Pink Sweets & Muchi Muchi Pork bundle - Xbox 360!!!!!

[sideshow]

Damn the 360 is on a roll with shmups. Such a tragedy for the PS3.

[BulletMagnet]

Quite simply, Pink Sweets is Yagawa's modern remake of Recca with rank. You'd think people would be going nutz over it, like the original NES cart, but its so difficult, average shmup players will hate it.

I'm most eager to see if they fix all the bugs for the port (or at least make their effects optional), if only to quiet down the "Yagawa's such a genius he put the bugs in there on purpose!!1" crowd.

[Dave_K.]

^Zing! I'm sure it will be based on the last PCB revision, which fixed all the freezing bugs, but left multiply mode intact.

[Acid King]

But if they fix the bugs, it won't be arcade perfect!

[evil_ash_xero]

Could you link to the other stages. I just see this one, and after that, I can't navigate the site.

Somebody posted a Rafute 1-loop clear of this back in July. (hatena link for those without a nico account)

The uploader seems to have put it up because there aren't many MMP videos compared to other Cave shooters, and hopes that it will help someone clear the first loop. So I wouldn't expect anything too impressive, but hey, maybe you haven't seen it and will enjoy it. (I've only watched the first part.)

MMP seems to put much more of an emphasis on being funny and weird than actually catering to the clichéd anime fetishes. I love that, which is one of the reasons I'm so hyped for this.

[honorless]

2, 3, 4, 5.

FYI: if you see 'smXXXXXX' in the video description, that's the ID of another related video. It's automatically linked from nico, but you can copy and paste it into the URL if you're on Hatena. If the XXXXXX is a higher number than your current video, it's the next one—if it's lower, that's the previous one.

Final score is 100,151,700. The video quality is much better than the other MMP recordings on Nico and YT, so make sure you're not watching it while Nico's in economy mode. (1900 to 200 JST, I think) There's a huge difference.

Is there any way to discern whether someone's looped the game other than their score being however many mil higher? No 2-X listed for the stage or anything like that? Just curious.

[Skykid]

Damn the 360 is on a roll with shmups. Such a tragedy for the PS3.

The lack of shmups is only one of several PS3 tragedies.

[evil_ash_xero]

2, 3, 4, 5.

FYI: if you see 'smXXXXXX' in the video description, that's the ID of another related video. It's automatically linked from nico, but you can copy and paste it into the URL if you're on Hatena. If the XXXXXX is a higher number than your current video, it's the next one—if it's lower, that's the previous one.

Final score is 100,151,700. The video quality is much better than the other MMP recordings on Nico and YT, so make sure you're not watching it while Nico's in economy mode. (1900 to 200 JST, I think) There's a huge difference.

Is there any way to discern whether someone's looped the game other than their score being however many mil higher? No 2-X listed for the stage or anything like that? Just curious.

Despite being lady pigs on motorcycles, the game looks pretty good. But it does have the worst sound effects I have ever heard in a shmup in my entire life. Luckily all of Cave's home releases(that they release) have the option to turn the voices off. I may pick this one up.
And yeah, fortunately it's more weird and silly than looking pervy and girly. Which is good.

[MachineAres 1CC]

Damn the 360 is on a roll with shmups. Such a tragedy for the PS3.

The lack of shmups is only one of several PS3 tragedies.

[8 1/2]

Luckily all of Cave's home releases(that they release) have the option to turn the voices off. I may pick this one up.
And yeah, fortunately it's more weird and silly than looking pervy and girly. Which is good.

This is actually a really good point. The girls all have a little squeal they do when they get near a bullet, which was driving me nuts when playing the arcade version, especially in later levels. . I had to play in mute to not drive my girlfriend nuts.

[Plasmo]

I have sexual pleasures when grazing bullets. It makes me increasing.

[Matsunaga]

Damn the 360 is on a roll with shmups. Such a tragedy for the PS3.

The lack of shmups is only one of several PS3 tragedies.

No, it's the only one.

[bcass]

To call the PS3 redundant would be a colossal understatement.

[AraraSPAMWitch]

Anyone know any good videos of Pink Sweets play? There's a couple average vids on Youtube, and absolutely nothing on niconico unless I'm spelling it incorrectly, whereas there's muchi videos out the ass. Thanks!

*edit* derp i fucked up the spelling, found zee videos

[roker]

So is Pink Sweets more difficult than Ibara?

