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The Mega-Cave Shooter Post, because they're totally awesome and sweet

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GamePnoy74

Member
I missed the Deathsmiles iOS sale at $4.99...it goes to regular price at $8.99...and now it's $11.99 (as well as Cave's other shooters)?! Geez. =(
 
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Chopper

Member
_dementia said:
DoDonPachi is on PSOne classics for Japanese PSN. I'd highly recommend it. Pick up a Japanese PSN point card and check it out.
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Is it still worth my monies if I own the iOS version?
 
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Princess Skittles

Prince's's 'Skittle's
Chopper said:
Is it still worth my monies if I own the iOS version?
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They are different games (the iOS DDP is like a few sequels of the PS1 port).

But even if they were the same, the answer would be yes because of buttons.
 
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jlevel13

Member
Chopper said:
Is it still worth my monies if I own the iOS version?
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DoDonPachi is a MUCH better game than DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu/Resurrection. It's arguably CAVE's best (or second or third best). Can't speak to the quality of the ps1 port though. Perfect in MAME if you want to try it out.
 
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iconoclast

Member
LOOOOL

I just got 999.7m in Death Smiles 2 Arcade mode. 300 fucking thousand points from my goal. God damn it.

It was a nice run though. Cleared it with 3 lives and 1 bomb left. Now I'm ranked #12 overall and #8 with Lei, so I'm pretty happy with that.
 
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adversesolutions

Member
iconoclast said:
LOOOOL

I just got 999.7m in Death Smiles 2 Arcade mode. 300 fucking thousand points from my goal. God damn it.

It was a nice run though. Cleared it with 3 lives and 1 bomb left. Now I'm ranked #12 overall and #8 with Lei, so I'm pretty happy with that.
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Brutal dude, WR for Deathsmiles II is not even that far away at that point.
 
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iconoclast

Member
Just beat my 999m score, yay. Got 1,024,552,463 now, and again I finished with 3 lives. I do think I can no miss the entire game on a perfect run, but it's hard not to make any mistakes. I'll probably keep playing for a while longer though, because the game is a ton of fun when you're in the rhythm and scoring well. With Lei, anyway. I don't like any of the other characters for score. :<

adversesolutions said:
Brutal dude, WR for Deathsmiles II is not even that far away at that point.
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The western record? Do you know what it is currently? I tried googling, but I don't know what site would have that information. If it's within a couple hundred million or so, I might go for it. The #1 XBL score with Lei is 1.3 billion, but I think that's too high for me. The world record from the Arcade is like 2 billion, and I can't even wrap my head around a score that high. That's way out of my league, heh.
 
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Muchi Muchi Pink

Member
jlevel13 said:
DoDonPachi is a MUCH better game than DoDonPachi Dai-Fukkatsu/Resurrection. It's arguably CAVE's best (or second or third best). Can't speak to the quality of the ps1 port though. Perfect in MAME if you want to try it out.
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ketsui > muchi muchi pork > ESP Rade > ddp: dai ou jou > pink sweets > mushihimesama > ddp
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iconoclast said:
The western record? Do you know what it is currently? I tried googling, but I don't know what site would have that information. If it's within a couple hundred million or so, I might go for it. The #1 XBL score with Lei is 1.3 billion, but I think that's too high for me. The world record from the Arcade is like 2 billion, and I can't even wrap my head around a score that high. That's way out of my league, heh.
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I'm pretty sure it's someone of cave-stg.com

€dith: Anyway here are the WRs (World Records not Western) for DSII:

Death Smiles II (Ver 4.00)
Mashiko - Windia - 1.298.758.041
WSM-MKZ - Casper - 1.452.223.256
MCR - Soupy - 1.304.932.505
&#22826;&#33777; - Lei - 2.000.664.785
 
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adversesolutions

Member
iconoclast said:
The western record? Do you know what it is currently? I tried googling, but I don't know what site would have that information. If it's within a couple hundred million or so, I might go for it. The #1 XBL score with Lei is 1.3 billion, but I think that's too high for me. The world record from the Arcade is like 2 billion, and I can't even wrap my head around a score that high. That's way out of my league, heh.
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I think you're way over the western record, no? IIRC EOJ had somewhere around 900 mil.
 
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Strummerjones

Member
Today I walked into an arcade and played Dodonpachi. I rarely get past the third boss, today I nearly 1cced it (died before last boss, entire last level on one life). Feels good, man.
 
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Lafiel

と呼ぶがよい
Awesome news, can't wait to get it.:) I'm slightly disappointed they are making black label paid DLC tho.>.<
 
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danmaku

Member
iconoclast said:
Version 1.51 is going to be paid DLC? Hopefully it won't be too expensive, that was a first print bonus in the Japanese version.
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RSG said they wants 1.51 to be free, but if Microsoft won't allow it then it'll be as cheap as possible.
 
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Az987

all good things
Is $45 a decent price for Mushihimesama Futari 1.5 platinum hits version?

My local shop has it for that. They also have Espgaluda II for $90... I thought that was a bit high.
 
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jbueno

Member
Az987 said:
Is $45 a decent price for Mushihimesama Futari 1.5 platinum hits version?

My local shop has it for that. They also have Espgaluda II for $90... I thought that was a bit high.
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Yes to Mushi-Futari and yes to Espgaluda II if it is the original print with the included OST. Both are awesome games and have a lot of modes to enjoy, specially Espgaluda II. I´d get both.
 
