[X360] Mushihime-sama Futari Ver. 1.5 is region free

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:56 am

SWEET ASS SWEET!

clp · Post by **clp** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:03 am

tbh the only thing that would make me buy a japanese 360 would be a port of ibara BL , but i guess thats never going to happen.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:06 am

clp wrote:tbh the only thing that would make me buy a japanese 360 would be a port of ibara BL , but i guess thats never going to happen.

the requests of this forum never cease to surprise.. wtf?

neist · Post by **neist** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:08 am

I suppose it's a good time to buy a Japanese Xbox.

Lots of good things on the horizon.

Dragoforce · Post by **Dragoforce** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:09 am

Awesome, hopefully the PCB will get a little cheaper now

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:09 am

nice avatar clp

and what's the big deal? this is the most overrated game since ketsui

KindGrind · Post by **KindGrind** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:10 am

Great news. If the port isn't half bad I'll end up buying a JPX360 for sure!

clp · Post by **clp** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:17 am

sven666 wrote:
clp wrote:tbh the only thing that would make me buy a japanese 360 would be a port of ibara BL , but i guess thats never going to happen.
the requests of this forum never cease to surprise.. wtf?

its more a statement than a request , im not particularly a big mushi fan so its not really an obligation for me to be excited .A Pink sweets port would get me very excited though

Kron · Post by **Kron** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:34 am

It wouldn't be a huge surprise if they do port Pink Sweets, DDP DaiF and Ibara the way they seem to be comitted to the system. Just a matter of time and sales.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:00 pm

Icarus wrote:Daifukkatsu and MMP next please, Cave.

Considering that both games have T&A aplenty, that doesn't seem terribly unlikely. I don't care much for Daifukkatsu, but a MMP port would be wonderful.

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:06 pm

This is the day that i died inside. PS2 is now officially dead in shmup business

markedkiller78 · Post by **markedkiller78** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:18 pm

jpj wrote:in all honesty, this game is massively overrated

jpj wrote: and what's the big deal? this is the most overrated game since ketsui

2 Golden nuggets of turd in one day

Futari maniac is fantastic. Nice to see any shmups being released. With decent sales cave might continue to make 2d masterpieces & abandon this DS2 bullshit.

Surely a Black Label DLC is will be on the cards.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:27 pm

i spent yesterday playing ketsui. i will celebrate this news by playing futari all day today

it's hard work being high-brow

i imagine an arrange mode would be a less stupid version of ultra (

)

cyprien · Post by **cyprien** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:34 pm

This is very exciting considering my jp360 ships this week. =) !

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:41 pm

Amazing - I'm a little guilty of having been disinterested in the Microsoft family of consoles over the past years, but my J360 is just getting better and better to the point that it's just damn amazing to have...

Lets hope we get ESP2 next!

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:45 pm

Great news indeed…

and its nice to see happiness and fanfare right now regarding this latest entry to the xbox 360 shooting game line up…

because when the day comes and we are actually playing Futari on the 360, everyone will be doing 180 in attitude

But now, lets celebrate a happy moment

TodayIsForgotten · Post by **TodayIsForgotten** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:47 pm

This just kicked my dick off. The few times i played this game I fell in love with it. Very welcomed news.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:49 pm

Dragoforce wrote:Awesome, hopefully the PCB will get a little cheaper now

My thoughts exactly. Bring on the ports!

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:34 pm

ARRRG why is the 360 of ALL CONSOLES getting all the Cave ports?!!

If they released them on ANY console that wasn't made by microsoft I'd buy it in a heartbeat to play Ketsui or Futari.

Also I still don't understand how this makes any sense. Japan in general hates the xbox. It would have made much more sense to release japan-only shmups on the PS3. Also why the hell do they region-lock these things on the xbox? They are only losing sales by doing so, right? Am I missing some financial reason for doing it? If these came out in the US I'd buy the games just to play them on friends' xboxes, but still, no, they have to be friggin region-locked...

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:57 pm

No, they're not losing sales by making a Japan-only game for a Japan-only audience.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:59 pm

what a great morning for shmuppers...futari is all i'll ever need from cave anymore..cave, you're not needed anymore after the port of futari..lol

epic fail=pcb owners...you guys play the superior port..ill take a watered down port anyday in this economy..

adversity1 · Post by **adversity1** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:06 pm

Elixir wrote:No, they're not losing sales by making a Japan-only game for a Japan-only audience.

Given that the 'core' Japanese gaming industry is in a huge slump, it makes sense for Japanese companies to at least get region-coding taken off their products if they can't for whatever reason actually localize them.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:09 pm

But they won't. It's like I said, logic does not apply.

