Wed, Mar 05, 2008 | 17:37 GMT
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.
10 comments
#1
Blerk
05/03/08, 4:15 pm
I’m too old for these games.
#2
patlike
05/03/08, 4:17 pm
They’re insane. And probably completely unplayable without an arcade stick.
#3
Rhythm
05/03/08, 4:22 pm
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
05/03/08, 4:25 pm
/brain melts reading the title, let alone looking at the gameplay
#5
Lutz
05/03/08, 5:01 pm
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
05/03/08, 5:22 pm
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
05/03/08, 5:36 pm
Ah, shit. Thanks. I’ll update the story.
#8
patlike
05/03/08, 5:37 pm
Done.
#9
Superfrog
05/03/08, 9:57 pm
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
#10
patlike
05/03/08, 9:58 pm
Heh. Many thanks. Glad you find it useful!