Japanese TV show about shoot'em ups

powerfuran · Post by **powerfuran** » Mon May 11, 2009 8:27 am

http://www9.plala.or.jp/nakanoryuzo/syuukan/78.html

Nakano Ryuuzou has just started a 1 hour show on the cable channel Mondo 21 about shmups. Each espisode will feature a specific game with in-depht discussion by expert players and Nakano himself. The show will consist of total 13, 1-hour long episodes featirung different players and different venues.

The first episode should have been aired today and it's about Raiden IV. Guest star, some guy who double-plays it, at Mikado.

Hope it gets youtubbed very soon.

I don't know if this is being discussed in some other topic already. If so, I kindly ask the moderators to close/delete this thread.

JAPJAC · Post by **JAPJAC** » Mon May 11, 2009 11:41 am

Mondo21 (ch.279) is mint. It`s the only channel on SKY PerfecTV! (satellite telly as well as cable then) I watch. Their Game Record GP programme is infinity more entertaining than Game Centre CX which I also like.

Here is the trailer:

http://www.mondo21.net/shooting_game

It starts (Episode 1) on 15/05/09 at 00:00 on SKY PerfecTV!

I hope that is of help to someone.

Cheers.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon May 11, 2009 1:50 pm

I don't have that channel. Is it only on Sky? I've got straight up cable... and couldn't name a channel other than Wowow and CNN if my life depended on it.

powerfuran · Post by **powerfuran** » Mon May 11, 2009 2:41 pm

It's on cable as well, seems like you just have to check what is offered by your cable service.

http://www.mondo21.net/faq

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon May 11, 2009 4:48 pm

powerfuran wrote:It's on cable as well, seems like you just have to check what is offered by your cable service.

http://www.mondo21.net/faq

Not offered by mine.

Rai82 · Post by **Rai82** » Tue May 12, 2009 12:01 pm

Looks like the show will be a 13 episode bi-monthly broadcast.

The first 4 episodes they will be talking about are:
1. Raiden IV
2. Darius 2
3. Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete shimatta
4. Chopper I

Animaitor · Post by **Animaitor** » Tue May 12, 2009 3:03 pm

I'll ask to my father in law. He's got an HDD recorder for the TV. If he gets Mondo21 I'll let you know...

TLB · Post by **TLB** » Tue May 12, 2009 3:45 pm

Animaitor wrote:I'll ask to my father in law. He's got an HDD recorder for the TV. If he gets Mondo21 I'll let you know...

Awesome :)

Animaitor · Post by **Animaitor** » Wed May 13, 2009 5:01 am

mmmh, no luck on my side. Since JAPJAC is the only one in here who seems to have access to the show, let us know how it is... and if you can record it, upload it somewhere

JAPJAC · Post by **JAPJAC** » Wed May 13, 2009 12:28 pm

I will be watching and taping every episode but I won`t be uploading it anywhere I am afraid.

If there is anything shown that interests me shoot `em up-wise, I will be happy to report upon it here.

Cheers.

Post by **spadgy** » Wed May 13, 2009 12:49 pm

God - I hope that gets a subbed YouTube version, being that I'm currently obsessed with Raiden IV...

JAPJAC · Post by **JAPJAC** » Fri May 15, 2009 4:02 pm

Episode 1 impressions:

http://japjac.proboards.com/index.cgi?a ... 264&page=1

I hope that this is of help to the shooting game community here.

Cheers.

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Fri May 15, 2009 4:16 pm

JAPJAC wrote:Episode 1 impressions:

http://japjac.proboards.com/index.cgi?a ... 264&page=1

I hope that this is of help to the shooting game community here.

Cheers.

Or maybe Raiden IV just looks easy 'cause the player is really, really good?

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Fri May 15, 2009 4:34 pm

Evidently spadgy does not find Raiden IV easy.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri May 15, 2009 5:03 pm

*plays light course* yep raiden iv is easy

msm · Post by **msm** » Fri May 15, 2009 5:21 pm

i find raiden 4 harder than ketsui, but then i have played ketsui a lot more

Post by **spadgy** » Sat May 16, 2009 1:15 am

I just 1CC'd Raiden IV arcade mode (not 'Light' mode either!)!

And no, I didn't find it easy - but I'm not exactly a top flight shmup player.

EDIT: I 1CC'd arcade mode solo player. Double Play isn't that easy (and I'm OK at it). Perhaps in light Double Play is bearable, but trust me - the Raiden IV superplay Double Play runs make Xbox mode look easy played that way, but that is because the player is so damn skilled. When I saw them I thought having seen they way he played I'd return to DP and vastly improve. Didn't at all. It's pretty tough - though I haven't seen this TV show - perhaps he is doing light mode...

Anyway, you have to remember the Flashshot system Raiden employs (you are rewarded with score multiplyers for quick kills) means really ace players are clearing everything before you see it, but it takes a lot of skill, practice and strategy to get to that stage - and then when you do it makes it look like there's barely any enemies (as they're just not making it far onto the screen...).

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat May 16, 2009 1:26 am

if it's the same guy from the raiden 3 dvd (hattori?) i can see why you'd think that, he looks relaxed to the point of boredom when he plays

dcharlie · Post by **dcharlie** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:19 am

doh, missed this - the thread and the show. I hardly watch any tv that's not downloaded.

My cable provider carries Mondo21 by default - and i have a HDD Recorder - though it's a crappy PSX :/

I'll have a look at the scheduling , it's japanese tv, i'm sure it'll all be repeated into the ground.

I've missed the two i would have been interested in so here's hoping.

heh,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlBU8ffP6XQ

cool opening.

oh, JPJ, by the way - it is Hattori playing Raiden 4 - according to the linked site above anyways.