DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label EXTRA Delayed

The DonPachi series, and DoDonPachi in particular, are some of my all-time favorite shooters. Cave are one of the few companies who really seem to get the Bullet Curtain-style of shooters balanced right, and even though my skill falls right apart after the second stage, I enjoy the hell out of them.

The upcoming redux version of DoDonPachi for the Xbox Live Arcade with the ridiculous name DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label EXTRA has unfortunately been pushed back from a Christmas release due to the developer running behind schedule. Too bad, but as long as we get it at all, I'll be extremely happy.

Haiku Tuesday: Ninja Gaiden (Arcade)

Ah, Ninja Gaiden.
How I wanted to love you...
but you were too hard.

Only two buttons-
one to punch and one to flip.
Blocking would be nice.



I heard it has more
than one stage, but I couldn't
tell you that first hand...

...because when you die
you get dumped back out at the
start of the damn stage.



At least you get a
freaking awesome game over
screen when you bite it.

Actually there
was a third button on the
tip of the joystick.

Wikipedia
says it's for walking tightropes.
That is asinine.