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Big Bang Mini - DS Touch Shmup Thread [Caution: Big Bang Mini may create happiness.]
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Does anyone else find the one-hit death thing a little harsh?
Especially in a game where you're flicking your stylus in close proximity to your ship which you can accidently move?
Edit: Good fun though! After MOON, I think me and Mejilan have similar DS tastes, but he manages to stick with them longer than me.
Especially in a game where you're flicking your stylus in close proximity to your ship which you can accidently move?
Edit: Good fun though! After MOON, I think me and Mejilan have similar DS tastes, but he manages to stick with them longer than me.
New official remixed soundtrack is up at www.bigbangmini.com.
I won't get a chance to listen till later, myself.
I won't get a chance to listen till later, myself.
metsallica
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Some amazing wallpapers on the official site, too! Here's a link to the directory if anyone missed 'em: http://www.bigbangmini.com/media/wallpapers/
VeritasVierge
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Whoa.... Thanks!zigg said:
Cerebral Assassin
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Samuray said:
The UK version didn't have a lenticular cover.
Eteric Rice
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fushi said:It never arrived. Nor does videogamesplus respond to any information requests made about the game.
Uh oh.
Sounds like you might have gotten scammed.
fushi
Member
Naw, they've been good to me for several years now (done 10+ orders with them). But not even getting a response about the game pisses me off, so I probably won't use them anymore, nor will I recommend them to others.Eteric Rice said:
I suppose I'll get it from somewhere else, P-A or NCSX. Good to know that only the US versions have that special cover.
fushi said:It never arrived. Nor does videogamesplus respond to any information requests made about the game.
VG+ is actually the retailer I was talking about, the one who isn't answering my inquiries about "Big Bang's" cover being lenticular.
So if I were to order it there, what cover would Iget? Buying from an UK shop is off the table now, obviously.
This is so great -- Arkedo contacted my via PM after reading my messages here and offered to send me the lenticular cover free of charge....just had to send a mail to info@arkedo.com, and so can anyone who just got the run-of-the-mill standard cover.
Now that's what I call exemplary customer service. Many thanks to France!
Now that's what I call exemplary customer service. Many thanks to France!
kitchenmotors
Banned
Picked this up today and for some reason it rang up at $10!
Notorious_Roy
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So he's still doing that! Great! My lenticular box of awesome arrived within three days!Samuray said:
This game makes me realize how much fun a top down shooter could be for the DS (stylus controlled). Game is pretty dope, although I fucking hated the 3rd world...wtf is this shit clouds blocking me and walls closing in! Then Luxor...such a perfect world, and then getting the charge shot to blast through those fuck clouds!! so rewarding. I hate those clouds! And I hate those goddam fish in New York almost threw my DS at the wall!
Peronthious
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I've had most everything cleared for a while, but it really is a pity that most of the modes are locked away. With a lot of the fun stuff shoved in the back I can see how a few of the previews/reviews are a bit negative.
Bought it. This game is pretty awesome! Currently at the last world, I love the pace change all throughout the game. Looking forward to unlocking more stuff!
It sucks though that the lenticular cover (couverture gif animée comme dit dans le reportage sur Nolife ;-) ) is not available in France. There's not enough Paris stages or locale in videogames! Thanks to Arkedo for filling part of that blank!
It sucks though that the lenticular cover (couverture gif animée comme dit dans le reportage sur Nolife ;-) ) is not available in France. There's not enough Paris stages or locale in videogames! Thanks to Arkedo for filling part of that blank!
mikekennyb
Member
I keep trying to resist buying this game, I've picked up too many to play lately. But every time I see this thread.....
Pseudo_Sam
Survives without air, food, or water
mikekennyb said:
GIVE IN
You'll thank us.
mikekennyb
Member
Pseudo_Sam said:
Ha! I am weak, I quickly bought it on Amazon before my conscience had a chance to kick in. Hoping it's as good as the impressions have been on this thread!
Torhthelm Tídwald
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I got this yesterday and I'm almost done with world 4. Now I feel vaguely dissatisfied with my life whenever I'm not playing it. Is Nervous Brickdown almost half as awesome as this game? 'Cause I think I need to get that one too.
Finished the game and I have to say I'm phenomenally impressed overall. The Paris level was amazing, and the
:lol really wasn't expecting that at all, and then you
:O That was a surprising moment that I dropped my jaw in excitement!
