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Bangai-O Spirits Coming Stateside

CthulhuLA — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:21:26 MDT

Not nearly as good as the first Bangai-O unfortunately. The thing I remember about the Dreamcast Bangai-O was the ungodly number of levels. This game fails in comparison, offering only 18 levels in single-player mode. The puzzle mode has more like 100 levels, but I enjoy all the cut-scenes and stupid dialog.

However, the gameplay for Bangai-O Spirits feels awesome, shooting a hundred napalm missiles is extremely satisfying. You can really tell this game stretched the DS's hardware capabilities to the limit. If they would have included the boss battles, hilarious cut scenes, and more action feeling levels like the original, I would have been in DS heaven. But as a non-sequel, this game is pretty good, definitely worth at least trying when it hits stateside.

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burningranger01 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:48:31 MST

GOD YES!! imagine if treasure had the money that square enix has O_O what would they do??

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Dudemeister — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:13:17 MST

Haven't played the game, but since this is Treasure we're talking about, this will probably be awesome. Also that sound feature is crazy.

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:54:41 MST

Heh. I know this is old, but I still love it-

Don't save any levels that sound like "blue"

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mexxxant — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:56:24 MST

@Sabastian_Chadwick_McGirt: Definitely get this.

If this is even half as good as the Dreamcast version was, then I will be very happy. I got it back in the day for almost nothing, and I enjoyed it immensely: fast and furious, but in a manageable and very mad way (the game over screen anyone?).

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Sabastian_Chadwick_McGirt — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:37:12 MST

I have never played Bangai-O before, but Treasure is involved so I will definitely buy it.

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The Maginomicon — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:28:05 MST

Actually, I'm surprised transfer-through-sound hasn't already been done to death.

Think about it.

Using the sound recorder accessory (Windows) the transfer-through-sound feature allows you to record to a file and email it to whoever. A website could be set up explicitly as an archive of these sound files for people to download and play with any media player, thereby transferring the file over a massively more accessible medium than simple wifi.

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Tzibo — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:25:20 MST

I've never played this Bangai-O-game, but it sure looks awesome. And come on, sound file transfer - well THAT'S what I would call innovative. So, as the trailers etc. are pretty danmaku-ish, could someone explain that what the heck there really happens? : D

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DaiMacculate — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20:18 MST

@greeble: I wonder if using the sound transfer over everything else helps preserve the portability of that feature in future ports, you can't count on Bluetooth and WiFi always being the same (or the net stack for them being written the same way on other machines), but a speaker and a mic is a pretty low bar to achieve.

Just a thought. I too am eagerly anticipating what kinds of crazy web sites this will spawn ;)

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The Jerk — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:02:49 MST

This game was pure awesome on the Dreamcast...I just remember the screen being consistently FULL of missiles.

I'd love to see this on XBLA as well.

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Nickatiah — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:41:51 MST

What the hell? A Sound file transfer? That has got to be cool. I wonder if you can make a random level from your favorite song!

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Mahale — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:36:49 MST

@Karlott:Only way that happens is with her dang shield spam against a wall.

No way to counter that :(

stupid priests and their shields always getting a good mage down.

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Karlott — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:27:31 MST

Guardian Heroes for GBA didn't suck, it just wasn't as great as it should have been. Neither was Gunstar Heroes Advance but it was closer.

@Mahale: Nicole will *smoke* Randy.

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Mahale — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:15:46 MST

I don't own a GBA so I never played that remake and from what I'm hearing it wasn't very good.

If you could play online battle mode people would learn to fear my Randy skills :).

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The Instructor — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:54:47 MST

@the-hypnotoad: This would be awesome. Guardian Heroes for GBA suuuuuucked.

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The Instructor — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:54:12 MST

@Perdew: Treasures games (at least the good ones) do not fit into a straight-up genre. You might call Gunstar Heroes a run and gun game, but there are strategic/puzzle aspects too, like making effective use of the weapon combinations.

