Exclusive: CAVE "Investigating" Akai Katana Shin iOS Port
Studying feedback of Deathsmiles first.
CAVE WEEK Exclusive: CAVE is looking into producing a smartphone port of Akai Katana Shin, SPOnG can reveal.
In an interview to be published tomorrow, CAVE World manager and contents creation group head Yukihiro Masaki said that it was a high possibility that the newly announced bullet hell shooter, announced for a European release on Xbox 360 by Rising Star Games at MCM Expo in October, could hop onto mobile platforms.
"We're investigating," Masaki said specifically of an Akai Katana Shin port. "We're looking at data from users playing [previous iOS release] Deathsmiles right now, and seeing how that title is working out first."
Like Deathsmiles before it, Akai Katana Shin eschews the traditional vertical-screen action in favour of a horizontal display. It makes sense therefore, he says, to consider feedback from the studio's past efforts before any decision is made. But it seems like the developer already has an idea of how to carry off such a project.
"Our idea is to manipulate the gameplay elements we've adapted into Deathsmiles into any possible port of Akai Katana. But we're not entirely sure yet on that one."
CAVE is planning to release one more game on iOS this year - Bug Princess - as well as one more unannounced title early next year.
In an interview to be published tomorrow, CAVE World manager and contents creation group head Yukihiro Masaki said that it was a high possibility that the newly announced bullet hell shooter, announced for a European release on Xbox 360 by Rising Star Games at MCM Expo in October, could hop onto mobile platforms.
"We're investigating," Masaki said specifically of an Akai Katana Shin port. "We're looking at data from users playing [previous iOS release] Deathsmiles right now, and seeing how that title is working out first."
Like Deathsmiles before it, Akai Katana Shin eschews the traditional vertical-screen action in favour of a horizontal display. It makes sense therefore, he says, to consider feedback from the studio's past efforts before any decision is made. But it seems like the developer already has an idea of how to carry off such a project.
"Our idea is to manipulate the gameplay elements we've adapted into Deathsmiles into any possible port of Akai Katana. But we're not entirely sure yet on that one."
CAVE is planning to release one more game on iOS this year - Bug Princess - as well as one more unannounced title early next year.
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