Mushihime-sama CD reprint

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:43 am

Just a little heads up for people who missed out the first time - Cave is doing a second run of the Mushihime-sama soundtrack and preorders start May 12 (Japan time of course.) The only way to preorder directly is to go to their cell-phone website, but online stores -might- stock the second pressing as well. No word on whether the figure will be reissued or not (my guess is no, however). I foolishly missed out the first time and I'm going to get it this time around...

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:24 am

Might be interested, just tell me where to sign up!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:05 am

neorichieb1971 wrote:Might be interested, just tell me where to sign up!

In Japan, with a cell phone.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Sat May 14, 2005 4:11 pm

Apparently, play-asia is going to stock the reprint of the Mushihime Sama OST. And it seems that the Reko figurine is still included.

I just placed my preorder and hope this is no hoax.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:38 pm

Doesn't the Reko figure come with the first batch when it gets its PS2 release anyway? -

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-r-7 ... 0-oph.html

I don't normally advocate this level of merchandising, but the Reko figure is really nicely made. Before mine arrived, I had no intention of keeping it (I only wanted the OST and was going to swap the figure on this very forum), but when it did arrive I fell in love with it.

Incidentally, there are some nice tracks on this CD. Overall, it isn't as consistent as the Ketsui OST, with several tracks being quite lazy and terribly generic, but there are a couple of gems that make it worth owning.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:46 pm

Hey man, where's Maebashi?

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:10 am

bcass wrote:Doesn't the Reko figure come with the first batch when it gets its PS2 release anyway?

As I understand it, the figurine that comes with the limited edition PS2 release is a different one.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:51 am

icycalm wrote:Hey man, where's Maebashi?

Maebashi is the capital of Gunma prefecture, about 2.5-3 hours north of where you are.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:22 am

I also pre-ordered this.

I've never order anything from HK or Japan before, and for this I choose EMS as my shipping option. Can anyone tell me the pros/cons between regular airmail, EMS, and courier? Thanks a lot.

Post by **Ghegs** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:47 am

I pre-ordered the reprint as well. Reko's hawt.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:02 pm

For those who either have the CD, or are planning on buying the re-print, here is a translation of the track titles (courtesy of a Japanese friend of mine):

01 15 Year Old Princess (Select)
02 Shinju to the Forest (Stage 1)
03 Levy Sense (It's "Revii Sensu" in katakana, may be "Revy Sens" or other combination) (Boss)
04 Enough About That! (Stage Clear)
05 Get Across the Desert Yet (Stage 2)
06 Walking on the Grounds of Flame (Stage 3)
07 Like the Night of Shooting Stars (Stage 4)
08 Beyond the Black of the Forest (Stage 5)
09 You are the Man, Are you not? (Last Boss)
10 Requiem Sky (True Last Boss)
11 Ruined Luxe (Game Over)
12 Starry village, Village of "Hoshifuri" (Name Entry)
13 Could You do Me a Favour? (Ending)
14 Location Test Music (Stage 1 [Test Ver.])
15 Adventure of Princess Reko (Gaiden BGM-a [for Mobile])
16 Shinju to the Forest (Stage 1 [Arranged])
17 Walking on the Grounds of Flame (Stage 3 [Arranged])
18 Like the Night of shooting stars (Stage 4 [Arranged])
19 Voice Collection

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Tue May 17, 2005 5:09 pm

IlMrm wrote:I also pre-ordered this.

I've never order anything from HK or Japan before, and for this I choose EMS as my shipping option. Can anyone tell me the pros/cons between regular airmail, EMS, and courier? Thanks a lot.

EMS is supposed to be faster. It normally isn't (at least not to the East Coast of the US). However, you can track your package with EMS shipping. EMS shipping also has a tendancy to be incredibly expensive.

Personally, I just always go with regular airmail and have never had any problems with that.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:59 pm

Kiken wrote:
IlMrm wrote:
EMS is supposed to be faster. It normally isn't (at least not to the East Coast of the US). However, you can track your package with EMS shipping. EMS shipping also has a tendancy to be incredibly expensive.

Personally, I just always go with regular airmail and have never had any problems with that.

EMS is always trackable, and that's one of the reasons I really like it. You can't insure regular airmail from all Japanese post offices for some weird reason (my small local office can't, but the larger city office can) so I often use EMS when I send stuff home or to friends. EMS also comes with $250 of automatic insurance and additional insurance is cheap.

