As Rising Star’s inaugural title, Akai Katana is a promising offering, offering stateside shoot ‘em up fans an exceptional entry into an increasingly niche genre. While some may be dismissive of the game’s forty-dollar price tag, the game is a relative bargain when compared to the $2,600 printed circuit boards that CAVE was selling to cabinet-owning consumers.
Siliconera knows Cave is bringing Dodonpachi Saidaioujou for Xbox 360, but what else is the maniac shooter company working on? They picked the brain of Cave lead creator and Game Development Head Makoto Asada to see what their future plans are.
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""Dodonpachi Saidaioujou" - why 360 has won this gen and sony have failed."
I hear the game is so big each bullet comes on it's on disk on xbox.
Cave has a mega collection of shooting games according to Amazon Japan, which is taking reservations for the Cave Shooting Collection. This bundle includes 10 games plus downloadable content on seven DVDs.
As a port of an arcade game, Akai Katana may be short but it is still incredibly fun and provides a seemingly "impossible to beat" kind of challenge that is lacking from a lot of video games today.
Anyone know the file size? I wonder why this couldn't have been a Download game.
Good review. But how does Seppuku fit into a shooting game? You have to kill yourself?
"In European territories, Rising Star Games is a prolific publishing juggernaut, with an output that matches the combined efforts of XSEED, Aksys, Natsume, and Ignition Entertainment"
Really? Why haven't I heard of them?