I got to spend quite a bit of time with Ibara (PS2 shit port and Arcade PCB) and I consider it one of the more difficult games I've ever played (trouncing Battle Garegga). Unfortunately I only got to play Pink Sweets in a 2 hour run at a meetup and that's about it. Not that I won't buy it, but I'm definitely more interested in it than the other games coming out (including DFK).

[spineshark]

Despite being lady pigs on motorcycles, the game looks pretty good.

They're not motorcycles. If you watch the sprites, they're actually pedaling

Also, the game seriously rules so much. I would've given it max points in my top 25 votes but I only got to play for about six hours, so I didn't quite feel that was fair. It's definitely Yagawa's most Cave-y game, but if you like both of those styles on their own, the combination is amazing. This is THE game that I kept saying would get me to import a 360 if I had to, and I'm so ready to hold to that.

[Shuurin]

Quite simply, Pink Sweets is Yagawa's modern remake of Recca with rank. You'd think people would be going nutz over it, like the original NES cart, but its so difficult, average shmup players will hate it.

I'm average and don't care for Recca, but can't stop loving how such a cute game keeps handing me my arse in every which way. Yagawa needs to head up the next cave game.

[apple arcade]

I'm excited for MMP far more than PS but am happy to have the chance of playing both games.

[Platypus Stan]

How would you guys who have played all the CAVE YGW games compare PS to Ibara? MMP?

Pink Sweets is a bit of a mixed bag. I can put up with or even enjoy the rank mechanics in most of Yagawa's games, but it's just out of control in PS. I love everything else in the game, but if I'm playing for survival, I'm too focused on rank control to enjoy it. And if I'm playing for score, my tears eventually end up obscuring everything. Never even made it past the stage 4 midboss...

And it definitely doesn't feel like Ibara or Yagawa in general. The scoring system was inspired by Recca and the bullet patterns and overall design feel more like your standard Cave fare.

Muchi Muchi Pork is a masterpiece (probably my favorite shooter period), but it's also pretty different from all of Yagawa's previous games. I'm mainly a YGW fan for his bullet patterns and boss designs, and both are in top form here. Rank and boss milking are present, but kept to a minimum. The scoring system is pure IKD.

[evil_ash_xero]

I'm starting to look forward to fighting some hateful enemies.

[professor ganson]

YESSSS!!!!!! I want Muchi Muchi so Much! Best shmup news of the year!

[BIL]

Now that said I don't think loops are so bad if they just keep going like Gradius V, but only when playing competitively for score. If you're just trying to have fun it'll just feel long.

Infinite looping is absolutely horrible in Gradius V's case, when playing for score, since there's no advanced scoring system and the first loop is both mild and an hour-plus in length.

[2dvertical]

The wacky style of these is my cup of tea. I have never played them but from watching the videos the games look fun. Thank you Cave.

[njiska]

Now that said I don't think loops are so bad if they just keep going like Gradius V, but only when playing competitively for score. If you're just trying to have fun it'll just feel long.

Infinite looping is absolutely horrible in Gradius V's case, when playing for score, since there's no advanced scoring system and the first loop is both mild and an hour-plus in length.

That was just the first title to come to mind that had infinite loops. In actuality I agree that playing it for score is a long, boring and tedious process.

[JoeTeach]

I wish they were still doing them multi region. If Cave keep releasing titles like this I'll have to justify another 360 in the house, which is going to be tricky as we already have 3. I'm new here btw, hi everyone.

[emphatic]

I wish they were still doing them multi region. If Cave keep releasing titles like this I'll have to justify another 360 in the house, which is going to be tricky as we already have 3. I'm new here btw, hi everyone.

Easy, sell 1, buy a J-NTSC. Problem solved. Also hi.

[DEL]

JoeTeach wrote:

I wish they were still doing them multi region. If Cave keep releasing titles like this I'll have to justify another 360 in the house, which is going to be tricky as we already have 3. I'm new here btw, hi everyone.

Can't you take it to a Chip Shop and get it chipped?


Then you can go ahead and play dem Japanese games like Chunkis and Dragon

innit.

[emphatic]

innit.

I KNEW IT!

[apple arcade]

Maybe they'll pull some crazy switcharoo mode where you can use MMP characters in PS levels and vice versa?

[apple arcade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkzv5JPVoro

MU-CHI-CHI!