Darius Cozmic Collection (Switch) announced

iamaustrian · Jul 2, 2018

Taito announced that the "Darius Cozmic Collection" will be released for switch in japan on 28th of feb 2019
The gods of emulation M2 are handling this compilation!

Two editions will be available.

Standard edition:
- Darius (Arcade)
- Darius II (Arade)
- Sagaia (Arcade)
- Darius Gaiden (Arcade)

Special Edition (all games from standard plus):
- Darius Force (Super Famicom)
- Darius Twin (Super Famicom)
- Sagaia (Sega Master System)
- Darius II (Mega Drive)
- Darius Alpha (PC Engine)

Switch shmup console of the foreva confirmed!

sources: http://darius.jp/cozmic/
https://www.famitsu.com/news/201807/02160139.html

(lock and shoot me up if old)

Jucksalbe · Jul 2, 2018

Having a Darius collection is pretty cool, but having more than half of the games exclusive to a rather expensive limited edition is just stupid.

TheMoon · Jul 2, 2018

So, a trend:

Wii = light-gun(-style) game console
Switch = shmup heaven

Hayama Akito · Jul 2, 2018

Weird to see Nintendo having officially the shmups console of this generation. Also no G-Darius? oh well. Darius Gaiden is fucking awesome so that's enough. I think Darius and Darius II is still a 100% arcade experience because of the two screens, but cool anyway.

WhoaIsThatMars · Jul 2, 2018

fuck yeah

Hayama Akito said:
I think Darius and Darius II is still a 100% arcade experience because of the two screens, but cool anyway.

it will never happen, but it'd be awesome if you could sync two screens together lol

Kaworu · Jul 2, 2018

Jucksalbe said:
Having a Darius collection is pretty cool, but having more than half of the games exclusive to a rather expensive limited edition is just stupid.

Yeah. What's going on with that?

The Spoony Hou · Jul 2, 2018

Ahhhh, beautiful. I bask in its glory.

massoluk · Jul 2, 2018

My Switch backlog will continue to grow to a monstrously unforeseen level.

iamaustrian · Jul 2, 2018

Darius Twin (SNES/SFC) is my favourite Darius game.
I know many see it as medicore at best but I love it to death. I played through it with my friend countless times.

it also has godly music:

MuchiMuchiPink · Jul 2, 2018

Nice... we just need M2 Shoot trigger to join the fun.

Subconian Dreamer · Jul 2, 2018

That game split is wild lmao

ShinUltramanJ · Jul 2, 2018

Konami...are you seeing this?

Windrunner · Jul 2, 2018

Hope it comes to the west. FOH having half the games exclusive to an expensive limited edition box.

Deft Beck · Jul 2, 2018

Jucksalbe said:
Having a Darius collection is pretty cool, but having more than half of the games exclusive to a rather expensive limited edition is just stupid.

This is ridiculous, I agree. So anti consumer.

($20 vs. $52)

iamaustrian · Jul 2, 2018

Jucksalbe said:
Having a Darius collection is pretty cool, but having more than half of the games exclusive to a rather expensive limited edition is just stupid.

agreed
I hope the digital "special edition" (without all the artbooks, cd etc) will be priced reasonably

DarkPrince · Jul 2, 2018

Yes, I need this in my life.

rawhide · Jul 2, 2018

Kaworu said:
Yeah. What's going on with that?

Domestic Japanese SKU + niche genre = $$$$$

iamaustrian · Jul 2, 2018

Deft Beck said:
This is ridiculous, I agree. So anti consumer.

($20 vs. $52)

the special edition costs almost 130euros (16.800yen)
standard is around 40

ReyVGM · Jul 2, 2018

I hope it gets released outside Japan in some way.

What's with that ridiculous "Cozmic" name?

CO_Andy · Jul 2, 2018

better mark this up as the second collection Squeenix won't release in the west

lolilolailo · Jul 2, 2018

iamaustrian said:
the special edition costs almost 130euros (16.800yen)
standard is around 40

130€. What a fucking joke.

ReyVGM · Jul 2, 2018

Actually, looking at this a little closer, it's not that interesting. Standard pack only has 3 games since Sagaia is just the localized name for Darius 2, and Darius 2 doesn't even have Japanese text.

The special pack is underwhelming too. The two SFC games are pretty average, and Darius Alpha is just a boss rush (it's not even the actual full game Darius Plus).

Tizoc · Jul 2, 2018

Niiiiiiiiiice. Hopefully more such compilations show up.

Noisepurge · Jul 2, 2018

iamaustrian said:
agreed
I hope the digital "special edition" (without all the artbooks, cd etc) will be priced reasonably

it will be 60$ like the Darius Burst CS was :D I don't know why they try to milk so much with Darius...

