aus dem shmups.com forum:
From Mihara's blog: http://mihara.sub.jp/top/blog/sb203/log/eid796.html
[red]He says Arika's PS2 port of Ketsui, and Arika's relationship with Cave, is now officially over.[/red] Apparently they did the port but couldn't get the slowdown in the 5th stage right (he doesn't specify first or second loop), no matter what they tried. He says otherwise the port was pretty much "perfect". He apologizes many times throughout the message.
He also mentions that Ikeda told him some secret about how he's going to reveal some info about this situation soon? With something planned for Christmas? I just read through it quickly, so I'll have to go back and try and read between the lines. The end of it is rather cryptic.
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Well, there is the end part where he mentions [red]Ikeda has some secret plans for Christmas.[/red] I wouldn't be surprised if it's some Cave shooting collection on the PS3 or something, with Ketsui on there. Alternatively, Ikeda could be referring to Ketsui 2 for the Arcades to be released around christmas 2007. That sounds a bit more likely to me actually.
[red]However, Mihara says at the end "don't get your hopes up", which sounds like the news might not be anything exciting.[/red]
damit is wohl jede hoffnung gestorben das arika nochmal mit cave arbeitet :| bestes firmen team ever
This blog post is revealing in many ways. It tells us Arika have been working on a Ketsui port for awhile (which would have surprised just about anyone), and since they couldn't get Ketsui to run on the PS2, I'd bet a good sum of money that that's also the reason why we aren't seeing Espgaluda 2, Pink Sweets, or Mushi Futari PS2 ports. They PS2 just can't handle these games properly.
You have to hand it to Arika though, they have standards of quality and they stick to them. They said even if Ikeda forgave them for not being able to get Stage 5 'perfect', and gave them permission to release the port anyway, they still wouldn't do it. Perfectionists! Stark contrast to Cave's porting philosophy, which is basically "if it looks and plays somewhat like the PCB, print up a bunch of copies and stuff it on the shelves for 6000yen a pop".
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