Monday, May 14, 2012

Akai Katana - Training Series



This is the first in a series of training videos that publisher Rising Star Games has put out for the upcoming (5/15) XBLA* release of Cave's danmaku shooter Akai Katana. There are several parts up on youtube already and they walk you through the attack and defense shots, the hitbox, Phantom Mode, scoring, and most of what you need to make sense of this highly anticipated, insanely intense 2D side scroller.

*edit/correction this is a $40 retail release!

13 comments:

Chronic said...

Md can you fix my blog background again? I promise I wont do it again!

I think I know what keeps happening, and basically its youtube/bloggers fault, someone at google just needs to tweak the code a bit so it wont happen so easily.

Chronic said...

Also have you heard of Terra Diver and do you know if its available on any version of MAME?

md said...

yup, i'll make another image soon. Not sure about Terra driver, but i'll check it out!

Also, Akai Katana is a disc release.

md said...

ok, new background is up. let me know if it looks funky. it's slightly off center, but i don't have time to fix it right now... THESE KIDS ARE CRAZY!!!!!!

Chronic said...

Oh shit its a retail release? Damn. I will start poking around on Amazon and Ebay. I guess I was just figuring it was only $10-20, but no matter - I will be buying it anyway.

md said...

$40 on amazon or at gamestop

Chronic said...

OK I just ordered it on Amazon.

I think this game is gonna pimpslap me properly.

md said...

looks pretty sweet. I've played the demo on the JP marketplace and it's pretty fun. Still trying to understand the scoring system though. I should have the game tomorrow.

md galaxy said...

I now have every single Cave 360 game ever released, with Mushihimesama HD preordered. My wife is going to kill me one day...

Chronic said...

If she kills you I will ask that you be cremated with your NTSC-J Xbox 360 and all Cave games, and we will scatter the ashes over the Capcom headquarters!

md said...

oh man... thats G-O-O-D. Sign me up for that funeral.

M.D. of Sound Effects said...

Just got it a few hours ago. I love it. I didn't actually think I would care for it compared to futari and galuda, but it's really a blast to play in both Slash and Origin modes. Haven't tired Climax(WTF?) mode yet. Scoring is so fucking cool in this game...

Also, my Cave collection update: http://i.imgur.com/eQ9wH.jpg

md said...

Woohoo! #23 on the Origin mode leaderboards! That won't last long...