More R-Type Command for PSPSequel promises more strategy and downloadable missions.by John TanakaJuly 29, 2009 - Did you enjoy the strategic gameplay of R-Type Command? Then get ready for more! Famitsu reports that R-Type is coming back to the PSP, and once again its in the form of a strategy game rather than a shooter.Titled R-Type Tactics II (in Japan, the original was known as R-Type Tactics), the new game will arrive in Japan through Irem on October 29. Players can look forward to a branching story line based off the selections you make during the game. Irem is also upping the content and strategy, with double the units and additional commands.Multiple players will be able to take part in the fun again. The game promises ad-hoc battles along with cooperative missions. Additionally, the game will support game sharing for competitive play, just in case you don't have enough copies to go around.Irem is also planning something new for the game: downloadable missions. It's unclear at present if these will be paid or free.Tactics II will be released simultaneously as a retail and download game. The retail version will run 5,040 yen with the download version going for 3,800 yen. Those who buy the retail version will be given a bonus soundtrack.
R-Type Command Sequel AnnouncedR-Type Tactics II powers-up the original.By Kevin Gifford, 07/29/2009Irem Software Engineering announced in Japan this week that a sequel to portable strategy game R-Type Command is in the works. The wondrously-titled R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate is due out for the PSP in Japan on October 29 for 5040 yen; no US release details have been announced.Previous R-Type titles have chronicled the battle between the human race and the mysterious Bydo aliens. This one takes a detour by depicting a war between two human factions -- the people of Earth, who have continued to develop the Bydo weapons they've seized from the enemy, and the Granzela Revolutionary Army, who resist Bydo-tech and instead have worked on their own weapon tree.The gameplay of R-Type Tactics 2 will be largely the same as before -- the battlefield is a chunk of side-view space, and you move units around and issue orders in order to defeat the enemy fleet. There are over 200 units in this game, double what was available in Command, and you'll have a few extra abilities up your sleeve, like the power to seize enemy ships and send jamming signals to confuse enemy squadrons.More as it comes.
Check it out, already the first trailer has been uploaded. It's all CG cinematics though, but real nice.
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