HeWhoGoverns · Post by **HeWhoGoverns** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:12 pm

This made my day. My Japanese 360 is currently on the way.

Mushihimesama is my favorite cave game, I just jizzed in my pants a little when I saw that Futari is coming for my 360

I also hope that ESPGaluda 2 comes out next

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:13 pm

That's pretty awesome

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:23 pm

kengou wrote:ARRRG why is the 360 of ALL CONSOLES getting all the Cave ports?!!

If they released them on ANY console that wasn't made by microsoft I'd buy it in a heartbeat to play Ketsui or Futari.

Also I still don't understand how this makes any sense. Japan in general hates the xbox. It would have made much more sense to release japan-only shmups on the PS3. Also why the hell do they region-lock these things on the xbox? They are only losing sales by doing so, right? Am I missing some financial reason for doing it? If these came out in the US I'd buy the games just to play them on friends' xboxes, but still, no, they have to be friggin region-locked...

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/20/surve ... -in-japan/

360s are selling to hardcore gamers in Japan, that is, the kind of gamers who would enjoy arcade ports. I'd rather these came out on the PS3 too considering the lack of region lock. I don't even own a PS3 but I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

But what you missed every other time this conversation came up is that Sony's licensing costs and policies on these types of games are what is keeping them coming to the 360. Tiny arcade port publishers can't afford to put their games on the PS3.

As for the region locking, I think they mostly do it to spite Asian import markets.

neojma · Post by **neojma** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:34 pm

kengou wrote:ARRRG why is the 360 of ALL CONSOLES getting all the Cave ports?!!

If they released them on ANY console that wasn't made by microsoft I'd buy it in a heartbeat to play Ketsui or Futari.

Waaah. At this point it's far beyond obvious that the 360 is the shooter console of this generation. Not just the several Cave games, but with stuff like Raiden IV and RFA, Shikigami no Shiro 3, Otomedius, Shooting Love 200X, G.Rev's games, etc.

I think it's pretty foolish to care who makes the console. If you want newly released shooter ports, buy the damn (Japanese) system. If you don't want to buy the system, don't play the games.

Also I still don't understand how this makes any sense. Japan in general hates the xbox. It would have made much more sense to release japan-only shmups on the PS3.

The "hardcore" audience in Japan that plays stuff like shooters, fighters, and hardcore action games doesn't hate the 360 at all. In fact, among that audience, 360 is very popular in Japan. Wii and PS3 may have more mainstream acceptance, but the 360 is actually the Japanese shooter otaku's system of choice. If you're releasing a game that has widespread appeal to Japanese mainstream gamers (Nintendo style stuff, Dragon Quest, etc.), release it on the system with a bigger install base.

There's also a bit of an issue of network externalities at work here. That is, the more shooters release on 360, the more it becomes thought of as "the shooter system". As shooter fans buy the system to play the games that exist, that only makes the system further entrenched as the logical destination for publishers who want to make a new shooter. It feeds on itself. 360 is popular with shooter fans because it's well supported with new releases, and it's well supported with new releases because it's popular with shooter fans.

Also why the hell do they region-lock these things on the xbox? They are only losing sales by doing so, right? Am I missing some financial reason for doing it? If these came out in the US I'd buy the games just to play them on friends' xboxes, but still, no, they have to be friggin region-locked...

It's annoying, but you can either deal with it or just not play the games. Been this way for a long time too, this is nothing new to the genre. Saturn, PSX, PS2, DC, Xbox, Gamecube, 360, Wii. We all dealt with it on those systems, we continue to deal with it on 360.

PS3 being a haven from region-locking is an exception among home consoles. That doesn't mean that just because it would be more convenient for you, non-Japanese shooter fan, that the publisher would be best served putting their game on that system.

I agree that publishers deciding to impose a region lock on games when they don't have to (as is the case with 360) is annoying, especially for games like Cave shooters that don't stand to make a large amount (or to be more accurate - aren't likely to be licensed/localized at all) on licensing for other region releases. But that's what we have. You're welcome to protest, and you're equally welcome to import a system and play the games.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:37 pm

This just clinched an import 360 for me. There's just too much goodness coming to pass one up.

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:42 pm

Awesome. Looking forward to the boost in activity on the scoreboard. A significant price drop on the pcb would be nice, too. ;]

brokenhalo · Post by **brokenhalo** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:50 pm

best news ever. it looks like the flood gates are opening now. i'm sure it's just a matter of time before ddp dfk and espgaluda 2 are announced. and hopefully someone decides to port esprade and progear at some point.