New Shmup for Xbox 360

Post by **RackGaki** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:30 pm

Flak Beard wrote: It breaks my heart just thinking about this handful of SHMUPs being unaccessible to me. I really hope a smaller publisher picks up on some of these. Come on D3! Go for it!

They would have better luck releasing a few Cave shoot 'em ups in a bundle - like the Ultimate Shooting Collection from Milestone (Chaos Field, Radilgy, Karous). The market for shooters is entirely too small to make multiple disc-based releases worthwhile.

Post by **Flak Beard** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:53 pm

RackGaki wrote:
Flak Beard wrote: It breaks my heart just thinking about this handful of SHMUPs being unaccessible to me. I really hope a smaller publisher picks up on some of these. Come on D3! Go for it!
They would have better luck releasing a few Cave shoot 'em ups in a bundle - like the Ultimate Shooting Collection from Milestone (Chaos Field, Radilgy, Karous). The market for shooters is entirely too small to make multiple disc-based releases worthwhile.

Agreed. I would love to see a Raiden IV/Raiden FA bundle. Some of these games I'm sure they could release on XBLA with the new 350MB limit.

Speaking of the Milestone collection, I hope they decide to do a PS2 or 360 port as well. As far as I know, it's only on Wii at the moment.

Post by **mrtie** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:04 pm

Flak Beard wrote:Some of these games I'm sure they could release on XBLA with the new 350MB limit.

Don't count on it, Cave's first plan was a XLBA release for ketsui and DOJ, and microsoft shot them down and told them no go.

They went so far as to call it a faithless arcade port.

http://www.xblah.net/2008/03/5pb.html

Post by **LoneCynic** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:24 pm

I can't resist the idea of playing Raiden IV and Raiden Fighters Aces, so I too am highly considering importing a Japanese Xbox 360 console. I have a couple of questions I would like to ask first to become better informed. First off, if I go the money saving route and purchase the Arcade console, can I attach a North American Hard Drive to it without problems? (I upgraded my USA Pro system to a 120GB HDD and have a spare 20GB lying around.) Second, can you guys give me a list of the best SHUMP imports for the Xbox 360 so I know what games to go after? Thanks in advance for the info.

Post by **Doctor Fugue** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:58 pm

mrtie wrote:
Flak Beard wrote:Some of these games I'm sure they could release on XBLA with the new 350MB limit.
Don't count on it, Cave's first plan was a XLBA release for ketsui and DOJ, and microsoft shot them down and told them no go.

They went so far as to call it a faithless arcade port.

http://www.xblah.net/2008/03/5pb.html

If you read carefully, they do not call it a faithless arcade port. Microsoft has said that they wish to cut down on faithful arcade ports. Quite a difference! But still the same end result. No games for us.

Post by **Doctor Fugue** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:07 pm

LoneCynic wrote: Second, can you guys give me a list of the best SHUMP imports for the Xbox 360 so I know what games to go after? Thanks in advance for the info.

I don't have a full list in front of me, but off the top of my head (most of these are unreleased):

Otomedius Gorgeous
Raiden Fighters Aces
Raiden IV
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou BL
Ketsui
Death Smiles
Shikigami no Shiro III (there is a US release of this on Wii)

Post by **ZenLogikos** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:57 pm

That's five games I want, and five middle fingers for Microsoft.

Post by **ZenLogikos** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:53 am

Hold your yen! 360 will see a drop in price in Japan, on September 11. Anyone looking to buy one may want to at least wait till then.

Post by **Doctor Fugue** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:20 am

Great! Which version or versions?

Post by **ZenLogikos** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:26 am

Looks like all of them.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/906/906842p1.html

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