/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>6306812
/jp/ likes other STGs as well.

i like suguri.

Arcade shooters are fun.

Castle Shikigami II had AWESOME dialogue.

"I like girls. But now it's about justice. My name's Ko. Beating down evil."

>>6306821
That's why I had hoped to find good results if I came here.

Went to the arcade the other day, and topped the score boards for raiden fighters jet and gunbird 2.

I am a shit player, but no one else plays those games anymore even if the arcade is full.

>>6306840
At least you have an arcade. The closest thing I got is some family fun center and the only machines worth noting are 3rd Strike and Virtual-On, and those machines are terribly beaten up, they hardly work.

But yeah, shit sucks. I wish people still played arcade style games.

>>6306854
You can actually make your own arcade machine with a spare PC that has MAME/SDLMAME installed. Great fun.

A few weeks ago we had a pretty great STG thread apart from idiots whining about calling them shmups, stg, danmaku etc.

DoDonPachi DFK in a few weeks! Guwange on Nov 10. Radirgy Noa Massive on the 28th of this month. Should be some great gaming!

>but now it's all Halo and Hat Fortress 2

Are you that surprised? /v/ is full of faggots. I can't stand to look at /v/ for more than a minute... It turns my stomach.

After some sporadic practice, I can almost 1CC Kamui on normal. I'm quite new to shmups and terrible at everything in general, but I am cutely trying my best!

Right now my strategy consists of doing pretty good up to the last boss, at which point I just close my eyes and mash all relevant buttons. I'm considering disabling some visual effects since a lot of my shields are lost to bullets hidden inside explosions.

Maybe I should've waited before playing this game until I can fully appreciate it, since people seem to consider it one of the best.

Have any of you checked out Space Invaders Infinity Gene? It's on XBLA/PSN and iDevices but the versions are different innsome ways.

I think it's a really solid STG. I really like the look of it and it has a great soundtrack too.

It's pretty cool because it starts out like the origianl SI, but as you play through the game changes. It sort of covers the "evolution" of shmups in a way I guess.

>>6306877
I've actually thought about doing that before, but I own several different sticks and have quite a large collection of games across all platforms so I don't know if I should. I imagine it would be a ton of fun, though. I love putting together arcade sticks and I'm actually in the process of making a new one.

>>6306888
I've been playing DaiOuJou again and I really wanna play DFK. Is Resurrection gonna be region free? I know CAVE said they weren't gonna do that anymore, but I will be really sad if that's true.

>>6306929
All signs point to no on region free I'm afraid. If you are in Europe apparently the company putting out Deathsmiles gas shown intered ina PAL DFK though.

Guwange is going to be a global release on XBLA.

>>6306941
Goddammit, CAVE. They know they have a big following overseas with the STG crowd. Why do they continue to do this?

And Guwange is interesting. I've played it a few times via mame, I can't really get into it though. I have no idea why. I plan to buy it regardless anyways.

>>6306966
Yeah it's a pain. I ended up importing a console. Not an ideal situation at all.

Shooting Love 200x, the G.rev titles, RFA etc are also great to have.

>>6306981
I imported a console as well. There is really no other option for an STG fan now.

>>6306812
>I remember when /v/

Why don't you go back there?

>>6306981
I would've imported a 360 long ago if I wasn't so afraid of it breaking on me. Not to mention I don't have that kind of money right now, and even if I did it wouldn't sit right with me to spend money on another console, especially for one that I already own. Afterall, that money could be be used for other things, like vidya and figures.

But dammit, I consider buying a Japanese 360 all too often.

I just started playing Daioujou a few days ago and it's fantastic. I'm down to 5 continues on first loop...

>>6306995
Which is exactly why they stick these limitations in in the first place. Maintain your willpower.

>>6306994
Dohohoho, I haven't regularly browsed /v/ in at least 6 months. I finally couldn't take it anymore and decided to leave the place I had once called home and now I stick to other parts of the sight, only occasionally going there to see if I've missed anything interesting. Don't worry, though. I'm not the cancer.

>>6307006
Shit yes, DaiOuJou is fucking awesome. The arrange album is awesome as shit.

>>6307006
That's pretty good. What are you playing it on? White label or black label?

