Senran Kagura Anonymous 03/19/15 (Thu) 09:32:21 53de58 No. 3932
I'm a big fan of the Senran Kagura series; having only played Burst though I feel like my scope on the series is rather limited. Is Shinovi Versus worth getting a Vita for? If I did get a Vita for it I'd get Estival Versus for it too when it eventually gets localised because fuck getting a ps4. What are the pros and cons of Shinovi Versus anyway? I heard there's some abusable mechanics but nothing too game breaking, also how do the characters change gameplay wise from the transition to full 3D.boots
Anonymous 03/19/15 (Thu) 09:38:33 d756c2 No. 3936
>>3932 Could you sell me on the appeal of Senran Kagura? I don't quite understand the gameplay, although I very much do see the appeal of the fanservice.
What is the Entry SK title for a new user?
Anonymous 03/19/15 (Thu) 09:47:20 92335d No. 3939
>>3936 I assume it's shit, seeing that only things posted about that is porn and no gameplay.
Anonymous 03/19/15 (Thu) 09:52:17 53de58 No. 3942
>>3936 Like I said I've only played Burst but what I like most about it is it's in my opinion a great handheld title. The gameplay is simple but enjoyable with a focus on aerial combat as a lot of your combos end with launching the enemy or groups of enemies. A short window opens, signified with a green ring popping out, where you press A and follow them up into the air for aerial combos. It's great for short bursts of gameplay which is why I think it works great as a handheld title, It can be a pain to play for extended time periods because of the simplistic combat but for say brackets of 45mins to say an hour and a half is great.
The story isn't anything amazing but I think it characterises the girls in the game well, they all have their own shortcomings, insecurities, and reasons for being where they are right now, also there's some slightly darker than expected moments that contrast the regular light heartedness which is nice. I was pleasantly surprised at least since I expected just shit from the story.
Basically if you treat burst like it is, a handheld game designed to be played on the go then it's good, extended periods the simplicity of the combat gets boring, also it can get very grindy if you want to unlock everything. Burst is probably the best entry point in that regard but it's far from perfect, I've heard shinovi versus and senran kagura 2 improve the gameplay quite a bit but I'm yet to play them so I can't really comment.
Anonymous 03/19/15 (Thu) 10:25:10 d756c2 No. 3958
>>3942 Sounds neat enough. I'll look into the 3DS release of the franchise when I get my 3DS but it doesn't quite have me sold on it like MonHunt.
>>3939 The amount of porn of a vidya franchise is directly proportional to the autism of its fanbase. Sometimes a good thing or a bad thing.
Anonymous 03/19/15 (Thu) 16:22:17 f56ec4 No. 3993
>>3936 I actually wanted to play the game in spite of the fanservice. Not that I didn't enjoy it once I got into things, however. But I got into Shinovi Versus because I wanted a fun, if a bit shallow, Musou game with ninja powers.
>>3939 >assume To be fair, if you take a screenshot of any story moment or reaction shot, chances are that it's going to look like a still from a hentai.
Anonymous 03/19/15 (Thu) 17:06:51 8a1bbe No. 4004
>>3932 >Is Shinovi Versus worth getting a Vita for? Personally I think getting a console, even a handheld, for just one game is a bit much. Check out some of the the other games on the vita and see if they interest you.
>how do the characters change gameplay wise from the transition to full 3D. It didn't change that much to me. Their moves were changed a little but it still plays similar to Burst, but now you control the camera.
>Pros Larger cast to play around with. More character customization. Leveling up easier than in Burst. More options for Aerial combat. The addition of blocking/parrying and breach arts also change up the gameplay a bit. Four separate stories to play through, with character getting a personal story broken up into 5 missions. The AI for rival shinobi is improved, especially in the last chapter of each story.
>Cons Camera can get stuck in weird ways when using the lock on, some people don't even bother using the lock on because of that. It's easier than Burst but that's not too bad considering there's a hard mode version of each mission. Suzune and Daidouji are DLC. Lots of cosmetic DLC. Some breach arts are very abusable, like Ryouna's. Parrying can make the game even easier once you get the timing down.
There's a couple more pros and cons but those are the main ones for me.
Anonymous 03/19/15 (Thu) 22:55:08 e02385 No. 4181
I can say I've become a big fan too OP. I thought Shinovi Versus wasn't coming out so I imported it last year and had a blast playing it. There were some annoying gameplay flaws though. Like how clothes tearing would ruin the flow of combat. Every time you used ninpo, you had to skip the scene and both of these problems were fixed in multiplayer but you had no option to turn them off in singleplayer. Thankfully, both problems were fixed with Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson which I imported as well. It's even better than SV IMO and just a great game in general. Anyway, there are more things I didn't like about the game but they were pretty minor.>2 man duo system and team supers from Deep Crimson >Slowed down some characters and changed their breach artes to make them feel more unique instead of nearly everyone being Sanic >Wet, see-through clothing added in >Bought in poses and facial expressions from SK2 and added onto it. You can now have 5 characters in the dressing room >Great deal of customization now >25 (or 27) characters >Dat soundtrack >Mfw
Anonymous 03/19/15 (Thu) 23:37:11 8a1bbe No. 4205
>>4181 >Like how clothes tearing would ruin the flow of combat. Every time you used ninpo, you had to skip the scene and both of these problems were fixed in multiplayer but you had no option to turn them off in singleplayer. I hate how disruptive those cutscenes are in Burst and SV.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 02:31:45 177351 No. 4334
Anyone have that Senran pic of two girls in bikinis running down a beach, with the one behind the other groping the other in front and stealing her bra?
