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Posted: Apr 10 2010 09:12 pm

If so, I must obtain this: http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/image/955317.html

Posted: Apr 10 2010 09:14 pm

It's region-free. Go for it.

Posted: Apr 10 2010 09:26 pm

Ha, I was actually watching youtube videos of that game last week.

Joined: Mar 18 2010 Location: Tuonela Posts: 299

Played the shit out of GS on Amiga. Don't remember that big button with a rubber on it though.. but looks ok, might check it out.

Posted: Apr 11 2010 01:47 pm

Is this already out?

Posted: Apr 11 2010 02:31 pm

Yeah. Came out last April, Europe only.

Joined: Feb 22 2010 Posts: 351

DS, DS Light Region Free

DSI and DSI XXL and probably 3DS- Dick movingly not region free (and another reason I hate Nintendo)

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: Apr 11 2010 04:31 pm

Godofhardcore wrote:

(and another reason I hate Nintendo)

Becuase Sony has a history of creating region-free products, right? And Sega? Honestly...

2011 SNES Champ Joined: Dec 04 2006 Posts: 1929

You have the right to hate Nintendo all you want. But if your reasons are stupid, keep them for yourself.

I myself have an irrationnal hatred for the XBox. As I'm not exactly sure why, I don't go around telling everybody the system is shit.

Posted: Apr 11 2010 04:52 pm

actually, the DSi et al are region free. the DSi exclusive games themselves are not.

Posted: Apr 11 2010 04:57 pm

lavalarva wrote:

You have the right to hate Nintendo all you want. But if your reasons are stupid, keep them for yourself.

I myself have an irrationnal hatred for the XBox. As I'm not exactly sure why, I don't go around telling everybody the system is shit.

Well, I can understand his point of view. On the one hand, the fact that they even had a region free system is pretty solid. But on the other hand, I can completely see why somebody would consider having a region free system, then making it better, but making that version not region free, to be a dick move.

username wrote:

actually, the DSi et al are region free. the DSi exclusive games themselves are not.

Well that's kind of a tease.

Posted: Apr 11 2010 06:26 pm

Quote:

username wrote:

actually, the DSi et al are region free. the DSi exclusive games themselves are not.

Well that's kind of a tease.

Well that means it can still play DS games from any region.

Joined: Feb 22 2010 Posts: 351

No some recent DS games won't work on the DSI Idolmaster for example

Joined: Jun 20 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 408

Very Kool! you should definitely get this. I wish there had been a Sonic clone called Dashing Weasel.

Posted: Apr 11 2010 10:52 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Quote:

username wrote:

actually, the DSi et al are region free. the DSi exclusive games themselves are not.

Well that's kind of a tease.

Well that means it can still play DS games from any region.

I get that. But its sort of like if they announced a new Xbox 360 with some sweet new add on that was region free, only to find out that the new 360 games wouldn't be.

Either way, its still sweet that they are region free at all.

Posted: Apr 12 2010 03:46 am

Isn't region coding done by the publishers or developers or whatnot? I remember Mushihime-sama Futari, a Japanese hell shooter, was released on the 360 a few months ago and was region free, and the publishers/developers said that if sales were good enough they'd start making more of their new games region free.

EDIT: Anybody interested in the game, here's the final boss (Nothing is spoiled, unless you speak japanese)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nscP9QpXoFM
This game makes Ikaruga look like Megaman 10's easy mode.

Posted: Apr 12 2010 05:22 am

Thunderhorse wrote:

Isn't region coding done by the publishers or developers or whatnot? I remember Mushihime-sama Futari, a Japanese hell shooter, was released on the 360 a few months ago and was region free, and the publishers/developers said that if sales were good enough they'd start making more of their new games region free.

EDIT: Anybody interested in the game, here's the final boss (Nothing is spoiled, unless you speak japanese)

Does the game have an option for English menus or English subtitles?

Also, is the DLC available in North America?

Posted: Apr 12 2010 11:48 am

Thunderhorse wrote:

Isn't region coding done by the publishers or developers or whatnot? I remember Mushihime-sama Futari, a Japanese hell shooter, was released on the 360 a few months ago and was region free, and the publishers/developers said that if sales were good enough they'd start making more of their new games region free.

EDIT: Anybody interested in the game, here's the final boss (Nothing is spoiled, unless you speak japanese)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nscP9QpXoFM
This game makes Ikaruga look like Megaman 10's easy mode.

Jesus, that boss is insane.

