Shin Akai Katana Confirmed for North America

[TrevHead (TVR)]

Lol that Deadspace 2 review is dire, If I didnt already know about the game, I wouldnt have a clue as to what genre it was, let alone the game mechanics

As to ponder on my question, I had totally forgotten that IGN and other sites have off shoot sites in different countries and languages. That said imo there is still some bias towards US reviews and content from the main US website.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360 ... ic-reviews
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360 ... ic-reviews

@Special World Yeah EG is a great site with usually well written reviews. Imo they are the best at real games journalism when most gaming sites idea of "Gamez Jurnlizm" is to copy and paste Eurogamer, Siliconera and Rock Paper Shotgun articles and put an sensationalistic slant to it. Destructoid is particularly bad at aping newpaper tabloids.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012- ... -worth-230
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digit ... e-360-dash

[ZenErik]

It's settled. Buying a North American Xbox 360 today and selling off some of my J360 shmups.

[StarCreator]

I'd wait and see if the game will work on a JP console before buying an NA one. I've been using a JP console as my main for years and have had little issue.

[dunpeal2064]

I'd wait and see if the game will work on a JP console before buying an NA one. I've been using a JP console as my main for years and have had little issue.

So far: Deathsmiles, Raiden IV, RFA, and the PAL region DFK don't work on jp consoles, so I would assume this one won't work. I would be quite happy if it ended up working.

[ZenErik]

I'd wait and see if the game will work on a JP console before buying an NA one. I've been using a JP console as my main for years and have had little issue.

So far: Deathsmiles, Raiden IV, RFA, and the PAL region DFK don't work on jp consoles, so I would assume this one won't work. I would be quite happy if it ended up working.

Indeed. I'll hold off on the US console anyway. I was just going to have BOTH consoles, but I guess I already have enough clutter in here.

[dunpeal2064]

Yeah, I had both for a bit, but something about having 2 360s just irked me.

[BrightSuzaku]

I just imported PAL DFK, and then this news happens?! HA! :D

Well, I guess that means I'm holding off (again) on MMP/PinkSweets. I'll be able to grab it by then, too~
Man, but there are so many (non-shooting) games I want coming this year... So far, it's such a good year!

Now I just gotta set up Paypal from my bum EU account for DFK.

[StarCreator]

Indeed. I'll hold off on the US console anyway. I was just going to have BOTH consoles, but I guess I already have enough clutter in here.

I'm back to owning two consoles again (I had originally given my launch model NA console to my brother, but he has since purchased a newer one as he needed HDMI output), but still use the JP console for everything. Not sure why so many shmups are locked out of it (you can add Otomedius Excellent to the above list) but I have no issue at all with more mainstream titles. I'd rather not press my NA console back into service though as it's survived long past its life expectancy and I sort of feel like it'll explode in a burst of red fire if I look at it funny.

[subcons]

Just acquired DDP Res. as well. This is great news. I'll definitely put a pre-order in to show support.

[MR_Soren]

Well, I guess that means I'm holding off (again) on MMP/PinkSweets.

If you want that and know of a place where you can get it, you may not wish to wait. I've heard it's becoming scarce.



Still can't believe the news. I hope this helps Cave enough for them to consider more 360 ports.

[ZenErik]

Well, I guess that means I'm holding off (again) on MMP/PinkSweets.

If you want that and know of a place where you can get it, you may not wish to wait. I've heard it's becoming scarce.



Still can't believe the news. I hope this helps Cave enough for them to consider more 360 ports.

Heh. $110 used and shipped on eBay is cheapest BIN.

I think I paid around $70 used? Wish i had bought it new since the DLC was already used.

[TrevHead (TVR)]

It's settled. Buying a North American Xbox 360 today and selling off some of my J360 shmups.

I hope you still are keeping your J360 as there is no safe bet in this genre, given how things change from one month to the next

Well, I guess that means I'm holding off (again) on MMP/PinkSweets.

I think its probably unlikely we will see any of the regoin free shmups localised, atleast as boxed retail.

If you arnt in a rush to actually play it you might be better off buying a sealed copy and sitting on it for a while. If it becomes available in the future you can always resell it. Like MR_Soren states its very hard to get hold of atm. Not that ild sell my copy but I wonder if MMP/PS will reach the same price as ibara ps2 did if it never gets a reprint.

[BrightSuzaku]

*headdesk* Yes, it's the price spike that's got me. I should have nabbed it back when it first came out, so now it's biting me in the butt.

The problem is that it is getting harder to find, with no reprint in sight, as you said; so I'm not sure where to go from there.
I'm trying to save money, since there's a ton of games I'm after, especially after a few big purchases: new computer, DDP:R/DFK, several books, etc.

I didn't buy the 360 originally for shoot'em ups (I bought it for some JRPGs and lols, Ace Combat), but I'm very pleased with how things turned out for it. It's an American 360, mostly because back then I didn't know that it would become *the* shooter console of this generation. So, on that level, I'm happy, especially now.