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In regards to importing and consoles breaking down. It isn't so likely to break down anymore, but I understand the concern. I still worry myself, heh.

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>>6307021
White. I know Black is supposed to be better, but I think I'll try 1-ALL before attempting it.

Also

Seimitsu>Sanwa

>>6307035
Yeah that's fair enough. Black is a but easier, more hypers and easier to maintain the chain. That and you can set a single loop game and Hibachi is at the end of loop 1.

I still enjoy White and play it often. The 360 arrange is pretty hectic. Psychedelic hypers cancelling bullets and racking up crazy chains everywhere. I prefer White and Black by far but it's my favorite of the Arrange modes in CAVE ports for 360.

Looking forward to this damn patch too.

>>6307038
Definitely.

I need art for the new stick I'm building. I have no idea what I'm going to put on it. I thought about using picture related but all the browns would definitely clash with the light blue buttons/stick.

>>6307048
If you have an account on the cave-stg boards a fellow made a really nice looking stick with art from Daifukkatsu (AI specifically). It's worth taking a look at, but that picture you posted is still really nice in my opinion.

>>6307052
Hmm, I'm not a member there. I'd like to see said stick, though.

And yeah, I really like the picture, I'm just not sure it would work too well with the parts I'm buying. Oh what to do.

>>6307056
You could just put a color filter on it. Besides, isn't there blue in the image already?

>>6307068
Yeah, it's a different shade though. I'll try some filters as you suggested.

>>6307056

There is a ton of pics but I don't want to post them all, he even posted pics of how he modded the hardware.

I'll post another two of his newer Black Label one too.

>>6307078

Forgot the pic. God, 3 AM and haven't slept in a day or two.

Seems like he didn't post the original art though..

>>6307080
>>6307083
>>6307087
Fucking awesome. I've never used the clear buttons but they always seem to produce some awesome results. Maybe I should shell out the extra 10 bucks and get some clear buttons instead...

>>6307052
>If you have an account on the cave-stg boards

Ahahaha, have fun with never speaking your mind because EOJ's subject to banning you permanently for a single post.

>>6307107
Yeah, yeah he can be a bit of a prickly character but he has written and contributed some good stuff. Making the board private was a bit much in my opinion.

>>6307112

His guides were originally from and for the Shmups forum, right? Supposedly he pulled them off the site and dragged them to his own, then told a Shmups admin that he would file copyright claims if they appeared on there again.

"a bit"... is putting it too lightly. It's a pretty small game genre as it is, why make it even smaller? I think promotion of shmups is good. There is way too much Touhou these days.

I just bought the Futari stick while it was available and replaced most of the shity Hori buttons with Seimitsu buttons. It already came with a LS-32 so that was fine.
The box looks really good too and has a nice Cave logo on it. Very important. Too bad my mom threw it away.

>Go to /v/
>Don't see any threads about Halo TF2

No 'go play Mars Matrix' in this thread?

Is there a template for this kind of stick?

>>6307734

Only official Cave kit boxes are desirable.

>>6307154

You know a site's bad when it has sites parodying it; www.cavestg.com

>>6307852
Hmm?

And CAVE should make some shirts or something. I'd buy them. I-It's not like I want them to take my money or anything!

>>6307806
I would guess that most of the people have already played their fair share after this year's STGT. Neat game, and probably the only one I'd willingly return to. The graphics and music seemed to receive a lot of complaints, but I had no issues with it here.

>>6307938
Well well, have I got a surprise for you.
http://www.cave-shop.jp/

Go play Mars Matrix.

>>6309057

Site is only worthwhile for dodonpants and reco dakimakura.

>>6309057
Fucking glorious.

>>6309057
What happened to those cool EVAC hats they used to sell? Those were awesome.

While we're here, is it just me, or is there no local multiplayer in Otomedius? I looked, but the only way I can find to play with other people is over the internet or LAN. There doesn't seem to be a way to play with multiple people on the same console. Am I just really dumb, or is it Konami that's really dumb?

So I just played Ibara for the first time.

Holy shit, my body was not ready.

Akai Katana's OST should be out already. Anyone got it yet ?