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 02:36:15 bb176a No. 4339
The fanservice is hot as fuck, but I'd like good gameplay for a video game as well. Does it play like Dynasty Warriors advance? Also, can you get it retail in NA?
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 02:44:44 8a1bbe No. 4342
>>4334 Are you referring to any of these images?
>>4339 I never knew there was a dynasty warriors game for the GBA. If you're asking about SV, you can find physical copies. Burst was digital only.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 02:51:47 bb176a No. 4346
>>4342 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty_Warriors_Advance It's a really fun game IMO, repetitive, but fun.
Which of the two is better? I prefer retail copies and don't like the idea of buying nintendo store cards or putting my debit on my account to use the wireless I'm not near a stable connection for 90% of the time.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 02:58:06 8a1bbe No. 4347
>>4346 I'm guessing you have both a 3DS and a vita then. Personally I'd go with Burst first. Do keep in mind that when SV came out in the US, Burst went on sale in the e-shop for a week. The same will probably happen the week SK2 comes out. Actually if you want musou style go with SV, Burst is a sidescroller.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 03:19:13 177351 No. 4352
>>4342 Thank you for the pics! It's like the first one, but the darker haired girl is the one being groped.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 03:32:54 8a1bbe No. 4356
>>4352 Couldn't find anything else like that in my SK folder. Have a youma illustration.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 03:39:27 177351 No. 4359
>>4356 Thanks for looking and for the pic. I love the detail.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 03:44:12 8a1bbe No. 4363
>>4359 Youma designs are really nice. I wish the US release of SK2 got an artbook because it'd have stuff like this in it.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 03:50:09 177351 No. 4368
>>4363 American is so tsundere for Youma.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 03:51:32 5c8ea4 No. 4370
>>3932 I removed the watermarks using The GIMP. Here's the result if anybody wants it.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 03:55:31 8a1bbe No. 4372
>>4368 That's one way of looking at it.
>>4370 Cool.
Anonymous 03/23/15 (Mon) 07:46:53 00aba7 No. 6226
>>4339 I think EU was the only region to get burst retail but Shinovi Versus is retail definitelly
Anonymous 03/23/15 (Mon) 10:36:25 9d4eba No. 6266
>>4339 >>6226 NA was digital only. JP/EU got retail and digital.
Shinovi got a collectors edition with an artbook as well, I think.
Crimson is getting a physical release in both EU/NA iirc.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 02:04:59 06ac04 No. 6607
I imported the first game, thought it was unexpectedly decent, but never felt much desire to play Burst. I liked SV much more.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 02:15:03 d65454 No. 6612
I enjoyed Shinovi Versus, but I thought that the game was very very repetitive. The combat is basically an improved Dynasty Warriors combat (which isn't a BAD thing, per se) but the level design left a lot to be desired, and the whole thing was linear from start to finish (not to mention that pretty much every level was the same shit)after getting a review code at the end of November, despite being told we'd get one before release. Fuck One PR. and my conclusion was that it was a decent game, but unless you could get really into the fanservice the game itself would get repetitive by the time you got through one of the 4 stories.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 02:34:52 06ac04 No. 6617
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Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 02:49:27 f8027a No. 6622
>>6607 I'd like to play SK2 also, I'm wondering how necessary it'll be from a plot perspective to have played shinovi versus though, as I became surprisingly invested in following the stories of my favourite titty ninjas
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 03:35:55 d7b335 No. 6639
How do I get this game for 3ds without over paying?
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 04:52:24 8a1bbe No. 6668
>>6607 When you say first game do you mean Senran Kagura - Portrait of Girls?
>>6612 Are you a techraptor employee? I haven't played SK2 and EV isn't even out yet. I agree it does tend to get repetitive and level design is boring.
>>6622 There's a couple of callbacks to the plot of Burst and really important speech Hanzo gives in the crimson squad story. I loved the Burst girls in SV.
>>6639 Flashcart or import maybe. Alternatively, Burst went on sale in the e-shop a week before SV came out, the same will probably happen the week before SK2 is released.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 04:54:59 06ac04 No. 6672
>>6668 >When you say first game do you mean Senran Kagura - Portrait of Girls? Yes.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 04:57:31 8a1bbe No. 6673
>>6672 Thanks for clearing that up. How much of an improvement is Burst?