Although, I had an absolute, hand-cramping, obsessed blast with Ketsui at MAGfest, despite barely understanding how to play it. So it's actually higher on my wishlist than MMP, and seeing that localized one day would be beyond good news. But for now, Akai Katana~ I actually had loads of fun with it at MAGfest as well, once I got a better idea about how to play (sorta).

[KMM]

GET HYPE

I'll preorder AKS once a proper US release date is announced.

[MR_Soren]

*headdesk* Yes, it's the price spike that's got me. I should have nabbed it back when it first came out, so now it's biting me in the butt.

Sucks. Same thing happened to me with PS2 Ibara. :\

With the 360 vanishing from Japanese stores and the recent Cave GoD announcement, it's unlikely that it will be distributed on disc again, but maybe there is hope that the GoD version will be region-free or released in US?

Totally with you on buying AK at release, even though I don't expect it to have scarcity problems. (Heck, people are still trying to sell off their inventory of Deathsmiles NA).

[Skykid]

Lol that Deadspace 2 review is dire, If I didnt already know about the game, I wouldnt have a clue as to what genre it was, let alone the game mechanics

As to ponder on my question, I had totally forgotten that IGN and other sites have off shoot sites in different countries and languages. That said imo there is still some bias towards US reviews and content from the main US website.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360 ... ic-reviews
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360 ... ic-reviews

The whole industry is biased, just depends who's paying the bills from one week to the next.

That said I don't understand the relevance of the Metacritic links. Otomedius Excellent is shit. That aggregate score is about on the money.

[Casper<3]

It's settled. Buying a North American Xbox 360 today and selling off some of my J360 shmups.

I originally owned a US 360 but sold it for gas money one day to get to work. (I didn't use it much because at the time the US library was bleak) When I got paid I said F it and bought a JP 360 (best gaming decision I ever made). However I had the urge to play some RPGs in english (Magna Carta 2, Eternal Sonata) and believe it or not Medal of Honor. I would have just bought Asian English versions but they're incredibly hard to find (going on about 2 years of looking with no luck, still looking!) so I bought a used 360 off SRK. It lasted about 3 months with probably less than 20 hours play time before it decided to red ring. Funny thing is I plan to get another US 360 to play a small handful of region locked games. I'm a bit undecided because I'm tempted to get a PS3 instead though.

RE:MMP/PS: I think I paid around $70 used? Wish i had bought it new since the DLC was already used.

I think I paid 60 for it used and 15 more for the DLC. I found the DLC to be a total waste of money. ...but I don't care for MMP/PS as a whole either, they're a snoozefest to me. Deff my least played CAVE games, just doesn't have any magic.

[Never_Scurred]

It's settled. Buying a North American Xbox 360 today and selling off some of my J360 shmups.

I hope you still are keeping your J360 as there is no safe bet in this genre, given how things change from one month to the next

Well, I guess that means I'm holding off (again) on MMP/PinkSweets.

I think its probably unlikely we will see any of the regoin free shmups localised, atleast as boxed retail.

If you arnt in a rush to actually play it you might be better off buying a sealed copy and sitting on it for a while. If it becomes available in the future you can always resell it. Like MR_Soren states its very hard to get hold of atm. Not that ild sell my copy but I wonder if MMP/PS will reach the same price as ibara ps2 did if it never gets a reprint.

Thank God I bought two copies of MMP/PS back when they were $70 new on eBay.
The one thing I learned about dealing with Cave ports is you gotta jump in when the gettin' is good or pay nearly double on eBay in 6 months. I didn't mean to buy two copies of MMP/PS---I bought a copy from a japanese guy right before the disaster and didn't hear from him again, so I charged it to the game, gripped my nuts like a G and cashed out for another copy on eBay. The first copy showed up a month later.

[bcass]

I think having all the games readily available on the GoD service might stifle collector value of the non-5pb published Cave games.

[ZenErik]

It's settled. Buying a North American Xbox 360 today and selling off some of my J360 shmups.

I originally owned a US 360 but sold it for gas money one day to get to work. (I didn't use it much because at the time the US library was bleak) When I got paid I said F it and bought a JP 360 (best gaming decision I ever made). However I had the urge to play some RPGs in english (Magna Carta 2, Eternal Sonata) and believe it or not Medal of Honor. I would have just bought Asian English versions but they're incredibly hard to find (going on about 2 years of looking with no luck, still looking!) so I bought a used 360 off SRK. It lasted about 3 months with probably less than 20 hours play time before it decided to red ring. Funny thing is I plan to get another US 360 to play a small handful of region locked games. I'm a bit undecided because I'm tempted to get a PS3 instead though.

RE:MMP/PS: I think I paid around $70 used? Wish i had bought it new since the DLC was already used.

