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Top Rated Ikaruga Player: "XBLA Version is Horrible"

Enjoy that XBLA Ikaruga? The current top-rated numero uno player Kingoro58k totally hates it. While he seems to put up with the XBLA port enough to reclaim his spot from a Finnish gamer, Kingoro58k writes on his
Gamertag bio:

The XBLA version of Ikaruga is a horrible port.
This isn't Ikaruga, this is Ikaruga LOL.

As commenter Muu points out, the reason for this hatorade is that there are minor changes from the arcade/Dreamcast version. Among them, in a couple places, enemy placement is different and the direction of laser beams on the third stage's mini-boss has been changed. Kingoro58k has detailed the changes as well on his own blog. For those interested in reading up on these differences, forum SuperPlay! has the nitty-gritty. Good times.
Ikaruga LOL [Kingoro58k Thanks, Muu!]

10:20 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
15,877 views, 179 comments

Latest by Dir_en_grey: @muu: #170 is referring to #168 which was just a copy/paste of this original post on Kotaku, I didn't feel the need to copy that again here, and #170 is referring to Kingoro getting slammed here. Posted #170 so you more »

only in china

Titanic 1912, the RPG: A Review

I just about died laughing at this lengthy and vitriolic review of the Shenzhen Nanjing bootleg/grey market Titanic 1912. It's long, it's funny, it's worth a read. The quality starts in the first few paragraphs:

I have a hard time imagining what possessed anyone to make this game. The board meeting probably went something like this:

President: OK guys, we have this terrible RPG engine for the Famicom. How can we squeeze more money out of it?
Developer: Well, Titanic has been popular with students studying English. What if we make a game based on the movie?
President: But how will it work? I mean, the only character you could play as would be Jack, and he dies.
Developer: Don't you see! An RPG where the player's character dies! It will be revolutionary!
President: Make it so.

Well, they made it so.

The result was the most unbelievably fucking awful game in history.

Bad game mechanics, wacky plot shenanigans, and a submarine (yes, an in-game submarine on the Titanic) all make an appearance. Go forth and enjoy (the other reviews of equally terrible Chinese knockoffs are also worth spending some time with).

Prepare yourself, for tonight we board IN HELL! [CinnamonPirate via GameSetWatch]

5:00 PM on Sun Mar 23 2008
By Maggie Greene
4,944 views, 36 comments

ps2

Silent Hill Origins Heading to PS2

The sorta poorly received Silent Hill Origins is making the jump from Playstation Portable to Playstation 2, Konami said today. The title is currently in development for the last-gen console.

"Console gamers can now expect the same chilling, suspenseful and fear-filled experience that handheld gamers encountered when we released Silent Hill Origins on the PSP system," said Anthony Crouts, Vice President of Marketing for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "This is their chance to learn more of the mystery and mythos surrounding Silent Hill that's been hinted at in earlier games and made the series such a success."

The game will still have you playing as Travis Grady, trucker extraordinare, but will also include updated controls for combat. Zero P will be so happy.

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9:00 AM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Brian Crecente
4,064 views, 40 comments

good news (finally)

Time Crisis 4 Officially Coming to PS3

Everyone can let their deep breath out, Time Crisis is officially coming to PS3 according to Famitsu. The PS3 version will feature an AC mode that will be a picture-perfect twin version of the arcade game. A third version of the lightgun (Guncon 3) for the game is in the works, which will hopefully fix the compatibility issue between the gun and LCD televisions. See? Everything's going to be just fine. Kim Phu More »

9:40 AM on Wed Jun 13 2007
By Kim Phu
4,057 views, 93 comments

port

Hexen II Homebrewed to PSP

I loved Hexen II back in the day, even though it did mark the end of a pretty fun franchise. Fortunately for us old-timer gamers The Raven Software game is making a bit of an unofficial return in this port to the Playstation Portable. More »

5:00 PM on Mon Jun 4 2007
By Brian Crecente
1,103 views, 5 comments

thems fight'n words

GoW Definitely Not Coming to PS3

The best way to get into a full-blown fist-to-cuffs fight these days to go around speculating which games are going to be exclusives and which ones are not. For those who still believe in the Tooth Fairy, just thinking about having of one of big three games rumored to get ported onto a foreign console will have you collecting enough teeth off the ground to pay next month's rent. More »

