Finally! Last as usual - US release was 25th Dec 06 - but at least it’s cheaper (800 Wii points) than the Japanese version which costs a hefty 1200 Wii points (split into R-Type I and R-Type II each containing 4 levels).
If this version of R-Type is a big hit IREM might be persuaded to make (or re-release) some more R-Type games, even after R-Type Final was apparently the last game in the series. They even put final in the title to remind us.
Me? I’m playing R-Type at the moment (I wrote this post last night) whilst testing out my new Wii classic controller at the same time (Christmas gift from my brother).
Links:
Wikipedia’s R-Type page
IREM’s R-Type homepage
Popularity: 16% [?]
January 2nd, 2007 at 8:41 pm
its the USA version (in the uk) - with all 8 levels - YAY
January 3rd, 2007 at 10:30 pm
I have just dloaded R-TYPE (yay) - and been trying it out on a PAL Wii with a RGB scart lead.
When you set your tv to be 60hz mode, it all runs fine and dandy - although with the slight bluriness that people have mentioned of wii turbografx games before (emulator output filters output?) - not a big deal, but would be great if they could fix it.
However if you have a PAL wii and your tv cannot support 60hz mode (unlucky you), then what you end up with is pretty shoddy - to get the games to run at 50hz they made them drop frames, so you get this subtle jerking going on as you play, not nice at all - but a damn good incentive to upgrade your tv.
The annoying thing about this is they dont tell you before you buy - they should detail these facts, so if some poor bugger cant run their tv at 60hz - then they should know the game wont run so nicely. And even if your tv can support 60hz, then they should at least tell you `best to play this game at 60hz`.
January 3rd, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Damn, that sucks. I suppose from their POV it’s “compatible”.
January 6th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
I would like to see the latest R-Type as a download for Xbox Live but I’m sure that won’t happen due to the 100 megabyte filesize cap.
January 6th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Yeah, won’t happen on the Xbox. It is annoying for people who have a 20Gb (too small by the way MS. Make some bigger HDDs) HDD to have the Xbox Live games crippled to their 50mb limit.
I just hope lots of people buy R-Type so we can play some of its sequels on the virtual console.