Do the Japanese play Euroshmups?

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:27 pm

Even if you get past the slidy controls and level design, most of them have a scoring system about as deep as a puddle. So, probabally not.

themachinist · Post by **themachinist** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:40 pm

They have their own shmups.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:14 pm

I don't think they even play Japanese shmups.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:02 pm

Maybe they play them ironically.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:10 pm

According to my latest EGM, some of them play US shmups! The world leader for one of the Geometry Wars modes resides in Japan. (Big surprise.)

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:33 pm

Frederik wrote:Maybe they play them ironically.

Observer · Post by **Observer** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:06 am

MX7 wrote:I don't think they even play Japanese shmups.

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edit: on a more serious note, I just spotted that newStage linked to my Steel Saviour playthrough. That's something I didn't expect at all o_O

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:30 am

Some of the top players on the Space Giraffe leaderboards are Japanese so I'd guess the answer is yes.

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:55 am

... Capcom did publish Team17's X2 over there, so someone in Japan must be interested in eurumups.

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:10 pm

MX7 wrote:I don't think they even play Japanese shmups.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:33 pm

themachinist wrote:They have their own shmups.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:14 am

Never_Scurred wrote:

the2bears wrote:

ROBOTRON wrote:

Alec · Post by **Alec** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:43 am

do Europeans?

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:16 am

The good ones, yes.

glitch · Post by **glitch** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:59 am

hardly.

eretsua · Post by **eretsua** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:38 pm

Alec wrote:do Europeans?

this just sent me in giggle-frenzy, thank you.