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Milestone Shooting Collection 2 bundles five shmups on Wii
The first Milestone Shooting Collection for Wii came to North America as Ultimate Shooting Collection, and combined Chaos Field, Radio Allergy, and Karous into one delightfully cheap collection of vertical shmups. Milestone is developing a followup in Japan, which contains everything the first disc offered, plus two more games. Milestone Shooting Collection 2 includes all three of the aforementioned games, plus Radio Allergy Noir (a version of which was released as a standalone, full-price Xbox 360 game) and Illvelo, which was once planned for North American release but canceled. Perhaps North American publisher UFO Interactive will give Illvelo a second chance by bringing this collection over. If you want the import, it's out in Japan on December 30. You can see more of each game at the official site.
Illvelo Wii is real(velo)
Importer NCSX has confirmed the existence of a Wii version of Milestone's Illmatic Envelope, first seen as a Play-Asia listing. Milestone has seemingly foregone the customary "last Dreamcast game EVER!!!" release of their NAOMI-based shmup in favor of a system that is still being produced. The November 13 release date found in the Play-Asia listing was accurate.At this point we'd normally start speculating about a US release for the vertical shmup, but to be honest we're still suspicious as to the prospects of the Ultimate Shooting Collection. Sure, it looks like it's going to come out, but so did Radio Allergy on the GameCube. Let's get that out, and then we can start crossing our fingers for Illvelope.
Rumor: Another Milestone shmup port on the way
Ultimate Shooting Collection will release in the U.S. later this month, but it might not be the last shmup port we see from Milestone. Sega's Illvelo / Illmatic Envelope is based on the NAOMI arcade system board (the Dreamcast was rife with NAOMI ports), and appeared earlier this year in Japanese arcades. Now, according to a Play-Asia listing, the Wii will be getting its own port on November 13th in Japan.As you can see above, it looks pretty wacky, with cel-shaded levels populated by everything from giant cutlery to confectionery, a tongue-in-cheek approach that reminds us of Star Parodier. Presuming it does exist, will Illvelo Wii get localized? UFO Interactive helpfully picked up Ultimate Shooting Collection for the States, but that contained a wallet-pleasing three shmups -- as Illvelo will only feature one, a North American release looks less likely.[Via Siliconera]
