Ikazuchi no Senshi Raidy III announced

Visual Novel Community Archive, 2000-2009
#1

Word is in from the official ZyX homepage that Raidy 3 is in the works!

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All we have to go on thus far is this single image, but it’s a title I’ll be following with some interest as our work on the first two games continues. We have no plans to license 3 (as it currently doesn’t exist), but if the first two sell well it’s something we’ll probably want to look in to down the road.

Notably this will be the first original Raidy title in terms of content since the original Raidy 2 was released back in 1996, so I’m curious as to whether they have any significant changes to the gameplay style in the works.

[ 10-29-2007, 04:40 AM: Message edited by: Shingo ]

#2

Hmmm… in my opinion, I always ventured that that they ran out of ideas after the second title, and this was a reason for the lull. The villains you abuse (and got abused by) in Raidy series were based on various themes with a slight fantasy twist. You had the animal girls (cat-girl, cow-girl, etc), the nun, the vampire, the twincest… so forth and so on… Concepts in the first title was even recycled in the second.

Not that I’m complaining here. Just a random thought of mine. :smiley:

#3

Oh this is happy news indeed! I preordered the English version of Raidy as soon as it appeared. I am willing it to do well enough for PP to grab both sequeals now.

Or maybe I’ll just have to buy a lot of Raidy one to make it possible.

#4

The Raidy III page has been updated with story info, character info, and preliminary monster sketches. It looks like this will be the first party-based Raidy game, in which she’s joined in her adventures by some old friends (enemies)… I’m looking forward to see the system on this, while it’s described as a “3D dungeon RPG” like the first two there will probably be some additional modifications for the extra PCs - maybe something like the classic Might and Magic interface?

(note that while we’ve officially licensed Raidy I and unofficially licensed Raidy II, we haven’t had any negotiations whatsoever for this third title - and thus it’s firmly in the “Japanese Bishoujo games” discussion side of things)

#5

they updated it again today character , Monster, and some CG screenshot

#6

These monster girls are even cuter than ever.

Who can resist Bee Girls? That’s some serious moe there. :oops:

Although that’s some serious anal deterrent. :wink:

#7

“Bee girls” had better not mean futa :((

#8

Part of the game system (‘Fusion’) has been unveiled. Certainly not what I was expecting… :stuck_out_tongue:

#9

I find it intresting adds a bit more depth to the game

#10

Dude, look at the picture :slight_smile: Obviously, it means insex.

::duck::

#11

Groan… hahaha, that physically hurts.

The new “fusion” system they’ve announced is interesting. It seems to indicate the new Raidy might not be party-based, and instead stick to the same single character interface as the first two games, only with the ability to change between hybrid forms depending on the encounter. I’m curious to see the combat interface now…

#12

Tossed the page in Google’s translator…

Interesting. Seems like you can switch between different forms for Raidy; Raidy herself, as well as Fonfon-, Tiss-, and Forres-based forms. And each form has different stats in combat, as well as special abilities (I think Fonfon-Raidy can avoid trapped chests, and Forres-Raidy can see enemy stats, for example).

The page is pretty tricky to read with the translator program, and there was a lot of text I just couldn’t figure out… any chance someone that knows Japanese could explain it a bit more in detail?

#13