Labrynian Rebel
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The Wii version was down-ported to the 3DS, said 3DS version was up-ported to the Wii U.
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Rodea the Sky Soldier |Import OT| Tenkuu no Kishi Rodea: NiGHTS & Punishment
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The Wii version was down-ported to the 3DS, said 3DS version was up-ported to the Wii U.
ShinobiMuramasa
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Thank you for your responses. It sounds like I'll be fine with just the Wii and Wii U versions.
TheMoon
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The Wii version was redesigned for 3DS, not down-ported.
TheMoon
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aw yis
finished the first two chapters and i'm in love. honestly, the controls are brilliant. they clicked almost immediately for me and feel totally natural. running around with the dpad is a bit awkward but if you're playing correctly you should almost never be touching the ground anyway. slingshotting rodea around has that perfect feeling of control and fluidity that sonic and nights had, it's great.
so far the game dipped to 30fps quite a bit in the prologue but for the first 3 chapters it's been very smooth overall.
finished the first two chapters and i'm in love. honestly, the controls are brilliant. they clicked almost immediately for me and feel totally natural. running around with the dpad is a bit awkward but if you're playing correctly you should almost never be touching the ground anyway. slingshotting rodea around has that perfect feeling of control and fluidity that sonic and nights had, it's great.
so far the game dipped to 30fps quite a bit in the prologue but for the first 3 chapters it's been very smooth overall.
Hero of Legend
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Can you snap the back cover please?We haven't had a chance to see that IIRC.
fished the wii u version out of the trash for this
it seems fully powered up rodea doesn't just have stronger attacks, but his flight arcs are much wider too, making navigation and evasion much easier.
there's a massive smoking crater where this game landed.
it will pretty much do better in the west by default. no wonder this thread is so empty.
fished the wii u version out of the trash for this
LOL, I was so going to make that joke when I got my copy. Telepathic joke thief!
it's really sad. i expected it be awful, but not quite <5k awful.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=158952370&postcount=16
i liked it but ymmv. apparently it runs about 20 fps but i didn't notice for whatever reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG95KCQmX5U
The 3DS version seems to be a lot smoother in this video, which is played on a New 3DS. I guess they did take advantage of the New 3DS hardware to improve the framerate?
The 3DS version seems to be a lot smoother in this video, which is played on a New 3DS. I guess they did take advantage of the New 3DS hardware to improve the framerate?
the soundtrack is really damn good.
i'm at chapter 14 right now. its a pretty easy game so far, but things can still get dicey in a hurry when you're powered down, unable to attack and can't fly for more than a few meters at a time.
anyone know how many chapters there are?
edit: the third boss was really cool. i wonder how it would play out with the limited flight mechanics in the wii u/3ds version
i'm at chapter 14 right now. its a pretty easy game so far, but things can still get dicey in a hurry when you're powered down, unable to attack and can't fly for more than a few meters at a time.
anyone know how many chapters there are?
edit: the third boss was really cool. i wonder how it would play out with the limited flight mechanics in the wii u/3ds version
25 chapters.
foxuzamaki
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That is depressing
SatoAilDarko
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Wii U version outsold 3DS? That makes sense since there's nothing else on Wii U.
Winnie the Pimp
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Those bad sales really are synonymous with our times it seems... With everyone focused on mobile games etc. nobody gives a shit about old school games like this on a "dead" platform anymore
Will buy this day one in EU even if it won't make a difference at all
Will buy this day one in EU even if it won't make a difference at all
they had done some promotion in japan and were making video content for months since november, and even managed to have iwata talk about it in a nintendo direct. it's not like they just stealth released it like koei tecmo does with vita games.
TheMoon
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All the importers jumped ship when the localization got announced. I know because I was one of them
I think they'd have advertised this if that was the case.
You'd think so, but the New 3DS video definitely shows it running at 30 fps (I even played it back in VLC in slow motion to confirm), and it was definitely 20 fps max when I played the demo on my old 3DS, as well as in other videos of the game such as this one.
or maybe it could be the demo ran at a lower framerate while the full game ran smoothly?
No, the New 3DS video I linked above which shows it running at 30 fps is also of the demo version.
huh. that is strange then.
Is there a hard mode/9.0 intensity?
it's called the final boss
That would be a clever name for a hard mode!
Retrocore9
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What was the advertising like in Japan? Were there any tv ads or ads on websites?
