Thread by @gosokkyu

M2's Aleste stream will begin in ~10 minutes 🇯🇵 icymi, it'll cover the gadgets & features of the Aleste Collection and show a demo of GG Aleste 3 with some of the devs including director Manabu Namiki

https://twitter.com/M2_game/status/1334437872619831296

one cool gadget feature: the Player Info gadget (left-side center) includes a real-time indicator for invincibility time—Compile STG commonly give you a little invincibility after collecting an item & are somewhat consciously designed around that feature, so it's a nice to have

...and here's a full explanation of the OG Aleste gadgets, which I may or may not come back to later, but I'm sure most of it's obvious just from the images

btw, you can also choose between Aleste or Power Strike if you really want to

GG Aleste II's gadget breakdown, again, fairly straightforward—it's subtle, but the pilot portrait animates a little during gameplay

again, you can choose between GG Aleste II or the overseas version, Power Strike II, and there are some slight differences between the two

preview pages for the first-print Aleste History book, they sound particularly jazzed about the massive interview with Jemini Hirono

M2s's president is playing the GG Aleste 3 demo now, no sense posting screens

GG Aleste 3's gadgets: there are some neat touches in there, like the music ticker showing the BGM number for the in-game sound test, and the power-up display telling you which weapons cancel bullets

some of GG Aleste 3's all-star staff:

Manabu Namiki, director/composer (STG BGM royalty, too many to list)

"Fawlabo", programmer (Super Star Soldier)

Kazuyuki Nakashima, main sprite designer (MUSHA, Mahou Daisakusen, SOQ)

Shinsuke Yamakawa, main BG designer (Battle Garegga)

...and that's that, there's another stream later this month that'll include a new announcement

I might go through the archive later, there were some comments from some former Aleste devs (GG Aleste series designer Koguma, as well the GG Aleste II programmer) that I didn't cap