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The Instructor — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:52:53 MST

@Do Kesubei: Did you understand that the point was to have as many projectiles approaching your mecha at once?
@baked ham: Ditto for you-- the "puzzle" (or what I think would be better called "strategy") element is the effective use of your opponents' projectiles to counter them.

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zanzibarlegend — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:46:10 MST

Gunstar Heroes FTW! love to see a sequel to that gem. anywho, i will def pick this up when it drops

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Do Kesubei — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:44:33 MST

I still have the Dreamcast version and play it from time to time. I could never get into Bangai-O, really. Sorry Treasure, but I won't spending money on this.

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baked ham — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:14:03 MST

@Nintenboy01: True. I don't know exactly how this game has any puzzle elements. It was pretty much just 1000 missiles & explosions all the time, from what I recall.

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baked ham — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:13:29 MST

@ShinobiFist(PSN-XBL): You didn't think they put effort in to Wario World? Or Ikaruga? Or Gradius V?

I was impressed with all of those.

Stretch Panic is quirky awesomeness & tons of fun, too.

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Nintenboy01 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:08:55 MST

@Perdew: Don't worry, this games has lots of shooting too.

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Perdew — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:05:26 MST

When did Treasure EVER make a puzzle game? They've always been about straight up action.

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the-hypnotoad — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:55:51 MST

@Mahale: A thousand times yes!

Man I always think about how cool an HD update of Guardian Heroes (with 3 player coop or 6 player battle mode) would be for XBLA.

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greeble — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:53:50 MST

@The BPM Scrolls IV - Knights of the Nine: Ah, no bluetooth. I guess I got confused with their proprietary communication protocol over wifi.

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gamadaya — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:52:45 MST

I also wanted a Live download of this game. Imagine how many missles you could fit on screen using the 360's power!

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Nintenboy01 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:52:35 MST

Don't forget that this originally came out for the N64, although it was plagued with slowdown.

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ShinobiFist(PSN-XBL) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:51:52 MST

@ Mahale:
4 player via XBL or PSN+HD= MONEY! I want GH NOW! But, when is Treasure going to do a new game? All these remakes make it seem like they're hurting for cash. That last game they put effort in was Sin and Punishment. I guess Treasure is playing the field.

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gamadaya — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:49:42 MST

Wait, is the transfer by sound like a fax? So are my transfered levels going to be blurry and missing pieces?

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RagingAvatar — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:49:35 MST

@Mahale: Did you miss Guardian Heroes Advance then on GBA?

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BPMΣ — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:42:59 MST

@greeble:
DS doesn't have Bluetooth. But, I guess they're doing this just to be different.

@Mahale:
Miss out on Advance Guardian Heroes, eh? Eh, I don't blame you. Not like Ubisoft printed a lot of copies of it. Nor was it that great (it's fun, but pales in comparison to the original, from what I've heard).

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gamadaya — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:42:34 MST

Holy shit this is awesome. I can't wait for this.

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pylon_trooper — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:41:10 MST

@Mahale:

Guardian Heroes was awesome. It really DOES scream for a revamp.

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baked ham — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:40:55 MST

Oh, do want!

Too bad I'll probably never beat the final level again. Jesus, that level was a killer. Took me many many many attempts.

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HigglyPiggly — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:39:37 MST

Hey are you guys gonna review Turning Point a 6.0?

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Mahale — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:35:57 MST

I wish they would update Guardian Heroes (was for the Saturn) that game rocked so freaking hardcore and a new gen update would be sweet indeed.

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Smidget — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:34:42 MST

Awesome. I loved Bangai-O on the DC. This sounds like a great project; I hope it does well over here.

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greeble — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:34:34 MST

The sound transfer is neat, but the DS has both bluetooth and wifi... why do it this way? Also I would rather have this game as a download on a console ala IkarugaHD. But then again I guess the 360 and PS3 together don't have the numbers that the ds does.

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