 5 SNES.

Together you lot really are going to make me spend silly money one s SNES cart aren't you? I love you and loath you in equal measure!

[Skykid]

Wow. KikiKaiKai is £100 now? Think I got it for about £8 four years ago.

Edit: The second one is even stupider!

[spadgy]

I'll give you £9 for it.