IGN writes: "When it comes to crazy mech games out of Japan, there's one franchise that holds a special place in my heart. Back in the day, I held everything SEGA did in high regard, even when it was something as crazy as making giant twin-stick controllers for a mech fighting game. Such was the passion that -- unable to afford the import cost of such a controller -- I regularly made trips to the arcade to get my Virtual On fix. Fast forward a few years and I'm here at the Tokyo Game Show taking the fourth entry of the franchise out for a spin... and on a special Hori arcade Virtual On controller made for Xbox 360, no less. And yes, it's just as hardcore as ever".
Siliconera: Virtual-On and I have a bit of a history. As a kid, I adored the first Virtual-On (Operation Moongate) in the arcades. It had everything you could want at age eight: giant robots, incredible graphics (for the time), and faster movement than any other arcade game out there.
While Virtual-On Force has not been announced for North America, it is import friendly. Over on the Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force blog, Murayama from the porting team announced the Xbox 360 game is region free and is translated into English.
Y bother?
Very few in JP have a 360... it's like this game was made, with the intention of making most of it's money on imports? *sigh* not gonna happen anyway. Should be on PS3.
(not saying the PS3 is better or anything like that, just that it's where the target audience for this game is at)
Neocrisis: 27 new screenshots are out for Virtual-On Force coming to 360.
