Castlevania + Bullet Hell Shmups = Scarlet Symphony

By brownkidd on August 18th, 2009 in Otaku, Video Games

It’s obvious that Japanese indie developer Frontier Aja was inspired by Castlevania when they made their upcoming PC game Koumajou Densetsu: Scarlet Symphony, but check out the boss battle at the end of the video and you’ll instantly be reminded of classic bullet hell shmups like Triggerheart Excelica and Castle Shikigami and DeathSmiles.

I like the technical little stuff, like how your character’s area for damage detection shrinks when you’re in flight mode, allowing you to graze bullets which is a typical mechanic of the shmup genre. It’s like someone created the ultimate game of my dreams!

If you have Windows, you can download a free trial of Koumajou Densetsu: Scarlet Symphony here.

Leave your thoughts in the comments.

[Via Siliconera]

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CONTEST: Who wants to win a retail copy of Marvel vs Capcom 2 for PS3? CONTEST EXPIRED

By brownkidd on August 16th, 2009 in Contests, Featured, Video Games

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*UPDATE: THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED. THE WINNER WAS ANNOUNCED HERE. THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR PLAYING!*

The retail version of Marvel vs Capcom 2 for the PS3 just came out, and while it didn’t have the soundtrack, art book, or 2000 Capcom Unity points that were rumored to be included, it does come with a free month of Marvel Digital Comics ($9.99 value) and a cool case that’ll make all your gamer friends jealous. Not bad for costing just as much as the PSN version.

This retail version is limited to just 15,000 copies and I’m giving one away. There’s 4 different ways to enter giving you up to 4 chances to win.

  • Leave a comment on this post. That’s it. Simple, huh? Be sure to fill in your email address so that I can notify you if you win. (One comment counts as one entry. Only one comment counts.)
  • Tweet the following sentence: RT for a chance to win a retail copy of Marvel vs Capcom 2 for PS3 http://bit.ly/K3UPM @albotas (One tweet counts as one entry. Only one tweet counts.)
  • Tweet the following sentence: RT for a chance to win a retail copy of Marvel vs Capcom 2 for PS3 http://bit.ly/K3UPM @brownkidd (One tweet counts as one entry. Only one tweet counts.)
  • Leave a video comment on this post using the “Use Media” link under the comment box. (One video comment counts as TWO entries, but a regular comment won’t count if you also upload a video. Tweets will still count.)

The deadline is noon on Sunday, August 23rd. I’ll shoot a quick video of me pulling the winner’s name at random and the winner will then be contacted via Twitter or Email.

God luck!

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Mega Man vs Metroid

By brownkidd on July 7th, 2009 in Video Games

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Mega Man vs Metroid is a free flash game that you can play over at 8bit.com, but I warn you that this game is hard as balls. The game drops Mega Man into the world of Metroid to take on Samus as the final boss.

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I’m totally gonna’ try and beat this over the weekend.

[Technabob via Level Select]

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