I think I paid 60 for it used and 15 more for the DLC. I found the DLC to be a total waste of money. ...but I don't care for MMP/PS as a whole either, they're a snoozefest to me. Deff my least played CAVE games, just doesn't have any magic.

Yea. I decided not to get a 2nd 360. At least not yet. But I do have a PS3 and Eternal Sonata. That's actually what has been taking up most of my gaming time lately. Great game.

[AntiFritz]

It's settled. Buying a North American Xbox 360 today and selling off some of my J360 shmups.

I originally owned a US 360 but sold it for gas money one day to get to work. (I didn't use it much because at the time the US library was bleak) When I got paid I said F it and bought a JP 360 (best gaming decision I ever made). However I had the urge to play some RPGs in english (Magna Carta 2, Eternal Sonata) and believe it or not Medal of Honor. I would have just bought Asian English versions but they're incredibly hard to find (going on about 2 years of looking with no luck, still looking!) so I bought a used 360 off SRK. It lasted about 3 months with probably less than 20 hours play time before it decided to red ring. Funny thing is I plan to get another US 360 to play a small handful of region locked games. I'm a bit undecided because I'm tempted to get a PS3 instead though.

RE:MMP/PS: I think I paid around $70 used? Wish i had bought it new since the DLC was already used.

I think I paid 60 for it used and 15 more for the DLC. I found the DLC to be a total waste of money. ...but I don't care for MMP/PS as a whole either, they're a snoozefest to me. Deff my least played CAVE games, just doesn't have any magic.

Yea. I decided not to get a 2nd 360. At least not yet. But I do have a PS3 and Eternal Sonata. That's actually what has been taking up most of my gaming time lately. Great game.

Yeah, its probably the only cave port I'll never bother buying. Never had much interest in the raizing style cave games.

[xbl0x180]

I have two 360s, but that's because the US one was free - my brother gave it to me when he got it back from the manufacturer to fix the RROD (he went and bought another new 360 while he was waiting for it to be repaired and returned). It's been working okay since Oct. 2010

Anyway, I'm getting the US version of Akai Katana even though I already have the Japanese disc. This game is ten times better than that Otomedius trash where half the game is DLC (I'll still buy the disc once I find it on the barg'in bin). I also second the fact that I haven't played much of Muchi Muchi Pink Sweets. I bought it new when it first came out and maybe clocked a few hours into it - and that's it.

[TrevHead (TVR)]

@PepsimanVsJoe Cool site bro, I listened to number 8 of your podcasts and really enjoyed it as unlike most podcasts I didnt find myself skipping most of it to get to the segments that intrested me.

@Skykid I linked Metacritic just to show the websites that reveiwed OE and DFK, My bad as I should have pointed this out. But yeah money talks for getting coverage

[Special World]

Suzaku: I'd recommend getting MMP/PS before DFK and Akai Katana

I don't think you'll have any problems finding the latter two, but Muchi / Pink will be hard to find. It's also the best package between the three, imo, and I didn't really expect to like it as much as I do.

[Strider77]

Do most of you that have 2 360s live in Europe?

I am in the U.S. and have had one Japanese 360 for years now. I haven't been region locked out of hardly anything with a J360.... have had zero reason to want a USA model. There may have been 3 or 4 titles but even then I just had to order the asian english version that wound up being cheaper than paying the U.S. plus tax.

[ZenErik]

Do most of you that have 2 360s live in Europe?

I am in the U.S. and have had one Japanese 360 for years now. I haven't been region locked out of hardly anything with a J360.... have had zero reason to want a USA model. There may have been 3 or 4 titles but even then I just had to order the asian english version that wound up being cheaper than paying the U.S. plus tax.

The problem is that if you don't order the Asian release close to its release date you may never find it again. I'd like the Asian English version of a few games like Beautiful Katamari, but I have never seen one pop up.

[Strider77]

I have only ordered one once and sold that one in the end. I'm just saying If I owned a U.S. model I'd be locked out of ALOT of my collection. Anything I've been locked out of now has been nothing important. I honestly forget that it's even locked at all.

But I do use my PS3 alot also. Between the 2 I never encounter much I can't play. I couldn't imagine the rat race of holding my breath on each of these shooter releases getting a domestic release.

[TrevHead (TVR)]

Wouldnt it be arkward for those who are into xbla gaming to use 2 360s? ild imagine it to be quite a pain. Still atleast its not as bad as the Wii where DD games are locked to that console only, your machine dies so does your games

[Casper<3]

Wouldnt it be arkward for those who are into xbla gaming to use 2 360s? ild imagine it to be quite a pain. Still atleast its not as bad as the Wii where DD games are locked to that console only, your machine dies so does your games

Not at all. I have my profile saved on a little usb drive, I just plug it in to whichever 360 I want to play on (back before my US one RROD)

[Casper<3]

I hope RSG decided to run a score contest in NA when SAK is released. That would be awesome.