If you can get trackable, insured airmail then that's fine too. Just make sure beforehand.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:01 am

Thanks Kiken and Cthulhu.

I can't wait.

llaoyllakcuf · Post by **llaoyllakcuf** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:24 am

definitely an OST worth picking up.

got my second-hand copy a while back and its groovy!

now if only we could buy that MintJam CD..

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:29 pm

how big is the figure? is it gachapon size or bigger?

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:33 pm

greg wrote:how big is the figure? is it gachapon size or bigger?

It's about 6 inches tall. Definitely large than Gashopon stuff.

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Fri May 20, 2005 5:17 pm

Today my OST was sent out!

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:58 pm

Same here, 4 days earlier than expected, pretty cool.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Tue May 24, 2005 6:10 am

My copy arrived today. Great tracks. On the back of the booklet is an ad for Ibara. Was this in the original run?

And yes Reko is still nopan.

Post by **Ghegs** » Tue May 24, 2005 6:31 am

IlMrm wrote:And yes Reko is still nopan.

WooHoo!

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed May 25, 2005 7:08 pm

IlMrm wrote:And yes Reko is still nopan.

http://esprade.hp.infoseek.co.jp/reco.htm

Wow, you aren't kidding! Just for the record, I was planning on getting this figure before I knew about this.

Seeeeeeeexxxxxhay!

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Wed May 25, 2005 7:18 pm

Ghegs wrote:
IlMrm wrote:And yes Reko is still nopan.
WooHoo!

greg wrote:
IlMrm wrote:And yes Reko is still nopan.
http://esprade.hp.infoseek.co.jp/reco.htm
Wow, you aren't kidding! Just for the record, I was planning on getting this figure before I knew about this. Seeeeeeeexxxxxhay!

Wow, so I guess Rob was right about the type of people making Mushi popular.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed May 25, 2005 8:40 pm

Not really. As others have mentioned, the game itself doesn't have any of such "fan service." It's no different than any other character-driven Cave shmup. I played this game quite a bit on my trip to Japan a few weeks ago, and I loved it. Gameplay is great, and as someone else mentioned, it has that Nausicaa ambience to it... it's about an insect princess, afterall. I usually enjoy character-driven shmups like ESPRade, Gunbird, Shikigami no Shiro, etc. more than spaceship/plane-oriented shmups. If you haven't played it, just reserve your judgement about the game (and those who enjoy it, too).

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Thu May 26, 2005 12:58 am

The game itself doesn't really show off Reko in that way, but the signboard for the game does, the posters do, their website does, the CD cover does, the figure does... and Mushi-Poko sama is FULL of fanservice. Bouncy bouncy.

They might as well use her to attract players... extra money is always good.

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:24 am

greg wrote:Not really. As others have mentioned, the game itself doesn't have any of such "fan service." It's no different than any other character-driven Cave shmup. I played this game quite a bit on my trip to Japan a few weeks ago, and I loved it. Gameplay is great, and as someone else mentioned, it has that Nausicaa ambience to it... it's about an insect princess, afterall. I usually enjoy character-driven shmups like ESPRade, Gunbird, Shikigami no Shiro, etc. more than spaceship/plane-oriented shmups. If you haven't played it, just reserve your judgement about the game (and those who enjoy it, too).

You don't think the "nopan figurine" of the OST (and possibly L.E. game) is driving up sales of these items and awareness of Mushi? I'm not saying it's a substantial driving force, but in the least it's having an impact and some people might be drawn to it by unconscious (or conscious), let's say desires.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Thu May 26, 2005 3:07 am

Cute anime girls sell. They just do. Reko is cute. Therefore she sells.

Post by **Ghegs** » Thu May 26, 2005 6:32 am

Nemo wrote: You don't think the "nopan figurine" of the OST (and possibly L.E. game)

God, I hope the LE figure isn't nopan. Reko's supposed to be a 3-year old in that. I draw the line at oogling young-looking girls who are obviously old enough to have breast implants.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Thu May 26, 2005 6:54 am

LOL, I knew she was supposed to be a kid but I didn't know she was supposed to be that young for the LE figure. She's more "no-diaper" age at that point than anything.

Capt. Takehiko · Post by **Capt. Takehiko** » Thu May 26, 2005 6:57 am

Thanks a lot for the news... unfortunately I don't think I will buying it soon enough, I want the game first!