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Smeg · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:58 am Post subject:

Not the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of "two player cooperative swinging", but I still bust a nut. Get out of here, you nerd!

Fredde · Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 91

handofg0d · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 455 Location: PA

Finally somebody understands what I want out of a classic 2D game being remade for the modern console. This is 100% pure awesome not from concentrate.

Ichiban Crush · Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject:

GEE, IT ONLY TOOK A FUCKING DECADE TO COME OUT WITH A GOOD CONSOLE 2-D SIDESCROLLER!!!

I'm so buying the shit out of this the moment it drops on PSN. The PS3 has ass in the way of download-only titles, so even if it's not exclusive (like I play console warrior to begin with), it's good to see something that's not completely retarded that I can purchase. I mean, "Pain"? You're shitting me, right?

Hell, if Rearmed's done with justice, it might actually convince me to purchase the new BC. Especially if I can replace Dreads Spencer with oldschool Ladd/Radd version.

http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=9064&game_id=4944&id=112337
I sure as hell hope that's supposed to be Generalissimo Kilt, and not Master D. Either way, I love the shit out of Toshiaki Mori's work.

Someone want to give me a obscenities count?

TheRedEye · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject:

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Ichiban Crush · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:32 pm Post subject:

Smeg · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:

What...what are all of these? Are they fun?

TheRedEye · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject:

These are all home console titles, not portable. In order:

Alien Hominid
Viewtiful Joe
Odin Sphere
Super Paper Mario
Gradius V
R-Type Final
Metal Slug 6
Sol Divide
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Mega Man something Network something
Exit (Xbox 360 version)
Prince of Persia Classic

Ichiban Crush · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:07 am Post subject:

Skrybe · Staff Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 1610

Yeah, Treasure had a hand in Gradius 5. If you're into shooters, both it and R-Type Final are awesome.

Boco · Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 37

Metal Slug 6 is a new game, not a port (though the other 6 games in the collection are ports).

Rockman EXE Transmission is a really good game, one of my favorite Rockman games. It plays like an original series NES title, but with a Metroid-style huge connected map, and instead of master weapons you have the card-battle system from the EXE games on GBA (you make a deck of cards which represent special attacks, and each 'turn' (about 8 seconds) you draw a new hand, which are the attacks you can use aside from your buster during that time... it takes some getting used to but I like it better than weapon energy micromanagement (which usually ment 'not using master weapons except on bosses') in the earlier games). My only criticism is the bosses... because of the RPG-style ever-increasing-HP and the like, the early bosses are very difficult and the later bosses are jokes. It would've been nice if the earlier bosses were easier so you could get to the meaty exploration fun part of the game quicker, and the later (and optional) bosses much harder so you have to work to beat them.

So it's not perfect, but it's really good nonetheless and definitely worth my $30.

Sardius · Staff Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 508 Location: Austin, TX

Is this where we talk about games we like? Cool!

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is pretty much the best platformer released in the last...however long ago it was released. All the people who said that it was too short are probably the same jerks who liked Odin Sphere.

Gradius V is the best horizontally scrolling shooter of all time. The R-Types are okay, too.

Man, nobody's ever heard of Sol Divide. It's sad that I recognized it by screenshot alone.

Super Paper Mario needs a massive script trim. It could totally be just as funny with half the words.

Metal Slug 6 ALMOST nails what made the first few so fun, but then it turns to bullshit in the last couple of stages. Bet you anything MS7's going to be the same way.

That's all I got!

Ichiban Crush · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject:

TheRedEye · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject:

am I really the only one who played Alien Hominid?

handofg0d · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 455 Location: PA

I own and love Alien Hominid. I have the GC version, and as a matter of fact, I played it on my Wii the other night. DreamTR was selling a NR Reader copy and I was going to buy it but I lost the NR-Reader auction I was bidding on so it would have been kinda useless to me. I love that game so much and can't wait for Castle Crashers.

Carnivol · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject:

ProgrammingAce · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 580

Castle Crashers is taking frickin forever. I thought that was going to be out somewhere closer to 2006...

Honestly, Gradius 5 and R-Type Final are perfection in the genre. And if you really want to stretch that 10 year window, Einhander came out in october of 97. Sony didn't know it at the time, but that game was meant to be played on the PSP...

I played through exit on the PSP, but the thing that drove me crazy were the jumps. The jumps were a lot like Super Ghouls and Ghosts where you can only have one trajectory. You ended up over jumping or underjumping a lot of the time, kinda bad for a platformer. I'm not sure if that was corrected on the 360.

If you're still counting portables, you're forgetting the awesome Guardian Heroes for the GBA. Treasure platforming at it's finest...

Ichiban Crush · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject:

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