Raiden Fighters Aces

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Raiden Fighters Aces
Raiden Fighters Aces Xbox 360 Japanese box art
Developer(s)	GULTI co.,ltd.
Publisher(s)	Success Corporation, INH CO.,LTD.
Series	Raiden Fighters
Platform(s)	Xbox 360
Release date	JP 2008-03-18 (demo) 2008-03-27[1]
Genre(s)	Top-Down Vertically Scrolling Shooter Game Compilation
Rating(s)	N/A
Media	DVD-ROM
Input methods	Xbox 360 Controller

Raiden Fighters Aces (ライデンファイターズ エイシズ, Raiden Faitāzu Eishizu^?) is a 2008 video game for the Xbox 360, published by Japanese computer software company Success Corporation. It is a compilation of all three video games in the Raiden Fighters series by Seibu Kaihatsu: the first Raiden Fighters (1996), Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive (1997), and Raiden Fighters Jet (1998).^[2]

Raiden Fighters Aces was released in Japan on March 27, 2008, ending a ten-year drought for any Raiden Fighters game to be ported to a home console. During that time period, several past port announcements had been canceled.

Contents 1 Features 2 Demo 3 Previous conversion attempts 4 The Onslaught Raiden Fighters Special Edition 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Features

Raiden Fighters Aces takes advantage of the connectivity of the Xbox 360 and implement various features. The announced features include:

• Full support for vertical monitors^[3]
• Online high-score rankings^[3]
• Upload and download game replay data^[3]
• Strategy guide directly on the game DVD^[3]
• Gameplay videos of Japan's best players on all three games^[3]

[edit] Demo

The demo version of the game includes one stage from each title. It includes Arcade (NORMAL, BOSS RUSH, EXPERT) and Training modes. Available fighters are the standard craft, without secret fighters. Games are set at normal difficulty. Xbox Live features and replays are not implemented.

[edit] Previous conversion attempts

In the past, all attempts of porting the Raiden Fighters games to a home console have failed:

• Victor EA of Japan was working on a Sega Saturn port of the first Raiden Fighters in 1997.
• In 2003, a now-defunct Japanese company, New World System, was working on ports of Raiden Fighters and Raiden Fighters 2 for the Xbox and PC under the name of Raiden Fighters Evolution.^[4]

[edit] The Onslaught Raiden Fighters Special Edition

This is an official game strategy DVD of the game, produced by INH CO.,LTD. It was based on The Onslaught Raiden Fighters walkthrough video series, but with remastered video footage, new tutorial layout, audio commentaries from producers, players, composers. The INH shop order also includes Raiden Fighters Aces Secret File, which includes additional strategies and bonus game production materials. The DVD is included in the limited version of the game.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Raiden Fighters Aces on Success Corporation's official website (Japanese)
• The Onslaught Raiden Fighters Special Edition page

v • d • e Raiden video games Main Series Raiden (1990) · Raiden II (1993) · Raiden DX (1994) · Raiden III (2005) · Raiden IV (2007) Spin-offs Viper Phase 1 (1995) Raiden Fighters series Raiden Fighters (1996) · Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive (1997) · Raiden Fighters Jet (1998) Compilation releases The Raiden Project (1995) · Raiden Fighters Aces (2008)