Ha! I know what you're thinking. You're thinking 'crap, I forgot to download Dodonpachi Resurrection for the iPhone this week.' No worries. I did too. Cave's shmup has only been out for about 4 days now, but it's already seeing an impressive response on the App Store, with 30,000 downloads in only 4 days. This makes DDPR the number one game on the Japanese App Store and the Number two game in America, France and China.
I hope this says to Cave (and other game makers) that we want quality experiences on the iPhone, and that not everything needs to be simple games about flicking frogs or steering cars. This is a very faithful arcade port with some real work put into playability for the iDevices.
Cave, thanks for the love. Add one more to your count today.
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Anyway, this is great. Muchi Muchi Pork next, please!
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Of course Cave fans are annoyed. Shmups are a niche genre full of purists (I'm one of them). I don't think racing fans would be very happy if Gran Turismo 6 were released with motion controls only and no steering wheel support.
Question: Why do we follow iPhone stories?
If you like Cave, you like shmups, then getting a J-360 is the only route to take nowadays short of buying a cab or a Supergun.