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duckroll · Feb 15, 2007

http://am-net.xtr.jp/game/profile.cgi?_v=1171286947

Konami will be showcasing a new arcade horizontal scrolling shooter at AOU2007 this week. It's called "Otomedius" and it features female characters as the name implies. Parodius lives on!?

pswii60 · Feb 15, 2007

duckroll said:
http://am-net.xtr.jp/game/profile.cgi?_v=1171286947

Konami will be showcasing a new arcade horizontal scrolling shooter at AOU2007 this week. It's called "Otomedius" and it features female characters as the name implies. Parodius lives on!?

XBLA/PSN port please.

(Gets ready to say this every time an old-skool style arcade game is announced)

Joseph Merrick · Feb 15, 2007

seems hot

sonikokaruto · Feb 15, 2007

pswii60 said:
XBLA/PSN port please.

(Gets ready to say this every time an old-skool style arcade game is announced)

in b4lock?

pswii60 · Feb 15, 2007

sonikokaruto said:
in b4lock?

huh?

bloke · Feb 15, 2007

pswii60 said:
XBLA/PSN port please.

Arcade ports in Japan will be always getting regular console releases first.

pswii60 · Feb 15, 2007

bloke said:
Arcade ports in Japan will be always getting regular console releases first.

Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection says hi. (excludes PSP version)

duckroll · Feb 15, 2007

pswii60 said:
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection says hi. (excludes PSP version)

Is that the same as saying "But I'm not wrong. (I'm wrong)"? :lol

bloke · Feb 15, 2007

pswii60 said:
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection says hi. (excludes PSP version)

Ok maybe it will be happening with arcade revisons, but with totally original stuff like new Konami shooter... I'm kinda doubting that.

MrDaravon · Feb 15, 2007

duckroll said:
Is that the same as saying "But I'm not wrong. (I'm wrong)"? :lol

:lol

bloke · Feb 15, 2007

Btw on the am-net BBS that information originates from, there's an AOU '07 thread with people hinting at Silent Hill arcade game (also mentioned on gamefront today), Tekken 6 and Monster Hunter card game all having appereance at the show.
http://www.am-net.jp/gnewbbs/././joyful2ch.cgi?mode=res&no=1382

Ceb · Feb 15, 2007

bloke said:
Btw on the am-net BBS that information originates from, there's an AOU '07 thread with people hinting at Silent Hill arcade game (also mentioned on gamefront today), Tekken 6 and Monster Hunter card game all having appereance at the show.
http://www.am-net.jp/gnewbbs/././joyful2ch.cgi?mode=res&no=1382

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radios shipping overview · Feb 15, 2007

pswii60 said:
XBLA/PSN port please.

(Gets ready to say this every time an old-skool style arcade game is announced)

I will take this stuff on a disc (hopefully a PS2 DVDROM) at full price.

STG! · Feb 15, 2007

jiji said:
I will take this stuff on a disc (hopefully a PS2 DVDROM) at full price.

Ditto.

Great to see Konami continue to support new shooters (and a horizontal one, nice!). Can't wait to see some screens/video.

Inumaru · Feb 15, 2007

duckroll said:
It's called "Otomedius" and it features female characters as the name implies.

I don't get it. Why does "Otomedius" imply female characters?

Sounds like a rare...I dunno...ear disease or something to me.

Daigoro · Feb 15, 2007

yay for Konami side scrolling shmups!

jiji said:
I will take this stuff on a disc (hopefully a PS2 DVDROM) at full price.

yes please.

Mr. Pointy · Feb 15, 2007

KOOOOOOOOOOOONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!

This better get some form of home console port.

sixteen-bit · Feb 15, 2007

ghibli99 · Feb 15, 2007

Inumaru said:
I don't get it. Why does "Otomedius" imply female characters?

Sounds like a rare...I dunno...ear disease or something to me.

Google image "otome". Your answer lies within.

Akai · Feb 15, 2007

Inumaru said:
I don't get it. Why does "Otomedius" imply female characters?

Sounds like a rare...I dunno...ear disease or something to me.

I figure because "Otome" is Japanese for "young lady"...

Inumaru · Feb 15, 2007

Ah. I see. Thank you.

RavenFox · Feb 15, 2007

Great news.

crunker99 · Feb 15, 2007

god yes, why more companies dont do this for us is beyond me

well it isnt really, i konw its cause of money, but still, WE WANT MORE

sixteen-bit · Feb 15, 2007

Is there any reason why most newer shooters prominently feature young women?

Tain · Feb 15, 2007

Awesome. When was the last time Konami made a shooter, though? Gradius IV?

Curious as to how this turns out.

I will take this stuff on a disc (hopefully a PS2 DVDROM) at full price.

Yeah, no doubt.

Sweedishrodeo · Feb 15, 2007

now this is news that makes me feel good inside.

duckroll · Feb 15, 2007

_dementia said:
Is there any reason why most newer shooters prominently feature young women?