>>6309874
Ibara is hard as nails. Can't wait for the Pink Sweets port!

ill just leave this here

>>6306812

/jp/ loves hats too

>>6310386
>My face when the port of Pink Sweets/Muchu Muchi Pork will most likely be region locked

>>6310454
I'm not the biggest fan of Ikaruga, but the ships are fucking sexy and so is that.

>>6310386
Is it as frustrating as Battle Garegga is? Everything about that game seems like it's designed to infuriate me. Oh hey you get a plane and it's either too fast or too slow. Oh hey you have to be crazy careful or you'll shoot some enemy on the wrong side of the screen and they'll drop a medal you can't reach in time and break your chain. Oh hey you take forever to die so it's impossible to get your powerups back before they drop off the screen. Oh hey bombs take forever to start up. Oh hey enemy shots are invisible.

God damnit I get so angry at video games.

>>6310486
If I remember correctly, someone from the former Raizing was the head of Ibara, so yes, it's a lot like Battle Garegga. Especially in the fact that bullets are so damn hard to see.

>>6310499
Well shit.

Would anyone happen to have DoDonPachi downloaded from PSN, and would you let me download it from your account? I was gonna buy it, but there's no way in hell I'm coughing up 20 dollars for a Japanese PSN card all so I can download a 600 yen game.

I doubt it, but I thought I'd ask.

I just went from playing Esperade to playing Phoenix. It really feels weird when you do that in MAME.

>>6310634
I fucking love ESP Ra.De. I was addicted to it for so long, I don't even know why. For some reason I really loved it. Musta been the scoring system.

>>6310673
What? Scoring system--I just want to get through it w/o continuing...

>>6310673
Doesn't scoring come down to milking every boss for like ten minutes?

>>6310686
Yeah, man. Playing for a 1CC is cool too, I usually go for that first when I play a shmup, and then afterward I play for score so I can have cool internet street cred.

>>6310696
That's part of it, yes. Doesn't really take THAT long, though. I didn't really have a problem with it because dodging boss bullet patterns is my favorite thing in shooters.

basically how it works is, when you use your B-shot, it sticks to the enemy I guess you could say, up to 15 times. I fully charged B-shot without miss will get you all 15. So when you kill an enemy with your A-shot it starts up a multiplier based on the amount of "bubbles" that were stuck to the enemy. It's simple but I found it really fun.

>>6310701
You sound like an expert. Maybe you can tell me why there are 2 fire buttons in it. It just seems weird...Espgaluda doesn't have 2 fire buttons...

>>6310721
Because you have two different types of shot? It's not hard to figure out, is it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoRiU34cQrk

>>6311235
Haha, great video. MasaKing seems like a cool guy.

Videos for Radirgy Noa Massive's new modes are up on the website. Out on the 28th of October for those of us with j360s.

http://www.mile-stone.co.jp/product/radinoa/radinoams_top.html

>>6306826
It's the one game I refuse to unmute my TV for. I'll LISTEN to the other ones.
Anybody getting Deathsmiles for the 360?

>>6316393
I've had it for a while now. It's really good. Has a pretty fun scoring system once you get into it.

>>6316383
IT's not the same if it's not on DC...

>>6316423
It's the sequel.

I will never play ketsui

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>>6316427
Fully aware. I just miss the Dreamcast.

>>6316439
You know a STG just came out on DC, right? Look up Fast Striker.

>>6316445
God bless Japan. And people laugh at me when I say the DC isn't dead.

>>6316429
I was playing that earlier. I'd be in the top 150 if I hadn't managed to die twice on stage 3. Jamadhar is a fucking dick.

>>6316450

Fast Striker isn't made by Japanese.

>>6316492
Yeah. I tend to get fucked on Sphynx. The pattern where the rocks or whatever come down and spew those lines of bullets. Fuckin hell.

>>6316493
More the better.

they should've just made it for x360 or something. dc is an outdated piece of shit that should be dead. i mean, even a ps2 is better than it.

>>6316568
I like the DC but I tend to agree with you. The devs have been sort of bitching in one thread on sys11, but what do they expect, releasing a game on a console that is for all intents and purposes dead?

Interview with Asada up at Silicon Era.

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/10/20/makoto-asada-discusses-guwange-and-answers-your-cave-questions/