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The Mega-Cave Shooter Post, because they're totally awesome and sweet
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Chiaroscuro
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Isn' the minimum print run for japanese Xbox 360 games set to 7.000 by Microsoft? How many DDP 5pb. have printed? Better to release a "new and expanded" version than to loose time in trying to patch that mess.
This was on Caves Facebook page:
"Some of our fans may be familiar with our upcoming Muchi Muchi Pork/Pink Sweets Japan release. We currently have talks over some of our other Japan-only titles ongoing with overseas publishers, but our producer Asada-san is currently thinking about making the MMP/PS double pack region free. Feel free to send him some feedback here: blog360@mail.cave.co.jp"
So is that FB page official Cave page or fanmade? I don't want to get my hopes up for nothing!
"Some of our fans may be familiar with our upcoming Muchi Muchi Pork/Pink Sweets Japan release. We currently have talks over some of our other Japan-only titles ongoing with overseas publishers, but our producer Asada-san is currently thinking about making the MMP/PS double pack region free. Feel free to send him some feedback here: blog360@mail.cave.co.jp"
So is that FB page official Cave page or fanmade? I don't want to get my hopes up for nothing!
To Far Away Times
Member
hipgnosis said:
I spent the entire last week with Ryu Umemoto, the composer of CAVE's newest shooter Akai Katana and arranger on plenty of their games. He was one of the most well known composers during the PC-98 era. Anyway I wrote a small piece on it and he does go into CAVE a bit. One of the most interesting people I ever met.
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/umemoto/umemoto.htm
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/umemoto/umemoto.htm
This was the first thing I did!shintoki said:
They also write this: "You will probably see more CAVE 360 games overseas. Asada P just wants to hear some feedback on these two games."
This pretty much confirms that were getting other Cave titles released here! This is pretty damn exciting! Maybe I don't have to buy that J-Xbox after all.
hipgnosis said:
yeah - it's official - there are links to the facebook page from their website... http://www.cave-world.com/en/
sixteen-bit
Member
Thanks, I'll make myself heard!hipgnosis said:
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Oh.. oh my.hipgnosis said:
I'm sending an eMail over now and giving this thread a bump to get more people to eMail.
RoryDropkick
Member
E-mailed!
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Bonus: Include a picture of your Cave collection to 1) Show that you mean bidness, and 2) Show that you are a creep.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
That's what I gathered from the Facebook post as well.Yes Boss! said:
From the Facebook post, one of Cave's direct responses:
"You will probably see more CAVE 360 games overseas. Asada P just wants to hear some feedback on these two games."
sixteen-bit
Member
I would, but I'd be embarrassed about having so many of them sealed and unplayed :lolPrincess Skittles said:
amishpriest99
Member
Oh yeah...will be emailing for sure. Happy to hear that there will be more overseas/region-free releases.
To Far Away Times said:
That is fantastic. You have made my day.
Also, Daifukkatsu finally came in last night (The ups guy screwed up, I called their Central shipping house and he actually came back before clocking out, nice guy) and played the 360 version with Type-A...
Fantastic. I can already see myself trying to figure out the safest route out of the (Stage 5, I believe) rotating multi-laser cannons. Pretty stuff.
Considering the Ketsui mode they plan to add to the retail disc of Black Label, I think February is going to be a great month for J-360 owners.
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
Princess Skittles said:
Heh, that's a good idea
Despite owning a J-360, having Cave games region free so more people can play them is a great thing so I'll definitely be emailing as well.
Only negative at the moment is that I found out that my Daifukkatsu only shipped yesterday so it'll be next weekend at the earliest before I am playing it
British Monsoon
Member
Princess Skittles said:
Done and done
Don't think my copy of Daifukkatsu has even shipped yet
Hope I get it before Christmas.Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
solidsnakesalute.gifBootaaay said:
My stack is half of that.. but I do have Ketsui DS.
I'm still annoyed that I passed on getting Mushi I for the PS2 back when.