11:40 AM on Mon Jun 4 2007
By Kim Phu
5,041 views, 79 comments

port update

MGS4 Still Being Built On PS3 Hardware

Will it or won't it? Speculation is that Metal Gear Solid 4 is getting an eventual port from the PS3 to the Xbox 360. A MGS4 port would be a damning blow to the PS3, which has already lost exclusives like once Sony exclusives Grand Theft Auto and Devil May Cry. During a recent Kojima Productions Report podcast, Konami's Ryan Payton stated: More »

11:00 PM on Thu May 17 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
3,253 views, 108 comments

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Wanted: Programmer For Crysis PS3 Port?!

Last we heard the already delayed, uber beautiful Crysis form dev Crytek wasn't hitting consoles. It's PC only. And we heard this several times: here and here. But if a Crytek job listing for, well, a "Console Programmer - PS3" is to be believed, the game is hitting the PLAYSTATION 3. In the section labeled "Responsibility," the listing goes: More »

11:00 PM on Mon Apr 16 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
6,796 views, 54 comments

ps2

Rockstar Confirms GTA: Vice City Stories for PS2... Sun Rises

Rockstar today announced what we all knew: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is coming to the Playstation 2. More »

4:00 PM on Wed Feb 7 2007
By Brian Crecente
1,007 views, 28 comments

dragon's lair

Dragon's Lair DS Port

It looks like someone is in the process of porting Dragon's Lair to the Nintendo DS. More »

6:00 PM on Tue Dec 12 2006
By Brian Crecente
793 views, 25 comments

meatios

Meteos Online

Games Are Fun reports that Japanese publication Manichi Web has announced a PC port of the highly addictive DS puzzle game, Meteos. More »

7:20 PM on Thu Sep 21 2006
By egauger
349 views, 5 comments

eba

Elite Beat Agents Coming Out November 8th

I've been hearing about Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! almost since the DS came out, and I've been meaning to pick it up for just as long. Procrastination is the name of the game, my simians. More »

5:40 PM on Mon Sep 18 2006
By egauger
395 views, 16 comments

ubisoft

Prince of Persia 3 Remake Headed to PSP

A wee butternut dumpling for my fellow PSP owners. Prince of Persia: the Two Thrones is coming to PSP, but the port will be different enough from the original that Ubisoft saw fit to give it a different name. More »

4:40 PM on Tue Sep 12 2006
By egauger
1,820 views, 26 comments

memory

Harrrrrrdware!

In a stroke of rather charming ingenuity and consideration for their seaborne customers, specialty memory manufacturer Corsair has provided a wide variety of translations for their online catalogue. Including Pirate. Via Lumberjack Bauer on Digg: More »

4:20 PM on Thu Jul 27 2006
By egauger
250 views, 20 comments

sonic

Sega Honors Sonic With Billionth Port

Looking to squeeze every last nanoliter of hedgehog blood from the corpse of Sega's beloved mascot, Sega announced that they'll be bringing an updated port of the 1991 blast processing hit to the Game Boy Advance. It's called Sonic The Hedgehog Genesis and will play exactly like the other 999,999,999 versions of Sonic The Hedgehog you've played on every other platform, from the Dreamcast to the PS2 to the TRS-80, but with the now classic spin dash move. You can also save your progress. *cough* More »

1:09 PM on Sat Jun 24 2006
By Michael McWhertor
697 views, 8 comments

Latest by Karlott: Remake Sonic CD, dammit. That game was gnarly. more »

tomb raider', gamecube, port,

Cube Raider

Lara Croft is making her busty Nintendo console debut this fall. While previous Tomb Raider games have developed for or ported to the Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color, this marks the first time the series will hit any of Nintendo's consoles. While this means that diehard Nintendo fans missed out on the original Tomb Raider, they've also missed out on the middling-to-awful crap that's come out since. Will the GameCube break the Curse of Tomb Raider? Only time, and eventually money, will tell. More »

7:40 PM on Mon Apr 3 2006
By kotaku.com
155 views, 5 comments

Latest by D: I laughed. more »

Kotaku

Green Lantern, Joker Join MK Vs. DC Universe Line Up

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