Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
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On 2007-3-26, Arika
's vice president Ichiro Mihara mentioned the release of Nintendo DS
version of Ketsui in his personal page http://mihara.sub.jp/top/blog/sb203/mihara.cgi?day=20070326. The game, subtitled Death label, was available for download in test events in 2007-3-31. Video footage of the game was also released by Mihara. In the time-limited demo, players had 120 minutes to face off against Doom with a single ship and no bombs.
Another demo event took place at Cave Festival in Akibahara on 2007-9-23 to 2007-9-24. This version has time limit of 24 hours, and contains extra levels.
Arika's DS page was opened on 2008-5-23.
The game adds the ability to save replays, which can be sent to other Nintendo DS units. In addition, it can upload the Ketsui demo game to other game consoles via Download Play. The EVAC Report feature allows players to unlock up to 113 panels covering the 11 bosses' artworks when specific conditions are met, some as simple as changing the sound options or touching all four corners of the screen with the ship, others as complex as defeating a boss in under 15 seconds or clearing Extra Mode. At times, failure to unlock a panel within a certain deadline might partially lock it, requiring further conditions to be met: clearing modes, uncovering entire pictures and/or unlocking certain panels enables questions and replays in the Tell me! IKD-san! extra featurette.
Single player modes:
Multi player modes:
Training mode: Allows selecting stage, boss difficulty, player's ship, ship stock, bomb stock, auto bomb.
magazine reported that 5pb.
's 5pb. Games division would bring three titles, including Ketsui, to the Xbox 360 platform as Xbox Live Arcade titles. However, 5pb. representative Masaki Sakari claimed Microsoft rejected 5pb.'s proposals and 'decided to cut down faithful arcade ports.'http://www.xblah.net/2008/03/5pb.html An Xbox 360 retail version called Kizuna Jigoku Tachi EXTRA was to be released on May 28, 2009 in Japan, however the release date has been pushed back and it was finally released on 22 April 2010.'http://5pb.jp/games/div2/ketsuiex/info/index.html The port is considered to be highly accurate both by Mihara and expert players. The port also contains an exclusive mode "X version".
imode (for 504/505/506 series, FOMA
90*i series) and Yahoo platforms. A DX version for FOMA 900 and 901 was released in 2004. EZWeb version was released in 2005.
Danmakukenteishiken Ketsui hen (弾幕検定死験 -ケツイ編-) is a spin-off title based on Ketsui, released in 2006 for i-mode. This version is a boss battle version of the game, emphasized on dodging bullets. Player goal is to earn ranks by repeatedly defeating the same boss, but with increasing difficulty in successive runs.
Arika
is a Japanese video game developer. It was formed in 1995 by former Capcom employees. The name of the company itself is the reverse of the name of the company's founder, Akira Nishitani, who created Street Fighter II. Arika's first arcade game was Street Fighter EX...
's vice president Ichiro Mihara mentioned the release of Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
version of Ketsui in his personal page http://mihara.sub.jp/top/blog/sb203/mihara.cgi?day=20070326. The game, subtitled Death label, was available for download in test events in 2007-3-31. Video footage of the game was also released by Mihara. In the time-limited demo, players had 120 minutes to face off against Doom with a single ship and no bombs.
Another demo event took place at Cave Festival in Akibahara on 2007-9-23 to 2007-9-24. This version has time limit of 24 hours, and contains extra levels.
Arika's DS page was opened on 2008-5-23.
Retail version
The retail version of the game includes a DVD Superplay video with the current world record.The game adds the ability to save replays, which can be sent to other Nintendo DS units. In addition, it can upload the Ketsui demo game to other game consoles via Download Play. The EVAC Report feature allows players to unlock up to 113 panels covering the 11 bosses' artworks when specific conditions are met, some as simple as changing the sound options or touching all four corners of the screen with the ship, others as complex as defeating a boss in under 15 seconds or clearing Extra Mode. At times, failure to unlock a panel within a certain deadline might partially lock it, requiring further conditions to be met: clearing modes, uncovering entire pictures and/or unlocking certain panels enables questions and replays in the Tell me! IKD-san! extra featurette.
Single player modes:
- Novice: Sea Horse (mid-boss), Gem & Ini (mid-boss), Jamadhar (boss)
- Normal: Black Draft (boss), Bull Frog (boss), Trafalgar (mid-boss), Sphinx (boss)
- Hard A: Sea Horse (mid-boss), Cinderella Amber (boss), Vinogradov (mid-boss)
- Hard B: Gem & Ini (mid-boss), Sphinx (boss), Evaccania (final boss)
- Hard C: Vinogradov (mid-boss), Trafalgar (mid-boss), Black Draft (boss), Evaccania DOOM (true last boss)
- Very Hard: all 10 bosses and mid-bosses at almost arcade difficulty
- Death Label: same as above, with noticeably increased difficulty
- Extra Mode: a graphically toned-down and remixed Stage 5 from the arcade version, preluding a fight with an exclusive, extremely difficult version of Ketsui's True Last Boss - Evaccania DOOM
- DOOM Mode: five battles against an increasingly more difficult True Last Boss - Evaccania DOOM
Multi player modes:
- VS mode: Competes against other player for multiplier chip. When one player has a longer win/loss gauge, multiplier chip goes to that player when an enemy is destroyed.
Training mode: Allows selecting stage, boss difficulty, player's ship, ship stock, bomb stock, auto bomb.
Xbox 360 version
The March 7, 2008 issue issue of Famitsu WeeklyFamitsu
is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Enterbrain, Inc. and Tokuma. Currently, there are five Famitsū magazines: Shūkan Famitsū, Famitsū PS3 + PSP, Famitsū Xbox 360, Famitsū Wii+DS, and Famitsū Wave DVD...
magazine reported that 5pb.
5pb.
is a Japanese video game manufacturer and record label for video game and anime music. 5pb. formed on April 6, 2005 after Chiyomaru Shikura left Scitron to begin the company as its executive director, the position he still holds. The company name is derived from the phrase "The Five powered &...
's 5pb. Games division would bring three titles, including Ketsui, to the Xbox 360 platform as Xbox Live Arcade titles. However, 5pb. representative Masaki Sakari claimed Microsoft rejected 5pb.'s proposals and 'decided to cut down faithful arcade ports.'http://www.xblah.net/2008/03/5pb.html An Xbox 360 retail version called Kizuna Jigoku Tachi EXTRA was to be released on May 28, 2009 in Japan, however the release date has been pushed back and it was finally released on 22 April 2010.'http://5pb.jp/games/div2/ketsuiex/info/index.html The port is considered to be highly accurate both by Mihara and expert players. The port also contains an exclusive mode "X version".
Mobile phone
In 2003, Cave released mobile phone version of the game as 2 separate titles, available forimode (for 504/505/506 series, FOMA
Foma
Foma may refer to:* FOMA , a Japanese mobile telecommunications service* Sergei Fomenko, nicknamed "Foma", Ukrainian musician...
90*i series) and Yahoo platforms. A DX version for FOMA 900 and 901 was released in 2004. EZWeb version was released in 2005.
Danmakukenteishiken Ketsui hen (弾幕検定死験 -ケツイ編-) is a spin-off title based on Ketsui, released in 2006 for i-mode. This version is a boss battle version of the game, emphasized on dodging bullets. Player goal is to earn ranks by repeatedly defeating the same boss, but with increasing difficulty in successive runs.