10 shooting games on the 2006 Tokyo Game Show list

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:37 pm

http://tgs.cesa.or.jp/

Click on the 2006/08/02 link. They say 10 shooting games will be shown at this year's 2006 Tokyo Game Show (Sept 22-24), though no actual titles are mentioned. Let's hope one of these is a port of Espgaluda II!! Arcade games are not exhibited at this show, so it's all console and PC stuff.

An updated announcement with more concrete titles will be made on September 12th on that website.

angrycoder · Post by **angrycoder** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:52 pm

Wishful thinking, it will probably be shit like

Naturo XXII9: Shooting Battle
Super Hentai Penis Blasters 17

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:55 pm

Well one of them will be Shiki III PC, as that was already announced and is coming out end of September anyway. Some of it will be crap too, but I'm hoping 1 or 2 will be something nice, such as a Galuda 2 or Pink Sweets home port, maybe Triggerheart too.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:35 pm

I somehow think a few of them will be on the PSP & DS.

ASK · Post by **ASK** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:50 pm

angrycoder wrote:Super Hentai Penis Blasters 17

Yes!!

Super Hentai Penis Blasters 16 was the best game I've ever played. I hope they stay true to their roots in the new version and don't add anything too crazy like they did in Super Hentai Penis Blasters 12

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:19 am

When they say "shooting games," do they specifically mean "shmups," or does this go into the realm of rail shooters, FPS's, etc.? In any case, of course, I'm with the rest in hoping for ports of some recent arcade stuff...

UnscathedFlyingObject · Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:09 am

10 seems too big of a number for Shmups.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:34 am

BulletMagnet wrote:When they say "shooting games," do they specifically mean "shmups," or does this go into the realm of rail shooters, FPS's, etc.? In any case, of course, I'm with the rest in hoping for ports of some recent arcade stuff...

If they say STG, then they do mean just shmups and occasionally arcade flight sims.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:41 am

Right, 'shooting' in Japanese generally refers to shmups. Japan developers don't really make FPSers very much. Rail shooters usually aren't included in this either, but I guess they might be. Go to a game shop in Japan and look at their 'shooting' section, it's mainly shmups.

Anyway 10 isn't a very big number if we think 2-3 PS2 ports, and the rest are handheld crap, or PC shmups.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:54 am

twe wrote:Go to a game shop in Japan and look at their 'shooting' section, it's mainly shmups.

Trust me, I wish I could.

Anyway 10 isn't a very big number if we think 2-3 PS2 ports, and the rest are handheld crap, or PC shmups.

Still, 2 or 3 new PS2 ports (maybe other systems, too?) wouldn't be bad at all (assuming they'd be handled decently, anyways).

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:57 am

BulletMagnet wrote:Still, 2 or 3 new PS2 ports (maybe other systems, too?) wouldn't be bad at all (assuming they'd be handled decently, anyways).

Precisely!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:09 am

"Shooting Game" = any game where the man objective is shooting something else, regardless of 2D/3D, direction moving, POV, etc. Quake is just as much a shooting game as Dodonpachi, as is Gain Ground or Senjou no Okami. To really know they're the good kind of shooting game, look for "yoko/tate scroll shooting".

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:44 pm

The new, final list of titles and exhibitors at the 2006 Tokyo Game Show was just released. No Espgaluda II port, and no Shiki III PS2 port. Actually, there's pretty much nothing. All of the 'shooting' games are for PC, mobile, or PDA.

http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2006/blog/0912news.pdf

jp · Post by jp » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:55 pm

ASK wrote:
angrycoder wrote:Super Hentai Penis Blasters 17
Yes!! Super Hentai Penis Blasters 16 was the best game I've ever played. I hope they stay true to their roots in the new version and don't add anything too crazy like they did in Super Hentai Penis Blasters 12

Meh, I thought they perfected the scoring system in SHPB10. After adding the tea-bagging system I just felt it took too much away from the pure shooting aspects of the earlier entries in the series.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:57 pm

twe wrote:The new, final list of titles and exhibitors at the 2006 Tokyo Game Show was just released. No Espgaluda II port, and no Shiki III PS2 port. Actually, there's pretty much nothing. All of the 'shooting' games are for PC, mobile, or PDA.

http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2006/blog/0912news.pdf

Well, the list cites 23 Shooting Games at the top, but looking through the genre listings I could only find 16 games defined as Shooting.

Is it possible that the list is incomplete?

Alske · Post by **Alske** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:12 pm

jp wrote:
ASK wrote:
angrycoder wrote:Super Hentai Penis Blasters 17
Yes!! Super Hentai Penis Blasters 16 was the best game I've ever played. I hope they stay true to their roots in the new version and don't add anything too crazy like they did in Super Hentai Penis Blasters 12

Meh, I thought they perfected the scoring system in SHPB10. After adding the tea-bagging system I just felt it took too much away from the pure shooting aspects of the earlier entries in the series.

But you have to admit the skeet-shot really changed the multiplayer dynamic in SHPB13!

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:22 pm

Kiken wrote: Well, the list cites 23 Shooting Games at the top, but looking through the genre listings I could only find 16 games defined as Shooting.

Is it possible that the list is incomplete?

Right, I noticed that too. The problem is none of the shmup companies (Taito, Alpha System, or even Arika) are even going to be at the show.
I'd expect the rest of the 'shooting' game stuff is more PC/mobile stuff.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:43 pm

Keep in mind that in Japan stuff like Rez, Ace Combat and Medal of Honor also falls under the category "Shooting" or "STG". Maybe there won't be single 2D "shmup" there at all.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:54 pm

Which is funny, because games like Half-Life or Unreal Tournament would go under "action shooting" (run-and-gun) but Battlefield 2 and MoH would go into "STG".

jp · Post by jp » Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:18 am

Alske wrote:
jp wrote:
ASK wrote: Yes!! Super Hentai Penis Blasters 16 was the best game I've ever played. I hope they stay true to their roots in the new version and don't add anything too crazy like they did in Super Hentai Penis Blasters 12

Meh, I thought they perfected the scoring system in SHPB10. After adding the tea-bagging system I just felt it took too much away from the pure shooting aspects of the earlier entries in the series.
But you have to admit the skeet-shot really changed the multiplayer dynamic in SHPB13!

It did. Too bad they took it out in SHPB14. I still don't know why they did that.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:47 am

I read that PS3 Gradius VI was going to be shown there.

Oh well, OT, I'm MUCH more interested in what Nintendo will have to say on Thursday!

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:20 am

I've heard that Konami has since retracted that statement in one way or another that a Gradius 6 is planned.... As much as I hate to say it. I feel robbed....

coffeejoerx · Post by **coffeejoerx** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:34 am

My english is horrible, but, my japanese "zen zen" understand. The shmups that was mentioned in this website is for what system?

The hentai Naturo XXII9: Shooting Battle is for PC?

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:55 am

coffeejoerx wrote:The shmups that was mentioned in this website is for what system?

PC and mobile stuff announced so far.

Keranu · Post by **Keranu** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:51 am

Oh man, the tea bagging system blew. Auto-fellatio system forever!

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:32 am

Oh man, the tea bagging system blew

and so does INSECTOR X!!!!

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:10 am

angrycoder wrote:Super Hentai Penis Blasters 17

aka. Dangun Beaveron?

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:45 am

SHPB14 sucks, I hate the ugly prerendered testicles.