Whoa! What? Saidai Oujou on the 360!

[pierrot]

So, I'm not sure when this happened, but apparently DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou has been announced for release on the Xbox 360, and seems to be set for a Spring release.

Famitsu has also confirmed a new character for the 360 release.

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201211/08023600.html (website is in Japanese, but has some pictures of the character)

This is pretty outstanding news to me. I'm really curious how long this had been confirmed for, though.

EDIT: Well, it seems it as announced way back in August, so this is fairly old news...

From reading through a bit of the interview, it seems that this new character is being implemented into the arrange mode of the game, which will be the focus of the home release, have heavy emphasis on story, 'the likes of which has not been seen in any previous releases,' and will not feature any other playable characters.
Seemingly playing into the story emphasis, Asada remarked that the teddy bear this new character (Saya) carries around is the boss from the special stage in Deathsmiles II X, and says that it will carry some meaning, possibly within the context of the game.

[dunpeal2064]

They also hinted at releasing this in the west the same day as in Japan! Really hoping they make it happen.

SDOJ is insanely difficult.

[ZenErik]

They also hinted at releasing this in the west the same day as in Japan! Really hoping they make it happen.

SDOJ is insanely difficult.

I hope so since I am no longer using a J360!

[dunpeal2064]

Same here It just isn't worth it to me anymore, between a us360 and MAME I already have access to everything I need.

That arrange mode is supposed to be a 16:9 vertizontal, and is up to 3 player co-op, where all players work towards a universal score. Sounds so cool.

[Godot102]

Chances are it will either be localized in the US or at least region free so we can import. Cave has been very generous to Western fans lately so we probably don't have much to worry about

[shmupguy97]

Huge complaint.. WHY CAN'T THEY PUT DODONPACHI ON PS3!

They had put dodonpachi and Dodonpachi Daioujou black label on The previous Generation Of PS but Why not Ps3!! Why Xbox (No offence). It's just that Seriously! They have done it once but Why can't they do it now? Sucks to say It's rare to find good Classics Games for PS3 unlike Xbox which is why I'm planning on getting an Xbox. Geez! Xbox Got raiden IV, Dodonpachi Fukkatsu (Resurrection), Xervious Rebirth And Raystorm HD! Sorry to share my complaints but PS3 Retro guys like me Would Probably Agree

PLS Put Great classic and Great Japanese games For the PS3 Please!!

[dsheinem]

Huge complaint.. WHY CAN'T THEY PUT DODONPACHI ON PS3!

They had put dodonpachi and Dodonpachi Daioujou black label on The previous Generation Of PS but Why not Ps3!! Why Xbox (No offence). It's just that Seriously! They have done it once but Why can't they do it now? Sucks to say It's rare to find good Classics Games for PS3 unlike Xbox which is why I'm planning on getting an Xbox. Geez! Xbox Got raiden IV, Dodonpachi Fukkatsu (Resurrection), Xervious Rebirth And Raystorm HD! Sorry to share my complaints but PS3 Retro guys like me Would Probably Agree

PLS Put Great classic and Great Japanese games For the PS3 Please!!

Why not just buy a 360? Used ones often go for less than the price of some shmups...

[pierrot]

Huge complaint.. WHY CAN'T THEY PUT DODONPACHI ON PS3!

They had put dodonpachi and Dodonpachi Daioujou black label on The previous Generation Of PS but Why not Ps3!! Why Xbox (No offence). It's just that Seriously! They have done it once but Why can't they do it now? Sucks to say It's rare to find good Classics Games for PS3 unlike Xbox which is why I'm planning on getting an Xbox. Geez! Xbox Got raiden IV, Dodonpachi Fukkatsu (Resurrection), Xervious Rebirth And Raystorm HD! Sorry to share my complaints but PS3 Retro guys like me Would Probably Agree

PLS Put Great classic and Great Japanese games For the PS3 Please!!

The way I understand it, Cave had a falling out with Sony at some point. In the interview I linked to, they mentioned that when they decided to release SaiDaiOuJou on consoles, they debated releasing it on hardware other than the 360, but eventually determined that it would be unfair to the fans who had followed them all this time on Microsoft's system.
Apparently there's a lot of internal dialogue now about how (what platforms) to release their future releases. Although I wouldn't recommend holding your breath, it might be within the realm of possibility to see some future Cave releases on Sony consoles.
They also mentioned that there would be a big announcement about the company, and in some kind of relation to SaiDaiOuJou, in April. It sounded a bit foreboding, so who knows what the future holds for Cave right now. (It doesn't seem extra super good, though.)

[shmupguy97]

Huge complaint.. WHY CAN'T THEY PUT DODONPACHI ON PS3!

They had put dodonpachi and Dodonpachi Daioujou black label on The previous Generation Of PS but Why not Ps3!! Why Xbox (No offence). It's just that Seriously! They have done it once but Why can't they do it now? Sucks to say It's rare to find good Classics Games for PS3 unlike Xbox which is why I'm planning on getting an Xbox. Geez! Xbox Got raiden IV, Dodonpachi Fukkatsu (Resurrection), Xervious Rebirth And Raystorm HD! Sorry to share my complaints but PS3 Retro guys like me Would Probably Agree

PLS Put Great classic and Great Japanese games For the PS3 Please!!

The way I understand it, Cave had a falling out with Sony at some point. In the interview I linked to, they mentioned that when they decided to release SaiDaiOuJou on consoles, they debated releasing it on hardware other than the 360, but eventually determined that it would be unfair to the fans who had followed them all this time on Microsoft's system.
Apparently there's a lot of internal dialogue now about how (what platforms) to release their future releases. Although I wouldn't recommend holding your breath, it might be within the realm of possibility to see some future Cave releases on Sony consoles.
They also mentioned that there would be a big announcement about the company, and in some kind of relation to SaiDaiOuJou, in April. It sounded a bit foreboding, so who knows what the future holds for Cave right now. (It doesn't seem extra super good, though.)

It's all right, Looks like I really have to grasp for an Xbox after all. But it's such a ripoff like RAiedn series. They have both I, II and III on Playstation platform BUt now they have it on XBox. They said It is just easy to work with Microsoft... Well... yeah... No wonder there aren't any good Japanese titles for the PS3 exept after burner climax and Hard corps uprising, Plus this good Japanese doujin shmup called Higatoppa happa. Thx anyways for the info. For some reason I felt relief in Belief that things will workout with Playstation and Dodonpachi.

[dunpeal2064]

I recall reading somewhere (although now I'm not sure where) that Sony prefers their games to be full widescreen 16:9, which would explain why not just Cave, but pretty much all shmups, came out on the 360. They did make an exception with Under Defeat, I'm assuming because its arranged mode is in 16:9.

Since this new arrange mode in SDOJ is speculated to be in 16:9 as well, it seems at least plausible that it could see a release on the ps3> however, someone over on shmups forums suggested it could also be the announcement of the SDOJ Arrange mode's arcade release via Nessica, where they previously released the Akai Katana 16:9 arrange mode. I think this is a pretty likely possibility too.

Either way, I definitely recommend getting a 360 (although I'd say budging for a Japanese console might not be worth it nowadays). There are just so many great Cave shooters on the system that can't be had properly elsewhere, not even in MAME.