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

[trap15]

They said simultaneous release, so the release date should be the same in both regions.

[BPzeBanshee]

I realise I'm kinda channelling my little Estebang here, but I'm taking the "expect worse, get surprised if it's better" approach with a worldwide release.

I mean Skykid reckons Rising Star's definitely not picking this one up, Atlus/Aksys/whatever haven't touched anything Cave for a while now, so who else is there? There's a fair few months till the May date arrives but stuff like the Akai Katana PAL/US announcement in the past would've been announced by now.

As for Microsoft themselves doing it, maybe. What are the chances they make it GoD for outer regions while Cave handles things domestically?

[NTSC-J]

Does anyone have a link to the source of that rumor?

[drunkninja24]

Does anyone have a link to the source of that rumor?

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/09/24/ca ... -the-west/

[Skykid]

I mean Skykid reckons Rising Star's definitely not picking this one up

After speaking to them at the MCM Expo about the Cave sales I'd be more than surprised. I don't think the hardcore shmup guys (us here, essentially) are to blame: I'm sure most people picked up their localisations day one (and if you didn't, hang your heads in shame). The problem is more getting them to a wider audience and generating new interest, which failed to transpire, sadly.

I feel bad for RSG because they really stuck their neck out to bring Cave's best to the western market. They listened to us as a community too, even implementing fixes to several titles and making AK region free between UK & US: a scenario no-one would have dreamed of just few years ago.

Whoever picks up SDOJ is brave. I wish them luck with it.

[Op Intensify]

I checked back in here and saw that my old name was invoked in a condescending manner, so I might as well post something uncharacteristically positive.

As Skykid explained, it's a near-certainty that Rising Star isn't bringing this over after getting burned on Cave twice already (perhaps our old friend Torisu could offer comment), but all hope is not lost. Asada already mentioned that they were talking with a different publisher: http://www.siliconera.com/2012/09/24/ca ... -the-west/

"Besides Rising Star, we are talking with another publisher whose goal is to release Dodonpachi Saidaioujou for Xbox 360 on the same date in Japan and outside of Japan."

So there you have it. Don't know who that could be, though. My best guess is UFO, who brought over Raiden IV and most recently released the niche Wizardry clone Elminage here as a PSN download.

[Stevas]

So when you guys speak of "the west", you mean the US; us europeans have zero chance then, huh?
Fuck fucking sake.

[NTSC-J]

So there you have it.

I think if there's one thing we should have learned by now, it's to take everything Cave says with a grain of salt, "BIG grains of salt", as Milton put it. This also could have been a mistranslation by the guy talking with Asada who may have never said it at all. Seeing as how this is the only source of the rumor, and we're in February already, I'm leaning towards "don't hold your breath."

[Udderdude]

Unfortunately, the flood of budget indie titles on Steam and XBLA has gotten everyone and their mom thinking that a shmup selling at full retail price, or even half retail, is beyond overpriced.

Also unfortunate, but Japanese themed games like Akai Katana, and heavily loli-fied games like Deathsmiles and DDP-R are not going to sell very well in other markets.

[O. Van Bruce]

Also unfortunate, but Japanese themed games like Akai Katana, and heavily loli-fied games like Deathsmiles and DDP-R are not going to sell very well in other markets.

who says this when NISA, Aksys and other companies constantly localize "weaboo" games and they sell well? The only problem here is that few people like or want to get into shmups...

[Friendly]

Also unfortunate, but Japanese themed games like Akai Katana, and heavily loli-fied games like Deathsmiles and DDP-R are not going to sell very well in other markets.

who says this when NISA, Aksys and other companies constantly localize "weaboo" games and they sell well? The only problem here is that few people like or want to get into shmups...

Isn't this kind of crossing from weaboo to pedo?


Saidaioujou being a shmup presumably makes it hard enough to find a western publisher; I don't think this is helping.

[KAI]

Do you actually think the western audience know shit about current anime trends?
The only reason why this is going to sell like crazy, is thanks to that loli in swimsuit (west included).

[Bananamatic]

btw y'all jacking off to robots

[KAI]

trap robots.

[honorless]

So when you guys speak of "the west", you mean the US; us europeans have zero chance then, huh?
Fuck fucking sake.

