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Otomedius Excellent US Date PLUS Special Edition > Xbox 360 > July 19th
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hikarutilmitt
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I'm actually waiting for it to change shipping dates yet again.Dave Long said:
AlphaTwo00
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My queue says Nov 8. Seems like a good idea, cause, you know, only the biggest game out there is getting released on the same day.Dave Long said:
The Take Out Bandit
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Otomedius Excellent Lands In North America Next Week
By Spencer . October 26, 2011 . 5:33pm
When Castlevania: Symphony of the Night developer Koji Igarashi started working on Otomedius Excellent, an Xbox 360 shooter with moe-ified ships, he didnt think the game would be released overseas.
"We did not plan originally for the release in North America. However, we received the opinions that they would like to play this in US more than what we expected, so we decided to do it," Igarashi said in an interview with Siliconera. "The characters are totally designed for Japanese market, but I think there are lots of users who comprehend this game, so we look forward for the release."
And the games international release is next week. Siliconera confirmed with Konami Otomedius Excellent will ship on November 1.
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/26/otomedius-excellent-lands-in-north-america-next-week/
By Spencer . October 26, 2011 . 5:33pm
When Castlevania: Symphony of the Night developer Koji Igarashi started working on Otomedius Excellent, an Xbox 360 shooter with moe-ified ships, he didnt think the game would be released overseas.
"We did not plan originally for the release in North America. However, we received the opinions that they would like to play this in US more than what we expected, so we decided to do it," Igarashi said in an interview with Siliconera. "The characters are totally designed for Japanese market, but I think there are lots of users who comprehend this game, so we look forward for the release."
And the games international release is next week. Siliconera confirmed with Konami Otomedius Excellent will ship on November 1.
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/26/otomedius-excellent-lands-in-north-america-next-week/
AlphaTwo00
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YES!
Sent to die, but YES!
Sent to die, but YES!
Dave Long said:I've had it preordered for awhile now, but just found out I have a $900 bill after car inspection. I feel like this will be hard to get later so I hate to cancel.
Unless they relaxed the 50000 unit minimum run requirement, I think this will be fairly easily to get in the US. I also think this will fairly swiftly reach Games on Demand like Raiden IV.
Wonko_C
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Damn you KOF XIII delay, as I was going to order both games since they were so close from each other. I guess I'll play this until the end of November.
Anyway, I don't know much about the game other than it's an off-shoot of Gradius (my favorite space shooter series), how does it compare difficulty-wise to Gradius V? I know it's supposed to be a lot easier, which I don't mind a bit because at my 32 years I'm past my prime at shooters (which wasn't that good to begin with), 9 credits on easiest difficulty and I lost them all one stage before the end. I did manage to beat Gradius V on normal with the same amount of credits when it came out back in 2004, though.
Anyway, I don't know much about the game other than it's an off-shoot of Gradius (my favorite space shooter series), how does it compare difficulty-wise to Gradius V? I know it's supposed to be a lot easier, which I don't mind a bit because at my 32 years I'm past my prime at shooters (which wasn't that good to begin with), 9 credits on easiest difficulty and I lost them all one stage before the end. I did manage to beat Gradius V on normal with the same amount of credits when it came out back in 2004, though.
hikarutilmitt
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Is anyone interested in an OT? I wouldn't mind doing one, but I'm also not sure it would be worth the trouble and/or crappy.
AlphaTwo00
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Do it anyways.hikarutilmitt said:
Fine Ham Abounds
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Well, bomba or not at least this means it really is coming out next week.
Ben Morales
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Cool, getting this and Fate/Extra next week. Gonna be awesome! Glad Konami came through, cause I was definitely getting worried.
The Take Out Bandit
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hikarutilmitt said:
Do it to it.
Official Threads could bring the game to the attention of folks who otherwise may not know about it. They shouldn't be reserved for overhyped bullshit people already have an impacted a$$hole full of.
Fire.
Go die in one.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I'll probably buy this because I've become a real Gradius whore over the last few years.
Is it at least passable as a Gradius-type game?
Is it at least passable as a Gradius-type game?
cj_iwakura
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BocoDragon said:
Not to be a hater, but I've heard; no.
The Broken Ska Record
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Too many games out next month, so I'm probably going to get this during a Black Friday sale...hopefully.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Sad... how do you fuck up a Gradius game, really? :/cj_iwakura said:
cj_iwakura
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BocoDragon said:
Look at the cover.
The Take Out Bandit
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cj_iwakura said:
Come on man.
I'm not going to stand here and let someone bad mouth Mine Yoshizaki!
The guy is consistently one of the best manga artists out there, and even if this game is more than a little icky - I still have 10 years of Gunso Keroro / Sgt. Frog and various fighting game dojinshi by him that is amazing.
