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    Don't Expect Maniac Shooter Ketsui On Xbox 360 Anytime Soon

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    Image of Witzbold Witzbold
    10/15/09

    In reply to Don't Expect Maniac Shooter Ketsui On Xbox 360 Anytime Soon
    Wasnt Ketsui also ported to the DS?

    Oh wait yes it was Japanese HP link below. Have been curious about it but the price kinda keeps me away.

    [www.arika.co.jp]

    Am sad that the ports went poorly since seriously "was" waiting to purchase them both till I heard of the bad news in regards to the quality. #5pb
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    Image of ex_nihilo ex_nihilo
    10/15/09

    @Witzbold: 5pb's incompetence is astounding. Thankfully, all reports have it that the Deathsmiles port was awesome. I have high hopes for Futari. #5pb
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    10/15/09

    @ex_nihilo: Yeah Deathsmiles is great have it and no problems what so ever. #5pb
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    10/15/09

    @Witzbold: Cool. I really hope they localize it, or at least re-release it with no region protection, as I can't really afford to import a J360 ( planning on moving to Manhattan from Brooklyn in the spring ) right now. My pre-order is in for Futari though. Can't wait! #5pb
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    Image of hyde_ist hyde_ist
    10/15/09

    In reply to Don't Expect Maniac Shooter Ketsui On Xbox 360 Anytime Soon
    They ported this from the DS? #5pb
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    Witzbold promoted this comment hyde_ist was starred hyde_ist was unstarred
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    10/15/09

    @hyde_ist: No, this was supposed to be a port of the arcade original. Death Label for DS is a boss rush with a few extras, not the full game. #5pb
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    Image of Jbourne37 Jbourne37
    10/15/09

    In reply to Don't Expect Maniac Shooter Ketsui On Xbox 360 Anytime Soon
    Can anyone explain why shmups are so hard to port? I can play most Cave shmups on my laptop with MAME, and I got it in 2004. What is it about the 360 that gives them so many problems?
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    Image of ithyphallus, bonks morrigan ithyphallus, bonks morrigan
    10/15/09

    @Jbourne37: why are shumps hard in general?
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    Image of UCHU UCHU
    10/15/09

    @ithyphallus, lazy beareaucrat: Cave shmups; They're so hard, you can't even port them right.
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    Image of gsilverfish gsilverfish
    09/29/09

    In reply to Cave Wants To Bring Its Manic Shooters Global
    Why would it be a fighting game? Capcom used to have do a lot of 2D shooter properties--they could make it a competitive shooter ala Twinkle Star Sprites!
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    Image of Michael McWhertor Michael McWhertor
    09/29/09

    @gsilverfish: Yeah, we talked about Capcom's shooting game history, but it seems like they're out of the business. Asada did specify he would love to see a fighting game, not necessarily another shooter.
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    Image of Sarcasmancer Sarcasmancer
    09/29/09

    In reply to Cave Wants To Bring Its Manic Shooters Global
    I know I shouldn't buy these games. Unforgiving, eye-bleeding difficulty tends to make me rage and doesn't leave me with much in the way of fun. But I also know I'll probably cave (rimshot) and get one anyway out of curiosity.
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    09/29/09

    In reply to Cave Wants To Bring Its Manic Shooters Global
    YES YES OH MIGHTY ONE YOU HAVE HEARD MY PRAYERS AND ARE MERCIFUL! SEND ME TO THE BULLET HELL THAT I MIGHT EMERGE A GREATER SERVANT OF YOUR WILL!
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    Image of yeOldeTimeyGamer yeOldeTimeyGamer
    09/29/09

    In reply to Cave Wants To Bring Its Manic Shooters Global
    Why don't they try making a shooter puzzler?
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    D-K, Oh sheeple.. promoted this comment yeOldeTimeyGamer was starred yeOldeTimeyGamer was unstarred
    Image of D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
    09/29/09

    @yeOldeTimeyGamer: As in designing a game to conform to a genre...?

    FPS bejeweled? Tactical espionage Peggle?
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    Image of yeOldeTimeyGamer yeOldeTimeyGamer
    09/29/09

    @D-K, Oh sheeple..: Twinkle Star Sprites was a shooter puzzler which is a very rare genre if you can even call it that since this is the only one I know of and it's an awesome frantic game.

    [www.defunctgames.com]
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    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    09/29/09

    In reply to Cave Wants To Bring Its Manic Shooters Global
    Finally time for me to get a 360, then.
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    Image of D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
    09/29/09

    In reply to Cave Wants To Bring Its Manic Shooters Global
    I dislike the bullet-hell shooter when it's off-ground.. I dislike R-type and any such game yet i loved Total Carnage, SmashTV, Metal Slug and Contra..

    Does anybody know if there are games along this vein being released or announced shortly?
    (besides that Contra Rebirth thing)
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    Image of UCHU UCHU
    09/29/09

    @D-K, Oh sheeple..: R-Type isn't a bullet hell shooter =E
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    Image of D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
    09/29/09

    @People making me look dumb: ...

    I see.. well i don't really know what bullet-hell entails (i just figured it meant FUCKDEMSLOTSOFBULLETS) but i enjoy Contra, MS, and TC and figured that there might be more in the pipeline seeing as there's been a surge of nostalgia-games lately.

    Guess i'll have to get my textbook out and freshen up on those sub-genres.
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    Image of Ueziel Ueziel
    09/29/09

    @D-K, Oh sheeple..: R-Type and Gradius are both just difficult horizontal shooters. R-Type is typically much slower (I say typically because the last few levels on R-Type Final can be ridiculous).

    What you like are platform shooters. Gunstar Heroes is another great example, one which also contains a horizontal shooter as well.

