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DoDonPachi and Ketsui for XBLA

Jesus. The world’s not ready. According to this, Cave shooters Ketsui and DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label are going to be released on XBLA at some point. If you’ve never heard of them, watch the following videos to get an idea of what to expect. No idea on date or territories for these as yet.

Update: This sounds a bit cock-eyed. Apparently the games are going to be retail packages, not XBLA games, so don’t get your hopes up about being able to play these outside Japan just yet.

  1. Blerk said:

    I’m too old for these games. :-(

  2. patlike said:

    They’re insane. And probably completely unplayable without an arcade stick.

  3. Rhythm said:

    I have DoDonPachi on my Xbox through the wonders of MAME. It is indeed totally mental.

    I can see Stevas being happy though, especially if they tart these games up a bit

  4. Carlo said:

    /brain melts reading the title, let alone looking at the gameplay

  5. Lutz said:

    I think stuff like this stops becoming a game TBH. There’s almost no skill. Well, that’s to say there’s only 1 way of doing it, and that’s very skillful. But walking down the same difficult path that doesn’t change and leaves you no options isn’t very skillful, no matter how hard the path may be.

  6. Superfrog said:

    On the news: As far as I read on various sites, there’s no word in Famitsu that these two games will be released on XBLA. Apparently they’ll be retail packages…

    As Japanese retail games are almost never region-free, this is an important issue… :/

  7. patlike said:

    Ah, shit. Thanks. I’ll update the story.

  8. Superfrog said:

    Thanks!

    By the way, congrats on the site and keep up the great work! I visit your site multiple times a day since I read the news on Gamesindustry.biz :)

  9. patlike said:

    Heh. Many thanks. Glad you find it useful!

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