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Offline Pao

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Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« on: May 05, 2011, 08:06:56 am »


Just saw this on NeoGAF.

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SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced the upcoming re-release of Guardian Heroes™, a classic Action-RPG Brawler by celebrated developers Treasure. Originally released for the SEGA Saturn™ in 1996, Guardian Heroes has been re-mastered with enhanced graphics, online co-op and battle modes, all-new modes of play, and more. The game will be available via Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft this fall.

“Ever since we began to make SEGA’s classic Dreamcast and the Mega Drive titles available for modern systems, the fan response has been overwhelming – and the demand for their favorite games has been pouring in,” said Haruki Satomi, VP of Digital Business at SEGA. “Players have been clamoring for this treasured favorite from the Saturn days, and we cannot wait to show them what we have got for them.”

Guardian Heroes brings the Saturn favorite to life with new HD graphics, presenting Treasure’s iconic fast-paced gameplay on a new generation of hardware, with all of the convenience of purchase via instant download. The game also features:

Action-RPG Brawling: Choose one of five heroes to level up and guide along a branching storyline with five different endings
Friends, Foes, and Fighters: Play the game’s Story Mode alone or with a second player, or challenge Versus Mode with up to 12 players at once
Extended Gameplay: Time Attack Mode, Arcade Mode, Arrange Mode and more allow players to explore every nuance of 45 different fighters

Fully Re-Mastered: All-new graphics and visual effects bring the classic to life in a completely high-definition, widescreen presentation

Why for XBLA only?!! Damn.. Good news anyhow!
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Offline Sharky

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2011, 08:34:51 am »
=O

Aki is writing it up now.

Amazing news, I'm excited!
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Offline upsidedown fuji

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2011, 08:48:00 am »
OMG guys! This is huge news for SEGA fans. If a rare, high profile game like this is finally getting the HD remake it deserves, does this mean more Saturn gems are on the way?

When this comes out I hope I get to play it in co-op mode with some of you out there. This is awesome news!!

2011 is turning out to be an amazing year for SEGA.
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Offline George

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2011, 08:59:05 am »
What the fuck SEGA. I can't play this shit.
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Offline Radrappy

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2011, 11:04:26 am »
copying this from the front.  One of my favorite games of all time.  Super jazzed to see it revived.  Concerns:

1) it looks terrible. What is up with this generation’s obsession with taking a charming sprite based game and putting some ugly ugly filter on top of it to make it “hd”? A direct port would have been aesthetically superior in every way to what they’ve got going on now. I pray for a “classic” option.

2 )As of now it is exclusively for XBLA. As a ps3 owner lemme just say, that ain’t right.
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Offline VyseLegend

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2011, 01:13:34 pm »
Huge release IMO.  I still play GH on a relatively regular basis.  I'm already considering paying for XBL again just for this... Nothing beats a good two-player take down of G-Silver... In the words of Undead Hero...

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW
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Offline Nathan

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2011, 01:38:41 pm »
SEGA.com says its for XBLA and PSN: http://www.sega.co.uk/games/guardian-heroes/
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Offline Aki-at

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2011, 01:50:27 pm »
Yes they do and no they don't.

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Offline Suzuki Yu

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2011, 02:09:28 pm »
relax guys

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Offline Barry the Nomad

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2011, 04:01:58 pm »
Radiant Silvergun, Guardian Heroes AND Bangai-O! What a year for retro XBLA titles!
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Offline George

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2011, 04:09:22 pm »
No PSN. What a year for Barry.
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Offline max_cady

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2011, 04:58:02 pm »
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Offline George

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2011, 05:49:14 pm »
Got to say, I'm not that excited as I was.. for some reason I assumed it was a redone for HD like Treasure's other games they announced.
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Offline Sharky

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2011, 06:32:43 pm »
I say meh to HD, it was never important before and it wont be important here. Guardian Heroes will still be an awesome game.

Why wouldn't you be excited about the new features? online multiplayer is enough to get me excited for this.
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Offline Barry the Nomad

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Re: Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA in HD!
« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2011, 06:53:04 pm »
Guardian Heroes was on a short list of games I had to get on ebay at some point, but they were too damn expensive, so I'm pleased as punch to see it hitting XBLA.

As George said, it's the year of Barry!
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