The King of Fighters: SkyStage

On one hand, this is direct-to-XBLA. On the other, SNK might make a decent shooter. There's really no precedent. I'm just hoping that since they're still primarily an arcade developer, they have a better sense of how a shooter should work.

We'll see. The SnS look of the game is pretty funny though.

and the key to avoiding bad 360 pads is to do it up right and get a stick anyway

ESParade it looks like.

It looks more like SnS 2/3 than ESPRaDe.

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Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv

MS really needs to release a controller with a D-pad that doesn't suck ass though.

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Also, the newer generation 360 pads have a WAY better d-pad. The one that came with my elite (bought in February) is pretty fantastic.

Remember Xevious 3D/g+?

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Best of all is the cheat which transforms the Solvalou in either Paul or Heihachi of Tekken fame. They were even given their own hilarious ending FMV.

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

I was sort of excited until I saw the screens. It looks like a ton of other generic modern shooters. I was hoping for a horizontal scroller, too. Hopefully it plays better than it looks.

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Yeah, it's pretty meh to me. I'm sick of the whole bullet death shooter. Give me a old school shmup any day.

This looks atrocious.

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Originally Posted by Korly

http://www.psu.com/media/sfivgiveaway.jpg

Also, the newer generation 360 pads have a WAY better d-pad. The one that came with my elite (bought in February) is pretty fantastic.

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Those pads suck ass from most people I've talked to, plus they're way over priced now if you can find them. I got my 360 in November and the pad still sucks. I'm pretty sure the rumor that they fixed the D-pads has been debunked on a few sites. MS is a bunch of A-holes for having USB ports but not letting any USB controller work on their system. Then I could at least use my Saturn USB pad which has a perfect D-pad.

Most people you talk to are fucking retarded, confirmed.

This sounds odd, but sometimes that makes for a cool game in the end. Looks like SNK is taking Namco's Paul/Heihachi in Xevious 3D/G idea and running all the way with it. These screen shots don't really tell enough IMO. Hopefully SNK has some members of the Blazing Star team on board so this turns out decent.

Fuck Microsoft's CRM (Controller Restriction Management) on the 360. They can make enough royalties on the games. Let's hope our 360 controllers aren't CRMed out of their next system- especially the $150+ SFIV TE sticks, force feedback wheels, etc.