Actually, based on NCSX's listing—

Please note NCS is accepting reservations for the Japanese localization of DoDonPachi: SaiDaiouJou Kan but a European release of the game is also expected, based on the scuttlebutt from the past few months. Please be aware however that if both versions of the game are released simultaneously, it is unlikely that the European PAL or the Japanese NTSC edition would be region-free. Additional news will be posted once available.

—we North Americans might be the fucked ones.

[O. Van Bruce]

Also unfortunate, but Japanese themed games like Akai Katana, and heavily loli-fied games like Deathsmiles and DDP-R are not going to sell very well in other markets.

who says this when NISA, Aksys and other companies constantly localize "weaboo" games and they sell well? The only problem here is that few people like or want to get into shmups...

Isn't this kind of crossing from weaboo to pedo?

I'm surprised you say this when you are the herald of Sony in this forum. Just play some Disgaea

trap robots.

But Shuri is not a trap , though she could be a reverse trap with the right clothes

[Giest118]

So when you guys speak of "the west", you mean the US; us europeans have zero chance then, huh?
Fuck fucking sake.

Actually, based on NCSX's listing—

Please note NCS is accepting reservations for the Japanese localization of DoDonPachi: SaiDaiouJou Kan but a European release of the game is also expected, based on the scuttlebutt from the past few months. Please be aware however that if both versions of the game are released simultaneously, it is unlikely that the European PAL or the Japanese NTSC edition would be region-free. Additional news will be posted once available.

—we North Americans might be the fucked ones.

I will literally kill someone if I don't get to play SaiDaiOuJou.

[Teufel_in_Blau]

scuttlebutt

I had to google that word. If my reading comprehension don't fail this means they just assume there might be a publisher for Europe. If this rumor turns out to be false I will never read siliconera again.

[mdsfx]

What the hell just happed? No Saidaioujou for N. America?!

[BareKnuckleRoo]

What the fuck?

Okay, if SaiDaiOuJou doesn't get a US release, I have a serious motivation to mod my console or buy a JP one. And I'd like not to have to...

[DrTrouserPlank]

Long time away and still we know nothing.

If RSG aren't picking it up for Europe then no-one else is going to. The only way it'll get a European release is if CAVE publish it themselves. The rumour-mill seems to suggest there is a "Western" release planned, but in the absence of a sympathetic publisher that will be a US release and not a European release.

I'd appreciate a localisation. I don't want to be paying £80 again for a Japanese limited edition and running the import duty and VAT gauntlet again.

Edit: Any listings for this on Play-Asia or AmiAmi? can't find any myself.

[Stevas]

I will literally explode in amazement if EU gets this and the US don't.
Literally.






And it really winds me up when you humans use that word incorrectly, by the way.

[mdsfx]

I couldn't resist sending an email to NCSX...

"Hello Michael, there is no confirmation of a Western release yet but we'll update customers once we have news. Thanks." -Regards, NCS Inc

[Trevor spencer]

I will literally explode in amazement if EU gets this and the US don't.
Literally.
.

Shenmue 2

[thelion1856]

New to the forum but been snatching up all the region free shmups for xbox 360 thanks to this forum & a list I googled on some other website. I really hope this gets a stateside release if not then this is the the shit that breaks the camels back & makes me mod my 360 or go a more civilized route & buy a J360.

[matrigs]

is the HD mode in this one hardwired as in mushihimesama ?

[drunkninja24]

is the HD mode in this one hardwired as in mushihimesama ?

I think it's safe to say it will be. Cave hasn't included an original graphics mode in any of their HD arcade parts since Espgaluda II I believe.

[Jeneki]

Watched a few more SaiDaiOuJou videos to keep my hype up.

Man, I hope the console version has a "stfu" mode without all the voice-over ...

[Softdrink 117]

Man, I hope the console version has a "stfu" mode without all the voice-over ...

CAVE's ports usually have three volume sliders- one for BGM, one for sound effects, and one for the voiceover track.

There's no guarantee that will still be the case, but there's no real reason to suspect otherwise.

[matrigs]

before cave i've never realised that you can be "part-fan" of something.

although if you could mute the vocals, nickelback might be pretty decent.