GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 13/10/2026anyone wanna take a guess at what "the big hit" was supposed to be? 9319 31
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 13/10/2026oh that looks like a Sega Amusements cab, but I wonder who's handling the actual dev...? 2164 16
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 13/10/2026oh and they went to Capcom specifically for Captain Commando, of all games 081 8
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/10/2026Senxin Aleste physicals will be available to order in ~1hr from now; the special edition includes new cover art, docs booklet, special OST & more TBA the first-print bonus with all copies: a special strategy guide written by Ratna, one of the game's pilots & unabashed game dork 1184 18
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/10/2026they're also adding a full suite of gadgets, a voiced opening/ending, art/bgm/voice galleries etc 1132 13
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/10/2026the home version of Senxin Aleste will also include three sets of BGM: the original soundtrack by Tatsuhiko Kasuga, the new Blade BGM by M2's Sakuoki Kudo & chibitech, and a "New" arrange by Hirokazu Koshio (COSIO) 1213 21
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/10/2026in addition to a faithful port of the arcade version, they'll be adding a new "Blade" arrange that'll add a new bullet-cancelling "blade missile" shot, the ability to freely switch characters (the original uses characters as lives), etc 1195 19
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/10/2026announcement #5: Senxin Aleste, coming to PS5/PS4/Switch in Japan on March 18! (PS4's digital-only) icymi, this is an original, M2-made Aleste game released to arcades via APM3 in '21: design by Daisuke Koizumi (Akai Katana, Rolling Gunner etc), charas by Yoshiyasu Matsushita (Twinkle Star Sprites) 17133 71
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/10/2026announcement #4: M2 ShotTriggers is coming to arcades via APM3, starting with Kyukyoku Tiger the arcade version will include arcade & super easy modes, split into st1~5 & st6~10 courses with separate mode/course leaderboards & end-game life bonuses; button/gadget configs can be saved to aime card 1154 15
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/10/2026announcement #3: M2's bringing Devil Blade Reboot to consoles as part of the M2 ShotTriggers line icymi, this is a 2024 PC STG by Vanillaware artist Shigatake & the longest in string of self-made games that started on Dezaemon in the '90s, with Reboot being made in the Shooting Game Builder engine 23720 37
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/10/2026announcement #2 (of 5, apparently): The Edward Ragtime Show, a two-pack featuring the event-rush action game Edward Randy and the vehicle-hopping STG The Great Ragtime Show, two cult Data East arcade games that M2 pledged to reissue many, many years ago 36026 60
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/10/2026M2STG Batrider gadgets include: item drop tracker a la Garegga rev.2016 (incl. option tracking for the greg ship) indicator icons for secret boss conditions team/ship status display 1278 27
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/10/2026M2STG Batrider will ofc feature a Super Easy mode, playable across all courses—changes include edits to specific enemies/attacks that remain tough even at minimum rank, full autobomb, smaller hitbox, 500k extends, 4 bombs on respawn, medal value remaining stable if you miss a medal, etc 1255 25
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/10/2026right off the rip: Batrider! directed at M2 by the ex-Cave employee formerly known as Shootaro, dontcha know 28740 87
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 08/10/2026out today in Japan: Rainbow★Parasol Collection (Switch), a physical comp containing Ratalaika's Parasol Stars reissue, ININ's Spica Adventure port & the brand-new, M2-dev'd Rainbow Islands CS, a six-pack of console ports of Rainbow Islands (FC, NA-NES, SMS, MD, Genesis, PCECD) 1203 20
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 03/10/2026yeah but not by people. ffffffffffuck offfffffffff 5597 59
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 28/09/2026neat how this series regularly spikes in the mainstream due to events that Sega knows about and/or is directly involved with and they are just never prepared to capitalise on any of em the public's actively looking for learning resources, communities, classic &/or new games; they get jelly soap 0183 18
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 26/09/2026gg small child people were commenting on how stoic he was, even after the grand final... apparently the rule on site was that they weren't allowed to pop off after winning so he no-sold the entire time bc he didn't want to get in trouble on tv 3429 42
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 25/09/2026they're not wasting any time, either 4433 43
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 25/09/2026ex-Taito planner Yuichi Tanzawa is making waves after publicly declaring their intent to create a spiritual successor to Taito's early-'00s create-a-character series Rakugaki Oukoku (Graffiti Kingdom): in short, a chance encounter with some young indies snapped him into wanting to just do it himself 216457 164
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 25/09/2026same, dialogue portrait of Master Roshi as played by Chow Yun Fat, taken from Dragon Ball Evolution (PlayStation Portable, 2009) 03816 38
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 25/09/2026please Taito, my several dozen fujo children have not tasted a Burn mirror in decades. they demand nourishment 070 7
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 24/09/2026lots of info here on the makings of early Samsho (and quite a few pre-NG titles, too), including some insight on just how Samsho 3 ended up the way it did 07736 77
