When you see American television shows like South Park or anything on Adult Swim poke fun at Japanese anime, this is the kind of content they are referencing. Otomedius Excellent is absurd, puts far too much emphasis on breast size, and will not make sense to anyone who speaks English as their first language. Also, it’s no fun to play.
"It's finally here! Summer of Arcade officially begins this week, so to start off the great new content coming to Xbox LIVE Marketplace this week, Activision brings you Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD." -Amanda Dyar
As much as I used to love oldschool Tony Hawk games, im definitely saving my MSP for Deadlight.
VGBlogger writes: "Given the raging renaissance of shmup and bullet-hell offerings currently hitting on other platforms–specifically iOS devices, where classics like Rayforce and Espgaluda are reminding us of the beautiful heights of the genre—it’s impossible to escape the fact that there are plenty of better games like this out there right now, most of which cost a helluva lot less than this one. At its core, Otomedius Excellent is a misnomer; ‘Otomedius Meh’ wouldn’t have made for much of a marketing concept, but at least it would have been more honest."
GameZone reviews Otomedius Excellent and concludes, "Great for lolita fetishists, bad for Gradius fans."
Koji Igarashi should really just stick with Castlevania. I mean, look at his resume. It's numerous Castlevania titles, Nanobreaker, and this.
At least it seems to come with tons of swag.
Too bad he didn't like it... I hope the bad reviews of these doesn't affect future shmup titles' chances of being released here :(