Darius Burst announced for PSP

[UnscathedFlyingObject]

Or the ring of a Force Unit. It looks kinda weird.

[dai jou bu]

Way to go Taito and ruining the sense of scale found in G. Darius.

Wanted to give the game a chance since it is Darius despite being on a PSP, but if the scale of everything is back to Darius Gaiden, leave me out.

[Zigfried the Trizealot]

What do you mean by "sense of scale"? Genuinely curious because I've never heard that used in a G-Darius to Darius Gaiden comparison before.

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

http://biz.taito.co.jp/corporate/news/2 ... sburst.pdf

Can anyone translate this? Any interesting new info?

[dai jou bu]

What do you mean by "sense of scale"? Genuinely curious because I've never heard that used in a G-Darius to Darius Gaiden comparison before.

Look at the fire fossil of G. Darius.

Now, look at this:



Which of these two looks more like a monstrosity that is bigger, wields more firepower, and is faster than the largest capital ship your military can build which can single-handedly wipe out an entire space fleet, thus forcing the re-utilization of a forbidden weapon which can DESTROY PLANETS as well as using the enemy's own hyper-advanced technology and putting both onto the Silver Hawk in a desperate attempt to prevent your race from inevitable extinction?

[devilmanozzy]

Well off the bat the graphics in the 13 images seen so far have been disappointing as this mostly looks to be a step backwards to me. But then again it may get better with more pictures.

[FRO]

Orly? I thought they looked like they were on-par w/ other PS2 shmups w/ rendered-style imagery, like R-Type Final.

[UnscathedFlyingObject]

What do you mean by "sense of scale"? Genuinely curious because I've never heard that used in a G-Darius to Darius Gaiden comparison before.

Look at the fire fossil of G. Darius.

Now, look at this:



Which of these two looks more like a monstrosity that is bigger, wields more firepower, and is faster than the largest capital ship your military can build which can single-handedly wipe out an entire space fleet, thus forcing the re-utilization of a forbidden weapon which can DESTROY PLANETS as well as using the enemy's own hyper-advanced technology and putting both onto the Silver Hawk in a desperate attempt to prevent your race from inevitable extinction?

Me and my buddy used to play G-Darius all the time just because of the bosses. They're so incredibly well done that they still look fantastic after all these years. My favorites aren't necessarily the biggest bosses, but the ones that display the most originality. I love Dimension Diver, Absolute defender, Fire Fossil and Great Thing. They're just plain cool. I'd be surprise if Taito manages to one up G-Darius after not making any significant shmup in more than a decade.

Burst looks like it'll scale down in the size department, but that shell boss is fairly sized. Maybe that Queen Fossil is a baby Queen Fossil? . It's not the first time that a boss comes out just to get devoured by an even bigger one.

[devilmanozzy]

http://biz.taito.co.jp/corporate/news/2 ... sburst.pdf

Can anyone translate this? Any interesting new info?

Translated at google:

September 4, 2009
Dear [Press]
Taito
Taito Corporation (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President: Yoichi Wada, Taito below) is, PSP ® "PlayStation Portable" software 『DARIUSBURST』 (Daraiasubasuto below) the sale, has decided as follows: .
『DARIUSBURST』
Platform support: PSP
Release date: winter
Retail Price: TBD
Darius finally appeared in the latest fan-awaited shooter. Shooting Daraiasushirizu 1986 attracted many fans with its fresh outlook on the world since its launch a year video game business. The home game since the 1997 G-Darius appeared was a whopping 12 years his new and now, the latest fighter aircraft will replace the Silver Hawk "Shirubahokubasuto"駆Ri the Berusa enemy alien space armada, led繰Ri広Gemasu in mortal combat with. Marine boss types, such as branching and massive battleship zone, while commitment to adhere to familiar to fans of the latest graphics and sound, a new history刻Mimasu Daraiasuwarudo in mechanical design.
We give you pleasure and joy in the future, and the pursuit of work and entertainment, games will expand the customer can become a communication tool.
Shooting eagerly-awaited PSP-only software
"DARIUSBURST"
Notice of Decision Release Date
[Game Screen]
[Description]
■ Title DARIUSBURST (Daraiasubasuto)
■ model for PSP
■ Akedoshuta genre (Shooting)
■ Release date will be this winter
■ rights conventions © TAITO CORP.1986, 2009
Trademark notice
※ "PlayStation", "PlayStation" and "PSP" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment.
※ TAITO, TAITO logo, "Darius", "DARIUSBURST" are trademarks or registered trademarks of TAITO Corporation in Japan and other countries.
※ Other product names and company names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
※ screen in this manual are all under development.
Contact us coverage from the relationship
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Taito PR team
TEL :03-6361-8366 / FAX :03-3378-8265 Email: pub_web@taito.co.jp

[dai jou bu]

Me and my buddy used to play G-Darius all the time just because of the bosses. They're so incredibly well done that they still look fantastic after all these years. My favorites aren't necessarily the biggest bosses, but the ones that display the most originality.

