Heavenly Guardian Impossible to Find?

[ScourDX]

I went to couple of EBgames today and saw few copies. Check out your local GS/EB, they may have some in stock.

[Bojay1997]

Got my Amazon order today. Still not sure why it took so long and why it keeps going out of stock, but at least I finally have it.

[TonyTheTiger]

Seriously...wtf is going on with this game?

[roushimsx]

my preorder finally arrived today. Might play it tomorrow if I don't get too caught up with real life stuff. Really looking forward to seeing how it turned out.

[RadiantSvgun]

If I'm not mistaken, this was the same deal when the first Katamari game came out.

[josekortez]

If I'm not mistaken, this was the same deal when the first Katamari game came out.

Didn't Katamari eventually get a reprint after people caught on to it? Somehow, though, I don't think Heavenly Guardian is going to be a runaway hit. Gamestop should have taken pre-orders, though.

This is how it would have gone:

Gamestop employee: "Folks, don't forget to pre-order the PlayStation 2 sequel to Kiki-Kai Kai! It's only 5 dollars down to guarantee your copy!!!"

Customer: "What the hell is Kiki-Kai Kai?"

[roushimsx]

If I'm not mistaken, this was the same deal when the first Katamari game came out.

No, with Katamari Damacy EBGames was pretty much the only place to buy from. Gamestop wouldn't even allow you to preorder it and no one else really bothered to order any copies. Word of mouth on the game had spread pretty well prior to the US release and since EB was the only place to get it, everyone put their orders in there. It quickly became the best selling game of the month for EB (at least online where they published their top sellers for the month; they never ran into any shortages) and everyone else scrambled to play catchup.

[ScourDX]

Heavenly Guardian was announce for Wii release. Hopefully more people will buy it.

[Spartacus]

I've played enough of it to get a first impression. A $14.99 game is hard to feel ripped off about, but I can certainly understand the price point. It is a sort of free roaming top down style game with a young girl using magic spells. It has a VERY strong Japanese flavor to it. The graphics are minimalist or simplistic enough to scream SNES. The sound effects got down right annoying, but that's just me. The enemies are thoughtless and only menacing in numbers. I did think the mummies throwing rolls of toilet paper at her was sort of funny.
You can't bypass the long-winded and rather boring intro, which struck me as something that was thrown together quickly or cheaply, but at least it's on a DVD and not one of those blue disks.

[josekortez]

Yeah, that sounds a lot like Kiki-Kai Kai (aka Pocky & Rocky). I'm going to finally try it this morning.

If you haven't played Kiki-Kai Kai, it's available on Taito Legends 2 for the PS2, which is dirt cheap now, but it's a hella good value with 41 other games on it.

http://www.taitolegends2.com/default.aspx

I believe Taito Legends 2 is $9.99 at Circuit City new now...and I don't mean Gamestop "new."

[TurboGenesis]

ubersaurus just got this game at Gamestop… It does indeed exist but seem difficult to track down.

He brought it over and we played it. It is indeed in similar style to Pocky & Rocky — wasn't this game supposed to be the new Kiki-Kai Kai game that was cancelled and resurrected to Heavenly Guardian?

I find it a decent game and for a budget price, I will be getting my own copy soon enough

[josekortez]

It is indeed in similar style to Pocky & Rocky — wasn't this game supposed to be the new Kiki-Kai Kai game that was cancelled and resurrected to Heavenly Guardian?

I guess you missed my little joke a few pages back.

Apparently, the Japanese title of this game was Kiki-Kai Kai World, although it doesn't share the same characters.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Found one at the local GS. Passed on it 'cause some dumb bastard hacked it to hell and back with a case knife. Woo Hoo! I guess I'll just buy it online like everyone else.

[josekortez]

I like this game better than Kiki-Kai Kai. Has anyone been able to defeat the first boss? Even with 5 lives, I always die right when I get to him.

[fuchikoma]

Just grabbed it used for $13 at Gamestop (used Edge + coupon for 35% off)

[jedimind7]

Found one at the local GS. Passed on it 'cause some dumb bastard hacked it to hell and back with a case knife. Woo Hoo! I guess I'll just buy it online like everyone else.

Same thing on my copy. Has to be a Texas thing.

[Tron 2.0]

ubersaurus just got this game at Gamestop… It does indeed exist but seem difficult to track down.

He brought it over and we played it. It is indeed in similar style to Pocky & Rocky — wasn't this game supposed to be the new Kiki-Kai Kai game that was cancelled and resurrected to Heavenly Guardian?

I find it a decent game and for a budget price, I will be getting my own copy soon enough

It was gonna be the kiki-kai game but then taito was bought out by sqaurenix.

So the publisher ufo had to change it for it's release.

At least it did get a release i thought the game was cancel to begin with.

[PapaStu]

Same thing on my copy. Has to be a Texas thing.

These were opened at the GS DC before they were shipped out used. Dangerboy was going to snag one for me at his store, alas that was the same problem that he ran into with that one as well.

[Damaramu]

Which exactly why I will never buy another new game at GS again.

I've just received notification that Amazon has shipped mine out, ETA April 7th.

[Cobra Commander]

Well somewhere in between the time I ordered the game and when they were SUPPOSED to ship it, they sold out. No warning, nothing. I got an email thanking me for my order, and they'd let me know when it shipped. That was 6 days ago. Now I find the game is SOLD OUT.