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[Mr_Furious]

*for those wondering about the game above*

*for those wondering about the game above*

 

[dark10x]

You have GOT to be shitting me?!?! Now THAT is some serious milking.

 

[TheUnknownForce]

I didn't know they were making a new PS2 Bomberman game.

Also, those Simple games look interesting. How do the other 63 games look?

 

[Troidal]

You have GOT to be shitting me?!?! Now THAT is some serious milking.

AND!

They've already announced that a 5th one is coming.
Yeah thats some serious milking.

I think I'll need another bag of chocolate chip cookie with that...

 

[Kiriku]

Woo, Nightmare Before Christmas! Please please please let it be a good game too!

 

[Travado]

Wow, that Nightmare Before Christmas boxart is awesome, really nice! I can't wait to see Capcom to ruin that boxart in the US version.

 

[SolidSnakex]

You have GOT to be shitting me?!?! Now THAT is some serious milking.

dark, at this point are you really this surprised that they're doing something like this?

 

[hirokazu]

so what's the difference between Megaman EXE 4-Blue/4-Red and 4.5? is it like the differences between Pokemon Green/Red/Blue and Yellow?

 

[u_neek]

Woohoo, can't wait for MegaMan Exe 4.75 - I've heard it's great!!

 

[king zell]

 

[Stryder]

I love this boxart, looks awesome

 

[GSG Flash]

Woah, that metal slug boxart is all blurry and shit.

 

[kiryogi]

You have GOT to be shitting me?!?! Now THAT is some serious milking.

It's very smart milking. It's the closest they done to simulate a PET so far, the kids should be gobbling it up.

 

[Culex]

I wish that Fullmetal Alchemist 2 would hit the GC. I want to import it so damn badly.

 

[brandonnn]

Hot damn, the Simple Series has really been cranking out the hits lately.

Here's another set of itty-bitty shots of The Splatter Action:

and The Kyonshi Panic, which takes what looked like a simple zombie-killing action game and makes it a liiiittle bit incomprehensible (unless those are health bars over every kyonshi that can be toggled):

 

[Rlan]

I hate the new Bomberman Style. Bring back this:

not this:

 

[Meier]

Rockman EXE is their only successful franchise these days so they dont have much of a choice but to keep pumping them out. Unlike a lot of the other big series in Japan right now, its sequels continue to sell better than their previous release rather than selling more or less to the same audience of the last one only.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

Sakura Taisen 5 looks really great, but after buying and not understanding a single bit of ST2 and ST3 I don't really want to waste another $65 on the import... aren't those games being translated anytime soon?

 

[explodet]

Oh good, the Japanese get to ignore Run Like Hell just like we did.

 

[cvxfreak]

Rockman EXE is their only successful franchise these days so they dont have much of a choice but to keep pumping them out. Unlike a lot of the other big series in Japan right now, its sequels continue to sell better than their previous release rather than selling more or less to the same audience of the last one only.

I was wondering why EXE 4.5 didn't do so hot though... 15K, when the original editions sold 900K.

 

[ManaByte]

Is VF2 just a Saturn port?

 

[cvxfreak]

Is VF2 just a Saturn port?

That, or more likely an arcade one.

 

[jarrod]

Is VF2 just a Saturn port?

Nope, it's a perfect port of the Model 2 release, coded internally at AM2 (rather than D3 like the rest of the Sega Ages series).

 

[Mr_Furious]

 

[Wario64]

http://www.jp.playstation.com/jacket/l/slpm65768.jpg

Cool Beatmania cover

 

[Mr_Furious]

 

[Wario64]

That DOAU cover cant be final...

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

Splatter Action looks awesome.

 

[Go Go Ackman!]

What's Spectra Force? I like that art!

 

[radios shipping overview]

Official site for The Splatter Action: http://www.d3p.co.jp/s_20/s20_064.html

Hews dangerously close to SD Splatterhouse/Wanpaku Graffiti, don'tcha think?

Edit: Splatter Action wallpaper! http://www.vsc-g.co.jp/down.htm

 

[MrCheez]

I LOVE YOU JACK *_* <3 <3 <3

 

[ferricide]

What's Spectra Force? I like that art!

nobody in the west seems to know much about these games. rumor had placed people form the original the dragon force team at idea factory (the developer/publisher) making these. vic (not the most reliable source IMO) said that they suck, back in the PS1 days, but they keep cracking them out.

btw, this latest one was developed by neverland (lufia I/II/GBC, lodoss DC, etc.) i'd like to check it out but i doubt it'll have dropped down in price quite yet.

edit: upon looking at this page i don't think these games were actually made by the developer neverland. it seems that the "never-land" icon denotes that they're all part of some series of idea factory games. ho-hum. also, neverland's own page doesn't mention the game. false alarm! and now i can cross it off of my "interested" list.

as you can see, there have been a lot of spectral force games in the last few years. several of those are re-releases, of course. there were some other spinoffs IIRC, but i really don't know much about any of the games in the series.

 

[drohne]

the splatter action looks really cool. i've been meaning to take the plunge on a few of those simple 2000 games...if any of you pick that one up, post some impressions.

 

[FortNinety]

I wouldn't be surprised if Splatter Action turns out better than Nightmare Before Christmas.

 

[Acosta]

Nightmare before Christmas is pretty good IMO

 

[cvxfreak]

DOAO's boxart looks good.

 

[Crazymoogle]

As I recall, EXE 4.5 is actually the hybrid GBA cart that comes with a built in chip scanner; sort of a mutant e-reader that accepts capcom-made battlechips. Interesting in the sense of taking the EXE gameplay style a bit further out of the box, but the incredibly annoying random battle crap continues so I can't imagine it being worth playing through.

Hold the goddamn phone, Sergeant Frog game?! SCORE. I wonder if they try and simulate the Sarge's military planning method (namely rolling on the floor while reading manga, and then assembling classic Gundam model kits)

 

[Rei_Toei]

Regarding the Spectral Force: Radical Elements game: some of the aspects of it sounded very cool (build complete army, run into other army, chaos ensues) and the movies looked kinda cool. If they're still working (sorry, 56k here right now):

http://www.ideaf.co.jp/radical/radical.avi
http://www.ideaf.co.jp/radical/radical_battle.avi
http://www.ideaf.co.jp/radical/radical_customize.avi

 

[Defensor]

 

[Bebpo]

Not sure if it's old or not but I just saw the display at a store today. Noticed it was 2P co-op, though that was probably already reported somewhere.

 

[COCKLES]

Wow the udders of the Capcom milking cow must be sore and hurtin' by now.

 

[king zell]

 

[Solid]

That DOAU cover is nice.