Mushihimesama PS2 pre-orders confirmed! (was: Is this real?)

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:35 am

Well I'm looking forward to playasia's absurdly fast mail to new england. I've never understood how they do it, but I swear there is a decent chance I'll have it by friday. The weird part is, for so many other people, play asia is really slow...I don't get it.

teetu · Post by **teetu** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:55 am

I was expecting to be able to walk in to videogamedepot and buy one, but they didn't order any. I wonder why the hell not. I guess i got to order from somewhere

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:07 am

For those playing it now, where is Reko's hitbox located? I'd like to know before I get my copy. Thanks in advance for any info.

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:27 am

You can see it highlighted by a circle here.

http://www.rsdio.com/zakk/reko_hit.jpg

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:09 am

^ that is bloody huge!

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:14 am

it would have been awesome if they re-released the OST figure with the game... T_T or maybe a statue of the 2P character?

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:53 am

You can see your hitbox while you're holding down the fire button and moving slowly, so don't worry about pictures. It's actually a little smaller than the game displays... plus, enemy bullets have a small layer of "flash" pixels on them that don't kill you if you touch them (that is to say, all the bullets have hit boxes of their own)... so you can glide through clouds of bullets with ease.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:44 am

Thanks to zakk and cth for the hitbox info, cannot wait to graze bullets with this monster.

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:24 pm

MY GIRL GOT ME MUSHIHIME-SAMA!!! now to await her return.. which won't be til the 26th ^^;;

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:37 pm

WOOT!!! just one more week til she comes back.. just one more week just one more week...

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:54 pm

Remember this topic?

http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1526

Who could have guessed?

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:00 pm

I like my cover better.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:04 pm

Heh heh, it's even all laid out on a bed...you need some sleazy jazz music playing in the background to complete the effect.

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:36 pm

BulletMagnet wrote:Heh heh, it's even all laid out on a bed...you need some sleazy jazz music playing in the background to complete the effect.

LOL, you win an internet for that one. XD yes, the box alone is very sexy... i think my boxers are shrinking :O

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:03 pm

Zweihander wrote: WOOT!!! just one more week til she comes back.. just one more week just one more week...

Nice, now I wanna see a pic of the toy and the back of its blister pack.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:06 pm

iatneH wrote:Remember this topic?

http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1526

Who could have guessed?

Indeed. I also remember all the posts from way before then when we kept hoping against all hope that it would be ported. It sure was a nice surprise when it was officially announced.

*lucky punks like Jap gamers and UK'ers like bloodflowers and DEL who get to play it whenever they want, grumble* No more hoarding, now we get to play it too. ha!

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:07 pm

Why is that picture in ghetto tate?

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:11 pm

Edit: "Nice, now I wanna see a pic of the toy and the back of its blister pack."

NM, I just saw ord's pic of the LE box. Now THAT is how you print 'n pack cardboard and plastic.

Metal Gear Okt · Post by **Metal Gear Okt** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:22 pm

So...has anyones NCS order shipped yet?

edit: whooo! mine shipped!

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:47 pm

I saw Mushi last night at the local store... it pained me to pass over it (I already have a copy shipping to me in the US from an old pre-order), but I did get to look at the packaging.

If you're drooling over the LE package and wishing you bought it, this should come as good news - the regular case is pretty much identical. Same artwork, pics, text, everything. If you don't like the figure (I don't), don't feel obligated to buy the LE.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:35 am

man, yesasia hasn't shipped yet! that shit better be waiting when i get home...

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:54 am

woaaagghhh..!! it's mine!!

quick first impressions

must admit in yoko mode, the shimmering graphics annoy me greatly, but tate'd it's just peachy..

the HUGE insect boss is a joy to behold , I haven't gone "woaaarrgghh!" at any 2D graphics since the early 90's....

the gallery has some absolutely gorgeous pencil art.. i'd love to get the art off the disc somehow...

ultra mode is just .... guh...

annoyances so far are the fact that the music RESTARTS after pausing, and a tiny countdown similar to espgaluda would have been nice, just to get prepped.. and the shimmery yoko graphics

oh, and no replays or DVD is poopy...

As far as I can see....it's a damn fine port, I doubt if it would have been any different if ARIKA had done it..

sadly I now have to leave the damn house and get my girlfriend from SFO so no more mushi tonight.... my PS2 will be coming to work with me tomorrow though!!!

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:41 am

pixelcorps wrote: annoyances so far are the fact that the music RESTARTS after pausing, and a tiny countdown similar to espgaluda would have been nice, just to get prepped..

That's an odd little bug, but who really pauses a shmup that much anyway? I always blow it coming out of a pause. Glad to hear that Tate lookin' nice too.

Apparently mine has gotten hung up somewhere. UPS says that it missed it's plane out of L.A. so I'll have to just hope I see it sometime tomorrow.

Nate · Post by **Nate** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:08 am

pixelcorps:

sadly I now have to leave the damn house and get my girlfriend from SFO so no more mushi tonight.... my PS2 will be coming to work with me tomorrow though!!!

Yeah, don't you hate it when life gets in the way?

TalkingOctopus · Post by **TalkingOctopus** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:11 am

I spent some time with it tonight. I think it's a good port, but I have never played the arcade version. I honestly can't tell the difference between this port and galuda or doj (other than the absence of the superplay DVDs).

I believe any slow down is normal. I actually don't notice too much slow down at all. I am running it on hdloader -- my only means of playing imports, but I don't think that would affect performance.

I think the initial load times are slightly longer than galuda or doj, but once you get into arcade mode there are no load times.

One annoyance is that the autosave doesn't automatically save high scores. You have to go to the menu and do it yourself. I lost all my inital scores, but I am sure they sucked anyway...

Overall, it is quite fun, but I think I still like espgaluda better. Since I have played the hell out of espgaluda, I am ready for something new.

A question about the game mechanics:

What is the bar that appears at the bottom of the screen during boss battles? I assume it is some sort of bonus timer.

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:22 am

The bottom bar is just the boss life bar (same as the top one.)

TalkingOctopus · Post by **TalkingOctopus** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:16 am

zakk wrote:The bottom bar is just the boss life bar (same as the top one.)

haha. Thanks for clearing that up! I feel stupid now... I should have realized that.

Metal Gear Okt · Post by **Metal Gear Okt** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:06 am

whoo!

out for delivery!

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:12 pm

I just tracked mine as well, "Out For Delivery".

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:41 pm

Mine is out for delivery too. I'm sitting here right now at 7:38 in the morning. I have to be at work at 9:00. I have to go get in the shower in about fifteen minutes and get going, but it's all I can do to not call in sick.

EDIT: 7:48. Just sent an email to my boss telling him that my girlfriend was up all night puking and I have to go now and take her to the doctor. To quote Family Guy, "Now we play the waiting game."