Japan Gaming Guide

The Hudson Soft caravan came to town yesterday. In a blaze of yellow the team showed off their latest titles such as Otoda Master for the DS and Star Soldier R for Wii.

Flamboyant company president ‘Master’ Takahashi was on hand to introduce Star Soldier R, acting as MC for the high score competition. Some of the hardcore fans had been following the tour from city to city to get more chances of grabbing the number 1 spot.

There was also the chance to try Hudson’s shoot-em-up speed tester – a small controller like device with a couple of buttons. Attendees got the chance to see if they could match Master Takahashi’s speed of 16 shots a second, over a 10 second period. In fact the highest score on the day was 233 – pretty impressive – we’d love to know what that guy puts on his cornflakes.

Heading into the caravan itself we were able to try out Otoda Master for DS. There were a selection of objects for making different sounds to attract the game’s pokemon like monsters.

We’re gonna do a separate hands-on with Otoda Master and give you our impressions of Star Soldier R later, so stay tuned if you’re after news on those games.

The tour is still ongoing, and has yet to hit Tokyo, so check out the schedule if you fancy heading along, and competing against some of the most hardcore shoot-em-up players in Japan.

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