Espgaluda II -official-

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:39 am

In case nobody has seen the cover design of the disc case and booklet:

click me

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:05 am

Gah, I really want to see the art book...just the enemy designs.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:18 am

They are the same ones found on the official site. Go to the "stage" section and check them out.

The booklet is more or less a collection of all materials on the website, which was also printed across several issues of Arcadia. The only thing missing is comments by the character designer on each character, but is perhaps a paragraph in total, tops.

There is, however, some unreleased point information that I've not gone over in detail.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:44 am

oops
Whomever nabbed the one for 10,000 yen last week should be very happy.

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:48 am

GaijinPunch wrote:oops
Whomever nabbed the one for 10,000 yen last week should be very happy.

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:25 pm

God damn Play Asia

I paid twice that a couple of days ago

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:06 pm

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:14 pm

SuperPang wrote:God damn Play Asia

I paid twice that a couple of days ago

Great, thanks for the link! I just preordered it using a $5 off coupon and got it for $60.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:24 pm

I can't remember when the dollar tanked, but I think I got mine for the same amount. I paid Cocobiz in yen, so it worked out okay. That's crazy that they got them though. Cave has not announced a reprint.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:50 am

SuperPang wrote:God damn Play Asia

I paid twice that a couple of days ago

Thanks for the heads-up. I went over there to preorder that right away.

I'm hoping it's Arika who does ESPGaluda II for PS2. If they're done with it ALREADY (love their use of the word "currently") and are just keeping it on the QT for arcade owners' sakes, good.

umi · Post by **umi** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:53 am

God I love play-asia... :P Pre-ordered!

Shalashaska · Post by **Shalashaska** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:17 am

Awesome. *Pre-orders*

Post by **Dave_K.** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:19 am

Wow, awsome news! Got my preorder in.

I watched in misery last night as the last two dvds on YAJ went for 18,000 and 17,500 yen, thinking I'd never get one. I even saw someone use chaosjapan to try and bid (but eventually got outbid). I bet that is one happy dude now.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:32 am

The play-asia site has been updated with a concrete release date- June 13th!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:53 am

I wonder if they shmoozed Cave into printing X amount for them, and them alone. Either way, cheers to Play Asia for the basically same list price.

Kamakazie · Post by **Kamakazie** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:05 am

Gyaah, $70 for a DVD

Knoskoloz · Post by **Knoskoloz** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:04 am

Kamakazie wrote:Gyaah, $70 for a DVD

3 DVDs

Decide for yourself if a super play is worth 65$/50€.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:13 am

Knoskoloz wrote:
Kamakazie wrote:Gyaah, $70 for a DVD
3 DVDs

plus an artbook.

MrMonkeyMan · Post by **MrMonkeyMan** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:58 pm

It would have been nice to have a tate option with all these DVDs with extra space galore, but what can you do?

Also, the sound on my Ageha DVD is quite bad, so I'm curious if this is problem for everybody? It's almost entirely in the left audio channel and there's a constant buzzing sound. It's actually pretty hard to listen to with my headphones on.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:31 am

Just got an email from Play-asia saying my ESPGaluda II DVD set was shipped.

Maybe I'll get it before I leave for Taipei and Tokyo next tuesday, but I'm guessing it'll be waiting for me at the post office when I get back from my trip on the 29th.

BTW they have a bunch in stock and ready to ship apparently so if anyone who didn't preorder one wants one, they're available.

bpe · Post by **bpe** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:55 pm

I haven't read this whole freaking thread, but a quick search for "heimat" didn't yield anything, so --

... anyone else noticed that the 5th stage boss (I believe) launches from a socket that says something like "Shinya, meine heimat" ??

..what the huh ?

jpolz · Post by **jpolz** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:21 pm

bpe wrote:I haven't read this whole freaking thread, but a quick search for "heimat" didn't yield anything, so --

... anyone else noticed that the 5th stage boss (I believe) launches from a socket that says something like "Shinya, meine heimat" ??

..what the huh ?

Maybe it's just because I don't speak Japanese, but what's the big deal?

benj · Post by **benj** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:41 pm

"meine Heimat" is german for "my home(land)". I too don't see what the big deal is, though.

bpe · Post by **bpe** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:05 pm

Eh, you know, the appearance of a random german phrase in a Japanese game ? Probably just an easter egg, yes, yes, it's not a big deal :rolls eyes:

PepsimanVsJoe · Post by **PepsimanVsJoe** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:11 pm

So one of ESP Galuda 2's top players is 12 years old?

Yeah that's it I'm hanging it up. I'm too old to be playing these games. I should have started young like a Jedi or something. Course back when I was young we had River Raid so uh...yeah not comparable.

I bet this kid was playing Battle Garegga while getting his diaper changed..and 1CCing it of course.

EDIT: NEVERMIND I'm a moron. Clover-tac as usual. The names/ages listed in the Play-asia description had me confused.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:51 pm

bpe wrote:I haven't read this whole freaking thread, but a quick search for "heimat" didn't yield anything, so --

I actually had it listed in the strategy thread some time ago. I'm impressed you could read it off the DVD. Anyways, it is all part of the story. Those that aren't familiar w/ Shinra should probably start by familiarizing themselves with the story of ESPGaluda, and for shits and giggles this thread has the story and character profile translations of ESPGaluda II.

bpe · Post by **bpe** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:31 am

Wicked, thanks

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:39 am

Still awaiting the port announcement...if its going to happen it will be announced soon or never

Anyone know how long between the arcade releases of Mushi and Irbara and the port announcements?

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:39 pm

MrMonkeyMan wrote: Also, the sound on my Ageha DVD is quite bad, so I'm curious if this is problem for everybody? It's almost entirely in the left audio channel and there's a constant buzzing sound. It's actually pretty hard to listen to with my headphones on.

Yes the Ageha capture/replay is screwed sound wise. Not as annoying watching on a TV with crappy sound to begin with.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:44 pm

Anyone know how long between the arcade releases of Mushi and Irbara and the port announcements?

About the same as Mushi. Technically, it's late, which is worisome. Mushi came out in October/November, and was announced the following April, an was out by July, IIRC. Mushi was out in June, and released by the following March. Galuda II has been out 7 months, and we've yet to hear a port announcement.

FYI, I picked up an extra DVD from Play Asia, and checked it out. Everything seems to be identical to the one sold by Cave. No evidence of "reprint" or anything like that.