Of course, there's always the chance that it'll be a spinoff puzzle game or something, but we doubt that kind of behavior from Treasure. No, get ready for tiny sprites and huge chain-reaction explosions.
For those of you unfamiliar with Bangai-O, it's a free-scrolling shooter originally for the Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast, in which players, as a pair of mecha-piloting kids, shoot thousands of missiles and laser beams at tiny enemies. Special attacks gain power based on the number of bullets and explosions on the screen, leading to a constantly-escalating feedback loop of super attacks.
If this DS game is a real Bangai-O with multiplayer and a level editor, then the Nintendo DS will have crossed the line as the best game system ever released. Whatever it is, it's got a level editor and 4-player mode. Cheer and hurrah past the post break for a scanned page from Famitsu showing off the first screenshots for the game.
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9-12-2007 @ 11:03AM
Acceptable Risk said...
Ho Lee Crap! They read my letter!
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9-12-2007 @ 11:14AM
Pookieman said...
FACE_DROOL!!! :O :O SWEET! I loved this game on Dreamcast.
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9-12-2007 @ 12:04PM
Lard Of Dorkness said...
Man, why couldn't this have been announced last week, *before* I paid $40 for the Dreamcast version of the game?
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9-12-2007 @ 1:52PM
Rubang B (NDF - Heart) said...
I've never played it, but they had me at 4 player and level editor.
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9-12-2007 @ 2:34PM
Orville the Unfathomable Time Walrus said...
Sweet, I just got this game in a stack of Dreamcast games I picked up at a flea market the other week. Didn't even give it a second look before filing it away...I probably should now. I'm not big into this particular genre, but it looks like it could work well on the DS.
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9-12-2007 @ 3:09PM
Pixelbotgo said...
You found Bangai-O at a flea market? That is a damn lucky find.
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9-12-2007 @ 3:21PM
stickmanfc73_ said...
My DC version of the game was hella busted. After like 6 or so levels the backgrounds and sprites looked like glitch hell. It was terrible. Couldn't play the game. And it had loading problems.
This is the best news ever. Screw Contra 4! I GOT BANGAI-*freeka freeka*O!
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9-12-2007 @ 4:33PM
zenprism said...
Nerdgasm. All over myself.
Best news ever. I'll buy 5. Thank you.
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9-13-2007 @ 12:55AM
Orville the Unfathomable Time Walrus said...
Follow-up to my previous post, having fired up the Dreamcast and trying out Bangai-O:
Like I said, I'm not big on shoot-em-ups, and it showed--I died a lot, but generally through my own ineptness. I found the control scheme a bit awkward because the placement of the analog stick in relation to the D-Pad made it to where I couldn't move and 360-degree shoot at the same time, being forced to toggle, but I eventually got the hang of it and, although I wasn't to the point of destroying everything in my path effortlessly, it was nonetheless really fun. Now I think I can really see the potential for a great DS adaptation of this.
@6: Yeah, I guess I should be pretty proud of that find. Yard sales and flea markets have been abnormally good to me this summer.
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9-13-2007 @ 1:02AM
JC Fletcher said...
Try the other control scheme. You might like it better.
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9-13-2007 @ 12:15PM
Mitch said...
I was just playing Bangai-O earlier this week. I kept saying, "Why haven't they made this for another system yet? Why is there no sequel on the 360 or something? Why must this game be relegated to systems that died over half a decade ago?" It seems someone heard me.
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