To try and grab as much of the otaku fanbase as possible. Shooters are a dying genre, you need all the fanbase you can get.

lupin23rd · Feb 15, 2007

If you go by demographics, this will come out for 360 (think DOA).

If we go by Konami's track record, this will come out for PSP.

If I had my way, it'd be coming out for PS3 or Wii

In any event, one more week before Exelica is out!

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radios shipping overview · Feb 15, 2007

duckroll said:
To try and grab as much of the otaku fanbase as possible. Shooters are a dying genre, you need all the fanbase you can get.

Hopefully this one, with a name like that, will take the piss out of the whole moe phenomenon at the same time as it rides it.

Takuan · Feb 15, 2007

I can't see shit.

distantmantra · Feb 15, 2007

duckroll said:
To try and grab as much of the otaku fanbase as possible. Shooters are a dying genre, you need all the fanbase you can get.

I want a spaceship, dammit!

sixteen-bit · Feb 15, 2007

UD had helicopters

piloted by little girls.

Surely there's middle ground.

Link · Feb 15, 2007

Tain said:
Awesome. When was the last time Konami made a shooter, though? Gradius IV?

Err, Gradius V? Or are you not counting that since it was developed by Treasure?

ghibli99 · Feb 15, 2007

Link said:
Err, Gradius V? Or are you not counting that since it was developed by Treasure?

Speaking of whom, I hope they have some part in the creation of Otomedius.

dog$ · Feb 15, 2007

I do too so that way I would stop being reminded that Treasure has nothing to do with the game for every new thread or review that comes up.

Looking forward to six months of empty "while not developed by Treasure..." preambles.

Good luck with the game, Konami.

Kaitei grunkan · Feb 15, 2007

Treasure should hopefully be busy with their own stuff. I wouldn't mind if Konami hired G.rev to work on this.

duckroll · Feb 15, 2007

For what it's worth, this game uses Konami's e-AMU cab with CVT. Anyone familiar with the hardware?

Tain · Feb 15, 2007

Err, Gradius V? Or are you not counting that since it was developed by Treasure?

Right.

I guess there are technically the Parodius and Twinbee remakes they just released, but they're more graphical revamps than anything.

And G.rev would be awesome, but I'd like to see Konami make it on their own.

dallas · Feb 15, 2007

What was the last horizontal shooter released in arcades? Border Down?

radios shipping overview · Feb 16, 2007

dallas said:
What was the last horizontal shooter released in arcades? Border Down?

Yup, that's it.

Jonnyram · Feb 16, 2007

Awesome news... maybe a smaller dev is working on it and Konami is just manufacturing/distributing? The -dius games have always had home ports though, so I'm looking forward to this getting one too.

Or maybe it's just Gradius V with Otome sprites/models, considering that never came out in the arcades.

radios shipping overview · Feb 16, 2007

duckroll said:
For what it's worth, this game uses Konami's e-AMU cab with CVT. Anyone familiar with the hardware?

As far as I can tell, eAMUSEMENT is just the system that handles cards for user data, and CVT means it's a conversion kit. I think. It might run on either PS2 or PC-based hardware, as those seem to be the two types of platforms Konami's using most recently.

Mr_Furious · Feb 16, 2007

Pics....................we NEED pics!

radios shipping overview · Feb 16, 2007

Pics from the AOU show, courtesy neo-arcadia:

Buh...they might be playing this one straight (i.e., focus on the "maiden" and none on the "parody"). Looks like they've wrangled Yoshizaki Mine and his pervy talents for the character designs, though.

pancakesandsex · Feb 16, 2007

those designs look REALLY familiar

radios shipping overview · Feb 16, 2007

pancakesandsex said:
those designs look REALLY familiar

It's the guy who did Keroro Gunsou, designed recent Eva figures, and provided some art for Psikyo's Hot Gimmick games.

PepsimanVsJoe · Feb 16, 2007

Interesting

Haha see-through skirts they thought of everything. Guess Cave's recent obsession with girls in 2D shooters has rubbed

one

off on others more than I imagined.

Guess I should be happy about never seeing another Darius game, probably be filled with nothing but mermaids or something.

Also in that first pic the blue haired girl is sitting in a cockpit with a wing-shape similar to the Vic-Viper. Just a guess there but it would fit the color scheme.
(Blue/Light Blue = Vic-Viper)
(Red/Pink = Lord-British)

jooey · Feb 16, 2007

are companies now TRYING to make shooter fans feel guilty about their interest? (futile I know)

SapientWolf · Feb 16, 2007

jooey said:
are companies now TRYING to make shooter fans feel guilty about their interest? (futile I know)

How long is it before ships are replaced by boobs that shoot boobs at other flying boobs until they explode into a smoldering pile of boobs?

Somnid · Feb 16, 2007

SapientWolf said:
How long is it before ships are replaced by boobs that shoot boobs at other flying boobs until they explode into a smoldering pile of boobs?

Like the opposite of Cho Aniki?

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