If I remember correctly the 3DS version of E.X. Troopers sold better then the ps3 version, so the opposite occurred here which is kinda interesting.
If I remember correctly the 3DS version of E.X. Troopers sold better then the ps3 version, so the opposite occurred here which is kinda interesting.
TheMoon
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There's a scan of a famitsu ad in the OP, for example.
last boss is not really that hard, but it's quite long with no checkpoints, so if you get caught in the wrong spot, you're screwed with almost no chance to recover. there really needs to be a way to cancel a route mid-flight without having to target something else. when you're flying straight towards death and there are no other visible landmarks to target it's pretty frustrating. it hasn't really been an issue until now though.
edit: and then you die on the very last phase and have to do it allll over again. think sonic adventure's final boss, but with an entire level you have to replay each time you die
ffffgfbh
edit2: and done
edit: and then you die on the very last phase and have to do it allll over again. think sonic adventure's final boss, but with an entire level you have to replay each time you die
ffffgfbh
edit2: and done
the wii u and 3ds version lets you cancel out of flight and slam into the ground. it's really quite beneficial.
what? there's a mode that unlocks after beating it??
TheMoon
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you can turn it on and off by pressing 2 when playing
:O
btw is there any replay incentive besides S-ranks?
you can turn it on and off by pressing 2 when playing
well damn
if by incentive you mean tons of extra modes and stuff, not really. no idea if anything unlocks with better scores/more medals though.
i've never seen higher than a b-grade for time, it's pretty damned strict. seems like you either have to shoot for score/medals or time, it seems impossible to s-rank both.
TheMoon
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38./00. [WIU] Rodea: The Sky Soldier (Kadokawa Games) {2015.04.02} (¥7.776)
Finally shows up somewhere in the end-of-week listing. No sign of the 3DS version still.
Finally shows up somewhere in the end-of-week listing. No sign of the 3DS version still.
Hero of Legend
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Wii U sells the most but still sells like shit.
What does that tell 3rd-parties I wonder?
"GAMES CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL ON WII U!!!"
"But sir, it sold more than the 3DS version"
"GAMES CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL ON 3DS!!!"
"Are you feeling alright sir?"
"YES, WHY DO YOU ASK?!"
I dunno.
kuroneko0509
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welp my old wii suddenly died.... I guess I have to wait for EU version then to finish Rodea
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
Wii U sells the most but still sells like shit.
What does that tell 3rd-parties I wonder?
"GAMES CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL ON WII U!!!"
"But sir, it sold more than the 3DS version"
"GAMES CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL ON 3DS!!!"
"Are you feeling alright sir?"
"YES, WHY DO YOU ASK?!"
I dunno.
All it tells us is that Kadokawa are new to this industry and have yet to get it right when it comes to publishing an original IP.
last week a couple articles popped up about rodea not having multiplayer on the 3ds and wii u, yet having it on the wii. i thought it was weird that it was being reported on, since the news 'broke' with the press release nisa sent out in march when they announced the wii version would be packaged with the wii u version. when i checked the source, it was my post in this thread.
you're doing a bang-up job, mitch
you're doing a bang-up job, mitch
TheMoon
Member
yup, all of the recent news about the game basically come from this thread and thus mostly your impressions.
saw that article and immediately knew they got this from your comments.
yup, all of the recent news about the game basically come from this thread and thus mostly your impressions.
saw that article and immediately knew they got this from your comments.
it feels like just the handful of people in this dead thread and a few twitch streamers are the only ones on the internet who actually bought the game and are discussing it
i like to believe that if they pushed the wii version more in the marketing and previews it might have gotten a bit more attention, even it that doesn't make any sense from a business perspective. i think the market that's actually interested in a game like this would be much more receptive to it.
it feels like just the handful of people in this dead thread and a few twitch streamers are the only ones on the internet who actually bought the game and are discussing it
i like to believe that if they pushed the wii version more in the marketing and previews it might have gotten a bit more attention, even it that doesn't make any sense from a business perspective. i think the market that's actually interested in a game like this would be much more receptive to it.
i think the market that's interested in this game is being pretty unfair to the 3ds/wii u version of it to be honest. they shouldn't have to love it, but i don't think it's outright nferior or bad.
TheMoon
Member
Got my copy! Oh yeah!
Gave me a black screen at first, but I eventually figured out that you had to change the language setting in the loader to Japanese to get it to run. This is gonna be great!
what have you done? we can't have 2 garbage can jokes in the same thread! you're a madman!