Yes, which is on top of the fact that every one of the bosses in G. Darius, be it an old or new one, are the biggest I've ever seen and dwarf the silver hawks. Yet they're pretty nimble for something that's bigger than a captial ship and bearing more firepower than they do.

I mean, come on, look at the seahorse boss from G. Darius and compare it to the Burst one:




I really hope that is just a miniboss instead of the stage boss.

I'd be surprise if Taito manages to one up G-Darius after not making any significant shmup in more than a decade.

I'm going to be on the pessimistic side and say that unless they're going to be getting help with the game from G.Rev, it's probably not going to turn out so hot. It might end up like Otomedius where there's the ships that were designed for the game and then those decided by meddling executives that are extremely overpowered.

Then again, Galaga Legions was pretty good. But the devs were already riding on the success from Pac Man CE, so I guess Namco decided that the team was good enough to not require executive meddling.

[adversity1]

Link from NeoGaf

http://www.taito.co.jp/csm/dariusburst/

No contents yet, but the music is straight up gdlk

[ZOM]

^^It sounds like Darius alright.

If the rest of the game bears the same quality I'll be very happy.

[Kaspal]

is there a release date for this one?... cant get enough shmupping on my PSP.

[ZOM]

Nothing announced yet. Just ten more days till TGS, I wouldn't be surprised if they will mention a release date there.

[BIL]

The music sounds FN sweet. Shades of G-Darius OST from the off.

[Dragoforce]

Awesome music, hopefully the gameplay will measure up as well.

[gameoverDude]

I love that music. It can only be the work of OGR.

I'm guessing that the Coronatus in the below pic might indeed be a miniboss.

[sunburstbasser]

Typical Darius weirdness. I love it! The synth voices sound a little like Metroid Prime until that big digital slide. I don't intend to buy a PSP even for Darius, but I'll very likely buy the soundtrack if it gets released.

[devilmanozzy]

Typical Darius weirdness. I love it! The synth voices sound a little like Metroid Prime until that big digital slide. I don't intend to buy a PSP even for Darius, but I'll very likely buy the soundtrack if it gets released.

Yeah the music/noise on that page was pleasing to the ears.

For me, it'll be a (which friend has a psp and how can I get a week alone with the title) type thang.

[FRO]

Link from NeoGaf

http://www.taito.co.jp/csm/dariusburst/

No contents yet, but the music is straight up gdlk

Ooh, me likey! Sounds like a logical continuation from G-Darius, musically.

[ZOM]

Finally a bit of video footage even if there's not all too much to see: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/tgs-0 ... urst/56559

[dave4shmups]

Yeah, I just watched that footage a minute ago, and it looks sweet! Graphically, it almost looks like they've brought Darius up to the level of Gradius V! I can't wait!

Finally another Darius game; I thought Taito would never do this.

[kozo]

More neat music. Indeed.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

You can d/l the PSP Darius Burst TGS video on the Japanese PSN site...just look for the TGS PSP video section. You can also d/l the PSP Thexder Neo TGS video off of the same site as well. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[lgb]

dai jou bu, you should know that the "g" in g.darius stands for "gigantic". this explains things.

[BulletMagnet]

dai jou bu, you should know that the "g" in g.darius stands for "gigantic". this explains things.

I recall hearing that it stands for "Genesis", though either way it doesn't matter a heck of a lot, heh heh.

[adversity1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bVK0ibrMj8&fmt=22

[manatworks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bVK0ibrMj8&fmt=22

the game play looks nice enough for psp shumps. (the ost is gonna be EPIC for sure)

[Klatrymadon]

Even as a huge Darius fan, I can't hide the fact that what I'm looking forward to more than anything else is seeing the names of the new bosses.

WARNING! A HUGE BATTLESHIP "INSIDIOUS BLANCMANGE" IS APPROACHING FAST!

[sunburstbasser]

Man, that DOES look good, all 10 seconds or so. I'm sure this will be PSP exclusive, but it looks like something worth playing at this point.

I'm hoping "SHAMPOO UMBRELLA" makes an appearance.