Ben Rowland wrote: Some game developers have a signature style that makes their titles instantly recognizeable from afar, and Cave is most definitely one of those companies. The trademark mix of manic 2D arcade shoot em’up action combined with quirky, anime-inspred plots has made Cave one of the most respected names in ”bullet hell” shooters. Akai Katana first saw a release in Japanese arcades in 2010 and has now made the port to the Xbox 360 with Rising Star Games handling the publishing honors. The budget price and pure enjoyment the game provides make this game one of the best “hidden gem” releases of 2012.
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.
I'm not usually into bullet hell games, but this one looks intriguing.