Shmup Drops: October 2024

[@HansBoopie]

I'm glad somebody made a channel like this! Thanks, subscribed.

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Thanks for subbing! Welcome aboard!

[@dr_ubo]

My vision of a periodic shmup news drop video content creator has been fulfilled by you Fillipe. Nothing but admiration and pride in what you've done. Keep it up.

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Wow, thank you! I'm glad to be receiving genuine support from a community that is truly involved and relevant in today's shmuposphere. I want to translate the dossiers into English and post them here, I already have plans to do so soon. Thank you very much for the comment!

[@rossmoffat7343]

​@@PIXELPILOTS-STG can't wait for that!

[@socialkidmusic]

THANK YOU! SUPPORTED!

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Thanks a lot! Welcome aboard!

[@chasepalumbo2929]

Loving these videos!

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Thanks a lot! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@Carina_d3a]

Thanks for mentioning Super XYX! 💖 I have been waiting for BUN GA RUA for some time now! Glad to finally play it :D

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

I just had to, it's an awesome piece of work. I'm still playing BUN GA RUA, it's a little bit different from the original games, but it's fun!

[@Carl4444]

This channel is awesome! The information is well articulated and supported by quality editing. Hope to see you stick around and continue to bring great updates on Shmups!

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Welcome aboard! Yes, PXL is gone, but I'll continue her job myself.

[@SolCresta3405]

It’s good to see you again, Mao Mao.

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Mao Mao is a great pilot and character design. I like the fact she's not a regular japanese schoolgirl, but some sort of police officer.

[@SolCresta3405]

@ She’s a cop? I never thought of that.

[@TheFrenchy82]

Very nice! Thanks for all the informations...!! 😉

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

No problem 👍

[@SpidersSTG]

Great job as always! Wishlisted Kamikaze Lassplanes and Mekkablood. So excited for Crystal Breaker and fingers and toes crossed for Sonic Wings Reunion. Six On Fire looks so good!!! Been seeing still images on twitter but what a looker in motion! I like the OG Pixel Pilot but that she can transform into an anime girl as needed is pretty cool:)

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

She will be the pixel AI bot for now, the anime girl will just pop up every now and then for fun. My 5-yo daughter loves the talking pixel, so I don't think I'll change it either way. I just hope Sonic Wings Reunion don't end up like the Strikers 1945 sequence, that fell into the gaming industry cracks and disappeared forever. Six On Fire is promising! I just love everything I see there.

[@twitchinsal752]

Found this channel just recently, glad I did; for whatever it's worth, I'll vote for keeping the channel mascot as she is. Nothing against anime girls, but there are plenty of those everywhere already.

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Yes, I'll keep the original design with P.XL, the anime girl will pop up every now and then just for fun, but no overly sexualization at all.

[@Bafo117]

crazy how active this genre still is, ironically enough it "flies under the radar" from most of the gamers

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Trust me, it's super active! I have to remove some of the selected content every month (for several reasons, some articles aren't verified, some footage is not good or not present at all, and some japanese translations are quite confusing), but trust me, there's always a lot to cover.

[@muddyeyeball15]

Excellent channel, awesome content, which is often much lacking updates in this current day gaming SHMUPS arena

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Tell me about it. Welcome aboard, btw! :D

[@noisyether9211]

Im totally playing rogue flight right now. Didint know it was out!.

[@marcelosm8680]

🤘

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Thanks!

[@TinusU]

Great contents, keep it up.

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Thanks, will do!

[@WildMalboro]

Gostei do que eu vi!! ja me inscrevi!!

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Valeu! Muito obrigado!

[@jpa3974]

Mekkablood has fantastic graphics, but the gameplay didn't convince me much, but it's a game that I think will be worth a try. Crystal Breaker will be released at the end of this month and I'm definitely going to buy it. I loved Terarin's Raging Blasters, despite the amateurish graphics (PC version). It's good to see that this time he's enlisting the help of a professional artist. Six on Fire, a clone of Xevious, is another one I want to try, although the speed of the ship seems painfully slow, but I guess that's the point, Solvalou was slow as hell too. Unfortunately I couldn't find any information about the game on the Internet and Twitter is censored in my hellhole...

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

About Six on Fire: I'm in contact with the dev, what do you want to know about it? I am more than happy to ask them.

[@Ronsard1979]

Fiquei contente de saber que haverá um quarto AeroFighters. Enquanto não há Knightmare é bom haver Undeadline. Desses computadores Japoneses o único jogo que queria mesmo jogar na Switch era o Last Breakers, isso sim era de valor, daqueles jogos muito bons que ninguém fala!

