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Guardian Heroes Gets Portable Update, Screenshots

Posted by simoniker on from the rah-rah-rah-treasure dept.

Thanks to TotalVideoGames for its article discussing the announcement of the Treasure-developed GBA title, Advanced Guardian Heroes, a "sequel to the much-loved [cult Sega Saturn] title" According to the story, "up to two players [can] link up and take on the Story mode, whilst four players can link up to see who is the best in the VS mode", and there are also screenshots of the game and an official Japanese-language homepage available, and the portable side-scrolling beat-em-up from the uber-cult developers, also makers of Ikaruga, Gunstar Heroes and Radiant Silvergun, is "scheduled for release in Japan" for Game Boy Advance on September 16th, with no Western release date yet announced.

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  1. Treasure Celebration by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    These guys already mention Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun and Gunstar Heroes... I think these are most of the games they've done:

    Bangai-O (*Very* fun N64 / DC shooter. Would be a #1 hit had it been multiplayer)

    Sin and Punishment (very interesting third-person style shooter on N64)

    Silhouette Mirage (interesting PS1 platformer where Ikaruga-like-gameplay first emerged)

    Rakugaki Showtime (interesting Smash Bros-like fighting game on PS1 using very stylized, handdrawn graphics)

    They also did Dynamite Headdy (Gen), Light Crusader (Gen) and a boat-load of licensed games ranging from things like McDonalds (Gen), Tiny Toons (GBA), Wario World (GC) and Yuu Yuu Hakusho (Gen). Someone already mentioned Mischeif Makers. That was fun as well.

    There was also a title on the PS2 called Stretch Panic. I can't really recall any info on this title other than it was more of a third person experiment with the PS2's processing power, and you more or less ran through an elastic world (with the option of combating women bosses with massive breasts whose nipples you grabbed, pulled, and snapped back at them to cause damage. Not kidding, please correct me if I'm wrong).

    From what I have been told before, Treasure was formed from a team from Konami, and were also responsible for the shooter Axelay and the highly renowned/hated Super Castlevania 4. I'd dig more info on that if anyone knows anything, since I've never had it confirmed.