Ginga Force & Eschatos Wonder Pack (June 13)

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Ginga Force & Eschatos Wonder Pack (June 13)

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Qute Corporation started making shooters for the Wonderswan with the Radiant Silvergun tribute Judgement Silversword. They moved on to Xbox 360 this generation with Escahtos and recently released Ginga Force, a sci-fi vertical shooter.

On June 13, you can get Eschatos and Ginga Force together with a soundtrack CD as the Ginga Force & Eschatos Wonder Pack. Eschatos and Ginga Force were released as region free games. You also get Judgement Silversword – Rebirth Edition – and Cardinal Sins which were bonus games in Eschatos, so altogether that’s four Xbox 360 shooters for 8,715 yen ($86).
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Nice! :D
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good deal. :)
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This announcement seems highly unnecessary when Ginga Force isn't even three months old yet, and Eschatos already received a discounted reprint. I hope Qute isn't getting too desperate for sales.
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Both games were worth owning even at the full price. Enjoyed them a lot. ^^
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This isn't a good sign at all.

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I've had my eye on both of these but never took the plunge... guess I'll do that now.
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Kollision wrote:This isn't a good sign at all.

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nZero wrote: <victolap> oh no
<victolap> qute is milestoning
Sounds like a clever fellow. Shame he doesn't post here much.
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This is a steal for anyone who doesn't own these games. Like other have mentioned though, it makes me a bit worried about how Qute is doing...
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http://vgmdb.net/album/39196
An arranged soundtrack would have been a better bonus.
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Anybody know if Judgement Silversword will have TATE built in for this release or do you have to download a patch? I have the original Eschatos release but have never been able to the update for JSS Tate because I can't go on xbox live.
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Great news for anyone who's held back, but I'd love a Wonderprice Ginga Force solo.
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You can download the patch to your PC and copy it to 360-formatted USB stick by mounting the stick to your PC (360 Xplorer / xtaf) and copying the patch to the CACHE folder). http://www.xbuc.net/?details=ESCHATOS
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Ginga Force & ESCHATOS Best Selection Track 4: Backdoor Blaster

Well, that's quite an interesting song title. For those of you that have played the games, are these really the best tracks? Wanted Eschatos but this might just seal the deal on both games for me.
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Is this region free? playasia shows question marks for PAL..
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I probably can't justify not getting this.
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nasty_wolverine wrote:Is this region free? playasia shows question marks for PAL..
Yeah

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/09/re ... -together/

Region free, as per the title of the page :)
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n0rtygames wrote:
nasty_wolverine wrote:Is this region free? playasia shows question marks for PAL..
Yeah

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/09/re ... -together/

Region free, as per the title of the page :)
It actually says region free titles bundled together, as in eschatos and ginga force individually being region free. Doesnt mention anything about the bundle itself being region free. play-asia doesnt say its region free.

I just dont want to be in a situation where I buy it and then have to sell it back because it wont work on my console.
So has anyone actually bought and tried it on a NTSC-U/PAL console?
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Fair enough. Good point - well made.

I actually received Eschatos today and have been playing it. I've been unconvinced about Ginga Force - but I do like Eschatos.

edit: Meaning I've got the 'wonder price' version of Eschatos - not this double pack.
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http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=F7X-1

According to this its not region free :(
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Trust that site if you want but they list other well known region free games as being region locked.

Qute has never released a region locked game, it wouldn't make sense for them to suddenly start with the wonder pack.
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colour_thief wrote:Trust that site if you want but they list other well known region free games as being region locked.

Qute has never released a region locked game, it wouldn't make sense for them to suddenly start with the wonder pack.
Well, you're kinda right on that part, even Bullet Soul mentions it being region locked, when actually, it isn't.

So, does anyone actually have the Wonder Pack and see if it works the same as both releases? Would like to know though...
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n0rtygames wrote:Fair enough. Good point - well made.

I actually received Eschatos today and have been playing it. I've been unconvinced about Ginga Force - but I do like Eschatos.

edit: Meaning I've got the 'wonder price' version of Eschatos - not this double pack.
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My copy of the Qute Double Pack shipped this morning; I can report on whether it works on my US console when it arrives.
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n0rtygames wrote:Fair enough. Good point - well made.

I actually received Eschatos today and have been playing it. I've been unconvinced about Ginga Force - but I do like Eschatos.

edit: Meaning I've got the 'wonder price' version of Eschatos - not this double pack.
Give Ginga Force a chance...it will grow on ya. I find story mode to be fun ...but in all fairness I haven't given arcade mode much play yet.
This game has an almost RPG like nature without being blatantly RPG. I guess it's the "grinding" through previous chapters to earn credits to buy cooler weapons.
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malchitos wrote: Give Ginga Force a chance...it will grow on ya. I find story mode to be fun ...but in all fairness I haven't given arcade mode much play yet.
This game has an almost RPG like nature without being blatantly RPG. I guess it's the "grinding" through previous chapters to earn credits to buy cooler weapons.
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CStarFlare wrote:My copy of the Qute Double Pack shipped this morning; I can report on whether it works on my US console when it arrives.
That would be awesome. :D
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So did some digging around the qute website.

This things actually a 3-disc set, ginga-force and eschatos game disc + best selection OST cd.
So, I guess this is region free, considering individually they were, being included individually.

CStarFlare: Did you get the game yet and had a chance to try it out?
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Unfortunately no, I won't have it until at least Monday.
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