Big Bang Beat 2 Announced

November 14th, 2009

 

OH HEY, GUYS. COMIKET 77 SEASON ALREADY!?

In hindsight, I really should have made the rounds for the doujin news back when I saw the first announcement. Too late for that now, I guess! Anyway, Frontier Aja’s announced the sequel to Big Bang Beat, based on AliceSoft’s rather excellent SRPG Big Bang Age. Aside from big baddie Kamui, they’re also adding the most delicious Erika, and Kinako, both from the School chapter. I always felt bad passing up Erika. She was so strong through the first half of the game and such a fun character, but two good characters (Kendo and Kyuudo) trump one great one. Poor Erika. I have no pity for Kinako though. She was pathetic and weak while Burai was a beast.

Posted in Big Bang Beat | 6 Comments »

6 Shouts From the Peanut Gallery

  • Steven Den Beste says:
    November 14, 2009 at 12:49 am

    Is Comiket twice a year? I thought it was only August. (I guess if it’s up to #77, it’s probably four times a year.)

  • DK says:
    November 17, 2009 at 10:43 am

    Wow… I thought they forgot about Big Bang Beat completely…

  • Kraker2k says:
    November 18, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    Wow, I thought they had let this franchise to rot after the 1st game’s support dwindled. Hopefully this one might have netplay so that it’ll outlive it’s predecessor.

  • LoliSauce says:
    November 24, 2009 at 2:42 am

    Actually, Frontier Aja didn’t control the license for the engine that Big Bang Beat was on, so after they split off from NRF they couldn’t continue any work on BBB or start work on BBB2.

    They said that they worked on Koumajou Densetsu for Summer Comiket to get a feel for making a game engine from scratch, since platformer engines are mad easy compared to fighter engines. I guess they felt prepared enough to tackle BBB2 with that under their belt. Hopefully this sequel is actually, you know, good. (and it should be, since Frontier Aja actually values customer support, even to their English/French audiences!)

  • yubisakimilktea(shiki) says:
    February 19, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    Insane, I’ve never had the chance to play Big Bang Age but i loved Big Bang Beat. Fighters that smooth are hard to come by.