Giga Wing Generations website open now!

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:27 pm

In case you hadn't noticed already Taito opened an official website for Giga Wing Generations a few days ago. The site seems to have quite interesting info on the port of the game an is defenitely worth a look!

Check it out here:

http://www.taito.co.jp/d3/cp/gigawing/index.html#p01

Post by **Ghegs** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:48 pm

Ich, it's on a CD. Oh well.

"Option setting Being full truth" - god I love engrish.

I'm actually a bit worried: Babelfish translates a part of the page as "Monitor - size change: Adjusting to the picture for home, it becomes the wide picture,"ORIGINAL" and, The one for arcade similarly it becomes the picture of depth,"ARCADE" 2 types were prepared.

No TATE?

The first Giga Wing that uses an honest-to-god tate screen and it's not carried over to the home release? I should hope not. It's still only Babelfish's translation, after all, but the two pictures there displaying "original" and "arcade" definately aren't in TATE.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:56 pm

^^ yeah I noticed that part as well.
Would be a shame if they didn't include a TATE option, but I'll reserve judgement till I actually have the game in my PS2 and am sure TATE is supported or not. With or without it, I am looking forward to it!

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:09 pm

Never played a Gigawing, how are they?

(edit: oh, I see the first is reviewed at shmups...reading...)

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:15 pm

Cool, but I really wish they'd put some video of this game on the site, considering that there aren't any on Takumi's site for the game either.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:56 pm

Ghegs wrote:Ich, it's on a CD. Oh well.

I'm not sure if my PS2 can take more of the CDs. Argh.

The one for arcade similarly it becomes the picture of depth,"ARCADE" 2 types were prepared.

Sounds like there's 2 arcade modes.

Original - preserving GW's widescreen history. Thumbs up. Not that I will bother with it unless there's more to it than a flattened arcade mode.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:26 pm

I'm sure the tate mode is still in. I'm doubting Taito would chuck it especially after having it in the Psikyo Collections. If it were not kept, then the pictures which are in the right side column would be false advertising.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:07 pm

Ghegs wrote:No TATE?

If memory serves the first 2 GW games didn't have TATE either, right? At least on the US releases, though that's not exactly a reliable indicator...

Stormowl · Post by **Stormowl** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:19 pm

BulletMagnet wrote:
Ghegs wrote:No TATE?
If memory serves the first 2 GW games didn't have TATE either, right? At least on the US releases, though that's not exactly a reliable indicator...

umm...that's because the first 2 Gigawing's weren't in TATE...they were "horivertical", like radiant silvergun or Raystorm.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:51 pm

Ah, so this one's different, I wasn't aware. Wonder what prompted 'em to change the screen format for this one...

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:39 pm

If it doesn't have TATE I won't buy it (and it seems it really doesn't from the screen mode pics). This is the kind of crap I expect from a U.S. port for crying out loud (like Agetec not putting TATE in for the their U.S. Strikers II disc). Wonder if some new idiot working at SCEJ could be behind this? Then again, Taito does have big TATE pictures from the game all over the page so maybe the section in question was just specifically written for folks who don't flip their TVs.

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:52 pm

Never played a Gigawing, how are they?

didn´t you just applaud someone for choosing G-Darius over Gigawing in another thread?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:09 am

^haha

Dylan1CC wrote:If it doesn't have TATE I won't buy it (and it seems it really doesn't from the screen mode pics). This is the kind of crap I expect from a U.S. port for crying out loud (like Agetec not putting TATE in for the their U.S. Strikers II disc). Wonder if some new idiot working at SCEJ could be behind this? Then again, Taito does have big TATE pictures from the game all over the page so maybe the section in question was just specifically written for folks who don't flip their TVs.

You're talking about a babelfish translation for one, and as I said it seems to indicate 2 arcade modes (presumably one yoko and one tate). If it didn't have tate anyways, it still has an "arcade mode," which would still accurately display the game (unlike U.S. Strikers II).

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:46 am

Rob wrote:^haha

Dylan1CC wrote:If it doesn't have TATE I won't buy it (and it seems it really doesn't from the screen mode pics). This is the kind of crap I expect from a U.S. port for crying out loud (like Agetec not putting TATE in for the their U.S. Strikers II disc). Wonder if some new idiot working at SCEJ could be behind this? Then again, Taito does have big TATE pictures from the game all over the page so maybe the section in question was just specifically written for folks who don't flip their TVs.
You're talking about a babelfish translation for one, and as I said it seems to indicate 2 arcade modes (presumably one yoko and one tate). If it didn't have tate anyways, it still has an "arcade mode," which would still accurately display the game (unlike U.S. Strikers II).

Yeah, I realize that. I just prefer my arcade mode without letterboxing ya know?