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Po, eu acho Undeadline muito mais legal. Nao que Knightmare seja ruim, mas...

[@jikosauce]

It's crazy to think games are still being made and how big theyve gotten. It's a huge reach to say games are useless or a waste of time. Now every for of media of taking advantage of the popularity of games. funny how times change

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

People who say they're useless or a waste of time has no soul. Or no videogames. Or neither.

[@SonofTzeentch]

Thanks for these as always. Regarding the avatar, *if* a live2D model is necessary, then military or fighter pilot uniforms ought to fit best I think. Not all shmuppers like the waifu brigade after all. If it matters, sticking to a more 2D simple anime style rather than a western cartoon look would be best I think? The example character design looks tasteful enough; I prefer cutesy characters (like the green pilot from Senjin Aleste for example), but I don't think most shmuppers do, so it seems good for that purpose.

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

She will keep the uniform, yes, I don't think the internet needs any more unnecessary sexualization. Besides, my 5-year-old daughter loves P.XL the way she is, so she'll stay that way. I just wanted to make fun of it. She will appear in "human" form from time to time, but the idea is to keep the original design.

[@mitchfindergeneral]

There are some very harsh treble sounds in this video. Particularly the AI voice whenever an 's' sound is made.

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

I'm considering dropping the text-to-voice from now on.

[@noisyether9211]

Keep the talking bot the same. I like this channle and i can watch it in front of my wife lol. The image shown would be cool but no half nudes. I think the pixle id perfect what type of game where talking about here. Also im a dev hopre to have my game here soon.

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Oh yeah, you can be sure she won't change much. I just wanted to make fun of the fact that in the FIRST video she appeared, people were already asking for a new waifu to call their own. I like her in a pilot's uniform, she'll stay that way, don't worry. By the way, my 5-year-old daughter is a big fan of the talking pixel with a girl's voice, I don't intend to sexualize her in any way.

[@noisyether9211]

@PIXELPILOTS-STG thank you!!. I honestly really like the channel. I listen to it while I work on my game.

[@sumonedum]

Please don't do a vtuber, I find them very creepy. Thanks for keeping me up on the shmups though!

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

No way! lol! That's too much, even for me. :D

[@soratheorangejuicemascot5809]

I want leeewd anime girls but stick that pixel studio logo on her face.

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

That's a nice idea for the future, I'll use this whenever PXL appears again, on a special ocasion!

[@neccros007]

wish we could go back to the guy that owns the channel.... seems so fake with AI as a host... not a fan

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

I'm considering dropping the text-to-voice from now on.

[@neccros007]

@@PIXELPILOTS-STG I''d really appreciate that.... I watch another content creator and they experimented with AI voice over and no one liked it and he dropped it and their channel felt way more real with their real voice and them talking to the camera.... But its all up to you since it's your channel.

[@Nielsfest]

God I hate these AI voices youtubers use. It just beats the soul out of everything

[@bulb9970]

The owner of the channel voices the videos in portuguese. The AI is there to reach the audience in english. So you're just hating the fact that the content was made accessible to you in the first place.

[@Nielsfest]

@@bulb9970 That still doesn't make the AI voice anymore bearable. I'm fine with decent subtitles as well btw as I'm not a native English speaker anyways.

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

I understand your frustration, but this is one of the tools I use to make possible to mantain the content in two channels and two languages without paying for someone to do things for me. It's not the best of the scenarios, but that's how it's going to be for now.

[@Nielsfest]

@@PIXELPILOTS-STG Wouldn't there be a follower of your channel who would be willing to lend their voice for 'free'?

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Honestly, I don't know. Also, this would involve taking someone else's time and effort for something I want to do, and I don't think it's fair. For now I'm creating content for two channels in parallel, not to mention my other side projects, so that's all I can do without bringing someone else in. Maybe in the near future I could get back to dubbing everything all by myself again, but for now I'll need to rely on the text-to-voice tool. It saves me a huge amount of time and makes it possible to keep up with my content, considering I'm not making any money with this channel yet.

[@kiDchemical]

This channel is great, you’re doing god’s work friend 🫡 I really appreciate it. I personally hate anime, especially the coomer aesthetic/young girl stuff. It creeps me out. But to each their own, I’m sure whatever you decide will good. 👍

[@PIXELPILOTS-STG]

Yeah, I had to get rid of PXL, but let's see how it goes. :D