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Radiant Silvergun Blasts To Xbox Live Arcade In September

By Ishaan . August 30, 2011 . 8:30am

Radiant Silvergun Blasts To Xbox Live Arcade In September

Radiant Silvergun for Xbox Live Arcade was given a release date today. It’s being released on September 14th for 1,200 Microsoft Points in Japan. The game has has 7 weapons that the player can use at any time.

 

Radiant Silvergun’s visuals have been spruced up in high-definition for the Xbox Live Arcade release (although, you can switch back to the older look), and a few new additions have been thrown in for good measure, too. Amongst these is a bonus Ikaruga style shooting mode, but no details on this mode are available yet.

 

The Xbox Live Arcade version of Radiant Silvergun includes both the Sega Saturn version of the game with a story, as well as the arcade version. It will support 2-player co-op over Xbox Live.

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  • malek86

    This better have the Arcade mode too. The idea of playing Stage 2 and Stage 4 makes me tremble in fear.

    I also need to find a way to play this with my Hori EX2. The joypad won’t do.

    • mikanko

      Hori EX2 seems like it’d be a li’l loose for a good shmup stick.

      I have a seimitsu ls40, but I’m honestly thinking of playing this with my PS2 Saturn pad out of old habits, and not used to the 3 button layout the arcade had.

      http://etokki.com/Playstation2/Xtokki360 is a godsend. Wish it hadn’t taken so many years to come out.

      • malek86

        It’s about as good as it gets for my abilities. It would be useless to buy anything more expensive, because I wouldn’t be able to make the most of it.

        Anyway, it plays well enough on Mame. But RS has some slight sound emulation problems which this version won’t have. But I can’t use the stick on my couch. But it’s not like it’s actually connected anyway because Touhou has got me used to keyboard shmupping. But this one is HD. Uhm, dilemmas.

        Oh well, I’m going to buy it for sure, but whether I actually play it or just stay on Mame is a different matter.

        • mikanko

          Ah, just meant I thought Hori’s stock stick seemed closer to knockoff Sanwa stick, which has a lot of throw and not very good for subtle movements.  Wasn’t really thinking of cost, since Sanwa sticks and Seimitsu sticks cost about the same.

          Don’t really know if you’d need to spend that much more on something.  Might even be able to tape the actuator on the Hori stick to reduce the throw so it’s less loose.  I’ve done that with a jlf before, and it did help.

          A tight Seimitsu stick is like 20 bucks, it’s too bad Hori EX2s seem hard to mod, or I’d suggest just replacing it.

          • malek86

            It didn’t seem too loose to me… but then, I’ve never really tried a high-end stick. I did play at the arcade a few times, but since all the arcades around here are quite run down, the sticks don’t feel very good (they are almost always either broken or loose).

            … well, like I said, I’m not using it much right now, so it’s not necessary.

          • mikanko

            Just saying it has less to do with it being high end, and more to do with Hori sticks being based on Sanwa JLF’s, which are standard fare in Street Fighter and other fighting game cabinets, but Seimitsu sticks are stock in Cave games and other shooters.  Difference is really just Seimitsu sticks have tighter springs, the shaft isn’t as long under the control panel, and there is less room for the stick to move before it hits the switches.

            Don’t think being intermediate at shooters means much either way as a more responsive controller should help anyone.

            I did something like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QytcbzZmXaI to a JLF once, and it helped.  I’m not sure if you’d be able to on a Hori stick, or how hard it even is to extract the thing.

            If you’re happy with it as is though, fair enough.  Sorry for rambling a bit.

      • http://twitter.com/AaqibRawat Aaqib Rawat

        Words can not describe how i am feeling right now.

        Is the etokki really lag free?

        aw man i just bought a brand new madcatz fightpad !

        mikanko could you tell me a bit about the converter ? I have to buy one !

        • mikanko

          There was a good Korean adapter that was lag free before this too, but required a wired 360 controller to work.  Made by the same company I believe.

          I really only use it for my PS2 dual shock and saturn pad though for XBLA games and such, as I have an akihabarashop PS360 PCB in my stick.  But in my limited experience it’s the perfect converter, had it just a month though.

          Etokki is run by Laugh, a rather well known Ryu player.  Played some good matches in the After Hours suite at Evo, etc.

          Interview with him if you’re bored.  Talks a little about etokki at 13:40.  Dunno if that makes him reputable or not, but he used to sell his stuff on SRK forums all the time just a year or so ago, and he had a good reputation.

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfd2Q7eyvLg

  • http://twitter.com/attackslug attackslug

    About time this got a release date, now where’s FEZ?

  • Zonic505

    SOOOOO hoping this is the US release date as well.

    Now we need a release date for Treasure’s other game, Guardian Heroes.

  • SomeMist

    YEAHHHHH! can’t wait to finally play it with my EX-SE :)

  • mikanko

    I am so glad I sold my copy of this game for like 200 bucks a few years back. <.<;

    Will probably pick it up, but I'm looking more forward to Guardian Heroes to be honest.

    Suppose it's too much to hope for an online edition of Rakugaki Showtime next on the horizon :<

  • http://www.genkaibreak.com Code

    rar, finally — I’ve been waiting for you all summer Radiant Silvergun T3T

  • http://twitter.com/AaqibRawat Aaqib Rawat

    I am going to stay up late to play this game !

  • thaKingRocka

    This is fantastic news. I’m a happy man.

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