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

[Hagane]

For once I mostly agree with Illyrian. How can anyone think any of the ESPs has good music is beyond me.

Yagawa hate is silly though (but I also despise Pink Sweets). And visible hitboxes aren't needed.

[DragonInstall]

Interesting.

I never thought people hated Espgaluda music. I always thought people liked it or just didn't think much about it.

Personally I like Esp II BL music the best from the series, but meh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0972eHP4ao


Why did they announce this so early though? I mean for the love of god... waiting 6 months + before the game will be out is killing me. I really hate it when game companies do this. Better have an alternate soundtrack with other goodies.

[KAI]

Talking about Esp music, ESPII iPhone-Android soundtrack needs a CD release.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Interesting.

I never thought people hated Espgaluda music. I always thought people liked it or just didn't think much about it.

Personally I like Esp II BL music the best from the series, but meh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0972eHP4ao


Why did they announce this so early though? I mean for the love of god... waiting 6 months + before the game will be out is killing me. I really hate it when game companies do this. Better have an alternate soundtrack with other goodies.

At the very least, Cave will give the game center owners & operators a chance to earn their upkeep/profit on their extravagant DDP-SDOJ PCB kit purchases until the very day that the 360 SDOJ port is out on day one. It's a given. Gotta keep your arcade clientele happy as well from a business-end perspective. Otherwise, such yen rolling in would decline if 360 SDOJ port were to be released in less than a year from it's arcade PCB counterpart.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[DragonInstall]

At the very least, Cave will give the game center owners & operators a chance to earn their upkeep/profit on their extravagant DDP-SDOJ PCB kit purchases until the very day that the 360 SDOJ port is out on day one.

Yeah I completely understand and support the arcade to make their due money. I'm just saying I wish they wouldn't announce the game this early. The long 6+ month wait is going to drive me nuts, especially after all the gameplay footage I've seen of the game so far.

[Cagar]

At the very least, Cave will give the game center owners & operators a chance to earn their upkeep/profit on their extravagant DDP-SDOJ PCB kit purchases until the very day that the 360 SDOJ port is out on day one.

Yeah I completely understand and support the arcade to make their due money. I'm just saying I wish they wouldn't announce the game this early. The long 6+ month wait is going to drive me nuts, especially after all the gameplay footage I've seen of the game so far.

So i'm not the only one who fears that some kind of accident happens before I get my hands on sdoj?

[evil_ash_xero]

I like ESPGaluda's music. It's no DFK BL, but it's good.


Anyway, watched a run of this game, and I came away with a few impressions.
The stages look the same(as mentioned earlier), but that may because they are all colored so similarly.
The designs(girls and all), remind me of when I first got into anime in the mid 90s.

The game looks HARD. That alone got me interested. The patterns are just vicious.

[Avatar Ignis]

I Like ESp Ra.De's music :/

[Despatche]

i would like esprade/guwange music if random songs weren't 30 second loops and the sound quality wasn't so poor. esprade wins here though, guwange has literally two main themes like it's some fucking early '80s arcade game

[Illyrian]

I've never personally minded those sorts of soundtracks. For example, I think that Dodonpachi has an awesome cock-rock OST. The boss fight music from that game is one of the best ever made, right behind "Burn Yourself" from the DOJ OST.

[moozooh]

Great news to return from a vacation to! Will pre-order this as soon as it becomes available. Hoping to have good fun with it, Expert mode included!

I've never personally minded those sorts of soundtracks. For example, I think that Dodonpachi has an awesome cock-rock OST. The boss fight music from that game is one of the best ever made, right behind "Burn Yourself" from the DOJ OST.

This. And I also like the st3 theme from SDOJ. It sounds a lot better outside the game where it's not horribly overcompressed.

[Cagar]

And I also like all stage themes from SDOJ. It sounds a lot better outside the game where it's not horribly overcompressed.

Fixed

[moozooh]

Actually I don't care much for most of them; they're better than the average, sure, but not quite DOJ level—let alone Battle Garegga—as far as Namiki's output is concerned. These two soundtracks I actually listen to outside the games regularly.

[blackoak]

I just listened to the SDOJ soundtrack on some proper speakers (KRK V6s). Its true about the compression, geeeeezz. So many details missing, and a lot of the harmony is totally buried. Of course mono mixes will do that regardless, but anyway I have a bit more respect for Namiki here, now. Not sure where I'd place them among the rest of his work or shmup music in general... in truth its hard to even judge how these tracks would meld with the in-game heroics when the quality is so bad on the pcb.

[e_tank]

i've got a hunch that virt is going come save us all and right the wrong that was the sdoj ost for the port.

actually i quite like the sdoj ost, i don't think it's namiki's best work either but stage 1, stage 2, stage 4 are all really solid tracks.

[trap15]

If virt does a SDOJ soundtrack I will literally cream myself holy shit

[Illyrian]

Who is Virt?

If the guy who did the Ketsuipachi soundtrack did an arranged OST I would be very happy

[trap15]

Yeah, that was virt. He does lots of great stuff, look up some of his stuff.

[e_tank]

when i asked if cave had approached him to be involved with the sdoj port he responded with "no comment", and something to the effect of if they did he would be excited and welcome the opportunity. add to the fact that asada said he would like to work with him again and.. i dunno, read into that what you will.

[trap15]

Yessssssssssssssssssss

[O. Van Bruce]

Confirmed absolute win if Virt arranges SDOJ soundtrack

[Cagar]

Time to change pants.

[finisherr]

Well, there's actually dodging unlike DFKs must cancel certain things. That alone will make it more fun.

Definitely this. Didn't care for Resurrection for this very reason.

[ZenErik]

I finally see this news after deciding to sell my J360 and just get a US model. Welp. My bad.

But I'm not that good at shmups anyway. If this doesn't get a US/UK release I will buy a J360 and this game once I can 1CC CAVE titles that aren't both Deathsmiles games. May be a while because of my Guild Wars 2 and Project DIVA f addictions.

[Strider77]

Why would you ditch your Japan unit for a American one? Almost nothing is region locked in the USA and even if it is you can get an asian release for the same cost as the US version.

[finisherr]

Just looked up Virt. He did Ketsui's soundtrack so he's got huge points in my book.

[Giest118]

Just looked up Virt. He did Ketsui's soundtrack so he's got huge points in my book.

Specifically, he remixed the soundtrack for DFK Black Label Arrange.

[n0rtygames]

I fear I'm alone here... but I really think the best Boss Battle music in a Cave game ever is DOJs "Burn Yourself"

When that kicks in, it's like the game is telling you "Shit just got real"

[Giest118]

For me it's a toss-up between DDP and SDOJ.

I like DoDonPachi's boss music because it sounds like the game saying "Good lucking dodging this, shithead! Hoho, you look like such an asshole trying to win with your two remaining lives." And it works just as well for regular bosses as it does for Hibachi, in that regard. Basically the game is expressing its desire to ruin your day.

SaiDaiOuJou's boss music doesn't have that quality because it instead inspires the opposite end of the spectrum. It compels me to BE AWESOME, and gives boss fights a sense of pace that they don't otherwise have.

[MSZ]

Just looked up Virt. He did Ketsui's soundtrack so he's got huge points in my book.

Specifically, he remixed the soundtrack for DFK Black Label Arrange.

I must be the only guy on this forum who hates this soundtrack. The Ketsui X mode soundtrack is far superior.