Oh and I dunno if anyone has mentioned this, but sometime during the game I encountered a random retro level. Upon starting a level (somewhere halfway through) I was taken to a different random retro zone, but this caught me off guard and died almost right away, then I sign came up saying "we may never meet again" lol.. this happen to anyone else?? Wonder what the odds are, or what that was all about.
final boss battles were so damn hilarious, and fun to boot... airplane, laser! GIANT ARM!!
fight the goddam GAME OVER block letters!?
Oh and I dunno if anyone has mentioned this, but sometime during the game I encountered a random retro level. Upon starting a level (somewhere halfway through) I was taken to a different random retro zone, but this caught me off guard and died almost right away, then I sign came up saying "we may never meet again" lol.. this happen to anyone else?? Wonder what the odds are, or what that was all about.
I love, love this game to bits, but I have two major grips with it: some of the levels, or better yet, some of its level specific mechanics are insufferable.
The Savanah "solar rays" are good idea but they overlap with the yellow shots, making the screen a mess.
And the Abysss... why does the last world has to have the most stupid idea in the whole game? The submarine mines make these levels slowwwww and boring as hell as the whole point of thee game is nullified (shoot at things, avoid being shot) in favour of "shoot with caution and as a pussy." Lame beyond belief.
But aside from that, holy crap, does this game rule. The New York and Paris levels are full of style and awesome, and the shooting mechanic is way better than the regular shump one as it let you shoot from every single position and angle possible without affecting your "spaceship". Another small jewel in the DS library, yes sir.
The Savanah "solar rays" are good idea but they overlap with the yellow shots, making the screen a mess.
And the Abysss... why does the last world has to have the most stupid idea in the whole game? The submarine mines make these levels slowwwww and boring as hell as the whole point of thee game is nullified (shoot at things, avoid being shot) in favour of "shoot with caution and as a pussy." Lame beyond belief.
But aside from that, holy crap, does this game rule. The New York and Paris levels are full of style and awesome, and the shooting mechanic is way better than the regular shump one as it let you shoot from every single position and angle possible without affecting your "spaceship". Another small jewel in the DS library, yes sir.
Pfft, I loved both of those worlds. Especially the change-up with the bombs, making me reevaluate my strategy and all.
Anyway, I asked about the retro zone, the actual odds are 1:250 and there's no Konami-code-type thing to get it. The coder who did the Vs. and Relax modes had never seen it, yet when it was taken to a press event in SF it came up four times. Totally random.
Anyway, I asked about the retro zone, the actual odds are 1:250 and there's no Konami-code-type thing to get it. The coder who did the Vs. and Relax modes had never seen it, yet when it was taken to a press event in SF it came up four times. Totally random.
Finally beat the main game mode of this fucking game (love that B.O.S.S. fight) and now challenge number 5 has stumped me. It's the 'clear the stage within 25 shots' one and short of sending a shot pass a colour changing cloud and hope it hits the respective colour enemy, as well as using the homing shot to blow up the laser armed shark, I have no clue how to continue on.
But the game is definitely enjoyable and I can see myself replaying random worlds; except for Rio de Janeiro cause the bonus area there is a pain in the ass.
But the game is definitely enjoyable and I can see myself replaying random worlds; except for Rio de Janeiro cause the bonus area there is a pain in the ass.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
i was at walmart today and something nudged me to look into the discount bin - you know, the large bins where games get dumped as if they were in a bulldozer-operated land-fill, and where the chances to see something interesting on the surface are fairly slim.
so, in one on those forsaken bins there it was - the lenticular-edition-box big bang mini, smiling at me. well, i smiled back, and took it with me to a safe place : )
ps: in case the context was not clear, the above took place in canada - i don't think we ever got the lenticular edition here, officially.
so, in one on those forsaken bins there it was - the lenticular-edition-box big bang mini, smiling at me. well, i smiled back, and took it with me to a safe place : )
ps: in case the context was not clear, the above took place in canada - i don't think we ever got the lenticular edition here, officially.
BishopLamont
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Just got this today and I gotta say this game does create happiness. I'm up to the third part and I can't finish the "bonus level" at the end, too slow. I'm going to be screwed going forward. :lol
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