Last year we ran a brief series entitled "That should be on XBLA." In that series we suggested that the arcade classic shooter, Raiden, would be a perfect fit for the service. At the time, we never imagined a full blown sequel would ever arrive on the Xbox 360. Lo and behold: Raiden IV is coming to the Xbox 360. The news comes from a Team Fremont interview with Chong Ahn, product manager for UFO Interactive. UFO Interactive's website, incidentally, doesn't even have an Xbox 360 section. Ahn notes that it has not be decided whether Raiden IV will be a retail product or an Xbox Live Arcade release.
First Ikaruga and now Raiden IV? What did we poor fanboys ever do to deserve this?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-27-2007 @ 4:51PM
Tony said...
I read about this on NeoGAF. I hope we see it relatively soon. I don't know where all these arcade releases go to... I mean, wasn't there supposed to be a bunch of Atari arcade ports in February according to a press release?
2-27-2007 @ 4:53PM
J.Goodwin said...
We must have been doing something right!
Keep it up, whatever it is, we need more of this. WOOOT
2-27-2007 @ 4:58PM
Toph said...
Wow! Okay, in case someone is listening....!...
Simpsons Arcade, please!!!
Bring us REZ! (the original would be just fine..no sequels needed.)
Goldeneye 007 too! Hell, might as dream..someone might be reading this!
2-27-2007 @ 5:00PM
lol_internet said...
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!! I am so excited to see shooters on here!!!
2-27-2007 @ 5:12PM
J8675309 said...
Ikaruga was crazy good, Raiden is crazy fun, good games on Arcade, all is good.
2-27-2007 @ 5:48PM
qbix said...
Dude! I sacrificed so many laundry baskets for this game. Let's just hope it comes ot some time before 2008.
2-27-2007 @ 7:20PM
Hoffer said...
The Raiden Project on the PS1 was one of my favorite games. It had both Raiden 1 and 2. I still play Raiden 2 every couple months. I have said since day one that a Raiden game on XBLA would be awesome!! An entirely new Raiden game is even better. I never even realized there was a Raiden 3.
2-27-2007 @ 8:48PM
Mujah said...
YES!
I haven't gotten my fix for this kind of thing since the Dreamcast was in full swing, and even then Mars Matrix was as good as it got.
Raiden III on PS2 is going to be sweet (thank you, Tekken 5 arcade stick), but Raiden IV on XB360 is going to be even sweeter (thank you, Dead or Alive 4 arcade stick).
YES!!!!