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NISA announces Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha and Bravo (Switch) for NA and EU, (Vol. 1, 2, and 3 with four each are now just two games with six each)

Hero of Legend

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So yeah, I guess this was their teased PAX announcement maybe? Looks like they're releasing Psikyo Collections Vol. 1, 2, and 3 in NA and EU, now as two collections of six games, rather than three collections of four games.

Games:

Alpha:
Strikers 1945, Strikers 1945 II, Strikers 1945 III, Sol Divide, Dragon Blaze, and Zero Gunner 2.

Bravo:
Samurai Aces Episode I, Samurai Aces Episode II: Tengai, Samurai Aces Episode III: Sengoku Cannon, Gunbarich, Gunbird, and Gunbird 2.

How big are these? I'd think making it one with all 12 games would've been more ideal, but that's just me.
 
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eXistor

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If they're physical like in Japan, I'm in. I have a Flip Grip on the way as we speak, so this would be great.
 
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Hero of Legend

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eXistor said:
If they're physical like in Japan, I'm in. I have a Flip Grip on the way as we speak, so this would be great.
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99% yes. Every game NISA has published on Switch to date has been physical in some fashion in retail stores. Here are both games as they should appear on their store:

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Curler

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Gematsu said they are up on the store with a link, but clearly they aren't yet.
 
mute

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I got the 3x4 Asia physical releases so I'm probably good.

Curious to know if each of these is getting 1 switch icon or 6 switch icons though. They changed to individual game icons for the third collection and it bugs the shit out of me.
 
Laserbeam

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Good shit.

I got two of the import collections off ebay a while ago for a really good price, so I'm not sure if I need this, but I like it.
 
ReyVGM

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Store links seem to be dead. Anyone know the price for each collection?
 
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Curler said:
They're up now on NISA Store.
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But they only have them as Limited Editions, & are selling them for $60 each.

I'll pass. I can go on Amazon Japan or Play-Asia & easily get the standard editions of the Japanese versions of these collections for between $30 to $37 apiece, both volumes (under "Psikyo Shooting Library").
 
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SpaceCrystal said:
But they only have them as Limited Editions, & are selling them for $60 each.

I'll pass. I can go on Amazon Japan or Play-Asia & easily get the standard editions of the Japanese versions of these collections for between $30 to $37 apiece, both volumes (under "Psikyo Shooting Library").
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It's possible that they might only be sold physically here as an LE.
 
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Hero of Legend said:

So yeah, I guess this was their teased PAX announcement maybe?
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It's an announcement but not the one alluded to. PAX will have a DIFFERENT announcement yet to come!

mute said:
I got the 3x4 Asia physical releases so I'm probably good.

Curious to know if each of these is getting 1 switch icon or 6 switch icons though. They changed to individual game icons for the third collection and it bugs the shit out of me.
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1 Switch icon. Launcher. No shortcuts here!

SpaceCrystal said:
But they only have them as Limited Editions, & are selling them for $60 each.

I'll pass. I can go on Amazon Japan or Play-Asia & easily get the standard editions of the Japanese versions of these collections for between $30 to $37 apiece, both volumes (under "Psikyo Shooting Library").
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There's 3 volumes of 4 games through the SEA version versus 2 volumes of 6 games + the bonuses for our version (sort of a wash, price wise). The Standard Edition of these games is a traditional Special Edition (much like how we did Lapis x Labyrinth and Liar Princess).

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wow, i'm actually glad i waited.

i wish there was a play to play the DC version of Gunbird 2.
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My actual first question when I first heard about it. ~_~ Morrigan!
eXistor said:
If they're physical like in Japan, I'm in. I have a Flip Grip on the way as we speak, so this would be great.
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Confirmed to work with Flip Grip! TATE mode at your fingertips! (I mean, available for everyone, but Flip Grip makes it extra comfy~)

If ya'll are looking for some cool interviews from 1997 from Psikyo devs at the time I ran across this translated article while doing research on the titles.
 
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Hero of Legend

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ToraShiro said:
It's an announcement but not the one alluded to. PAX will have a DIFFERENT announcement yet to come!



1 Switch icon. Launcher. No shortcuts here!



There's 3 volumes of 4 games through the SEA version versus 2 volumes of 6 games + the bonuses for our version (sort of a wash, price wise). The Standard Edition of these games is a traditional Special Edition (much like how we did Lapis x Labyrinth and Liar Princess).



My actual first question when I first heard about it. ~_~ Morrigan!


Confirmed to work with Flip Grip! TATE mode at your fingertips! (I mean, available for everyone, but Flip Grip makes it extra comfy~)

If ya'll are looking for some cool interviews from 1997 from Psikyo devs at the time I ran across this translated article while doing research on the titles.
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Was it ever considered to make it one collection with all 12 games?

And thanks for dropping by to answer questions! Really looking forward to the PAX announcement! :D
 
Proteus

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So this is just a physical release of what is available digitally? They are not repackaging them into bundles digitally? I still need to buy then.
 
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Hero of Legend

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ToraShiro said:
Was never in the cards!
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Shame. But I guess you have to consider:

- File/cart size
- Cost of the game itself

Meaning if 12 games are quite chunky (these aren't 8-bit SNK games after all!), then that could require at least... an 8GB card, MAYBE 16GB? If these are supposed to be reasonably cheap, then maybe the profit margin would not be that high.

Though you say you're selling these as special editions only at retail like Laps and Liar Princess, that's like $40 USD or $50 CDN right? Well, you have to consider balancing the cost of the bonus goodies as well.

I'm just thankful it's 2 collections of 6 and not 3 of 4! :P
 
Fularu

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40 usd to ship to Canada

Fuck this, Nisa is absolutely horrible to deal with. It sucks because I wanted those soundtracks
 
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Fularu said:
40 usd to ship to Canada

Fuck this, Nisa is absolutely horrible to deal with. It sucks because I wanted those soundtracks
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Aren't most places expensive to ship up to Canada in general? I don't think a lot of companies really get that good of global shipping deals... Even VGP ships their US sold goods from an address across the border.
 
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Aren't most places expensive to ship up to Canada in general? I don't think a lot of companies really get that good of global shipping deals... Even VGP ships their US sold goods from an address across the border.
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Nisa is more egregious

They are now on par with Analog in the overcharging department.

Even LRG fixed their shit about it
 
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mute said:
That's good news. I can see why one might want to do it that way I just hate all of the icons coming to the front of my icon list if I'm only going to be playing one.
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All I can say is "First party compliance."

delalaser said:
ToraShiro is it releasing on eshop in NA?
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Yup! And like LxL and Liar Princess, the digital version will be offered for less.

Fularu said:
Those games have all been released on the eshop individually as far as I know
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10/12 of them. And it is more expensive to get them individually, digitally.
 
Fularu

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ToraShiro said:
All I can say is "First party compliance."



Yup! And like LxL and Liar Princess, the digital version will be offered for less.



10/12 of them. And it is more expensive to get them individually, digitally.
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Right, I'm just saying that most of those games have been out already so a digital version makes less sense since you can pick up the good games and avoid the crappy ones (like the Soul Divide games)
 
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