R-TYPE TACTICS - PSP (turn-based strategy R-Type!)

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R-TYPE TACTICS for PSP ( turn-based strategy R-Type ! )



talk about "I never in a million years saw that one coming"

a famous space shmup / shoot 'em up series,
(the first game being the first killer-app for the PC-Engine btw)
becomes a turn-based hexagonal strategy game for PSP.

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Reference: wayback.1up.com/reviews/r-type-command

The first thing I thought when I saw this was, "R-Type Nectaris"   

Although I seriously still want a new Nectaris / Military Madness game on PSP, or DS. 

However R-Type Tactics looks like it'll be a must-have, even if it's not localized--Neo Nectaris wasn't, and that didn't stop me from importing it.

[handygrafx]

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/PSP/R-Type+...news.asp?c=3141

R-Type Tactics announced for PSP
A change of direction for the classic shooter franchise?
       
Product: R-Type Tactics
Developer: Irem
Genre: Shooter, Strategy

by João Diniz Sanches

Irem has just revealed R-Type Tactics to the Japanese press. The latest instalment in the popular shoot-'em-up series, the screenshots of Tactics revealed so far (in the trusty Japanese magazine Famitsu) look suitably beautiful, but then graphical splendour has traditionally been a hallmark of the series.

As has relentless alien blasting, of course. However, the new game's name suggests a change for the series. Indeed, reports claim R-Type Tactics is a turn-based affair rather than the straightforward side-scrolling shooting action typically associated with the game's predecessors (which date back to the late '80s). This would certainly tie-in with the wi-fi multiplayer support the game is said to feature.

We'll keep an eye on this one and report back once we have more details.

wayback.kotaku.com/gaming/holy-shit/r+type-tactics

Holy S***
R-Type Tactics... R-Type. Tactics.

Looks like Irem wasn't kidding when it titled R-Type Final, the supposed final shoot 'em up in the long running, hard-as-hell sidescrolling series. Yes, details are scarce, but from what we can gather by these awful, awful scans from the latest Famitsu, R-Type is ditching twitch gameplay for a more chin-rubbingly strategic bent. Hex-based, turn-based and awesome-based, R-Type Tactics looks like a crazy cross-genre shooter that's just crazy enough to work.

I promise, I'll be watching like a hawk for any and all updates on R-Type Tactics. Keep your eyes peeled for news and the inevitable online campaign for a North American release.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=164635

New R-Type takes flight on PSP
Wednesday 23-May-2007 12:56 PM
R-Type Tactics looks to take the series in a new direction

PSP will be the home of the next R-Type game, titled R-Type Tactics, reveals the latest issue of Famitsu magazine.

Firm gameplay details are yet to be revealed, but the word 'Tactics' in the title suggests it being some sort of turn-based strategy battle game, a theory supported by one of the screens in a blurry photo of the magazine. Just look to the right at the screen above the black box - that looks like a grid-based battle system to us.

We'd hope that the traditional shoot-'em-up gameplay of the series isn't completely abandoned, but we'll have to wait and see.

[Hobo Xiphas]

Like I said in the other thread, this game is going to be awesome.

[CrackTiger]

Holy shit!  This looks like my kind of game!  Too bad it is for PSP!

But I am a sucker for anything that uses hexagons!

I only play war sims that use hexagon grids.

Lords of the Rising Sun being the one exception.

This game makes sense to me, having played Vasteel.

[Kitsunexus]

They...they ruined R-Type.... 

[esteban]

Holy moly, I am intrigued by this game...

[Ninja Spirit]

I seriously can't wait for this. I'm sure alot of you didn't know the Gradius series went the strategy route.

Way back in 1989, there was Cosmic Wars for Famicom

http://www.vgmuseum.com/pics3/cosmicwars.html

Eight years later, Parodius got one too (Paro Wars)

[esteban]

Hey Ninja, I've never heard of those games before -- if you've played them... are they any good?

[Ninja Spirit]

I only played a rom of Cosmic Wars for just a few minutes a long time back, so I can't make a rational answer of good or bad.

[handygrafx]

R-Type Tactics  gameplay trailer, almost 4 minutes long!

[Turbo D]

They...they ruined R-Type.... 

agreed

[Keranu]

Screw you guys, this looks frickin' sweet!

[guyjin]

indeed. After you get over the initial 'WTF' it acutally makes sense. here's hoping for a translation! 

[Kitsunexus]

After I watched the vid, I admit it's pretty cool, but we still better get an R-type collections disc.

[Turbo D]

Ya, it does look cool, but it is not r-type.

[handygrafx]

Got mine

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Everyone should go out and buy R-Type Command. Irem & Atlus did a nice job on packaging up a decent/average game.

It's slow (much slower than AW) and slower than the original Military Madness, but about the same speed as say, Neo Nectaris or Nectaris on PS1, but R-Type Command is addictive.

Perhaps Hudson is watching. If Command sells decently (doubtful but who knows, AW took off) then maybe Hudson will concider making another Nectaris game.