RoryDropkick
Member
Bootaaay said:Done and done
Don't think my copy of Daifukkatsu has even shipped yet
Daw, mine doesn't look that good.
Hmm...
I'm really happy the double pack will be likely be region free. I prefer to play these on my US system since my J-X360 is on its last legs and I can't use internet for leaderboards/replays/achievements.
otoh, I'm gonna be negative here and say I wish US publishers would just give up on talks with Cave for US releases so that they can ALL be region free. Didn't Death Smiles bomb in the US? I just get the feeling there will be talks and talks about bringing Cave games over but nothing will happen and meanwhile we'll get region locked games. It'd be one thing if they started bringing out all the releases in the US a few months after the Japanese release. But so far that hasn't happened. I held off on importing Death Smiles IIX since DS1 came to the US and I thought maybe they'd pick up the sequel, but so far we've heard nothing from the US side about anymore Cave releases.
I think the best option tbh, would be day 1 worldwide XBLA releases like Guwange. I'd easily give up the "updated x360 graphics" which I barely notice in these retail ports for a $15 worldwide XBLA release with leaderboards and arrange modes.
I'm really happy the double pack will be likely be region free. I prefer to play these on my US system since my J-X360 is on its last legs and I can't use internet for leaderboards/replays/achievements.
otoh, I'm gonna be negative here and say I wish US publishers would just give up on talks with Cave for US releases so that they can ALL be region free. Didn't Death Smiles bomb in the US? I just get the feeling there will be talks and talks about bringing Cave games over but nothing will happen and meanwhile we'll get region locked games. It'd be one thing if they started bringing out all the releases in the US a few months after the Japanese release. But so far that hasn't happened. I held off on importing Death Smiles IIX since DS1 came to the US and I thought maybe they'd pick up the sequel, but so far we've heard nothing from the US side about anymore Cave releases.
I think the best option tbh, would be day 1 worldwide XBLA releases like Guwange. I'd easily give up the "updated x360 graphics" which I barely notice in these retail ports for a $15 worldwide XBLA release with leaderboards and arrange modes.
sixteen-bit
Member
Don't be. The port is not great and loading blows ass.Princess Skittles said:
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Fuck I just might cave on this one if it turns out to be region-free.
Would be something as I've grown to hate Battle Garegga and its ilk.
Would be something as I've grown to hate Battle Garegga and its ilk.
CaseyTappy
Member
I really need to start picking up the pace , I only have Dodopachi Daiou Jou , Mushi Futari and Deathsmiles for the 360 .
I have lots of Cave though
I have lots of Cave though
sixteen-bit
Member
Sick PCB collection.CaseyTappy said:I really need to start picking up the pace , I only have Dodopachi Daiou Jou , Mushi Futari and Deathsmiles for the 360 .
I have lots of Cave though
To Far Away Times
Member
Awesome.CaseyTappy said:I really need to start picking up the pace , I only have Dodopachi Daiou Jou , Mushi Futari and Deathsmiles for the 360 .
I have lots of Cave though
CaseyTappy
Member
Tain said:
It's bizarre but a Bare PCB costs just a little more than the crappy PS2 version !
Moor-Angol
Banned
Chiaroscuro said:
DDP 360 sales (Famitsu numbers)
first week : 10.526
LTD : 16.179
hikarutilmitt
Member
I got what I could. Not having a job for a year RIGHT after Ibara came out on PS2 hurt for getting the OSTs. I was honestly trying to start the Cave collection.
Fortinbras
Member
I hope it's also good news for the European 360 crowd.Tain said:
iconoclast
Member
Been playing more Daifukkatsu. I think Arrange A might be my favorite mode on the disc. You spend a lot of the stage in hyper using C-shot, dodging shit tons of bullets with all the slowdown then occasionally switching to boost in order to clear a path. You can crank up your hit counter to insane levels (the replay for the #1 guy on the leaderboards gets over 100,000) and the only time you have to worry about your chain breaking is if you get killed. Not to mention how awesome it looks with so much going on on screen. So yeah it's awesome.