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 23/09/2026hbd to Keiko Erikawa's HR Simulator 1193 19
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 21/09/2026I like to think they saw the weirdly large pop for the Dream Club-themed puzzle art in their upcoming Clubhouse Games knockoff and felt compelled to strike while the iron was hot 030 3
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 20/09/2026Lufia 2's NA loc in particular has a ton of issues beyond the quality of the translation, so ditching it should ideally also address lot of bugs... otoh, there's no substitute for greatness 35413 54
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 20/09/2026neat, but I suspect the motivation behind this decision on the part of the publisher/s is primarily commercial: the publishing rights to Lufia 2's original loc in particular have been thought to be the bottleneck in getting it reissued, and if they have to retranslate it, why not rewrite it, too? 27734 77
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 20/09/2026evidence of City Connection doing a little more than nothing with Muchi Muchi Pork & Pink Sweets: rank gadgets! 56616 66
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 20/09/2026not a lot of details atm but Super Sweep's announced Battle Garegga 30th Anniv. Remix, a club-style Garegga AST, due out Nov.27 will they be the only folks celebrating Garegga's 30th...? 0277 27
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 19/09/2026one extra wrinkle to this saga: Escala, the Brazilian company that had licensed the Malibu comic for BR release, was so desperate for material post-cancellation that they wrote a couple new issues themselves (& many afterwards, from #6 onwards they jettisoned the Malibu stuff & did their own thing) 310242 102
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 18/09/2026...and here's that roadmap 2152 15
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 16/09/2026Torneko HD got the first on what will ideally be many patches—out now on PC, rolling out ASAP on consoles steamcommunity.com/games/4027450/an… 06025 60
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 11/09/2026from last night's ACA stream with ex-DECO planner Shunichi Ii, the precise origins of Karnov's chara design: the director was inspired by a fire breather in a specific commercial—ii thought it might've been Mandom, but I think was this specific Suntory CM www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy-z421FwGQ 29646 96
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/09/2026when the goblin ijidks too hard 18923 89
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/09/2026someone's dad at misk finally told em to start recouping, huh 2100 10
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 10/09/2026Japan's getting physicals, including this LE: the green thing's a squishy replica of Gonbe's spear, and the blanked-out image is a full Atlantis no Nazo map 241 4
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 09/09/2026there's also a gallery with box/manual/flyer scans, complete with JP-translated versions additionally, Natsume's given them a ton of design docs, viewable raw or translated into English 1123 12
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 09/09/2026"typical JALECOlle perks" = savestates, rewind, controller & screen settings, achievements, video-annotated manual, E-to-J subs (& typically J-to-E also, but Shatterhand's a NES-only game), optional screen gadgets with useful &/or hidden info (boss & option health, power-up duration, etc) 142 4
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 09/09/2026from tonight's City Connection stream: JALECOlle Shatterhand hits Switch on September 24 alongside the usual JALECOlle perks, they're offering 2 new enhancements: a setting that'll let you heal your option by punching projectiles, & a mode that'll buff you for assembling specific per-stage options 13014 30
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 09/09/2026while I'm here, reminder that there was a point in time where the Shantae devs very strongly implied that Karnov was Shantae's dad 04716 47
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 09/09/2026Arika's Mihara is Mihara-ing once more: apparently, he was quietly working on a home port of the long-out-of-service Druaga Online arcade game, but now that he's seen people have just got it running via emulation, he's taking his ball & going home (but admittedly might change his mind a la TGM) 88520 85
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 08/09/2026this particular passage illustrates some of the particulars of Super Famicom audio design that I feel aren't properly appreciated by all the folks looking to "restore" old soundtracks with resourced/"higher quality" samples 18344 83
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 08/09/2026of all the games you'd think Miyamoto might've publicly acknowledged but hasn't, somehow Cho Aniki got a shoutout 1236 23
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 04/09/2026Akira Nishitani out here openly asking to get a shot at rebalancing ST (with apologies in advance for potentially nerfing it into the ground) 🇯🇵 25924 59
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 03/09/2026an update from Dodonpachi Resurrection Reignite producer Akihiro Kotani: in addition to apologising for the issues caused by the post-launch patches, they've acknowledged the criticism the release has received & will be sharing an update roadmap soon, which will include a training mode (with st.6) 🇯🇵 3332 33
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 01/09/2026they're running a boss rush contest for Shatterhand at their booth on Saturday, 13:00, in case anyone feels like showing off 151 5
