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Bangai-O's Trimphant Return! (DS)
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What’s Bangai-O you ask? Why only one of the best shooters made by Treasure, ever!
Billed as a multi-direction shooter, Wikipedia has this to say about it:
Intense!
But still images just don’t do this game justice. Here is a British guy giving a review.
Chiefly British. (Some cursing)
But Inquisitor, you all say. This isn’t a link to the past thread. Why are you babbling about some old Dreamcast game I’m never going to be able to get my hands on. Ah, but fear not! It’s just been announced that this game is going to come out on the DS!! Weeeee!
Did I mention the game has a strange sense of humor? So come celebrate this news with me!
Billed as a multi-direction shooter, Wikipedia has this to say about it:
Bangai-O, the player's mecha, is maneuvered via eight-way directional controls and fires in eight directions, controlled by the controller's four face buttons. Two firing modes involve switching between the two siblings piloting the Bangai-O; the player can fire either homing missiles or reflective lasers that bounce off walls.
Bangai-O's special attack consists of a 360 degree burst of the current shot type (missile or laser). The number of shots fired by the special attack depends on how many enemy bullets are on the screen and how close the player is to them while firing. A large number of close bullets can result in an attack of up to 400 shots. Furthermore, the number of explosions taking place at any given time is tallied at the top of the screen and determines how much the special attack meter recharges and what type of fruit is left behind by destroyed enemies. Higher numbers of explosions yield more special energy and more valuable types of fruit. Therefore, the tactic of inviting substantial enemy fire in order to counter with the special attack is key to success at the game.
Intense!
But still images just don’t do this game justice. Here is a British guy giving a review.
Chiefly British. (Some cursing)
But Inquisitor, you all say. This isn’t a link to the past thread. Why are you babbling about some old Dreamcast game I’m never going to be able to get my hands on. Ah, but fear not! It’s just been announced that this game is going to come out on the DS!! Weeeee!
Did I mention the game has a strange sense of humor? So come celebrate this news with me!
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Also; Holy shit!
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I, Inquisitor, declare, that shortly after this games release, a myriad of arenas will be built, tested, perfected and then put before all as a great challenge.
Whatever team can best the challenges of this pan continental Bangai-O challenge will rule the universe as father and son.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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Edit: man, super beat.
Holy shit..
I must be dreaming.
My Backloggery
If the Bangai was five pixels large on the DC... and my DS screen is about 1/15th the size of my HDTV...
:-(
My eyes.
I'm concerned that the small screens would hinder the sheer joy you'd get from seeing 400 missles erupt from your superawesome mech, but I'll take what I can get when it comes to Bangai-O. I never did complete that game, but the 80% of what I went through were absolutely awesome:^:
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I'll still hold on to my Dreamcast version though.
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What the fuck is that second link
XBL - Foreverender | 3DS FC - 1418 6696 1012 | Steam ID | LoL
Imagevenue is a piece of shit that randomly links you to celebrity pictures.
Poorly translated:
http://img526.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bangaiohtranslationif0.jpg
I might buy a DS now.
That would be... you know... bad.
I'd still play it but I need my glorious world of 2d and the super sexy M or whatever her name was.
Edit: And the level-building guy.
And the guy that only spoke in badly drawn pictures.
And Core Boy.
God, I miss my Dreamcast so much.
Best shoot em up I ever played. 44 levels and I got through over half before I sucked too much to go on so I got some good value from it compared to most which only have enough levels for an arcade.
Fucking A.
Reminds me of Database
I suppose a tiny Bangai-O is better than no Bangai-O. (I blame the Japanese and their unhealthy obsession with handhelds.)
Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
What? Why would you want to anyway? The stylus could easily block your view of enemies. Since they're only a few pixels high, in a twitchy action game it wouldn't make any sense at all. Take a look at around 1:31 and that's without a hand. You'll have to use buttons for accuracy.
It's being made by Treasure, who's been making games for over sixteen years. Whatever game related decision they make, I'm pretty sure they know what they're doing.
Thats my point, the DS isn't the best platform for this game. It would be better served as a PSN/XBLA (and to a lesser extent psp) game. In the original Bangai-O everything was so small. Now its going to be even smaller.
Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
Importing this so hard.
The Wii Direct Pointing Device definitely isn't as accurate as the DS's touchscreen. This was confirmed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata in the interview where they were talking about creating the Wii. It was tacked on as a afterthought at first because of the DS's success. The same was more or less said by the producer for Time Crisis 4.
Edit: Don't get me wrong it's just... While I would love to get a Treasure game with hi-res sprites on any other console, it's most likely not going to happen. That would require a ton of resources in pixel art which very few people specialize in nowadays. Treasure is a small company and they're going to stick to small games unless people start buying a spajillion of their games.
Fucking hell.