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
Keep the pics coming guys! It's so great to see all the Cave <3
Gonna get one taken later too, in the meantime, I have a spare $5 off $50 Playasia coupon. As I don't use PA for preorders, if any of my fellow shmup fans want this for any of the upcoming stuff just PM me
Gonna get one taken later too, in the meantime, I have a spare $5 off $50 Playasia coupon. As I don't use PA for preorders, if any of my fellow shmup fans want this for any of the upcoming stuff just PM me
Rummy Bunnz
Member
Oh hey Deathsmiles 2 is pretty fun! It's not nearly as ugly as the videos made it out to be. Yeah, a lot of the models look like they were ripped from an old Naomi game, but it's colorful and clean and 60fps. I prefer the 2D but if Cave went fully polygonal I don't think I'd be too broken up about it.
I totally cheezed out and 1CC'd 360 mode my first time through. Picked Rosa, picked rank 1 on all stages, easiest damn thing in the world. Her ending was creepy -- all getting a topless massage and moaning a lot. Somewhere in the text was the number 17. I don't want to know what the hell she was saying. Why can't we go back to the innocent days of Gunbird, where half the endings involved homosexual muscle men. That's the kind of sexy ending I can get behind.
If DS2 ever comes out here I wonder if they'll fix up arcade mode. I'd like to have the enemy notification arrows back! Make up for screwing up the slowdown in US Deathsmiles.
(P.S. I have a sealed copy of Ibara PS2 that I'd totally sell to anyone crazy enough to pay BIG BUXXX.)
I totally cheezed out and 1CC'd 360 mode my first time through. Picked Rosa, picked rank 1 on all stages, easiest damn thing in the world. Her ending was creepy -- all getting a topless massage and moaning a lot. Somewhere in the text was the number 17. I don't want to know what the hell she was saying. Why can't we go back to the innocent days of Gunbird, where half the endings involved homosexual muscle men. That's the kind of sexy ending I can get behind.
If DS2 ever comes out here I wonder if they'll fix up arcade mode. I'd like to have the enemy notification arrows back! Make up for screwing up the slowdown in US Deathsmiles.
Man, mine was real close to his -- right down to having Mushi THE BEST rather than the initial release -- but I sold off a lot of my PCBs. Don't have a Feveron poster but I do have a DOJ poster a very kind friend gave me years ago. Never did get Ketsui DS and really regret it since it costs a fortune now. The Cave market is absolutely retarded, with the aforementioned price on Ibara PS2 vs Ibara PCB being a prime example. Anyone paying above retail for either Taito release is crazy. Those ports sucked balls. It would be great if Cave re-released them on 360.Yes Boss! said:
(P.S. I have a sealed copy of Ibara PS2 that I'd totally sell to anyone crazy enough to pay BIG BUXXX.)
My Cave retail collection is complete with the exception of the two PS1 Pachi games since they are on PSN (at least i think it is complete). I'll definitely track those down next year for play on my CRT or to spool them to a cabinet...fairly cheap. And they are better than the Saturn versions.
Go for the DS game! Think it is only a hundred-ish, which is not much more than than the initial retail price. Fun, fun little version
And DSIIX rocks. Great to see another supporter!
Go for the DS game! Think it is only a hundred-ish, which is not much more than than the initial retail price. Fun, fun little version
And DSIIX rocks. Great to see another supporter!
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Rummy Bunnz said:
Didn't one of the endings in Gunbird 1 involve the little witch aging like 7 years all at once and growing breasts in the process? God knows how my Saturn collection managed to include three games where there are scenes of young girls growing up in seconds(Gunbird 1, Twinkle Star Sprites, and Princess Crown). Plus there was that ending in Gunbird 2 where some dude basically wishes that the girl stayed young forever.
Even when it was creepy it was still funny. Just from DS1's endings though..eugh...just creepy.