Senjin Aleste (M2 shmup for All Net)

[Halloween Jack]

Gotcha, thanks for clarifying buffi.

HJ

[zak]

...we need a physical Exa cartridge release.

HJ

100%

[SuperPang]

Can't see how that could possibly happen. It'll come to PS4 eventually.

[Shou]

Sorry, we passed on this game awhile back for a number of reasons including how poorly optimized it is for arcades (40 minutes average play time per credit, 5 frames of input lag among many other issues).

[sven666]

Presentation looks great, gameplay looks garbage.

Reminds me alot of bullet soul for xbox360...

[phillv85]

What difficulty is being played in that video? The bullets are stupidly slow.

[buffi]

Looked like most people on loc test played Normal or Casual. Expert seems alright.

Not super excited about it, but hey, new shmups is something.

[sven666]

Whats the point of having difficulty levels so easy everyone who sits down 1ccs it?

On a console release sure there might be a case for it but in an arcade?? I dont get it..

[jimmerd]

I really like the relaxed style of this game, a mix of traditional shooter with some mild bullet hell elements, as others have said along the Kaneko/Tolplan funky vibe.

Can't comment on the actual gameplay, It did look rather too easy on the normal setting...to be fair people who choose to play on the live streaming cabinet would tend to be more confident in their skills than an average player.

Could these new shmup releases be a sign that SEGA *Taito* are starting to pay attention to the competition, that would be a compliment to EXA success.

I would also guess Cotton Reboot is due an arcade release, perhaps on Taito NESiCAxLive2 given the previous arrangements between them and studio Siesta for Trouble Witches, but I've not seen anything to confirm it.
Although.. the other Cotton coming at the end of the year is on Sega All Net https://cotton-rock-n-roll.success-corp.co.jp/

[SuperPang]

*SEGA

[EOJ]

Here's a full run in Casual mode:



It looks pretty awesome!

In this video it takes 30 minutes to 1CC it.

[SuperPang]

Yeah I can certainly see why casual mode wouldn’t be popular with ops. Should’ve saved that for the port. The soundtrack sucks too.

Still really want to play it though! Good to see M2 branching out to more new titles.