No. Just...no.cj_iwakura said:
You fuck up a Gradius game by filling it up with unnecessary fluff, boring level design, slow-motion gameplay compared to its predecessors, a cast of "characters" that - and I'm sorry to TToB for saying this, and I'm aware it's a cultural thing - makes you hesitant to play it in front of others, never mind get anyone to play co-op, and most of all, by making the thing way too easy. It's GradeSchoolius.
See Gradius ReBirth on WiiWare? That's how you do it. Actually, no - Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou on VC is how you do it. Add moe-moe girls if you want (it didn't hurt Xexex), but keep it simple, fast-paced, and hard as nails. That's all Iga needed to do, and he couldn't even do that, the goddamn hack.
Again: keep it simple, stupid.
Big Papa Husker
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So is this Special Edition actually going to be limited? I was interested in picking this up, but I'm not sure about spending $20 more for the SE.
cartman414
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GS only has the SE up, but curiously enough, it also comes with the Vic Viper ship for the main character as an exclusive.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I dunno.. it kind of is a Parodius game. I'm not offended by this game concept. It's just silly fun. Gradius as moe girls = wacky lulz.Kilrogg said:I still cannot believe this series even exists in the first place. Damn you Japanese developers for blindly following otaku trends.
Parodius, my sweet king, where are you?
The worst part is that I hear the game design isn't great, and that's the real shame.
gunstarhero
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Looks like this game slipped again? Nobody has it in stock, and release dates are all over the place...
Amazon lists it in stock, but ships in 1 to 3 months.
Gamestop now has it as 11/8
Konami.com lists it under the New Releases section, but only offers the Pre Order option
Ugh.
Amazon lists it in stock, but ships in 1 to 3 months.
Gamestop now has it as 11/8
Konami.com lists it under the New Releases section, but only offers the Pre Order option
Ugh.
Reluctant-Hero
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Damn, slipped again. Amazon is showing "1 to 3 month" release shipping time. I was going to just get the standard edition, but I might just go all out and get the CE at GameStop and the palette swapping DLC they have.
By the way, there is a piece of DLC up on the Xbix Live Marketplace. It's a "comparability pack" so you can play co-op with those who have the Ganestop DLC.
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/P...-library/b8fd2107-00d4-4d5b-b713-7fcd842804e5
By the way, there is a piece of DLC up on the Xbix Live Marketplace. It's a "comparability pack" so you can play co-op with those who have the Ganestop DLC.
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/P...-library/b8fd2107-00d4-4d5b-b713-7fcd842804e5
PepsimanVsJoe
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Same week as MGS:HD and MW3?
What the fuck is Konami thinking?
"Let's compete with the biggest game of the month and our own game."
The game has been available in Japan for quite some time.
What the fuck is Konami thinking?
"Let's compete with the biggest game of the month and our own game."
The End said:
The game has been available in Japan for quite some time.
Reluctant-Hero
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Sine it's a localization of previously released game in Japan, I doubt anything has changed.The End said:
But are you familiar with Gradius games? Without any speed-up upgrades, your ship is going to be sluggish.
hikarutilmitt
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Reluctant-Hero said:
Oooooh okay. So the Gamestop Vic Viper preorder is just a DLC code? Now I'm no longer tempted to switch my preorder.
Also, for anyone wondering, yes, I still plan on doing an OT for it, I've just been a bit busy. I plan on posting (at least the beginning of) it tonight.
Reluctant-Hero
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Gamestop's bonus DLC is a "palette swap" for one of the characters. Nothing terribly "must have", like a new character or level, but cool for Gradius fans.hikarutilmitt said:
hikarutilmitt
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Gotcha. I figured from the description it was just some sort of thing that just "removed" Anoa from the Vic Viper or something, but then I started thinking maybe it was some sort of little capsule toy or something.Reluctant-Hero said:
The original Otomedius was kind of "eh," and felt empty/sluggish too. It was decent but for this type of game, Konami's own Parodius games destroy it.
I'm not expecting much from this game other than some excellent Mine Yoshizaki artwork, but I'm getting it for around $13 anyway.
I'm not expecting much from this game other than some excellent Mine Yoshizaki artwork, but I'm getting it for around $13 anyway.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Oddly enough Gamefly is still listing this as coming out 11/3.
The Take Out Bandit
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Dambrosi said:
I'm not even going to say it's a cultural thing.
While I do feel that in Japan moe/loli/pedophilia is keeping certain genres alive (shmup/fighters); I've been a Mine Yoshizaki fan since 1999.
Nothing will stop me from buying this game. NOTHING!
Completely irrational here.
From the Konami Twitter feed:
BOOYAH!
Bring that OT hikaru!
Community Forum
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In stock now at Amazon.
hikarutilmitt
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Yeah, somehow the regular edition is in stock but the SE is at 5-8 weeks (this usually means, however, that amazon has it and is just processing them before shipping).
sixteen-bit
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When's the OT coming?
hikarutilmitt
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As soon as I can get my ass in gear and get some text together for it. I may actually just post one now with a couple of placeholder images and fill it in tomorrow._dementia said: