This Wednesday: Triggerheart Exelica comes to XBLA

by Justin McElroy { Feb 26th 2008 at 9:15AM }

Most of you readers probably already know what's coming to the XBLA this week, but just in case some of you aren't weekend readers, we figured we should remind you that this week's XBLA release is an exceedingly odd shooter called Triggerheart Exelica.

We also wanted to type Triggerheart Exelica again to confirm our suspicion that it was one of the dumbest names for a videogame of all time. Debate it all you like in the comments, but trust us on this one. It's bad. It's like ... Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt bad.

Tags: triggerheart-exelica, xbla, xblawednesday

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chase @ Feb 26th 2008 9:22AM

Where is Ikaruga? ;'[

Demaar @ Feb 26th 2008 9:33AM

Not accounting for taste in names, it's not that bad. Personally I reckon it's kinda cool... in a random sort of way.

Also yeah, seconding the "where's Ikaruga?" question.

xFenixKnightx @ Feb 26th 2008 9:33AM

Pass, maybe Ill DL the trial though just to give it a go. But like Chase asked, where IS Ikaruga?

AirIntake @ Feb 26th 2008 9:35AM

Man, the music is terrible, and the sound sample of the chick yelling is annoyingly repetitive (listen to it in the earlier video, it'll drive you insane). The only way this game could be more Japanese would be for it to feature gay vampire furries. I love shmups though, so I hope it plays better than it sounds.

Baligouxji @ Feb 26th 2008 9:46AM

So still no word if it's coming to North America? Or is this confirming it?

Faar @ Feb 26th 2008 9:47AM

Not interested, unless there's an option to rotate the level into a fullscreen sidescroller.

I didn't buy a widescreen TV to be forced to squint looking at a tiny narrow strip of graphics running down the middle!

Besides, there seems just way too many enemy bullets on the screen for my taste. Wasted efforts making this game; people don't like to pay for software that humiliate them by filling the screen with deadly projectiles...

Seishino @ Feb 26th 2008 12:30PM

"Wasted efforts making this game; people don't like to pay for software that humiliate them by filling the screen with deadly projectiles..."

You're not a Shmup player, are you? For us strange dedicated hardcore shooter fans, this is more or less ideal.*

*Custom soundtracks make the music tolerable.

Yourself @ Feb 26th 2008 10:20AM

1. The last video for this game was turned on its side, check that post.

2. I suppose you've never heard the terms "bullet-hell" and "bullet-curtain"? Schmup fans tend to love such games, as do our Far Eastern friends. As far as I'm concerned, they play no better than that name sounds.

rudimentalist @ Feb 26th 2008 10:22AM

"Wasted efforts making this game; people don't like to pay for software that humiliate them by filling the screen with deadly projectiles..."

Speak for yourself, since Japanese people have been eating the stuff up since 1993 or so. Just look up some footage of Batsugun on Youtube.

Faar @ Feb 26th 2008 11:18AM

@Yourself:

1: You're not making sense. The graphics in the video clearly isn't rotated; score numbers are easily readable for starters. The game shows a tiny gaming area with huge sidebars which are nothing but a giant waste of space. Hopefully there IS an option somewhere to actually rotate the game, like with Ikaruga (which I didn't like, but at least it had the option for fullscreen gfx).

2: Yes, of course I've heard the terms, but last I checked this wasn't japan. I know of no large followings of such games in the west, and developing purely for japanese XBL market isn't going to make anyone rich... ;)

Yourself @ Feb 26th 2008 12:08PM

Just so we're clear, this is the video I was talking about. http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/23/triggerheart-exelica-screams-onto-xbla-on-february-27/
As in "last video," "check that post."
I expect this is evidence of the option to rotate the game, similar to Ikaruga. If you're curious as to why the numbers are sideways as well, it's because the idea is that the (idiotic) player can turn the TV on it's side (if he wants to break it).

EdZ @ Feb 26th 2008 4:44PM

So, your complaint is that the game is too much like a japanese-style shooter? You do realise that it IS a japanese shoter, and that actually getting a release outside of japan (and localised to boot) is a pretty nifty thing for those who enjoy these games? It'd be like complaining that Mass Effect is a terrible game because you don't get to summon pokemon. Just because it isn't a genre you like, doesn't make it a bad game.

@yourself
Or, they own a monitor on a swivel-mount.

Chris @ Feb 26th 2008 10:01AM

With the three anime girls it reminds me of a good version of that mini game you play in No More Heroes.

Neon Jebus @ Feb 26th 2008 10:15AM

I hadn't noticed this weeks release because I only read news from the superior McElroy skin suit!

I would apologize to Griffin but I think they keep him in suspended animation until Friday afternoons.

ThornedVenom (Patapornographer) @ Feb 26th 2008 10:23AM

I don't mind the generic high-paced action music, but the sound samples are simply unimaginative and neglected.

Developers should pay more attention to audio when they're making games, because visuals may create primary appeal but sounds create a long-lasting experience.