Llamasoft does TxK for Sony Vita

[gilesgoat]

There's a FENOMENAL amount of swearwords and things going back and forth in this very moment but I am not going to tell you anything about until it's all sorted

.. I mean ... "they could not made it more complicated than this" ...

But *SSSSSSH* .. "all is going fine"

I am already "beyond MA DIO"

[random_dave]

As much as i hate to be that guy, at this stage when concerns are firmly on getting through a successful certification in the primary territories, but I was wondering if there may be a plan to get this onto the japanese store

(In no way related to only being able to use my Vita TV with Japanese accounts, nope) (this means that i am prepared to buy it more that once)

Actually, come to think of it, presumably there isn;t much text to be localised, has it got the EFIGS languages, or can you still make a case to Sony for only having English if there isn't much critical text (seeing as the OS/libraries handle error messages/network dialogues)

[gilesgoat]

The answer is as simple as this :

FIRST we have to pass certification in EU/US, then we will see about Asia and FINALLY we can maybe think about Japan.

Japan is pretty complicated and time consuming, it also needs CERO that is another extra expense, localisation is not an enormous issue as only some parts, not all the game, needs it ( actually the game can entiely be in English only ).

We'll see how it goes, but I can tell you there's quite a bunch of extra work and time to make it into Japan and there's no easy way round.

We'd like to but that's a bit on a low priority list.

[random_dave]

Thanks for the reply Giles, this is pretty much exactly what I expected the answer to be, but i thought I'd check anyway.

I appreciate the speedy response, and have lots of fingers crossed for the EU/NA cert sailing through smoothly (I have a feeling that there's a better chance at this time of the year of things slipping through, which can be a double edged sword, on one hand the game gets out there faster, but in the long run there's probably an inevitability that the issues will have to be patched sooner or later, making it harder to move onto the next release.

[Misfit]

Thanks for the reply Giles, this is pretty much exactly what I expected the answer to be, but i thought I'd check anyway.

I appreciate the speedy response, and have lots of fingers crossed for the EU/NA cert sailing through smoothly (I have a feeling that there's a better chance at this time of the year of things slipping through, which can be a double edged sword, on one hand the game gets out there faster, but in the long run there's probably an inevitability that the issues will have to be patched sooner or later, making it harder to move onto the next release.

So Vita TV will only work with Japanese downloads? Well I guess that rules me out of getting one then as the primary reason would be to play TxK on a big screen.

/Edit. Ahh seen your post in the Vita TV thread. OK, I guess I need to wait/hope for a Euro release then.

[fog]

Last of the Vita 3G units going cheap...

PlayStation Vita 3G/WiFi & 4gb memory card £99.99 instore at HMV

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2013/11/27/ ... for-99-99/

[Governmentyard]

Got one from HMV for a hundred quid. Figured fuck it, as there's a card in it. Got no games for it really.

Why do I need to take pictures of faces that aren't faces?

When's tempest out?

[PVB]

Dunno when Tempest is out, but TxK should be out in the next couple of months, I think.

[Governmentyard]

Right, bestest shooters on Vita, then....?

I've got a demo of a vertical shooter where you have to warp but after several levels of the demo it seems a bit samey shoots wise and a bit fiddly.

Also got Sine Mora elsewhere so I'd sooner not buy it again. Really they need to do R-Type and Gradius and that.

[nyarla]

Not a fan of Velocity Ultra or Sine Mora either..
There's Super Stardust Delta which is meant to be pretty good... I've only played the demo..
Also Floating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims (HD).. haven't played, doesn't look very blasty..
I think that's it for native Vita ones!

[fog]

Yeah the Vita is a bit thin on the ground for shmups. As well as TxK there are a few other great indie ones on the way though.

As of right now...

Super Stardust Delta is utterly fantastic. Get it. I also enjoyed Velocity although I played the Minis version so haven't bothered with the Ultra remake yet.

Aqua Kitty is a decent defender style game. And if you're willing to stretch your definition of a classic shmups then the Vita versions of Hotline Miami and Super Crate Box are the best I've played.

If you don't mind old school arcade games of NEO GEO classics then quite a few were released on PSone & PSP and are on the Vita store. Metal Slug, Alpha Mission, Shienryu and Gaia Seed in particular is retro lovely. There were a load more classic arcade conversions on the PSone, but they haven't been released outside of Japan.

[Mark]

Gradius V is listed as coming to PS3 at some point, I believe. Not sure if that'll be playable on Vita too, but it would be fantastic if it was.

[Governmentyard]

Yeah the Vita is a bit thin on the ground for shmups. As well as TxK there are a few other great indie ones on the way though.

As of right now...

Super Stardust Delta is utterly fantastic. Get it. I also enjoyed Velocity although I played the Minis version so haven't bothered with the Ultra remake yet.

Aqua Kitty is a decent defender style game. And if you're willing to stretch your definition of a classic shmups then the Vita versions of Hotline Miami and Super Crate Box are the best I've played.

If you don't mind old school arcade games of NEO GEO classics then quite a few were released on PSone & PSP and are on the Vita store. Metal Slug, Alpha Mission, Shienryu and Gaia Seed in particular is retro lovely. There were a load more classic arcade conversions on the PSone, but they haven't been released outside of Japan.

Misliked Hotline Miami on PC. Why will I love it on Vita? (Genuine question)

[mrsmr2]

Twin sticks better than Mouse + Keyboard (if you played before they added controller support)?

I think it's fantastic on the Vita.

[fog]

Misliked Hotline Miami on PC. Why will I love it on Vita? (Genuine question)

TBH I doubt it would change your mind if you didn't like it already. It's just the same game with better controls.

Stick with Super Stardust Delta. It's brilliant.