Parodius is back? Showing at AOU 2007: Otomedius!

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:27 pm

TWE wrote:
seattlexc wrote:
TWE wrote:Wow, this game looks awesome. I'm sure a X360 or PS3 port will come later in the year.
What makes you you so sure of a home port? I'd be thrilled if it did get a home port, but I don't want to get me hopes up for nothing.
This is a hi-res, polygonal, horizontal KONAMI shmup. The chances of a port are extremely high (I wouldn't be surprised if they already started working on it). Could be X360, PS3, Wii, or even PS2. Who knows.

Also, this is not a 2D, low-res, vertical, non-polygonal Cave game. Those have close to zero chance to be ported these days.

For TWE,

I'd have agree with you on this -- a possible Konami shmup port for any of the latest consoles or perhaps the ol' PS2..... ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

bVork · Post by **bVork** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:12 pm

Best news in a long time. I can't wait for this game. I hope it comes out on either PS2 or... PS3. Why? Because PS3 is the only next-gen console that apparently lacks regional lockout.

BTW, those namakoteam vids are shot from a widescreen monitor, and it's obviously a 4:3 game - look at the youtube video and the stretching of what's supposed to be a sphere.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:13 pm

Yep, it's a Gradius spinoff alright, right down to the out-of-nowhere memorizer attacks. Though it looks like there's more going on there system-wise than in most games of that ilk...guess we'll hafta wait and see what those are.

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:47 pm

dementia wrote:

Those character designs look familiar.

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:42 am

jiji wrote:Clear, hi-res videos ahoy:

http://namakoteam.com/videos/aou01.zip (Stage 1, 84MB)
http://namakoteam.com/videos/aou02.zip (Stage 1 miniboss, 22MB)
http://namakoteam.com/videos/aou03.zip (Stage 1 boss, 66MB)
http://namakoteam.com/videos/otomedius-st2.zip (Stage 2, 35MB)

Fighter17 wrote:http://monkeyuploader.dyndns.org/Offeri ... up1337.jpg
Various photos of the game.
One of them in the right side has some Gradius II influence.

Need to go change my pants now.

Keep them coming guys. The Parodii is a big favourite of mine, and this looks to be another great installment.

seattlexc · Post by **seattlexc** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:35 am

TWE wrote:
seattlexc wrote:
TWE wrote:Wow, this game looks awesome. I'm sure a X360 or PS3 port will come later in the year.
What makes you you so sure of a home port? I'd be thrilled if it did get a home port, but I don't want to get me hopes up for nothing.
This is a hi-res, polygonal, horizontal KONAMI shmup. The chances of a port are extremely high (I wouldn't be surprised if they already started working on it). Could be X360, PS3, Wii, or even PS2. Who knows.

Also, this is not a 2D, low-res, vertical, non-polygonal Cave game. Those have close to zero chance to be ported these days.

Thanks for the reply, that makes more sense now. Still too bad about the last several Cave games not getting ported

Klatrymadon · Post by **Klatrymadon** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:42 am

Tell you what, that Konaken girl must be fuming over these character designs.

Imhotep · Post by **Imhotep** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:20 am

I'm wild guessing it's G.Rev's new project.

FMK · Post by **FMK** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:30 am

Fighter17 wrote:http://monkeyuploader.dyndns.org/Offeri ... up1337.jpg

Looking at this pic we can see "Produced by Takashi Hamano" along the title flyer. It's the guy who worked on the original beatmania in 1997. I don't know any other games he worked on.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:49 am

TWE wrote:Also, this is not a 2D, low-res, vertical, non-polygonal Cave game.

2D games=non-polygonal, or am i missing something?

on-topic, I love the look of this game. but it just looks too damn easy, and usually the final releases are easier than the ones they take to shows and lokes

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:14 am

icycalm wrote:
TWE wrote:Also, this is not a 2D, low-res, vertical, non-polygonal Cave game.
2D games=non-polygonal, or am i missing something?

Well games like Ikaruga, while having polygonal graphics, are still 2D in their gameplay. That's what I was referring to.

Frogacuda · Post by **Frogacuda** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:58 am

Imhotep wrote:I'm wild guessing it's G.Rev's new project.

Would kind of surprise me after Maruyama's disparaging comments about gimmicky use of touchscreen.s

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:14 am

Looks awesome.

I also love the parodii games and this one looks really nice so far. Though I would have prefered if they had put in similiar character choices like in the prior Parudius games (toy Vic Viper, Twinbee, Girl riding on a bullet, Koitsu/Doitsu,...). But anyway this one looks awesome and I am really glad a new Parodius game came out of nowhere.
2007 the year of parodii shmups.

How ace would it be if Takumi woulc pop out of nowhere and announcing Giga Fuwa Fuwa...

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:42 am

Edge wrote: How ace would it be if Takumi woulc pop out of nowhere and announcing Giga Fuwa Fuwa...

I have no idea what that means, but yes.

99pence · Post by **99pence** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:37 am

Pretty.

Touch screen? People can forget about playing this at home or outside of Japan, shirley.

tekneekz · Post by **tekneekz** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:41 am

i wonder if gradius 6 turned into this

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:51 am

Rob wrote:
Edge wrote: How ace would it be if Takumi woulc pop out of nowhere and announcing Giga Fuwa Fuwa...
I have no idea what that means, but yes.

I think Fuwa Fuwa means something like fluffy...

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:03 pm

TWE wrote:Could be X360, PS3, Wii, or even PS2. Who knows.

Seeing the way the touch-screen works in those clearer AVIs posted above, I would say this is a prime candidate for Wii and Wiimote.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:21 pm

Say, how the hell does the top on the blue haired girl stay on?

Superglue?

99pence · Post by **99pence** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:11 pm

shoe-sama wrote:Say, how the hell does the top on the blue haired girl stay on?

Superglue?

By the sheer will of the censors.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:23 pm

Kiken wrote:There's a bunch of photos from the show here:
http://www.neo-arcadia.com/News/voir_news.php?id_news=1

You can get a better look at the Otomedius cabs.

There's even a couple of Muchi-Muchi Pork ones.

Thanks for the link, Kiken!

Why are there no sites in English with any AOU 2007 coverage?

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:23 pm

Looks awesome - here's hoping for a port down the line.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:28 pm

Does anyone know what arcade hardware this is running on? Sorry if it was mentioned already, I just scanned the thread and didn't see.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:50 pm

Wow, this is looking excellent! And a hori too. It better had penguins in it though!

Anyway, great to see Konami bringing a shmup franchise to the Arcades again, especially after Gradius V being home only.
That said I am surely craving to see this on a home platform (any).

dementia · Post by **dementia** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:05 pm

Super Laydock wrote:Wow, this is looking excellent! And a hori too. It better had penguins in it though!

There are penguins, watch the vids

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:36 pm

dementia wrote: There are penguins

Perfect! Now it´s officially a winner!

, watch the vids

I only skipped through the youtube one fast, deliberately not seeing it wholely (I hate spoilers). Thanks for clearing this up though!

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:16 pm

shoe-sama wrote:Say, how the hell does the top on the blue haired girl stay on?

Superglue?

Probably. After all, I hear that Japanese schoolgirls keep their loose socks held up with glue.

tviks · Post by **tviks** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:53 pm

Hopefully Gradius VI is still on the way.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:06 pm

I think the games artwork goes a litle too far in it's no pantsu-ness

tekneekz · Post by **tekneekz** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:43 pm

tviks wrote:Hopefully Gradius VI is still on the way.

yes i hope !