Raiden Fighters Aces
Raiden Fighters Aces is a 2008 video game for the Xbox 360, published by Japanese computer software company Success Corporation. It is a compilation of all three video games in the Raiden Fighters series by Seibu Kaihatsu: the first Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive, and Raiden Fighters Jet.
Features
Raiden Fighters Aces takes advantage of the connectivity of the Xbox 360 and implements various features. The features include:- Full support for vertical monitors
- Online high-score rankings
- Upload and download game replay data
- Strategy guide directly on the game DVD
- Gameplay videos of Japan's best players on all three games
Development
Previous conversion attempts
Before Raiden Fighters Aces, there were multiple attempts to port Raiden Fighters games to home consoles; these attempts have all failed.- Electronic Arts Victor was working on a Sega Saturn port of the first Raiden Fighters in 1997.
- In 2002, a now-defunct Japanese company, New World System, was working on ports of Raiden Fighters and Raiden Fighters 2 for the Xbox and PC under the name of Raiden Fighters Evolution. The game was planned to release in Japan in Spring 2003 and would support Xbox Live features, such as multiplayer, voice chat and sharing videos of gameplay.
Demo
A demo version of this game was released in March 2008, and included one stage from each title. It included Arcade and Training modes. Available fighters are the standard craft, without secret fighters. Games were set at normal difficulty. Xbox Live features and replays were not implemented.Update patch
The Japanese version of the game received an update patch to version 1.1. The patch does the following:- Fixes:
- Additions: