Espgaluda II -official-

parodius · Post by **parodius** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:04 am

This french gaming site points out that ESPGaluda 2 and Ibara 2 are mentioned in Cave's latest financial report., on page 20 which is the one about arcade games, along with the puzzle game Mushihime Tama which we already know about.

Dandy J · Post by **Dandy J** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:16 am

say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

I hope ESPGaluda 2 is as different from ESPGaluda as ESPGaluda is from ESPRade. I'm guessing that's just a placeholder name anyway.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:35 am

That rocks the fuckin house! I take back all the bad shit I always say about French people!

Let's hope it's not a Mobile Phone game. I hope it's a true sequel... I love ESPGaluda, and will buy this fucker when it comes out!

chtimi-CLA · Post by **chtimi-CLA** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:57 am

hm.. i would have preferred sequels to other cave shmups but we'll see.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:14 am

chtimi wrote:hm.. i would have preferred sequels to other cave shmups but we'll see.

Blasphemy

Dandy J · Post by **Dandy J** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:18 am

GaijinPunch wrote:Blasphemy

Dangun Feveron 2 & Ketsui 2.

Come on.

Platypus[gEc] · Post by **Platypus[gEc]** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:57 am

Dandy J wrote:I'm guessing that's just a placeholder name anyway.

That's my guess as well. Just take a look at the names other gamecompanies hold on to.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:42 pm

Not necessarily: Now, I doubt they'll be called ESPGaluda 2 or Ibara 2, but I'm fairly positive they'll be sequels.

The title of the page is:
Agressive Development of the Mushihime-sama, ESPGaluda, and Ibara series'.

Some other interesting points:
Seems they'll be spending 2.4x as much money on game development next year as they did this year. Also that they use the term "Working Title" in their upcoming Cave Online titles, but not the aforementioned sequels.

This is also how the PS2 port of Mushihime-sama was found... quite a while before the announcement.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:48 pm

Schweet. More Cave is good. I just wish they'd get be more interested in the home market as well... maybe if Mushi does well they'll pay more attention. I also find it interesting that Ibara seems to be doing somewhat poorly (anti-flame note: this is just based on my observations in arcades here, and may not be correct) but they're planning on making a sequel to it.

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:48 pm

http://kmc2ppm.sakura.ne.jp/joyful/joyful.cgi

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:55 pm

Heh, I don't think the EVAC Industry has anything left after you kill DOOM ~_~.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:13 pm

What I would like to hear is that they are developing for home consoles. Arcade games that don't receive ports are like beautiful tropical islands somewhere in the Pacific: more or less inaccessible given my time and budget.

Stormowl · Post by **Stormowl** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:15 pm

say it ain't so. the individuality of each cave game is one of the things i love about them...

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:12 pm

Dandy J wrote:Dangun Feveron 2 & Ketsui 2.

Come on.

Neither of which have some exploitable female lead character that can be represented without panties or as pedophile's wetdream. Well, the current versions didn't, at any rate.

Kron · Post by **Kron** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:27 pm

I'd expect GaijinPunch is right with the hunch they are cell/mobile phone games.

Wasn't there some sort of recent investment by or in Cave with a mobile phone software company? I remember reading something along those lines.

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:30 pm

Kron wrote:I'd expect GaijinPunch is right with the hunch they are cell/mobile phone games.

I doubt it, what cell Cave shooter so far hasn't been an inferior representation of an arcade original? Cave is obviously working on some new arcade game(s), so it might as well be these.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:44 pm

I would like to see a new hori by cave..a hori that will put progear down in its misery(if thats possible)

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:48 pm

Kron wrote:I'd expect GaijinPunch is right with the hunch they are cell/mobile phone games.

Or maybe "Ibara Poko" or "ESPoko."

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:34 pm

Kron wrote:I'd expect GaijinPunch is right with the hunch they are cell/mobile phone games

I take that hunch back. It clearly says "Arcade Games" on that page. ESPGaluda already has a cell phone game as well.

shariar07 · Post by **shariar07** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:24 am

thats cool can't wait for the sequel for Espagualda or whatever its going to be called on the otherhand i wouldn't mind KETSUI or GUWANGE being remade for PS2.

yyr · Post by **yyr** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:49 am

'Galuda is not only my favorite shmup right now, but also one of my favorite games ever--and I've been playing games for about 20 years. So naturally I'm pretty excited about this. (Maybe by then Arika and Cave will be on good terms again? ::drools::)

I realize that Cave doesn't make many sequels, and I see the merits in that, but look at the DDP series. That proves Cave sequels can be good, right? I can't wait for 'Galuda 2, and I hope it uses a similar system with more challenging levels.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:05 pm

I haven't even played the 1st EspGaluda on the PS-2, but I know this will make a lot people quite happy...

EspGaluda II:

The Official Cave website has opened:
http://www.cave.co.jp/amvisual/espgaluda2/index.html

And some hi-res flyers of EspGaluda II & Mushitama, a puzzle game based on Mushihime Sama:
http://www.geocities.jp/gertack2/AC/top.html

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:39 pm

Old news, but your heart is in the right place.

jiji · Post by **jiji** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:36 pm

The game's being shown at Amusement Machine Show. Screens!

Edit: GAME Watch posted the pics upside-down. I fixed their error. :p

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:45 pm

That. Is. Fucking. Beautiful.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:53 pm

SFKhoa wrote:That. Is. Fucking. Beautiful.

AMEN!!!!

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:54 pm

So all of these shots seem to be against massive enemies, are these bosses - it seems a coincidence that all the players would be at different bosses at the same time. Maybe the whole game is against "level 3" style big structures/bosses.

Also second image seems to have some kind of Shiki thing going on.

Daigoro · Post by **Daigoro** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:57 pm

i would LOVE to own one of those cabs. cool stuff.

those placards on top are awesome as well.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:58 pm

wow that was really fast

, any news on how far along the game is?

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:02 pm

Hmm, looks like the old gem/ingot counters are still there, so unless they've changed the way the two work somehow it appears that the scoring system might be the same basic idea as the first...also, purple bullets? I guess they replace the brighter pink used for "kakusei" bullets in the first one?