PSP - PC Engine Best Collection Soldier Collection - info?

[Keranu]

gunhed never was a part of the soldier-serie. not even a little bit. it's just a misbelief

 Funny, 'cause the first boss of Gunhed is in Star Parodia

Don't forget the bubble level in Star Parodia! There is no doubt about the small presence of Gunhed spoofs in Star Parodia.

[Tatsujin]

gunhed never was a part of the soldier-serie. not even a little bit. it's just a misbelief

 Funny, 'cause the first boss of Gunhed is in Star Parodia

Don't forget the bubble level in Star Parodia! There is no doubt about the small presence of Gunhed spoofs in Star Parodia.

that was never the point. please go back and read the whole thing again 

[runinruder]

NEC originally billed Super Star Soldier as a "follow up" to Blazing Lazers in America because BL was one of their very few "successful" games here.  It was the same notion that was behind the dubbing of Ankoku Densetsu as "The Legendary Axe II" here.

That being said, Tatsujin is correct: Gunhed/BL is not part of the Star Soldier series.  Sure, you can catch similar sound effects here and boss cameos there if you compare one with the other, but while those may represent reverential "nods," they in no way make Gunhed a member of the SS series.  After all, Gunhed shares far more in common with Super Aleste/Space Megaforce, right down to the "field thunder" armament, than it does with any Soldier game.  It could be said just as easily, then, that Gunhed belongs to the Aleste series (a more easily supportable assertion since Compile was also behind that particular series and so many elements were similar between the games involved, from gameplay style to weaponry).

Anyway, Gunhed/BL is a standalone effort--not quite an Aleste game and certainly not a Star Soldier episode. 

[Tatsujin]

the only thing they do really share, they were part of the yearly caravan shooting competition. hence (except for super star soldier) there exist a special version only deticated for those competitions.

an other observation is the numbering from hudson. gunhed is #19, while SSS (#30), FS (#40) & SB (#50) shares the decadic-numbers. not really saying anyting, but just an observation

[Keranu]

gunhed never was a part of the soldier-serie. not even a little bit. it's just a misbelief

 Funny, 'cause the first boss of Gunhed is in Star Parodia

Don't forget the bubble level in Star Parodia! There is no doubt about the small presence of Gunhed spoofs in Star Parodia.

that was never the point. please go back and read the whole thing again 

I wasn't really referring to the debate you two were in, I'm just saying that Gunhed spoofs are present in SP. I don't consider Gunhed to be an official game in the Star Soldier series, but there is strong influence between the two series.

[Duo_R]

Tatsu - is that the Vol numbering you are referring to? What was the deal with the numbering? Is one game a "volume?"

the only thing they do really share, they were part of the yearly caravan shooting competition. hence (except for super star soldier) there exist a special version only deticated for those competitions.

an other observation is the numbering from hudson. gunhed is #19, while SSS (#30), FS (#40) & SB (#50) shares the decadic-numbers. not really saying anyting, but just an observation

[Tatsujin]

yeah, hudson numbered their hucard games from vol. 1~61. unfortunately. 26 and 48 do not exist, which makes a total of 59 official games from hudson on huey:



well, in fact there are 60 hueys by hudson. blue blink (aoi burinku), is also released by hudson, but licensed to NHK for the TV series from osuma tezuka. so this could have been probably the planed vol. 26.