Mushihimesama

[Geoff D]

Excellent vids Venom, thanks very much for those - I wasn't going to buy the game, but it's now been ordered (& I blame Bleeders for that... )

[Bleeders]

What can I say... we're weak - very weak.

[butchcvc]

first play descriptions of the title screen and several levels.......

http://www.ncsx.com/2005/ncs071805/mushihimesama.htm

[msm13579]

Great videos Venom. it looks really hard, think i'll be sticking to normal.

[TreeFrog]

Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but does this include a Tate view option? And if it does, does it offer both orientations (as in screen rotated clockwise or anti-clockwise)?

[venom743]

Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but does this include a Tate view option? And if it does, does it offer both orientations (as in screen rotated clockwise or anti-clockwise)?

Yeah it does mate.

[venom743]

Some more info about the game.

Basically there are 3 modes of play in Arcade mode. Original, Maniac and Ultra. Original does not mean it's easy. The number of bullets enemies throw at you are fewer than the other 2 modes but they come at you FAST! Raiden style!
Maniac is the traditional Cave shooter mode with lots of bullets filling the whole screen but thrown at a slower pace.
Ultra mode is a mixture of the other 2 modes.

Score system update

The hit counter increases rapidly when shooting big enemies. However it also decreases rapidly if you don't move pn to to shoot another big enemy in time.
You can also get more hits by approaching near enemies when shooting.

[TreeFrog]

Thanks Venom - I can now wait for it in confidence (I'd already ordered it, but the screenies on the back of the LE box had me worried for a bit )

Good scoring info too - I'm looking forward to it more now.

[venom743]

Got a vid of stage 3 coming up.
It's insane!

[eastyy]

In the arcades what hardware does the game run on?

[Bleeders]

Taito's Type-X I think.

[Super Monkey Balls]

No it's Caves dedicated board as usual. Taito are only publishing it.

[Peet]

It's a custom board like every Cave shooter.

edit: agh, too slow :P

[Bleeders]

My bad, what recent shmups have been using Taito's Type-X board?

[venom743]

My bad, what recent shmups have been using Taito's Type-X board?

Raiden 3 mate.