Cave titles confirmed for 360

[eastyy]

not played any of the those games in the arcade....no idea what to vote for

[bcass]

If anyone is unsure, then do the world a favour and vote for Ketsui!

[fuse]

Whoah, this is surprising. Although it wouldn't surprise me if they only accept votes from .jp email addresses or something stupid like that.

I will probably put in a vote for ESP.Ra.De - in my mind I can't see them doing a newer title like MMP on XBLA, Ketsui I'm content to wait for a disc release (even if it is doooomed with the longest, most troubled development ever), and well... I don't like Pink Sweets

[Spatial]

Whatever gets chosen, I'd be amazed if it sees a Western release even on XBLA. Still, it's possible.

Bit of a turn around given that MS gave Cave the proverbial finger last year about conversions of their older titles.

[Super Monkey Balls]

Ketsui would be a wasted vote unless the 5pb port is cancelled, which it isn't, yet.

I think they're fishing for pre PGM-era games. Perhaps they've been talking to Atlus.

[eastyy]

is there a chance for progear ? i know it had something to do with capcom though

[bcass]

A vote for ProGear would be wasted seeing as it's perfectly emulated.

[eastyy]

but i dont get achievements and xbox live scores...with it emulated Lol

[bcass]

Whatever gets chosen, I'd be amazed if it sees a Western release even on XBLA. Still, it's possible.

Doesn't matter, it's not difficult to set up a JPN gamertag to download stuff from the JPN Marketplace. No XBLA games are region-locked.

Bit of a turn around given that MS gave Cave the proverbial finger last year about conversions of their older titles.

I think they only said 'no' to direct arcade ports. Can't imagine there'd be a problem if they add some stuff to it like an arrange mode or reworked hi-def graphics.

[fuse]

But then there's the issue of buying JPN points, and finding a proxy to obtain IP-locked content, presuming they go down this route. Don't get me wrong, none of this will stand in my way - but still, it's a pain, and I can imagine it'll put off a lot of westerners, which is a shame.

I would love to see Progear or ESP.Ra.De ported - appreciate they are MAME-able, but I think this is the era of title they're looking for and it'd be lovely to play the game legitimately in my own home.

Do MS have any policies in terms of resolutions etc that XBLA games must support? I can imagine re-drawing any title with HD graphics must take some serious time... my only 'wish list' feature is online leaderboards, which I'd hope is fairly elementary.

[Kubrick]

No XBLA games are region-locked

No, but there's no guarantee we'll be able to buy it just because its an XBLA game. It could be IP blocked like loads of other items on the foreign marketplaces.

Anyway, I'll be voting for one of these;

エスプレイド (ESP Ra De)
ぐわんげ (Guwange)

Actually, I'll just send a vote for each from different email addresses.

[bcass]

Some items on the Marketplace are region/IP locked (mostly DLC and GoD) but no XBLA games are (regardless of region).

But then there's the issue of buying JPN points, and finding a proxy to obtain IP-locked content, presuming they go down this route. Don't get me wrong, none of this will stand in my way - but still, it's a pain, and I can imagine it'll put off a lot of westerners, which is a shame.

You're mixing up Games on Demand with XBLA. Cave are planning an XBLA release, not a GoD game. There is no region/IP locking of any sort on any XBLA games, even the ones that are only available in certain regions. All you need to do it setup a JPN gamertag and buy an MSP card off ebay.

[Spatial]

Some items on the Marketplace are region/IP locked (mostly DLC and GoD) but no XBLA games are (regardless of region).

You've downloaded Bubble Bobble Neo then?

[Super Monkey Balls]

Erm, I have

[Spatial]

Cool.