Mushihimesama - What's going on?

k_seattle · Post by **k_seattle** » Thu May 11, 2006 4:07 am

PS2 Mushihimesama appears to be out of stock everywhere I look online. Does anyone know what's going on? Is it out of print forever? Is this some kind of seasonal shortage? Most importantly, does anyone know if/when places like PlayAsia might get it back again?

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Thu May 11, 2006 4:31 am

Send an email to PlayAsia or NCS and ask.

ReKleSS · Post by **ReKleSS** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:50 am

Heh, I ran into the same problem... my play-asia order eventually died, export_japon on ebay became unregistered... anyhow, through froogle I found that hypergameaction.com seems to have a few. I've never heard of them before, but they claim to have been around since 1993 and are hosted by Yahoo, so I guess it's safe enough. Waiting for mine to arrive now.

Anyhow, it was probably not an overly large print run. If you want the LE it's easier to find.

-ReK

EDIT: AARGH, they just emailed me to say it's out of stock and I might have to wait 1-2 weeks. Play-asia said the same thing, then went back and said it wouldn't happen and that my order was cancelled. Bah.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:53 am

Don't worry guys. Since it is published by Taito, Best version would soon be avaliable.

Bingo · Post by **Bingo** » Thu May 11, 2006 3:33 pm

Yeah Sam, I was gonna say. Looks like the usual Taito deal: version cycles out to make room for cheaper reprint. Only sucks for those who want the original cover.

NTSC-J · Post by **NTSC-J** » Fri May 12, 2006 5:25 am

I can hook you guys up with some copies, LE or regular. PM if you're interested.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri May 12, 2006 6:03 am

How about complete kit?

k_seattle · Post by **k_seattle** » Fri May 12, 2006 7:47 am

Thanks for the info guys. I emailed PlayAsia, but the answer was pretty uninformative. They basically don't have any idea when they'll have it in stock again. I guess I was hoping someone here might know more.

Oh well. Cross my fingers and hope Taito decides to bring it back I suppose.

Arznei · Post by **Arznei** » Fri May 12, 2006 7:52 am

Everywhere is out of stock, which is even more reason why you should buy these games as soon as they come out. I'm surprised the age of some of the games play-asia have, and how they manage to keep stock for so long..

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Fri May 12, 2006 10:29 am

Wellcome to the forum Arznei.

We now got Ageha & Tateha, if Asagi comes, we would have everybody.

Arznei · Post by **Arznei** » Fri May 12, 2006 10:40 am

Thank you :o

NTSC-J · Post by **NTSC-J** » Fri May 12, 2006 10:44 am

GaijinPunch wrote:How about complete kit?

Ehh that might be harder. I saw a complete Ketsui kit at Mak Japan the other day "on sale" for 69900Y. Well, I guess that's not too bad these days, but still. wtf.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:31 pm

VGI have new and used copies of the standard release as well as a single LE copy.

www.videogameimports.com

It's a bit expensive, but they do have them in stock.

Arznei · Post by **Arznei** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:34 pm

Suddenly everyone will be calling this game a "rare classic port" now that it's no longer in stock.

Truth is, Mushihimesama was a really crappy port. I can't believe they sold out so fast. Even for play-asia, they're usually quite reliable when it comes to this sort of stuff.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:32 pm

Kiken wrote:VGI have new and used copies of the standard release as well as a single LE copy.

www.videogameimports.com

It's a bit expensive, but they do have them in stock.

50 British Pounds for a Sealed PS2 Mushime Sama ?!?!

And
68 British Pounds for a Sealed PS2 Mushime Sama LE ?!!!!

If somone really willing to pay that price, I would willingly to betrayed myself and give up the extra copy I put aside.

Brand New, Sealed, LE editon of Mushihime Sama
For 68 British Pounds Shipped to anywhere on Earth.
(I don't got the telephone card nor poster tough...)

As said before, I really suggest you to wait for the Best Version.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Fri May 12, 2006 4:24 pm

SAM wrote:As said before, I really suggest you to wait for the Best Version.

With Cave's licensing fees, do you really think that will happen?

There's only been one budget release of a Cave homeport that I'm aware of and that came out in what... 2002 for the PSOne (MW re-release of Donpachi). Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but even the SataKore reprint of DDP was like 5800 Yen, right?

Maybe there will be a budget reprint at some point... but it doesn't really seem like Cave's style (nor do I see it happening anytime soon).

And VGI aren't cheap, SAM... I stated that in my post. The guy looking for the game was asking for sources so I listed one.

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Fri May 12, 2006 5:11 pm

Arznei wrote:
Truth is, Mushihimesama was a really crappy port. I can't believe they sold out so fast.

If it's the ONLY port of a great game, it will sell, crappy or not. I personally think the port was okay.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Fri May 12, 2006 5:41 pm

sffan wrote:
Arznei wrote:
Truth is, Mushihimesama was a really crappy port. I can't believe they sold out so fast.
If it's the ONLY port of a great game, it will sell, crappy or not. I personally think the port was okay.

Low Res interlance graphic do really look good on a normal CRT TV. The problem is TV which could be held in Tate position can't be too big. That's maens you got 26" at most.

60,000 yen (for a PCB) is still a bit too much for me.... Just cann't believe Sony actually asking that amount for their new console. And you can't even play with it yet, you have to pay more to get a game...

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Fri May 12, 2006 6:43 pm

lol, videogameimports - the highest prices on the whole internet. Once I had almost resolved into buy something from them - when teh browser opened a page saying that first time consumers had to pay another pound...