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Az987

all good things
jbueno said:
Yes to Mushi-Futari and yes to Espgaluda II if it is the original print with the included OST. Both are awesome games and have a lot of modes to enjoy, specially Espgaluda II. I´d get both.
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I'm not sure if it has the soundtrack but it didn't have platinum hits on the box, does that mean it's the original print? Does the original print have anything else the platinum hits doesn't besides the soundtrack?

Thanks for replying, I was gonna just get Mushi-Futari but maybe I should get both.

Hmm decisions, decisions.

Edit: I don't think it was the limited edition either
 
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jbueno

Member
Az987 said:
I'm not sure if it has the soundtrack but it didn't have platinum hits on the box, does that mean it's the original print? Does the original print have anything else the platinum hits doesn't besides the soundtrack?

Thanks for replying, I was gonna just get Mushi-Futari but maybe I should get both.

Hmm decisions, decisions.

Edit: I don't think it was the limited edition either
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As I recall the first print of the regular edition of Espgaluda II (region free) was the one that had the OST but i remember there being non Platinum Hits versions without the OST, maybe the seller should be able to confirm that? I bought mine from NCSX and they confirmed it for me.

If you get Futari be sure go buy the Black Label DLC, its 1200 MSP but I love it so I think its worth it; also in order for the game to run smoothly I heavily recomend installing the disc and DLC to a flash drive, its borderline unplayable when you play from the HDD because it stutters when entering parts with heavy slowdown, making it really difficult to play for score or survival.
 
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Tain

Member
Shou pointed this out on another forum recently.

The financial results.

Shou said:
Sorry, it took me awhile to come back on this.

Here are the latest Cave financial results. Obviously, this is all in Japanese.

Key slides are 14, 28, 33-35.

14 shows that over Q3-4 of 2010 that Social/Smartphone apps have brought in roughly 42% of revenue while arcade/console brought in 14.5%.

28 shows their staff resourcing in 2011. The top line shows that they only have consumer development at this point, no more arcade dev.

33 shows their focus on smartphones and what games they have in the pipeline for them. Note that there are 2 shooters, 1 facebook casual game aimed at gaijin and 1 MMO

34-35 shows how they will capitalize on the foreign market: Smartphone and social content.


So, there you go. Real. gaming. journalism.
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I could feel this happening, I just never imagined it would be so sudden!

I've been leery enough at the idea of a console-only Cave. The arcade environment plays a huge role in shaping their game design. A smartphone-focused Cave, though? There's nothing for me there. :[
 
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Risette

A Good Citizen
28 shows their staff resourcing in 2011. The top line shows that they only have consumer development at this point, no more arcade dev.

33 shows their focus on smartphones and what games they have in the pipeline for them. Note that there are 2 shooters, 1 facebook casual game aimed at gaijin and 1 MMO
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no more arcade dev.
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focus on smartphones
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Az987

all good things
jbueno said:
As I recall the first print of the regular edition of Espgaluda II (region free) was the one that had the OST but i remember there being non Platinum Hits versions without the OST, maybe the seller should be able to confirm that? I bought mine from NCSX and they confirmed it for me.

If you get Futari be sure go buy the Black Label DLC, its 1200 MSP but I love it so I think its worth it; also in order for the game to run smoothly I heavily recomend installing the disc and DLC to a flash drive, its borderline unplayable when you play from the HDD because it stutters when entering parts with heavy slowdown, making it really difficult to play for score or survival.
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hmm that's disappointing that it stutters. I don't have a flash drive, guess I'll have to pick one up. Would an 8GB flash drive be enough?
 
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Chiaroscuro

Member
Actually, this is consumer fault. How to blame Cave if they want to be profitable? I do not remember the last time I went to an arcade (they are pretty dead here) and my phone is loaded with games....

(I do have all recent Cave games, multiple times, including Japanese, USA, and PAL releases)
 
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Tain

Member
Yeah, it is what it is. It's the environment, it's the consumers, whatever. It was inevitable.

They've released enough masterpieces to last me a long time. Sucks, of course, but I'm still set.
 
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Daigoro

Member
Tain said:
Yeah, it is what it is. It's the environment, it's the consumers, whatever. It was inevitable.

They've released enough masterpieces to last me a long time. Sucks, of course, but I'm still set.
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good point. we can play these games for many years to come. but yeah, its depressing.

fuck.
 
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PepsimanVsJoe

Member
Whenever I think of smartphones I think of "The Man with Two Brains"(7:56)

Dr. Necessiter: As you know, my research has advanced to a point where I can put her mind(Cave Shooters) into the body of a gorilla(smartphone).
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: I couldn't fuck(play) a gorilla(smartphone).
 
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jbueno

Member
Az987 said:
hmm that's disappointing that it stutters. I don't have a flash drive, guess I'll have to pick one up. Would an 8GB flash drive be enough?
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8 GB would be more than enough to fit both the installed game, DLC, save data and replays, which if I recall don´t even add up to 1 GB; you could even store your gamertag there, I find it to be more convenient. Just be sure that the flash drive is supported by the 360, most cheapo brands that I´ve tried don´t work, and I really don´t know the specification required by MS. The other thing to try is that if you have a Slim 360 with 4 GB internal memory it should work as good as a flash drive.
 
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