Caladrius - Xbox 360 shmup from MOSS

[Tyjet]

Look like playasia has both the regular and limited editions for preorder:

Limited

Regular

Although the gameplay is still vauge and the offical website is a work in progress, the I am loving the style of the game judging by the screenshots. May just buy the limited version for the extra Material Collection Artbook and CD.

[Jeneki]

Yay, physical release! I didn't want to be the one to raise that question.

[Stevas]

If it has good patterns and level design I'm in.

If it gets an EU/region free release, I'm in.

Yes, I am really THAT easy to please.

/stern glare towards the likes of Raiden IV\Fighters Aces

[ciox]

Says just NTSC-J on play-asia. :/

[denpanosekai]

Says just NTSC-J on play-asia. :/

Your point being? They say NTSC-J only about Ginga Force too, but the publisher confirmed RF status on twitter.
They're not going to update their listings every time a rumour or spotty translation pops up online.

[KAI]

Bundled soundtrack, fuck.

[Teufel_in_Blau]

More pics:

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201302/04028203.html

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Says just NTSC-J on play-asia. :/

If that's true, then fuck.

[pestro87]

Just pre-ordered the LE B-)

[Squire Grooktook]

What is a shmup? A miserable little pile of bullets!

[ciox]

What is a shmup? A miserable little pile of bullets!

Makes me think of Aeternum on XBLIG.

[BrooksBishop]

Makes me think of Aeternum on XBLIG.

You flatter me, sir.

Those screenshots are making me think I should try using some more yellows in my efforts. Looks very nice all around.

[thelion1856]

I emailed the developer asking if this game will be region free (thank u google translate) and am waiting on a reply. If they email me back ill let u all know.

[BrianC]

Says just NTSC-J on play-asia. :/

It has question marks for NTSC/U and PAL, which only means they haven't been confirmed.

[Nana]

Hm. It looks like more bullets are being shot FROM the ship than at it. Either way, looks interesting, even if I'm not a fan of the art.

[Pharos]

Is Raiden IV any good? I haven't picked it up since has ever seemed to drop in price at stores.

[Special World]

imo it's a solid shooter that's not horribly exciting. I prefer the Raiden Fighters games if you don't have those, but those are pretty amazing so that's no real knock against Raiden IV. It does have a really fun twin-stick mode where you control both ships at the same time.

[EmperorIng]

Is Raiden IV any good?

Yes; it's very good.

[Mero]

This game is getting released in the arcades as well, coming out "early summer". ALL.net P-ras MULTI distribution via RINGEDGE2 hardware. Unknown if will be different from home release.

http://am-show.sega.jp/jaepo13/lineups/caladrius

[Mero]

Official page is up. http://caladrius.mossjp.co.jp/

The game now has a Twitter and Facebook too for those that use them.

Arcade version will be shown this coming Friday and Saturday at Japan Amusement Expo 2013.

[Hagane]

I wonder what that Element Burst mechanic does. I also saw the letters RPG in the Caladrius section... RSG style weapon leveling, maybe? Just the setting? I hope some Japanese enabled user comes to the rescue.

[ciox]

Checked out the website, like I said before, it really looks like Giga Wing, one type of shot, bombs and a bomb-like ability that's more plentiful but weaker, though ofcourse there's also the RPG stuff on top.
Looking at its trappings I doubt this will be a huge scoreplay shmup but still kinda excited.

[BulletMagnet]

A quick primer on the three playable characters' back stories on Siliconera.

[TrevHead (TVR)]

If it's region free I guess that puts out any chance of it been localised. Hopefully it's good to justify the extra cost as I wouldn't mind a MOSS stg on my PAL 360.

[ciox]

le PV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... wbRrVJxOus

Not much to see, but the game looks reasonably difficult at least.

[AntiFritz]

Really like what I see so far, Loving the gothic theme. Hope its region free or otherwise playable outside japan.

[psoslayer]

Looks nice - shame it's not TATE though.

[ciox]

Looks nice - shame it's not TATE though.

Vertizontals aren't bad when the aspect ratio is 4:3, the way it is here, gameplay is pretty close to tate and you can play it on an old 4:3 screen without having to turn it on its side. Also fills a decent amount of screen on a widescreen display.
It's what I'd go for, making a console shmup that had to be vertical.

[shaowebb]

Sounded more interesting in my head than it looks in those screenshots, but I hope it's really good.

I didn't like Raiden IV that much though, outside the cool twin-stick mode. Mostly gets shelved in favor of Fighters Aces. Dunno what Moss's team is like compared to Seibu.

I'm always down for anything horror-themed though.

And here I thought it would be just me who preferred fighter aces to Raiden IV.

[Elaphe]

This game looks very interesting. Is a tate mode confirmed?

I wish it's region free. I love Raiden IV. It's simply amazing. It's a shame I cannot buy it for my PAL XBOX360. I play it on my PC though (arcade version).