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:30 am

raiden wrote:
Never played a Gigawing, how are they?
didn´t you just applaud someone for choosing G-Darius over Gigawing in another thread?

LOL, you're right.

I officially deserve to be punched. I would choose G-Darius over that because I tend to prefer horiz, and Gigawing has a "modern vert" feel that I'm not crazy for.

That's not to say I won't like to play that however. I've played XII Stag, so I'm pretty sure I played worse than that. Let's hope in a PAL port.

*Man, what a gaffe*

druuna · Post by **druuna** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:21 am

Can't wait this one....I'm so excited

Any good 'Gigawing Generations' video or replay link???

Post by **system11** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:52 am

A good horizontal mode is arguably hugely more important than tate at all. As others have said, given that every Taito published game that should be vertical has had a tate mode, I'd be surprised if this doesn't. I've preordered either way.

Bingo · Post by **Bingo** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:10 pm

Hey guys,

wrt the 2 mentioned modes, babelfish must have gotten the references wrong. The 2 is in reference to the whole paragraph, including the new yoko fullscreen. It does say vertical display that mirrors the way it was displayed in arcades but no mention of true tate.

I have no idea what native res GWG is and if yoko-tate would somehow compromise graphics quality. Hope not....

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:15 pm

Thanks for the info, Bingo and welcome to the forums.

I guess we will know next month if it has true TATE. Dunno why it wouldn't. Maybe the guy who did the website for them is clueless.

jpolz · Post by **jpolz** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:25 pm

Is Gigawing Generations slated for a North American release, is it gonna be another Japan-only title?

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:29 pm

Here's where tate really comes into play. If it has tate, then it is probably worth importing since 9 times out of 10 any domestic version that might pop up won't have tate. It it doesn't though, it may be worth waiting to see if other versions will appear.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:02 pm

I will NOT buy it if it doesn't have TATE. Would be a baaaad precedent for home ports if a Japanese company like Taito did this. Hopefully this isn't some screwball demand from SCEJ.

druuna · Post by **druuna** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:13 pm

No videos,no zoom images....the taito website is a real shit.....even the trizeal homepage is better!!!

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:31 pm

the game is not even a DVD and they expect us to play 60+ for it? please, couple of manic bullet pattern screenshots and pretty DDP DOJ esque graphics isnt gonna warrant the purchase yet. the least home shmups release need to do is be on DVD format..developers so lazy nowadays...

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:41 pm

I will NOT buy it if it doesn't have TATE.

I second that. Or more precisely, I´ve been preparing to get a new jp. PS2 for this game and ESPgaluda (and RaidenDX), as Type X reeks, but if they cut out tate I won´t bother and buy a RaidenDX PCB like planned originally.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:47 pm

Ok, now I can finally show you what I meant by the 'POINT BLANKING' in GWG. Open the GWG Taito Official Website listed by Super Laydock and go exactly halfway down. There are 2 screenshots side by side. The left is a perfect example of enemy destruction at max range = 10p.
The right is a near point blank destruction = 9822690. Out of a possible max of 10,000,000

Point Blanking works on all enemy destruction - no matter how large or small the enemy. So there's a lot of racing around the screen.

HAWK (Blue) ship = versatile blue spread. Medium speed, medium power.

EAGLE (Red) ship = Powerful Homing firepower, slow speed. Terrible for scoring.

ROBIN (Yellow) ship = Powerful straight revolving laser, fastest speed. (My Ship). Excellent for Point Blanking.

GROUSE (Green) = Same ship as in GW1, but weak and slow. Good for medal collection and making the Last Boss last longer ie. More Last Boss points (worth a lot).

From the screenshots, it seems that they have tidied up the graphics a bit since the Type X version I was playing in Casino.

Ps. The display won't matter to me, I'll buy it anyway.

Regs, DEL

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:16 pm

Sweet, thanks for the detailed info on the point blanking system, DEL. This oughta be as addicting as the tech bonuses in Strikers '99.

Post by **system11** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:28 pm

Ghegs wrote:Ich, it's on a CD. Oh well.

What's the big deal about wanting DVDs instead of CDs?

If the game fits on a CD, why bother using a DVD?

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:46 am

What's the big deal about wanting DVDs instead of CDs?

with CDs, the PS2 drive rotates much faster than with DVDs. That´s not only noisy, it also wears down the drive quicker, and despite the quick rotation, loading times are actually longer. The game to observe this at is Virtua Fighter 4 which was on a CD in its jp. version and on a DVD in its euro version.
Of course, CDs are still slightly cheaper to produce.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:16 am

CD or DVD, I'm still buying this game. I played the first two Giga Wing games, and I like it. Who cares if it's 60 bucks, I'm still going to get it.