2011 SNES Champ Joined: Dec 04 2006 Posts: 1929

"Let's make all the bullets purple so all the bullets overlap and blend with each other and the patterns become impossible to read!"

There's a way to make a very difficult game that's actually fun to play. Stupid bullshit like this is certainly not the way to go.
Or maybe the video quality just sucked and you can actually see what the hell you're doing in the game, but whatever.
The first version of this game even had an undodgeable attack, as the gaps were smaller than your hitbox. Talk about shitty game design.

Without the fake difficulty added in, the first half of the boss is medium-hard at best. The second half seems to have nice patterns, but I could barely see shit so I don't really know.

Posted: Apr 12 2010 02:52 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Thunderhorse wrote:

Isn't region coding done by the publishers or developers or whatnot? I remember Mushihime-sama Futari, a Japanese hell shooter, was released on the 360 a few months ago and was region free, and the publishers/developers said that if sales were good enough they'd start making more of their new games region free.

EDIT: Anybody interested in the game, here's the final boss (Nothing is spoiled, unless you speak japanese)

Does the game have an option for English menus or English subtitles?

Also, is the DLC available in North America?

There aren't any English subtitles, but you won't need them. The menu functions are in English and self-explanatory.

As for the DLC, the only thing out is the Black Label mode. It costs 1200 points.

Posted: Apr 12 2010 03:15 pm

Well, how the hell am I supposed to understand the plot? TH posted the final boss battles and said it was a nonspoile if you don't speak Japanese, which highly insinuates the game's plot can be experienced in English. If it's completely fucking impossible for the plot to be spoiled for me as a non-Japanese-speaking individual, why fucking label it as a non-spoiler in the first place? That really pisses me off.

Posted: Apr 12 2010 04:04 pm

You're right, that doesn't make sense. I can only assume that they didn't bother translating any of the plot because they believe that the only people outside of Japan who care either know Japanese or just look it up on the internet. After all, the common excuse of "Who plays shmups for plot anyway?" is still in effect here.

Still, I too appreciate that there is a plot in the first place, but I think asking Cave to translate it for a non-American release is asking too much.

Posted: Apr 12 2010 04:45 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Well, how the hell am I supposed to understand the plot? TH posted the final boss battles and said it was a nonspoile if you don't speak Japanese, which highly insinuates the game's plot can be experienced in English. If it's completely fucking impossible for the plot to be spoiled for me as a non-Japanese-speaking individual, why fucking label it as a non-spoiler in the first place? That really pisses me off.

I guess I didn't think of the fact that the game is mostly Japanese. My bad.

The-Excel wrote:

You're right, that doesn't make sense. I can only assume that they didn't bother translating any of the plot because they believe that the only people outside of Japan who care either know Japanese or just look it up on the internet. After all, the common excuse of "Who plays shmups for plot anyway?" is still in effect here. Still, I too appreciate that there is a plot in the first place, but I think asking Cave to translate it for a non-American release is asking too much.

The story doesn't make too much sense to begin with (Something about one of the playable characters mother going on a rampage for some reason), so your not missing much.

Posted: Apr 12 2010 04:55 pm

The-Excel wrote:

Still, I too appreciate that there is a plot in the first place, but I think asking Cave to translate it for a non-American release is asking too much.

Well, it's not entirely uncommon. The Japanese love English, and games the Street Fighter use some spoken English. Then there's the case of Sin & Punishment which was a Japan-Only N64 game until the advent of the Wii Virtual Console. The entire game script was recorded in English and then subtitled in Japanese.

I guess the truly important question would be this: how much actual plot is there? Some shmups have a lot, others don't. Castle of Shikigami III is an example of a plot-intensive shmup. The plot is largely indecipherable, but characters have lengthy and occasionally hilarious conversations with the bosses before fighting them. If the game hadn't been localized for North America, it really wouldn't be anywhere as fun to play. So does Mushihime-sama Futari lose anything significant in its lack of translation, or is it mostly the same experience?

Posted: Apr 12 2010 05:20 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

I guess the truly important question would be this: how much actual plot is there? Some shmups have a lot, others don't. Castle of Shikigami III is an example of a plot-intensive shmup. The plot is largely indecipherable, but characters have lengthy and occasionally hilarious conversations with the bosses before fighting them. If the game hadn't been localized for North America, it really wouldn't be anywhere as fun to play. So does Mushihime-sama Futari lose anything significant in its lack of translation, or is it mostly the same experience?

If I'm not mistaken, the only in-game plot is a small amount of spoken dialog between you and the final boss. It was originally an arcade game, so I don't think it's going to be plot heavy.