Under Defeat will receive a Xbox Live Arcade port

[Radiant Hero]

Buy the Dreamcast port.

Simple as that

I'm talking about how they should handled distribution of the game to the 360. XBLA only debases the overall importance of the game and their efforts.

[Japhei]

I would love to see a retail Xbox 360 release but it seems like there is no turning back now.

[Mozgus]

I was warned about you to!

Go on. Enlighten me. I would love to hear the devious deeds I've done.

[Japhei]

I was warned about you to!

Go on. Enlighten me. I would love to hear the devious deeds I've done.

It was a joke

A play on what you typed about me!

[executioner]

That's good news! You have to agree that linking your blog for only 4 lines of text was weak. Post some old under defeat screenshots, the game cover, some other links of info, something worthwhile. Just my feedback, thanks!!

[Mozgus]

That's good news! You have to agree that linking your blog for only 4 lines of text was weak. Post some old under defeat screenshots, the game cover, some other links of info, something worthwhile. Just my feedback, thanks!!

And a source right from the get-go would be nice, but I guess that's just asking too much.

I was warned about you to!

Go on. Enlighten me. I would love to hear the devious deeds I've done.

It was a joke

A play on what you typed about me!

Yeah, well I wasn't joking.

[shallowgamer]

There's a very selfish collector side of me that cringes whenever I hear about re-releases. Completely unfounded, but I feel like my bragging rights diminish when they put these games back out on XBL...not that any of my friends (or the original developer) give a rat's ass that I have the original.

[John845]

There's a very selfish collector side of me that cringes whenever I hear about re-releases. Completely unfounded, but I feel like my bragging rights diminish when they put these games back out on XBL...not that any of my friends (or the original developer) give a rat's ass that I have the original.

Thoughts like this is what keeps the shmup genre in the minority.

[shallowgamer]

There's a very selfish collector side of me that cringes whenever I hear about re-releases. Completely unfounded, but I feel like my bragging rights diminish when they put these games back out on XBL...not that any of my friends (or the original developer) give a rat's ass that I have the original.

Thoughts like this is what keeps the shmup genre in the minority.

I completely agree. If these don't get released to the general public (via xbla), then nobody knows they exist. Then there's no demand, so that means fewer games.

But there's also a "one man's trash, another man's treasure" mentality coming into play here as well. NCSX, Playasia, etc had no problem unloading Raiden 3 JPN to US customers for 55-60 bucks. When it got the domestic treatment here, it started at $30, and proceeded to reach $10 brand new at gamestop. So where's the motivation for publishers to localize when they know it will be a budget release?

So in conclusion, shmups are doomed in the States due to Lack of demand and elitist snobbery

[RackGaki]

That's part of what gets me so frustrated at Microsoft keeping the Cave games from being ported to XBLA.

Most quality shoot 'em ups require a large sum of cash for a non-Japanese resident to get a hold of. That's only one reason why the genre is stuck in a niche.