Sgt. Demblant · Jul 2, 2018

Great news, this is one of my favorite series even if I prefer the Dariusburst games over the classic ones.

But not a fan of the two editions thing. I don't mind buying this on the Japanese eshop and I'm not holding my breath for a western release but if it were to happen, hopefully they'd just bring over the full package.

RojoRedRouge · Jul 2, 2018

Taito still exist by itself? I thought it was bought by Konami. Good news anyway!

rawhide · Jul 2, 2018

ReyVGM said:
Actually, looking at this a little closer, it's not that interesting. Standard pack only has 3 games since Sagaia is just the localized name for Darius 2, and Darius 2 doesn't even have Japanese text.

The special pack is underwhelming too. The two SFC games are pretty average, and Darius Alpha is just a boss rush (it's not even the actual full game Darius Plus).

Sagaia isn't identical to Darius 2: they redid a lot of the backgrounds, the bosses have some different attacks, the stage branching is different in a way that alters the total number of stages, etc. It's not quite as drastic an overhaul as Salamander to Life Force but it is noteworthy, especially to Japanese players who've probably never seen that version.

RojoRedRouge said:
Taito still exist by itself? I thought it was bought by Konami. Good news anyway!

Taito is owned by Square-Enix and they're still a separate company that's more-or-less autonomous, but they don't really operate in the console business anymore.

Jockel · Jul 2, 2018

I mean awesome, Darius Gaiden is my absolute favorite Darius game by far- but screw that noise with the limited edition costing three times as much.

Diego Renault · Jul 2, 2018

This is kinda cool. The price though...

Augemitbutter · Jul 2, 2018

they like to go all premium with darius these days. nice package but not for me.

Piccoro · Jul 2, 2018

iamaustrian said:
the special edition costs almost 130euros (16.800yen)
standard is around 40

Well, prices in Japan are getting more ridiculous by the day.

Pass.

7threst · Jul 2, 2018

Jucksalbe said:
Having a Darius collection is pretty cool, but having more than half of the games exclusive to a rather expensive limited edition is just stupid.

This so mucht. I mean, why? I can appreciate the Darius love, but making the limited edition this exclusive doesn't do the franchise any favours I think.

mindatlarge · Jul 2, 2018

Think I've played most of what interested me about this series through the collection already released on other platforms. Still cool to have it available for Switch though for those willing to import it.

andymcc · Jul 2, 2018

Worth it for Darius Gaiden imho

sir_crocodile · Jul 2, 2018

Will buy if Tate.

andymcc · Jul 2, 2018

sir_crocodile said:
Will buy if Tate.

Why would Darius support that?

FF Seraphim · Jul 2, 2018

sir_crocodile said:
Will buy if Tate.

Ah… which Darius game would even benefit with that mode?

sir_crocodile · Jul 2, 2018

andymcc said:
Why would Darius support that?

Oh yeah, all horizontal lol. Brain fart.

petran79 · Jul 2, 2018

I'd never imagine that Darius would steal the spotlight from Gradius

Syril · Jul 2, 2018

If anything they should have a feature where you line up two switches next to each other.

andymcc · Jul 2, 2018

petran79 said:
I'd never imagine that Darius would steal the spotlight from Gradius

KONAMI wouldn't even have to do much to generate excitement in the arcades in Japan. Announce a switch comp with a few licensed UFO catcher toys is the bare minimum. They can't evem do the bare minimum anymore.

MrDoctor · Jul 2, 2018

Jucksalbe said:
Having a Darius collection is pretty cool, but having more than half of the games exclusive to a rather expensive limited edition is just stupid.

half a collection of garbage. the only game from the special editon that matters is maaaaaybe darius alpha. just because no one has actually played it.

Regiruler · Jul 2, 2018

Not the Darius title I expected to come to Switch. I would have thought we'd see a Burst Chronicles port.

Camjo-Z · Jul 2, 2018

Almost got excited until I saw no G-Darius.

mclem · Jul 2, 2018

I'm not sure about this release.

Seems a bit fishy to me

angelgrievous · Jul 2, 2018

I'm in. Hope it come west but will import if I have to.

Shizuka · Jul 2, 2018

Jucksalbe said:
Having a Darius collection is pretty cool, but having more than half of the games exclusive to a rather expensive limited edition is just stupid.

Yup, that's gross.

The Main Event · Jul 2, 2018

Orcozmic.

Will definitely dip if it comes to the west.

eXistor · Jul 2, 2018

Awesome, but I'm not getting that overpriced LE. Dumb that it's the only one with the extra games. I might just skip it as I already have most of the games anyway.

MufausaThe3rd · Jul 2, 2018

No G-Darius, no buy

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