Navigation:

Page 1 - Senko no Ronde's introduction
Page 2 - How Senko no Ronde is different and why people might not like it
Page 3 - Story and character overview
Page 4 - Senko no Ronde in the East
Page 5 - Home release updates, its Western arrival, and a doujin game
Page 6 - Virtual On and Towards the Earth (anime) comparisons
Page 7 - Arcade and Xbox 360 comparisons
Page 8 - Gallery and Links

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Shower the Dreams

Sega's Virtual On series is in its twilight, as Virtual On Marz, its last release, wasn't well received and only a tournament was held in Japan to celebrate its tenth year anniversary. Ironically, this was also the same year that Senko no Ronde was released in arcades, and this is perhaps its last chance to keep the series alive. As G.Rev's game demonstrates, there's still more to the genre that needs to be experimented with, but it looks like almost no one outside of Japan seems to care. And that's quite a shame, as G.Rev did all they could to to make sure that their game would have a thriving community by porting it to the Xbox 360 so matches could be played online, and Ubisoft themselves were brave enough to bring this game over to the United States. Don't let this opportunity go to waste. Links/Credits G.Rev's Senko no Ronde Rev. X page They post updates on the site whenever there's a new patch or issue concerning the Xbox 360 port even though it's all in Japanese. G.Rev's Senko no Ronde page A plethora of information here related to the arcade versions as well as offical soundtrack and mook publications. Microsoft's US Senko no Ronde page Since Ubisoft probably threw away the info about the game on their site, this will have to do. Insomnia's Review of Senko no Ronde Thanks goes to Alex Kierkegaard for providing information about where Senko no Ronde is located in arcades and the shmup crowd's reaction to it. Majora's News Thanks goes to Cristian Molina for the 720p image rips used for the last two pages of this feature as well as the direct link to Koichi Mugitani's website. Senko no Ronde guide in English Very detailed, but it could use a little more work. ;) Chudah's Corner Review of Majokko de GO GO OST Soundtrack composed mostly by Yasuhisa Watanabe of all people, and yes, the soundtrack is as good as the review says. HG101: Virtual On Hardcore Gaming 101's Virtual On feature. Has links to the jargon used for Senko. HG101: Twinkle Star Sprites You can find out all about Twinkle Star Sprites here. Be warned though: it has lots of sugary cute screenshots. Change Air Blade Review Provides information about this versus shmup. Play-Asia You can buy the US region-free version at this massive online store for ten dollars less than the MSRP, which is rather ironic. Orange Juice homepage Site for the creators of Acceleration of Suguri. Anime Empire and Saizen Fansubs Credits goes to using their subtitles for the Toward the Terra images and thanks for fansubbing it until it was licensed by Bandai. Toward the Terra Wikipedia Entry Since offical color illustrations were really hard to come by for comparisons, I had to use the one here. Toward the Terra Website Offical website for the 2007 anime adaptation. Vertical Inc.'s Toward the Terra page Publisher of the manga version in the United States. However, it was renamed as To Terra. Anime News Network Has an excellent voice talent database in English. Back to the index Back to Page 7