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90s Arcade Racer/Super GP Still Alive; Will Have Online Play; Still No Date
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I urge you all to try Xenon Racer, which is a complete and released game and the next best thing to getting a brand new "90s arcade racer". The handling has its quirks/flaws and some of the tracks are not as wild as the the ol' twisty tracks with blue skies, but it's certainly a valiant attempt considering there are almost no other alternatives and people have lived whole lifetimes waiting for 90s Arcade Racer.
Uninterrupted Gameplay:
"We have a policy of stringent QA testing" - which is why most of their releases have major bugs and need patches, which don't always come.
Lately they've been getting into false advertisement as well, when they removed the bonus goodie from the physical release of Umihara Kawase Fresh without notifying anyone, while marketing material advertising its existence were still up on their social media channels (even after the release) and it was listed in store descriptions.
It was on my radar but I thought it's wasn't that good? IDK, gonna search rn. Thanks!
Alright, the first point is par for the course, Tyrone is a dirty liar and he's trying to put the blame on the Tako Devs instead of taking responsibility for it's poorer reception. CAN'T SPARE THE MONEY TO QA TEST THE PATCH?!? WHAT QA, DINGUS?
But the bolded? Absolutely illegal, no question.
I can't believe we had a whole thread about how stupid the online release handling has been, and yet the fact that they Cheated People out of what was promised to them went completely off the radar, just shameful.
Be better then just consumers, people, hold this dickhead accountable! If you were cheated by Nicalis for Umihara Kawase: Fresh!'s Physical Release, take him to task!!! That is unacceptable, false advertising, and it's worth getting mad over, especially with all the blatently illegal stuff he's done before!
The manufacturing for it apparently ran late, and instead of delaying the release for a bit, they just pushed it out without notice. They promised people who bought it from their own site (which has awful international shipping prices) that they'll send it to them once they have it, but nothing for anyone who bought it elsewhere. Someone on Reddit who bought it on Amazon contacted them about it and they responded that it's Amazon's fault that the listing wasn't updated, not their own (despite them never announcing it at all), and that they'll send them one out of good will.
When I contacted them about it, they never even responded at all.
On top of all of this, the developer seems to not be in the loop about what's going on. Tyrone presumably chose to break this news in a tweet to someone else? Is this lack of communication between developer and publisher common? I would imagine this is a basic thing to have had shared between them, but...
Since they apparently also announced on Twitter that they cancelled La-Mulana's Wiiware release without telling the devs, wouldn't be surprised at all if it is common for Nicalis.
It's not great but it's certainly a whole lot better than than nothing, which is what the game discussed in this thread is. Most people's problems with it is the drift mechanics which are a bit heavy and tracks which are a bit too flat. But yes do give it a try, there's a demo on steam even.
In the right car it is quite fun. But there are many cars that are just not a good fit for the sometimes rather tightly cornered tracks. Also the game sadly lacks polish. Difficulty in career mode is very uneven, menu-UI is pretty bad as well. Still, in the right car it is a fun game and certainly not a waste of time in a dire market.
*shrug*....I really have no response to this other than to say thank god for PCs now a days that can run all of Sega's arcade racers at full speed emulation. This game is no longer needed and the writing was on the wall once Pelikan handed over the reigns to Nicalis. Hell, I don't even think Pelikan himself could do justice to the addictive trademark gameplay and handling Sega's arcade racers are known for. Stick with the originals guys. All the Model 2 and Model 3 emulators need at this point is for someone to emulate network online playability.
What the fuck is wrong with people?
What the fuck is wrong with people?
Nicalis started off having a lot of goodwill for being one of the earliest indie publishers, and for bringing Cave Story to the west, but bloody hell that goodwill has been utterly destroyed by rampant mismanagement. I'd recommend for indies to stay the hell away from them.
Hearing what happened to 90s Arcade Racer is depressing as hell.
Hearing what happened to 90s Arcade Racer is depressing as hell.
Reading this thread, and then reading up on the Umihara Kawase thing... seems like they never said what the "bonus goodies" might imply? The SFC box might just count.
Didn't that become some kind of combat racer with weapons and stuff and not a pure arcade racer?
No, the SFC box was always exclusive to their own store. The bonus was supposed to be a keychain.
By the way, they still have promo material up for the nonexistent bonus: https://m.facebook.com/NicalisInc/photos/a.121202875963/10155900251450964/?type=3
Do we have it though? I just looked it up and last lifesigns of that have been last december, more than half a year ago
I actually thought it went the other way. The older footage has guns on the cars, but the newer footage looks more like a traditional racer.
I haven't written it off yet. Sometimes developers just like to work quietly.