    They don't make too many of them anymore.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    09/29/09

    @D-K, Oh sheeple..: Actually, I've never been into scrolling shooters like R-Type, but I recently got way into the Touhou bullet hell series. In a typical shooter, you'd have lots of guys shooting fast shots straight at you. In a bullet hell game, you'd see more shots in your general direction, or even one enemy firing hundreds of bullets in all directions in a big geometric pattern, but they tend to fly much more slowly so it's possible to dodge your way through a cloud of them.

    I find the latter much more fun because it's kind of less about dodging, and more about on the fly puzzle solving or navigating a living maze.

    rRootage is a nice bite-sized intro to bullet hell games that's been ported to everything (Win/Mac/Linux/iPhone). Like Touhou games, your hitbox is much smaller than your "ship" - you just have to avoid getting the dot in the middle of you hit.
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    Image of D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
    09/29/09

    @Ueziel: True, but also the typical 2D sidescroller of old, not just shooters. Fighters, Platformers, Yoyo'ers and such.

    Though i must admit that Trine and Turtles in Time were released not long ago.
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    Image of D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
    09/29/09

    @fuchikoma: It's basically a pixel dodging other pixels, while trying not to go all blank face shakey-shakey?

    hmmm..
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    09/29/09

    @D-K, Oh sheeple..: Pretty much. You lose when you go "oh crap! It's heading right for me!" In many, you can also "bomb" to prevent death in emergencies. In Touhou, you can do it a fraction of a second after getting hit.

    Here's a... more accessible clip than the uberboss Do posted. This is Touhou 7, stage 2, I think it's on normal difficulty.
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    Image of D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
    09/29/09

    @fuchikoma: TY for the follow-up
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    09/29/09

    @D-K, Oh sheeple..: np. I want to get more people hooked so it isn't just TheWP and I ranting about it!
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    Image of mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
    09/29/09

    In reply to Cave Wants To Bring Its Manic Shooters Global
    I wonder if this means that if Cave chooses to dig into their back catalog and re-release old stuff via XBLA or Steam, they'll be re-tuning old crappy ports (I'm looking at you, Taito).
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    Image of Daniel @ playreadwrite.blogspot.com Daniel @ playreadwrite.blogspot.com
    09/29/09

    In reply to Cave Wants To Bring Its Manic Shooters Global
    God knows I would love to be purchasing bullet hell shooters on Steam. They'd be so easy to snap up at a decent price!
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    Image of D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
    09/29/09

    @Daniel @ playreadwrite.blogspot.com: I'm not in the know on these schmup-games so forgive my ignorance but tell me, how are these different from freeware online games?

    The free online games also have masses of power-ups, colorful graphics and some are known to have like 50-100 levels.
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    Image of mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
    09/29/09

    @D-K, Oh sheeple..: These have a higher level of polish, better music, better graphics, cooler gameplay systems, and a higher price tag.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    09/29/09

    @D-K, Oh sheeple..: I'm not in the know on these RPGs so forgive my ignorance but tell me, how are these different from freeware online games?

    The free online games also have masses of leveling up, colorful graphics and some are known to go on for like 50-100 hours.

    --

    Really, you can say that for any genre. With precious few exceptions, you get what you pay for.
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    Image of D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
    09/29/09

    @Kobun: I just got served, didn't i... :(

    I questioned prematurely... it's not something i usually do.. But i've been called on it and i have learned.

    Half full people.. half full
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    Image of Knoxximus ver. 5.66 Knoxximus ver. 5.66
    09/27/09

    In reply to Bullet Hell Shooter Creators Cave Going Region-Free For Next Xbox 360 Game
    HALLEHLULAH
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    Image of Witzbold Witzbold
    09/27/09

    In reply to Bullet Hell Shooter Creators Cave Going Region-Free For Next Xbox 360 Game
    This quite possibly is the FIRST in history in regards to a Japanese RF game.
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    Image of thaKingRocka thaKingRocka
    09/27/09

    In reply to Bullet Hell Shooter Creators Cave Going Region-Free For Next Xbox 360 Game
    i'm very happy about this news. it's silly though. there is no point to localizing anything beyond the menus, and that doesn't take much time or money. just press the jp version and release it worldwide with that multi-lingual menu support. they can't command the same high price for these games in america, so, to some extent, they're better off keeping it in japan where a shooter costs 60+ and stays at that price.
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    Image of seishino seishino
    09/27/09

    @thaKingRocka: Releasing worldwide requires instruction manual localization, warehousing, salespeople, promotion, and music licensing. Your inventory is cut into small divisions and distributed to places around the world. Releasing in different territories is a lot more expensive than just translating the menus, though digital distribution should help that a bit in the future.

    That having been said, if you don't intend to release outside of a particular region, you're just giving up money by not releasing region free.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    09/27/09

    @seishino: Digital distribution would appear to be the perfect way to bypass all or most of those headaches. Considering how few units shooters tend to move, you'd think the developers would jump on the chance to increase exposure and reduce costs in one fell swoop.
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    Image of MacabreAngel MacabreAngel
    09/27/09

    In reply to Bullet Hell Shooter Creators Cave Going Region-Free For Next Xbox 360 Game
    Wait wait wait. So you're telling me that developers can just CHOOSE to make their games region free? And here I thought the consoles were hard-wired to only play games from their regions. I had no idea there was an option...
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    Image of thaKingRocka thaKingRocka
    09/27/09

    @MacabreAngel:
    microsoft always left the option open on xbox and on 360. developers always had the choice. nintendo doesn't allow it. sony, in a surprise move, decided to remove all region restrictions, and i love them for it.
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