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Fri May 12, 2006 6:48 pm

Turrican wrote:lol, videogameimports - the highest prices on the whole internet. Once I had almost resolved into buy something from them - when teh browser opened a page saying that first time consumers had to pay another pound...

No, that would be Telegames.

VGI are just like any other on-line gamestore. There are some good deals, some ok deals and some crappy deals. I got a complete Japanese Neo-Geo AES from them (sans box) for under $200 (after shipping and after the exchange rate). They may be a bit on the expensive side, but they certainly have the stock.

rolins · Post by **rolins** » Fri May 12, 2006 6:52 pm

SAM wrote:
Kiken wrote:VGI have new and used copies of the standard release as well as a single LE copy.

www.videogameimports.com

It's a bit expensive, but they do have them in stock.
50 British Pounds for a Sealed PS2 Mushime Sama ?!?!
And
68 British Pounds for a Sealed PS2 Mushime Sama LE ?!!!!

If somone really willing to pay that price, I would willingly to betrayed myself and give up the extra copy I put aside.

Brand New, Sealed, LE editon of Mushihime Sama
For 68 British Pounds Shipped to anywhere on Earth.
(I don't got the telephone card nor poster tough...)

As said before, I really suggest you to wait for the Best Version.

Jeez Christ, the prices on their site are extremely high. They're even selling sealed copies of ESPGaluda for 50 GBP w/o VAT, and 60 GBP w/ VAT. 50 GBP is like $90. You're better off with play-asia for they're sell it for $70 new.

As for Mushihime Sama I'm glad I just bought a mint copy for 33 GBP from Geezer yesterday. I hope it comes soon my college semester is alomost over, and I get bored easily.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Fri May 12, 2006 8:06 pm

rolins wrote:Jeez Christ, the prices on their site are extremely high. They're even selling sealed copies of ESPGaluda for 50 GBP w/o VAT, and 60 GBP w/ VAT. 50 GBP is like $90. You're better off with play-asia for they're sell it for $70 new.

You could always got one cheaper than that at evil bay, real crazy.

rolins wrote:As for Mushihime Sama I'm glad I just bought a mint copy for 33 GBP from Geezer yesterday. I hope it comes soon my college semester is alomost over, and I get bored easily.

I think $60 to 70 is the average going price for the moment.

tiktak · Post by **tiktak** » Fri May 12, 2006 8:56 pm

Why don't you people check www.toysnjoys.com ? They not only have DoDonPachi: Dai-Ou-Jou and Mushihime-sama for 59$ but even are willing to declare price on the package as you want. I really recommend this shop.

Arznei · Post by **Arznei** » Sat May 13, 2006 12:04 am

sffan wrote:If it's the ONLY port of a great game, it will sell, crappy or not. I personally think the port was okay.

It is enjoyable. I can play Mushihime just fine in yoko or tate without problems, and all of the problems don't really stop you from enjoying the game, but they're still there.

If you're fine with the sound starting over when pause and unpause the game, or gallery mode being in yoko mode when you're in tate, or the final boss appearing in stage 5 practice mode, or the scoring in maniac/ultra being broken, it's a perfectly okay port.

Taito ported it.. I think that tells you something.

benj · Post by **benj** » Sat May 13, 2006 12:20 am

Arznei wrote:Taito ported it.. I think that tells you something.

As far as I know Cave ported it themselves. Taito was merely the publisher.

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Sat May 13, 2006 1:36 am

benj wrote:
Arznei wrote:Taito ported it.. I think that tells you something.
As far as I know Cave ported it themselves. Taito was merely the publisher.

How come there's such a huge discrepency between Arika/Cave titles and Taito/Cave titles then?

Arznei · Post by **Arznei** » Sat May 13, 2006 1:51 am

benj wrote:
Arznei wrote:Taito ported it.. I think that tells you something.
As far as I know Cave ported it themselves. Taito was merely the publisher.

Who told you that?

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Sat May 13, 2006 2:11 am

elvis wrote:
benj wrote:
Arznei wrote:Taito ported it.. I think that tells you something.
As far as I know Cave ported it themselves. Taito was merely the publisher.
How come there's such a huge discrepency between Arika/Cave titles and Taito/Cave titles then?

What I am thinking is...

Intentionally:
(1) It takes less works that way.
(2) Give reason to play the game in the acrade.

Unintentionally:
(3) Scraw us, so that we have to bought a PCBs anew or second handed.

The bare second hand Mushihime Sama board costs 60,000 yen, while DDP:DOJ and ESPgaluda cost only 35,000 yen.

Ibara 32,000 yen price should compare with the 8ing price range, not Cave.

What I want to say is due to the crappy port, the 2nd hand price of Mushihime Sama PCBs did a lots better than DDP:DOJ and ESPgaluda.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat May 13, 2006 2:13 am

elvis wrote:How come there's such a huge discrepency between Arika/Cave titles and Taito/Cave titles then?

Because Arika did the former stuff and Cave did the latter. IIRC it was confirmed that Cave ported Mushi and Ibara by someone who translated some webpage or other on another topic...anyone recall which it was?

genetik · Post by **genetik** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:25 am

tiktak wrote:Why don't you people check www.toysnjoys.com ? They not only have DoDonPachi: Dai-Ou-Jou and Mushihime-sama for 59$ but even are willing to declare price on the package as you want. I really recommend this shop.

When checking out buyers comment of Toys n joys on ResellerRatings, it's not too reassuring.

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller4516.html

Most customer seem to be Very Dissatisfied.