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Prime Hunter: 2012-01-17 07:20:26 pm
Other than the character/ship select screen do you even see them anywhere else? Referring to the game in the video I mean.
One shall stand, one shall ball.
I don't know, is that not already bad enough?
red chamber dream
better than the ones with girls floating in the background
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That's not a shmups thing, that's an anime thing. I'm assuming the fanbases cross? It doesn't mean there's anything inherently 'anime' about shmups.

There's anime versions of damn near everything these days anyway. What will they taint next?!
red chamber dream
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That's not a shmups thing, that's an anime thing. I'm assuming the fanbases cross? It doesn't mean there's anything inherently 'anime' about shmups.

there is though. seems like the overwhelming majority of popular shmups include anime girls. i guess it's mostly just touhou but touhou games are the majority of popular shmups ...
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I don't know, is that not already bad enough?

Heh, yeah I guess it is. It's just I was thinking about racing games like F-Zero where you only see the pilot during selection and the awards ceremony at the end. Nobody really complained about it there but then again there is more than one type of character in F-Zero's case and none of them are anime girls as far as I know/remember.
There are popular shmups?!
One shall stand, one shall ball.
Within the fanbase of shmups, yes.
Club 27 Goals
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There are popular shmups?!

touhou
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Idkbutlike2: 2012-01-17 09:17:51 pm
Apparently, touhou aren't just shmups anymore... for better or worse. I never liked that series, personally. All the games in the main one look and play exactly the same. I like old stuff from companies like Raizing and Cave better. Gradius is pretty cool, too.
How does one play touhou?  Is there a site that you pay?  Is it just a file download, or is there more to it than that?
Club 27 Goals
http://vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/201-touhou-game-downloads/

you'll have to bother with english patches and shit if you care about reading what the characters have to say. Don't bother though, they never say anything interesting anyway.
red chamber dream
don't bother in the first place. try a good shmup like dodonpachi or ikaruga instead.

if you have just got to have anime girls though, try deathsmiles.
Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!
Anime chicks and me shooting a load have absolutely nothing in common.  No, really.
Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!
Speaking of shooters, Sine Mora still looks cool.
The ten minutes of Ikaruga I played were pretty good. I have the same thing with shmups as I do with fighting games, I like them and they're fun but I haven't got time or energy to get good at them.
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kesvalk: 2012-01-18 02:33:20 pm
kesvalk: 2012-01-18 12:12:57 pm
Indie Lover
it's because both of them are made with Jurassic gameplay, i can't believe fighting games are still relying on that giant command inputs to what today are normal attacks, i understand the need to block these moves when they were something special, a special move that gave you a big advantage against the adversary, but today they are used as normal attacks, there is no reason too keep them away of the casual player, the "super" special moves should be kept difficult to execute (not by command, by a set of events you have to do before executing it) and should be given more freedom in comboing, cuz the age of fixed sequences as the only combos are way over in the past, while the beat-them-up like devil may cry, Batman and such evolved and shifted their focus to other skills, the fighting games stayed same.

shmups just need to drop the half naked pre-teen girls and give you some more ways to play the game...
If I was a shmup maker, I'd rip off a game like Rogue Leader, just make it more shmuppy.

Was Sin & Punishment 2 any good? I loved the N64 one on VC but never got round to playing the sequel.
It's great. They gave  you a jetpack, so jumping is pointless except in one level, but the Wiimote pointer acting as the crosshair works so well that it makes up for it.
The only problems I had with the game is that first two levels (intro and Stage 1) of the game are so easy that I almost lost interest, and the timing on the melee attack is weird. Other than that, I love it.
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TheGreenManalishi: 2012-01-18 03:42:52 pm
TheGreenManalishi: 2012-01-18 03:42:45 pm
Don't tell me. The melee is controlled by a swing of the Wiimote?
Indie Lover
no, IIRC it's not a swing of the wiimote, but a button that do something else too, so if you hold the button just a while longer than what you need to swing the sword, you this other action, and it's kinda weird...

it's like if the punch and defend action where in the same button in a action game...
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kesvalk: 2012-01-18 05:15:42 pm
kesvalk: 2012-01-18 05:15:29 pm
kesvalk: 2012-01-18 05:12:42 pm
kesvalk: 2012-01-18 05:12:20 pm
Indie Lover
just wanted to throw that here in case you guys didn't saw it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lE1K9yNDNA8

various consoles? various powers? new chars? this will be awesome...

why sometimes my youtube links don't work?
red chamber dream
what's wrong with it?
Indie Lover
it's not appearing, the embed video... just the link...
red chamber dream
think tf only embeds youtube.com links

maybe not though - not all youtube videos can be embedded