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 05:03:29 06ac04 No. 6676
>>6673 Admittedly it's been a few years since I played it, but I recall the R button moves being too easy to spam and the aerial combos not being as satisfying to execute.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 05:05:43 8a1bbe No. 6679
>>6676 That so? Thanks, I think this is the first time I've run into an anon who's played PoG.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 05:10:36 06ac04 No. 6681
>>6679 Yeah, in the end it wasn't really worth it to import a 3DS. I was expecting the library to be as good as the DS's, and I was learning Japanese so I wanted some fun reinforcement/practice.
Now I mostly play Japanese games on my Vita/PS4/PC.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 05:12:53 8a1bbe No. 6682
>>6681 > I was expecting the library to be as good as the DS's I know that feel. I was expecting a sidescrolling castlvania and a Final Fantasy Tactics game for the 3DS, among other things.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 05:20:51 d65454 No. 6683
>>6668 Maybe.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 05:23:16 8a1bbe No. 6684
>>6683 I realize now that was a stupid thing to ask.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 05:31:43 d65454 No. 6685
>>6684 Eh not really; I'm the same anon that posted the Rodea pics on /v/.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 05:35:30 8a1bbe No. 6686
>>6685 Oh right, in that thread about the announcements NISA was going to make a while back. You said OnePR was incompetent back then too.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 05:43:39 b0631b No. 6691
>>6686 Yup. Like I said before; NISA is much easier to deal with than XSEED in regards to intercompany relations. It still cracks me up how simple the password for the NISA press site is.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 05:49:28 8a1bbe No. 6694
>>6691 >Different ID So what, does NISA put all the money that should go to QA in PR instead?
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 05:52:56 d65454 No. 6696
>>6694 Switched to my phone. Iunno. They have a very professional and easy to navigate press site though. And they give out review copies like candy.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 06:00:07 8a1bbe No. 6697
>>6696 So they whore themselves out to whatever site will give them coverage? But back on topic, I've heard that SK2 is harder and faster paced compared to Burst and SV and additional improvements made to the combat. It also has co-op and runs at much better frame rate than Burst.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 06:03:06 d65454 No. 6700
>>6697 Pretty much, yeah. That's good to hear; I've been debating whether or not to pick up whether or not to pick up SK2, but I think I will.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 06:06:16 8a1bbe No. 6703
>>6700 I'm just repeating what I've heard from importfags, one of whom actually streamed SK2. It looks great from what I've seen.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 06:17:14 4352fa No. 6708
Am I correct in thinking that the physical copies of SK2 in America will be limited?
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 06:18:40 8a1bbe No. 6709
>>6708 They're doing the same thing they did with SV. Only the Limited edition of the game is a physical copy. That being said, physical copies of SV for sale are hardly scarce.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 06:19:05 06ac04 No. 6710
>>6708 I would expect it. It seems like any but the most mainstream 3DS games are limited printings.
From what I understand, it's quite expensive to do a second batch.
Anonymous 03/26/15 (Thu) 08:04:30 06ac04 No. 7646
Just finished the prologue in Estival Versus.
Anonymous 03/26/15 (Thu) 08:24:42 8a1bbe No. 7652
>>7646 >the events of this game are likely not to have any significant effect on the game's universe. Well the versus titles are supposed to be spinoffs. The game's been out for about a day in Japan right? Do you live there or did you sign up for rush delivery?
Anonymous 03/26/15 (Thu) 08:26:21 06ac04 No. 7653
>>7652 I downloaded it from PSN.
Anonymous 03/26/15 (Thu) 08:30:07 8a1bbe No. 7654
>>7653 That didn't even occur to me as a possibility. I'm going to bed, have fun anon.
Anonymous 03/26/15 (Thu) 12:53:46 9967c9 No. 7678
>>7646 Boobs don't even work like that.
Anonymous 03/26/15 (Thu) 14:34:12 06ac04 No. 7691
Anonymous 03/26/15 (Thu) 22:01:14 9967c9 No. 7823
>>7713 Boobs don't even work like that in clothes either.
Anonymous 03/29/15 (Sun) 08:16:32 213d99 No. 8837
>>7823 that's why 2D>3D Make the impossible possible
Anonymous 04/06/15 (Mon) 19:20:25 1b8133 No. 11640
>>7713 speaking of DLC how is it in Shinovi Versus, I'd like to get the game but I recall there being a bit of DLC
Anonymous 04/07/15 (Tue) 12:53:26 48c931 No. 11819
Man, the OVA didn't have enough Mirai. My heart broke a little when I saw that…
Anonymous 04/07/15 (Tue) 13:49:44 c9ce41 No. 11831
>Sees this >Huh, sounds like a fun little beat'em up with tits. >Purchases >30fps
Anonymous 04/07/15 (Tue) 15:31:40 4f808f No. 11848
>>11831 Why didn't you ask?
Anonymous 04/15/15 (Wed) 07:55:57 0a9106 No. 13759
I'm tempted to get estival versus, how bad is the framerate compared to the PS4 version? I heard that there's some drops on Vita.